Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1884-02-14
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the d" Wooden Club - for the purpose Of giving a
grand party in compliment to the Young In.
dies Thursday Club" and the result of their
carneStncss in that behalf was a very largely at
tended Cotillion at the Town Hall on the eth
instant. The alley hetw cen the Hall and the
Watson House was bridgcd over, and thus
the participants were enabled to enter the sup
per room without going into the rain and cold.
The decoration. of the Hall were fcstoons of
cedar suspended around the wall and diagonal
~ acrus, The room IN large parallelogram just
above the dancer, heads, On the walls in large
cedar letters were Compliments of the Wooden
Club TO the Young le,i,es' Thursday Club Sc; and
ON the lct of thc stage, above the orchestra,
was a Nag of our country In fill wave, while on
the right Just opposite, was The iamou> flag that
the ladies Of Charlottesville presented 10 Stu
arts Horse Artillery and now in the possession
of their brave Colonel. Prof DOUGH, the cele-
bratcd musician of Washington. was present
with his band. and furnished the sweet strains
that inspire one with the thrilling desire to
dance The beautiful bouquets of the ladies
made the Hall fragrant with the delicate per
fumc of flowers tha, are ever Swectcr in the sea-
son of Winter. The proprietor of the Watson
House furnished Very Sumptuous rcpast Of
meats and dclicacic> well suited To tempt all
The Ness embraced everything tn city and
country could afford, and highly pleased Il
most G,stidious. Winchester, BcTryyiIle. Mar
tiusburs Shcphcrds;own and other places of
ucighborius counties sent quo;a of their chief
.... f.....ts.-. o.. $50. a., Ill. c.-fiVfsias
There were many Of the loyelic>t styles of
toilcttcs. and sumptupus and gorgeous cos
TUNES with cleaning broilcrieS and friugeS,
and d ,atin- drapericS - pcricc; rs the imagina-
ton OF an artist could form. And the gay,
sweet danec-mil>c, with Its voluptuous swell
completed the enchanting spell Of joyous mirth
that thc llca>urable excitement of the dance
throws over the spirits of its dcyotccs. About
twenty l.lics were in lovely fancy dresses, OF
costumes rich, varied, fancy or fantastic, Of
which wc can give bi, mere outline of pro-
per description;
The Nsd IF -tics was represented APP
propriatcly with a very raiiUc eostun'c; and
with check of r,,>c and brow of pearl and
euiltlcSsof the adornmcnt of art, she looked a
fair pcr>onatiou Of the poets dream that Byron
embodied ia his tender song.
Next comes ioviil on the lull-crown'd In
ipln with robe of ustlinr 'ca|tS.' and en-
gagged ala eyes with a costume Is soft in tone as
the early tiu, of the aUtunnal smiles of the
year.
Tina, lo,c,y loctic creation, FouqueS radiant
d" Tn.i'ac." was represented in tasteful style
cleaning pearl. ami sparkling jewels setting
OF the drapcrics in evident Splcndor.
The Eeicccp came in the >tbduCd beauty
of costume peculiar To- those fair JewcS>eS of
years a.o. Nothing uiarred the presentation -:
" Rcbccsi. and She would have been Is power
ful a rival of &c Rowcna as ever her prototype
WIS ia the tale of Iyanhoc.
" Fajg w,,~ dressed IN brilliant manner
and >honc with the blaze Of jewels while the
b-oilcr.c> >iarklci in >plcudor and the tink-
Eugoflrlc bells gave >cublancc Of royal CON
Quest.
i.r.ri" WIS Respondent in al thc bril-
Eiucc uf contr.i>tcd That's AMI ilti>hc> that rem
der thc frightening; f,rc of the dawn roScate
with the attractive smile, that move the StcF-
ucr s,. 20 llgr ON, admiration at her shrine.
Tlcr, wc7c tw1 Representations of the sable
Go,l,l,>~ "a greater and lesser Wight bo,h
iu triumphau, rracc pn>cntins a he..uti "a, APP
pcaraury with their c,.;uu,s lishtrnci MP 10y
ilv.ry ODD ,i,i> ami 'Nnk,ins stars that bcicck
.Lcir d.rS ,oil,;;y>
"FJc, Meas charminsly arrayci in the in
s-nia Of thc Goddc>s of flowers. and in her
magnificent apparel covered with h'wcry SPLEEN
. ....,...- tt-..s..rt,s,,.s
Tile handsome FJo.rrr Gir'" WAS of the
most perfect tyre of those fair girls who have
more tcmwin. beauties than the flower, they
sell" whcycro>,>. and lilies and yinlcts meet.
- Dss1." God les OF the Silver Bow, APP
pcarci IN hcauJjful style, and there were CLAN
c.- Par;Liau-likc. more danScrou. than hcrar-
rows. Sh. >hou, r,~plcndcnt.
Tine >r'ss I,traut wore one of those lovely
costume, tha, travellers Scc and are cIp'iyatcd
l,y iu tl. fragrant valleys of thcupper Alps
MANY compliments were bestowed upon her.
Thcw.rhSll and spirited character from " o.
irr. hooked hcwitchius in her >ailpr-likcco>-
& ,.,,c thc pretty ctJyy, of which evoked much
praise.
The o." Farrar-" character was well represent
cl Pos % very aiiiI' l'flt'tA tIN'' ''''''' WIN
paticnc, I'm ls'r looks and also ia bucket.
The Gqv NtH" was easily recognized 10y
the we'll known dress and udgn Of those capti-
Waiting fair ONES endowed wiki sweet tones OF
fortune and If love.
The Gr,-t Gai" was In a magnificent cos
tune. rich iu colorinc an texture. and in eve
RI respect arraycl To tine most exact of an ar
fists wi>hin-.
llafter G,asc WAS very true TO nature. and
in q beautifully varicgatcd dress, just such
one as the original Mother Goose flew TO the
moon in
"Os- Gau,Ipo'lc." was in imitation of the
very quiet appearance made by ladic>of q cen
fury ago.
Po,srVq would have been a beautiful sub
s,t fer Loueicllow % immortalizc.
IL O,qkrcs looked lovely in the soften
81 l.uis OK tlat ,tric, sect and would as such
save in-,arci many q sturdy and sobcr-hcartcd
youth.
The pssgib( u Ac Regiment" made. per
haps. the mos, striking presentation of all. Her
..,. .,. ..,,..,l. ..s,I s.lu gave tempt