Year: 1860

/ lhe grand QeNDefAllons OF lne great LZclu-


siyes


The Leap Year Ball at Yuba City as it


Was.


Mr. EDIroR In the Appeal of the 18th


inst, find a communication from writer
styling himself Solomon Sucker" describing
his "rise with downfall" at the Yuba City
Leap Y ear Ball.


In order that my readers may understand
the Object and end of the affair, l will state
that the ladies Of Yuba City conceived the
idea of getting up a Leap Year Ball, wherein
they should enjoy the privilege of inviting
whom they pleased, and after the assembly
had gathered together it should be the la
! dies prerogative to dance with whom they
! pleased. The gentlemen were to remain in
Their seats until the ladies saw fit to ask them
to dance; then they were conducted to the
place assigned them. "The ball was then to
| go on" after which they were to be conduc-
ted back to their seats in the most courteous
manner, enjoying the hope that they might
come under the controlling influence of the
ladies, at any rate once in four years


In answer to Solomon Sucker" who it
seems got an outside invitation to attend the
the Leap Year ball, Judging from what he
says, he was any thing but a favorite homJre


Then again a person would suppose he was
one of the lords of creation who ruled SUI
preme and that his mandate should be obeyed
and his very presence should be held in per-
feet awe, as will be seen in the sequel


But, judging from the feelings he describes
that CONE over the spirit of his dream, when
the elastic young lady, of whom he speaks,
remarked she would accompany youg A., he,
Solomon Sucker" must have been in a
"quandary," Il suppose all my readers know
what that Isl. Such man as that deserves
to be pitied.


! Now it would seem he was anxious to be at
the ball and was willing to do almost anything
to accomplish his desire. And the fact of his
receiving or rather accepting a cold invita-
tion 10y card, would at once convince his
readers that he was determined to and ex-
pected to take what came as it would seem
the affair of the ball with the ladies had been
fully matured and they had chosen partners
among the gentlemen they most fancied in
their own city, which in my opinion was
right 1t was highly proper to confine them
selves to their little home circle, as by so do
ing they could offend no one, in Marysville
as all the ladies had more or less male friends
here and to invite one would offend the rest
Therefore they concluded to invite no part
ners from this side of Feather river But it
would seem some of the ladies' inadvertently
overstepped the rule through urgent solicita
tion from few gentlemen themselves. was
one Of that class myself, and l went with the
impression and determination to take what
followed, though did not go and wander up
and down Feather river, waiting like a truant
school boy for the hour to arrive when he
could return home and create no suspicion
from those in power But went as was
proper and becoming, and to my agreeable
surprise, | found every thing as happy as
could possibly desire. The ladies were live
ly and gay, and more courteous and socia-
ble bevy of young ladies it has never before
been my pleasure to meet in California. and
l have been here long enough to get the
"Pike county rust off and know pretty near
what the past has been and what the present
is Well we will again refer to our friend
'Solomon Sucker" From what he saws If
would show upon the face of it, that he had
mode himself quite obnoxious to the order of
things IN ovelsteppng the rules the ladies
had marked out, as he tells us he was 'wall
Hover for the rest to look at, land bv the
way, he must have been a beauty; he de-
termlned, however, to 60 it on his own hook
and take the desperate chances of going con
trary to law, as the understanding with the
ladies was they would do all the inviting Of
gents to dance, and the very first man who
overstepped was to be ",oaH Ro,rered" all
over, and contrary TO law, he goes and asks a
young lady "enveloped in white and sur
rounded with a blue scarf" to dance the next
quadrille with him. to which she very coollv
replied NO, but that she did intend to ask
him to dance, but now she begged to be ex-
cused. As much as to say, "Sir, if you had
not been so forward you might have saved
your credit and feelings both, besides re
specting our rule, once in four years" And
l can account for her answer in another way.
She now determined he should be left to his
own GLORY and to adorn the "wall," as that
probably would suit his melancholy state of
mind better than to mingle with the happy
throng, whose object was nothing but pleas.
ure and desire to make all, who woald en-
JOY themselves and let them know they were
agreeably welcome. | will assume the Gber.
ty OF Informing Solomon Sucker" if he does
not already know, that the ladies have their
iavorltes' and am Of the opinion it is a privi
sse e1ey nave right to enjoy, and most
'.@nI{ "su'Iui{ 'ney do upon the occasion of leap