Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-09-06
THE BALL

sponscs to all demands, were
prompt and enthusiastic, and the
only feature that thcre was the least
doubt about, was the financial
phase.
: On account Of delay, in procuring
cards on which TO print the tickets.
they were only delivered complete,
Friday afternoon, thus giving {.
very brief space of time in which to
sell them. At this writing the re-
turns are not ali in, and the mum
Der oi tickets solids not positively
known. From the number of gen
tlemcn present however. it is clear
that more than enough tickets were
sold to pay all expenses and have
handsome balance.
Nearly every ncighborhood in
the parish was represented, and
Tcnsas and Richland parishes
also had delegates present, NickS-
burg also misrepresentation there,
and a hall Just double the size Of
the one used would have been none
too large.
The ladies turned out in force
both single and married, and il IS
still an open question, who obtain
ed the most solid enjoyment, the
former or latter class. There were
ladies young and ladies--not old,
but who are more sedate, that can
be expected of the teens. There
was an utter lack of stiffness, and
pleasure rulel supreme.
Unless the entire space of the
paper was devoted To the subject
any attempt ut describing the
ladies dresses would be folly, and
therefore is not made, hut TO dem
onstratc the fact that the TIMES
reporter is fully capsule of such
description, q few fashion phrases
are given off hand, in a light and
airy manner, that speak for them
selves, for instance Miss.
whose lovely neck was tcndcrly
c!asped by Il circlet of nickel-plated
mother of pearl, was dressed in
a chccsc-colorcd satin, cut bias
in the neck. embossed with
iiligrccd box plated nounccs and
bordered with double fiutcd lam
brequins imported expressly for
the occasion. The skirt was "thc
Duchess pompaded down the
side and caught up with lilies OF
the valley, thus rendering the
drapery essentially bounant.
\ feature Of the ball was the
voting on a cake 20 be given the
most popular young lady present
4 number of ladies were voted for
but as the vote rolled up the con-
test finally settled down a choice
between. Miss Florence Briscoc OF
TaIlulah, and Miss Mia Coons
of Bayou Vidal. The partisans
OH each side became more earnest
as the voting progressed, until
the matter became a simple
question of which party
had the largest purse. When
this point was reached the Tallu-
lah boys had the advantage ; they
were at home and could send out
around town and negotiated loans,
while The Bayou Vidal boys, had
to depend on themselves. The
latter were fully resolved TO do
their very best and calamity stood
by their candidate, until there was
no longer hope. The choice fell
upon Miss Florence BriScoe by ]
vote of $50 to S73. As the votes
. cost the voters ten cents each the
cake brought very respectable
sum which was 49, 20. On the
announcement of the result, Mr..
Il. X. Boney presented the cake
to Miss Briscoc, with one OF
those graceful and flowery speeches
for which he is so justly celebrated.
The supper room was opened at
1870 p. m, and the company
were RECALLED with all that could
be desired. The table was the
shape of a parallelogram with q
smaller table in the centre. On
the outer table were the cakes,
salads, jellies, pickles, etc., and
Oh the inner table were the meats,
consisting of Mutton, Ham,
Turey, Goose, etc. On a side
table in corner Of the room was