The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1891-04-24

"There was a sound of revelry by night
And Maury's capital had gathered
| then
Her beauty and her chilvary; and
| bright
The lamps shone DER fair women and
brave men.
Our t1uJtering hearts beat happily; and
when
Music arose with it's vo.uptuous swell,
Soft eyes looked love to eyes which
spakU again
And ali Went merry as a marriage bell. "
The crowning social event of this
season in Columbia was the german
given last Wednesday night by Miss
Edwina James at the residence OF
Mrs. Triml lie. Both this house and
Mrs. Robin sons connecting with it,
Were thrown into one for This Occa-
sion; the guests being received and
the refreshments served in the
former, while the spacious double
parlors of the latter were thrown
open for the german. Never has "a
company of fairer maIdens and hand
somer matrOns met together in our
city, famed for the beauty and ele-
gance of its ladies, and never did
those present gaze on a more bril-
liant scene than they did Wednesday
night. Promptly at nine O'Clock the
oruer
"On with the dance, let joy be un-
confined,
No sleep till morn, where Youth and
Pleasure meet
To chase the glowing hours with flying
feet"
was sounded, and amid the joyous
laughter of innocent youth, the deli
ciOus fragrance of rare flowers aud
the enhancing strains of Nashville's
nOnp4re Italian band, sthe german
was on. The figures were beautiful
and elegant. "Charlie' seemed to
surpass himself in the spirit and vim
with which he and his CD adj utor5
performed their soul-inspiring selec-
tons. But ii this scene was 80 en-
we have no words with
which to describe the SIGHT that
greeted US as We entered the supper
rooms. Here tete-a-tete tables, Orna-
mented with fringes of smilaX, had
been prepared for each couple, and at
each plate a very pretty basket filled
with bonbOns, surmount4G by a.
bunch of exquisite pansias was Il
souvenir to each delighted
guest. In the centre of the room a
bank of Mareschal Neil roses,
over-topped by beautiful tropical
plants, sent forth their sweet odors
throughout the room, while the man
same rich eXotics. The appoint
ments of the tables were in keeping
with the other surroundings, and the
Olympian feasts of the ancient gods
could not surpass the delicacies pre-
pared for this occasion.
All too soon this evening of unal-
loyed pleasure was over, and many a
heart echoed the wish,
o! that the leader might go on leading,
And the music go on falling
Like shower OF siivery spay.
The exquisite touch and delicate
taste of the fair hostess was shown in
even the minutest particular of this
glimpse of Elystian joys.
She spared no pains to make each
guest enjoy to the utmost her genial
and the glowing words
of praise and appreciation are proof
Of her adm irable success. Tue jocund
morn stood tip-tOe on Mt. Parnassus'
misty top ere the enchanted COM
pany babe their genial hostess Good
Ii ght."
Those engaging in the german lead
by Miss James and Mr.. h. A. Fusch,
we're:
Miss Josie Allyn, Mr.. +. W. Evans;
Miss jamie Trimbie, MIR. +. Il. Gamble;
Miss NJ . b. Mckinney, Mr.. Meade Frierson;
Miss Lillian Allen, NJ. II. H. Mckinney;
Miss Sue Temple, Mr.. IL. j. Fusch;
Miss Kate Mckinney, Mr.. J. NJ. Frlerson;
Miss Minnie Holding. Mr.. L. II. Everett;
Miss Bueana Allyn, Mr.. f. q. Smith:
Miss Minnie Thompson, Mr.. WIN Ridley;
Miss Mary Evans. Mr.. q. w. Killebrew;
Miss Bessie Hendley, Mr.. &. T. Hodge;
RoveF-Mr. sam Holding;
The lockers on in Vienna were
J. NJ. Mayes, Trimble, a.
). James, w. p. Morgan, w. J. Free"
man, Lucius Frierson, }. Pugh, G. II.
Allyn, DR.. Dorset and Wolf, Misses
Murnell, Holly Dorset.
Messrs. +. G. Perry and r. G.. Spar
row.