The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1891-02-11
CARMENCITA'S BALL.
VIVID DESCRIPTION OLA NOTABLE
EVENT
In the Society Life of the Gay MetrOp-
Olis-Tragedy and Comedy On the
Stage AT the Same Time.

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wheel. At 3 o'clock the feminine con-
iingent, which Fifth avenue had loans
ed to grace the occasion, had disap.
peared, and the waxy, sinking boards
of the Madison Square Garden floor
were given over completely to their
bachelor brothers, cousins and well
the fair creatures who kept up the,
hornpipe after wee sma' hour won't
be found in the Blue Book.
Bachelor brothers and cousins-yes,
they were all there in full force, and
they were talking of the dance all day
yesterday. And the spouges of the
Fifth avenue contingent? Doubtless
they all escorted their wives homes as
virtuous husband and parterfamilias
should do, and slept out the night un-
der the roof tree until breakfast yes,
terday. OF course the only account
they CLEANED abo ut the affairs after 3
o'clock was hearsay-but to return
to Carlnencita's hall after she had
left 1t and it was given over to the
bachelor brothers and oonsin.
That sparkling cider didn't begin
to make its presence felt till the
big hands had gone about the dial at
least three times. Then the fun
began fast and furious. 1t galloped be-
tween 3 O'Clock and o'clock a. M. at
apace that a jockey would have given
his lite almost 20 rival. 1t was a sweeps
takes in the race for jollity and
there was little handspring. Every
man started out from the post with
pookethook and girl, There was
plenty OF sparkling cider in the lock-
ers and so it was only a question Of
the pocke,book, And yet, after all,
did he who had the latest wallet
have the most sport? Perhaps the
wide awake Newspaper man who has
to keep his brain clerr and bis eve
bright saw as much of the humorous,
pathetic revolving or enjoyable that
vas going an as any one.
A " ord man saw woman away
up in one of the galleries hold a dead
babe IN her arms, which had breathed
Its last breath while the mother, un.
conscious OF the tradgedy that was be.
ing enacted against her breast, was
watching the comedy that was being
enacted fiity feet below her. He saw
pretty young girl, who had never
seen more than one season pass by her
eyes in this city, lying hopeIessly drum.
Ken, obllvlous in an ante room. He
saw there also painted flces, fat necks
nall shut eyes, showing tor private
boxes They were the histories of
OF what the fair haired, fair complex.
Toned girl lying helpless in the ante
room was the prophecy. AS they
glanced down from under their heavy
lidded eyes, how 1t must have recall,
ed to them the old time carniyals of
which this dance, bold, and hilarious
as ii was, was but a Renaissance. Did
they stop to think?
lie saw, too, a gray haired, gray
moustached citizen, whom everybody
knows about the Stock Exchange
seated in a dimly lighted box,
which the curtains projected With a
friendly shadow, between two women
from side street, as well known as
his own name, with an arm about
the neck ofOn girl and the other
about the neck of that'sparkling cider,
There hours before he had sat erect
Olase, emiuently proper, in the same
box with a naughty, brown haired,
fur enwrappened woman beside him.
She had, after few moments, thrown
her furs aside, for the heat vas inten.
Sc. Halt disdaintully, with the sligh.,
est suspicion of an an snlused smile
wreathing her lips, she had watched
Carmencita's entry, with her Spanish
camp followers; watched Carmenci-
ta's sway and bend in the dance she
went through Oh the dais in the cen,
ter OF the garden; watched the proem
to the juice of the grape enlivened
carnival that was Just being born.
She was his wife and about midnight
she had gone away. Did she wish
him to 60 away with her? Did not she
care?
The young girl, whose brilliant
cheeks and well.fiIled figure proclaim>
ed her country girl, lay in the ante>
room oblivious of the noise around
her, Tney carried her away finally.
Darwin once pronounced something to
the world about the survival of the
tittest. Perhaps twenty years from
now she may be sitting roughed, be,
wigged, with heart Of flint, watch
ing through a l,ud,handed tortoise
she'll lorguette her of the twinkling
feet who may be the favorite of the
hour then. Perhaps, however, she
may he sleeping in Potter's field.
Turning AWAY from the hovas and