The Washington times., 1894-12-24

And up in the gallery and along the sides
runs roar of laughter, for, closely following
the Soldiers Three, came the Three Little
Maids from School, taking little mincing
slides on their skates. and giggling and point
ing from behind their fans. They go through
the funny Mikado pantomime at the expense
OF the military gentlemen. Their quaint
Japanese costumes are bright spots in the pro-
cesSiOn.
Next come the university eorps-a tro1p OF
varsity men and madens in the collegiate
cap and gown. They are singing parodles to
the band music, and the roar of the boys
voices penetrates TO the galleries. The gal
lery hears the words distinctly, and approves
ageefully OF the sentiment. But, as the strain
becomes moro personal. and includes much
too familiar and embarrassing comments
upon the ways and dispositions of tutors and
professors, one redeemed face after another
to grave gentlemen escorting their
wives and daughters draws back, and the col
iege boys sing on deightedly
Ifs Christmas night" says the president,
deprecatingiy to the professor OF Latin,
standing beside him who mas just been de-.
scribed in song as:
"The man who did not know that Gladstone had
AK,
For he spent all his time in London buying
CRIBS
with the shocked comment by the entire
corps. 'Oh, myr'
And certain license must be allowed"
went on the president charitabiy. Just then
the unmistakable sounds greeted his ears:
''And John b., the president, he,
Judee,'
in satiric appreciation OF the Course on New
Tes ament theology he wi.5 giving, and he
added, confusedly: u ~
but not too much-not too,muchn'
After the students skatqd a Eaad OF peasant
girls. earoiling country songs in their scarlet
bodices, white aprons, ,aad tgRay caps, and
striped skirts, aud gold necklaces. contrasting
prettily with the black-gowned; collegiaps.
Then alone and sombesly iskated Queen
Mary Hamlet followed with tragic eye upon
her. and behind him 0phelia. Then in quick
succession the Heavenly TWAS" with their
arms on each others shoulders; President
Cleveland with two doeunUes each pulling
him in a different direction and both labeled
"'rhe Democratic Party" fThe Dark Secret.
whose character nobody guessed; Mother
Goose and her children, and so on until the
ice was dotted everywhere ~
Then the carnival was opened. Presently
the band ceased playing. and the masKers
grouped themselves for the lancers- Men
snowshoers removed their skates, and, ad
justing their snowshoes as wings, climbed
the pillars and stairs and galleries to places
prepared for them, and in a trice the wood
work was covered. gallery rails. arches. pill
lars with white-blanketed men. The girls.
In snowshoe costume. still on skates, grouped
themselves in fours about the base of the pill
lars SO that great white living pillars and
arches supported the threuged galleries. The
Scene was picturesque in the extreme, Then
the dance began. s-ss.e.s,-s i.---r
In and out of the spowshoe pillars moyad
the skaters. winding, threading, bowing. cir
cling on skates TO the bright music The pic
ture from the gallery of the medley of colors,
gNf
tunes against the soft white background,
was vivid and inefIaeeable. 1t will I've with
the writer beside one or two epoch-making
pictures -the World Fair grounds by night;
the Court OF Honor by day; the Hudson,
when the war vessels OF all nations illum:-
mated themselves in New York.s blackness;
sunrise in the Rocky Mountains AT Bapf.
Faster with the faster music dashed the
feet OF the skaters, until the revelry Of the
grand chain and the thrilling march down
the center of the rink ceased. all sets joining
in. After the laDcers came some prettily exc
cuted military movements, with quaint, in
congruous effects, born of this admixture Of
the troops.
Then the maskers withdrew to the side
rinks, and the center was cleared. On it
! took place short hockey match the varsity
maids against the Italian peasants: all, OF
course, still masked. Hamlet refereed, Null
! vaney OF the Soldiers Three took one goal
! pest and the Sultan another. so that alto
| gether no undue favoritism was shown, and
! twas quite a representative match.
The match was wildly ex eiting. Their eos
! tunes somewhat impeded the college girls
| play. the short skirts of the Italians giving
| them an unfair advantage. but enthusiasm
| among spectators and players ran riot. The
| pork flew gavly from goal to goal; excited
| girls sticks striking unscieniifically (and in
much the same way as they should return in
frp nicN OF H., ilc -aln a
| so frequent that Hamlet ceased paying any
| attention TO them, and merely sadly shrugged
his shoulders at the spectators remarks.
| Scrimmages were frequent but tumbes rare.
! The costumes were too precious to be ruined
in that way. Besides, it was an exhibition
match and they played not at all as they
would play with their small brothers. Mul-
yaney allowed any possible goal, but the Sui
tan, who had just had the rules explained to