The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1884-12-25
TEE LEAP YEAR itAEsTY.

1.-The lamps shone o'er fair women and
brave men;
A thousand hearts beat happily: and
when
Music arose with its voluptuous swell,
Soft eyes looked love to eyes which
spakc again,
And all went merry as L marriage-bell." ;"
For some ten days o. two weeks the
youths OF our embryonic City have been
on the qni rice, caused by conflicting
wlisperings, for which Dame Rumor j.
held solely responsible. Woe and mis-
cry seemed depicted upon the countel.
ances of some, while pleasure beamtd
forth from every nook and corner OF
others. IL order 70 cheer the faint, en-
courage the for;u!:ate and Soo;h the uI!-
lucky, ;he undersigned seized the oppor-
tuni:v. hcro-likr. and fathnmrd the
mystery, viz: The second Leap Year
Party given by the KAPPA Eta Phi
CluD of Prettiness.' This club gave
its first entertainment last January, and
succeeded in entrapDing nearly all Of
the dudes, but to make victory complete
they deemed it advisable to repeat the
experiment, and they have nobly accom-
pliShed their purpose, Tor not L one is
lett Of the ''brlre six hundred"
The event occurred ct the elegant
mansion Of Nj :nd Mrs. E:lUa:d Scho!tZ,
Tuesday evening l"S:, and 70 say every
one enjoyed themselves is bus TO multi
ply words; 10 attempt anything like a
descriptions seems folly, for no pen can
do the occasion full Justice. Each room
was beautifully ornamented and hung
with appropriate notices: The woman
who hrsita!*s is L goose" She would
ii she could and she .:An,'' ''To-lay the
mountain CONES to Mlhonl2t." III you
see what yon want ask for it, and
other like cXpre SsioMs afforded food for
thought, and i;irly made some quake in
their boots.
By nine O'Clock the scene was enliven-
e.! by the appearance Ola dozen or more
thoroughbred dudes il claw-hammer
coats ANA white Kid gloves, led captive
by as uIany GudiaeS, whose charms bat-
tie deiineat;on.
IF brightest shadows at my will
Could paint them as see them still,
Oat from the canvas on thy sight
Would burst forth forms Of living light.
Bat I, alas, have not the art
To paint the images OF my heart.
The canvas 1T nv sIppliaut will
Remains dark bound in shadows still"
Guest :titer guest came until the halls
and corridors resound@d with "a most
unoriental roar Of laughter" Soon
lulled to e;,se by one OF Strauss waltZes,
SIN notes with many winding bout
OF linked sweetness long drawn out,
Cntwisting Ill the chains that tie
The hidden souls OF harmony"
Now, Tcrpsichore rules with imperial
sway, combining grace with dignity
with pleasing effect, when supper is all
ncumced.
Aremus Ward. Ibelievc, says ''Of all
the blessings, ladies are the most sootl-
INCEST" and in my humble opinion Arte-
is correct, and whea it comes to the cut-
sine they do up things in the most aw-
fully..soothingest'' style imaginable. l
am yet too full for utterance, for it was
feast worthy of the Ancients
Retrospectively we may say that the
KAPPA Zeia Phi has fully sustained its
record. They have taken the fort and
are entitled to wear the laurels. All
honor to the victor$!
To the vanquished we only offer the
uhilosophic reelection OF Phoebe Cary,
I'VE fuss and we fret
About the one we didn't get,
But we needn't make such an awful fuss
If the one we didn't want didn't get US.
UNCLE BENJAMIN.
P. S.-Find enclosed photo Of one who
was left.