| Show A SERIOUS BREACH in the matter of brilliant attendance ceremonial correct correctness neeN and general haut hauf ton on we presume the columbian ball at the theater last evening will be considered by managers and participants as all that could be desired indeed we think there is no one who will dispute that in these particulars it wasaku was an u qualified success there were fair women and brave men the customary sound of revelry the needful ada adjuncts enote of the refreshment hall ball and a most bewildering display of costly dry goods kid slippers patent leather pumps and flashing jewelry of course there was any amount oi of simpering simmering sim small talk graceful and ungraceful whirling through the mazy measures of th j i dance formal campli ment making and stilted gallantry tu to those who like that sort of thing it was undoubtedly j just such a thing as they like the krestof rest of mankind have hare nothing to grumble at there was no compulsion employed to get them there or being there there was no one who would have tried to compel them to stay there was wag one feature however that excited much adverse comment from those who were otherwise pleased and that we might as well speak plainly was simply disgusting we refer to the insufficient quantity of clothing hornby worn by a few of the women to speak of the unequal distribution of apparel noticeable in the case of others whose plenitude of skirt made their paucity of bodice all the more cons conspicuous to fe la Is not now intended that is a peculiarity of the society ball that bat people are told they must try to got get used to but there to is neither precedent nor favor for the first named offense lense of and no person of refinement and delicacy noticed it last evening without a blush of shame and disgust for the sake of pure minded people who feel to patronize pat ronice such entertain entertainments menU the managers mana zere of future affairs of the kind should respect fully but firmly insist that women whether young or old whose lack of modesty is so complete that they can even violate the first rule of civilized decency be required to leave the floor no reflection is herein intended against those whose stylishness was not marred by any suggestion of impropriety nor against those who arranged and managed the grand event on the contrary it is in the true interest of all such that these remarks are made but there ere are two or three who we hope will feel calleo called upon to regard them as of direct application |
