Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-23

The Last Assembly AT Deimouieo's
Voted a Mistake by the Uiuttons-
Other New York Notes.

The Last Assembly al bftAhOHANS
Voted Mistake by the Uiuttons-
Other New York Notes.
OorresDondsnce IF the Morning Ne'0s.
NEW YORK, Feb. 19.-There was no
german at the final assembly Of the sea-
son which was given at DelmOnico's last
Thursday night, and cards containing the
order OF dances were used as at public
balls. The innovation was pronounced a
mistake By certain of the male guests,
and what do you suppose was the real
reason of their dictum? The answer to
this question must be preceded by an eN-
PLANTATION. There is class of men who
literally play the part of parasites at
parties. That is, they 90 to balls not to
dance but to eat. At Delmonico balls, Of
course, they are usually able to crafty
their inclination to safety. They stand
around in peoples way, blocking
up d00Tways and generally inter-
fering with others until the cOtllllon
gets well under way, and then they 90
down to the empty supper room ana Sc
cure table TO themselves. by briOing
waiter they have served to them the best OF
the food and drink provided for the supper,
and they sit AID gorge themselves until
they become tipsy bOa-cOnstrictors in hu-
man shape they stagger away generally
without bidding those who act as the
hosts and hOstesses of the occasion good
by.
Now, the absence of the german at
the assembly prevented this customary
exhibition of giuttOny, as their being no
drawn out dance to detaln them In the
ball room, people continually wandered
inf hg
shame interfersd with the gluttOns' graIi-
fications oftheir appetites. No stag supper
parties. therefore, graced the assembly,
and the substitution of an ordinary order
of dances for the cOtiliiOn was cOnSe-
quently voted a mistake by the pigs in
swallOw-tail coats who attended. Tee re-
markable feature OF all this is that men
who would be willing to make beasts of
themselves in private should be restrained
by regard for decency from doing so in
public. When a man is invited to bail,
the condition is tacitly included
in the invitation that he shall do
his share of dancing, escort some
woman to the supper room and
sec that she satisfies her hunger and in
other ways make himself useful. A man
who, forgetiul of what is expected from
him, will not join in the dancing, which
is the reason OF being of the ball, and will
leave women to get supper as best they
can, one would think, would have so little
sense of shame as to be restrained by no
regard for appearances in the pursuit OF
his private pleasures. Apparently the
ball-gOing gluttOn knows the right, al
though he still the wrong pursues.
The decision of men who do not dance
it that the absence of the german rem
dered the assembly a failure has natu-
rally caused no little amusement among
those who know how such employ them
selves while the cOtilliOn is in progress,
aud the promulgatOrs OF the edict are be-
ing prOpOrtiOnately laughed at. Certain
i " nothing could be more ludicrOus than
the position they have put themselves in,
and they probably will not hear the las
Of it for some time.
AS MAY BE SEEN FROM THE FOREGOING,
there is a number of men here who go
into what is called society, who have 10
claim to the title Of gentlemen. Not only
.are~men who are really ulgar to be
found at the larger social gatherings, but
YOU will find many so ignorant of every
thing that it is necessary for an Ordi-
uarily well informed person to carefully
conform his, or her, conversation to their
understanding. 1t was, however, a wO-
man. and not man, who, when Miss H.,
who has taste for literature, spoke last
week of reading COlley Cibber's plays,
said: "Are you reading them in the Origi-
nal or in the translauOn" I'm trausla-
tionw MISS Il. ch3ritabiy answered in
order that the questiOncr might not
blush for her ignorance It's sur
prising that New Yorker
should have made that particular mis-
take, as she should have learned at the
theatre, if nowhere else, that the acting
version of Orchard Ill" is san adapta-
tiOn"-tO use a word now popular in con-
necti9n with plays-by Cibber. and no.
body but an Englishman would be likely
to attempt to ''imprOye" Shakespeare.
Cibber's improvements" however, con-
stitute the principal catch words of the
play, "Off with his head; so much for
BuckinghamW and Orchards himself
again." being Cibber and not Shakes
peaIe.
To 90 back to my mutton: Not only arc
there men liz New York society who, in
spite of their anglOmania, wOfully man.
gle the Queens English, and show their
ignorance in other ways, but there are
some who are, in English parlance, a bad
lot. / know, for instance, Of a charity
ball manager, who, there is good reason
to believe, once kept the $50 which he had
received for the twelve tickets which had
been given him to sell. At any rate, the
tickets were not returned, nor was there
any money received from him.
4 feature OF New York society which
strikes stranger, and is a source of per-
petual complaint to the men and women
alike. is the number of boys that swarm the
floor at balls and dances. The reason for
this is manifest. It's only boys with
nothing to do but to attend the recta-
lions of the institutions of learning they
are passing through without learning
anything, or who do not make even pre-
tence of doing anything, who can get
rfFh q n
enable them to devote their
nights to dancing. Comparatively
few professional men and men of business
have the physique to permit them to
dance all night and work all day. When
one sees a woman with nothing
to do but sleep the greater
part of the day break down
from too much social dissipation, as Miss
Baylies is supposed 20 have done, it is
not extraordinary that the number OF
men who try to serve two masters-fash-
ion and their professional pursuits-is SO
small. AS partners must be had their
places have consequently to be filed by
bows and by the men who have retired
from active business, and the cradle and
the grave are, therefore, equally robbed
to fill New York ball room.
ALTHOUGH SOME PROFESS TO FEEL
SORRY
that Lent has come so soon, few devOtees
of dancing really regret that yesterday
has put an end to the more active gave
ties for awhile. The pace OF a New York
fashionable season is so eXhausting thai
nearly all are satisfied to be occupied
with more sober pursuits for the next six
weeks. Every form Of amusement which
a very lax rule permits will, nevertheless.
be INDUCED in during the penitential
season. Indoor tennis will be played
more than ever, and BabmintOn clubs are
forming to play that modern four of bat
tled0re and shuttle cock. Whist, or rather
humble puppy, as those who play the
game scientifically call the game when
PLAYED by the old rules, and other games
ing. and there will be sewing classes, at
which little sewing will be done, without
number.
While speaking Of social matters, let
me tell YOU story which is related OF
Mrs. Bradley Martin. Before she was
married her initials were |. II. S. Being
somewhat like the great Napoleon in that
respect, she was fond OF repeating her
initials wherever possible, and the three
letters Just named adorned her room in
every available spot. Somebody. who did
not know her popularity, aud that these
letters were her initials, mistOOk them
for the initials OF a sacred sentence which
is, or ought - be, too familiar to repeat,
and went around telling people how re-
ligious she was. NapoleOn's using the
initial of his first name to adOrn the walls
and furniture of his palace, you may re-
member. gave rise to the not half bad
pun, "Il a ses Ms mis- (ennemis) par
tOut." While it is not translated the
joke is sufficiently obvious without being
E,ottor ,-orefor of tho sarno cforv about