8 o'clock
_ E pluri bust Union . _ -LRB- OYSTERS . -RRB- ORPHEUS C. KERR , Pleasure of your Company at the White House , -LRB- R.S.V.P. -RRB- WEDNESDAY , Feb. 5th , 1862 . 8 o'clock , P.M. -LRB- HALF MOURNING FOR PRINCE ALBERT . -RRB- NO SMOKING ALOUD . -RRB- -RSB- At an early hour on the evening of the _ fête _ , the general of the Mackerel Brigade came to my room in a perfect perspiration of brass buttons and white kids , and I asked him what `` no smoking aloud '' meant . `` Why , '' says he , putting his wig straight and licking a stray drop of brandy from one of his gloves , `` it means that if you try to ` smoke ' any of the generals at the ball as to the plan of the campaign , you must n't do it ` aloud . '