Year: 1869

AS the advertisement appeared to the


practical appreciations, by assuming q


neat little fortune; in addition to an


agreeable person, the seed of such temp.


tation could not we'll fall idly upon such


fertile bottom as is offered by the city


of New York. On the FIRST day that sue


ceeded the advertisement, the ladv re


ceived seventeen replies; on the secont


day, thirty-two; and on the third, seventy


two-an extent and ardor of apprecia


tion for her vaguely described persona


attractions, which even she was not pre-.


pared to expect. =
| Bewildered by the warm volume Of


alteration and entreaty which issued from


this hymenial magazine, the lady called


to her aid five ladies' as mischievous as


herself. One pair of hands and one


mind were of course quite unequal to the


task of answering all, so the batch Of


bllletdoux was divided equally among


them, and each was to make an appoint


ment with the writers on the following


Saturday afternoon, at four o'clock, on


the lower side of the up stairs saloon Of


certain popular restaurant in Broad.


way. Each of the ladies, moreover, who


took the task in charge, chose different
colored paper for replies. Finally it was
agreed that the whole six should be pres
ent at the interview, and that each should
wear the exact costume prescribed for the
lnamorata whom the sighing swains would
be there to see. On the other hand, the
gentlemen were directed to appear in all
the varieties of attire and position which
female ingenuity and mischief could de-
wise. One was requested to wear blue
coat and bright brass buttons, another to
have his hair parted in the middle; one
was to be eating plate of pork and
beans; which, said the ingenious writer
who dictated it, "you can scarcely expect
will be called for by anybody else."-
others were to be partaking of various
dishes, or to place themselves in such at
tltudes and postures as were directed by
the writer


AT O'Clock, on the prescribed Satur-
day afternoon, every chair at every table
on the lower side Of the upstairs saloon,
was filed with sleek-looking and highly
perfumed Leanders, all gazing into each
others faces, and each secretly cursing
the luck which wedged him so closely
out OF the killing position and displays
which he had been meditating upon ever
since he had got his note. Aud how the
dishes smoked, and the wondering wait
was obliged to drop his own mutton-chop,
and call out the entire force of his estab-
lishment, to meet the clamorous if not
demands of gentlemen who
feared they might not get their telegraph
ing plates of ducks or mess of pork and
beans in time.


At length the clash of sheen and kick
of stiff skirts was heard coming up the
stairs one minute after four, and an in
amorata appeared dressed in dark green,
with deep fur cape, and abundant droop-
ing lace. She wafered on the back of
the head with an infiniti sinai bonnet, |
and carried in her hand the magic drift
of cambric, whose Shakespearean straw
berries intimate that she was she. When |
she appeared, the sensation was universal:
the gentleman with the buff vest threw
open his coat to the extreme; the gentle
man in the "blue" and the bright but
tons buttoned his coat entirely to the
chin; the gentleman who was to lean back
ward frequently, commenced fitting like
a Chinese mandarin; the gentleman with
the pork and beans became vociferous for
more beans; while those who had duck,
etc, were equally clamorous in complain
ing of the undue fulfIlment of their
orders.


Never was there such sudden clamor
heard in that usually well-regulated up
stairs saloon beforehand by the bye,
never did it subside more suddenly than
when new brush Of skirts was heard
coming up the stairs. All the Lotharios
were once more in position, when To-
another Cordelia, in all respects the re-
fex of the first. appeared, bearing the
film of strawberries as challenge in her
hand, and sweeping with it like Juno,
to seat near the location Of the filst 1t
is needless to say that the sensation was
now extreme. Some of the gentlemen
who were to part their hair in the middle
began to look less furiously at other gen
tlemen who had their hair parted in the
same way, as much as to say, "Well, there
is one for each of us, anyhowp


But most of the party seemed more
troubled than before A pause of some
minutes succeeded before any new "ap-
pearance" took place, during which time
the Lotharios were engaged IN displaying
their points to the best advantage; and
some, more ardent than the rest, pulled
out the various. colored notes they had
received, and others pretended to read
them or laid them conspicuously on the
table. "There's one of my fellows with
the blue note !" said mystery No. l, over
her spoonful of soup, to mystery No. 2.
'sThere's one of mine," said Cordelia the
second; she's got pink note" "What
do you think of Augustus, there, with
the pork and beans before him, who is SO
pensively leaning his cheek upon his
hand ?" said myth the first; but before
the answer could be given, apparitions
three and four appeared, and hard upon
their heels came Eve and six. There was
now nerfect CONSERVATION on the lower
side Of the upstairs saloon of the. fashion
able restaurant in Broadway The man
on the tilt fell backward, and was shot
under the table; there was general feel
ing after hats and a gathering up Of loose
handkerchiefs and canes.


All at once, after one Of those short,
sudden panics, which convey electric
knowledge to the human mind, general
stampede took place, and the whole party,
with more or less dignity ty--according to
the natures and shapes they had assumed
made for the stairs and descended out
of sight. It was several minutes before