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Monday evening all the beau monde of Newport assemble and meet together in the hall, or theatre, of the Casino.

It is a pretty building, with wide-roofed piazzas running around it on two sides. There are delicious corners and angles in these piazzas, where confidences may be whispered, and protestations might be made, if anybody had time to make protestations at Newport during the season.

The hall is a large apartment, with a stage at one end. The walls are of a pretty light tint, and the gallery with its rounded arches is of a graceful design. The polished hard wood floor is cleared on Monday evening for dancing.

On the evening in question, the hall was filled with an unusually large company of