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Correspondence of the Herald.l
BALTIMORE, Jan. IL, 1913.


Correspondence of the Heraldl
BALTIMORE, Jan. IL, 1913.
The Grand Fdmcy, Military and C,vic BaH-PIo-
gress Of Morals in the Monumental City,
DEAR BENNETT
Last night the grand Military and Civic Ball, the
nett proceeds of which are TO be dstributed amongst
the suffering poor, came off at the Front street thea
tire, feint description Of which, together with a
short notice Of some few of the characters, here
propose to give your readers.
We,then, to mence-The theatre under the
experimenting care of grandsire Mr.. Wildey, the
chairman of the executive committee, was very
handsomely fitted up, the pit being oored to level
with the stage, made a hall capable of accommoda-
ting about two hundred cotillons Six views, repre-
sening as many periods in the eventful life of the
Father of his Country, were affixed over the proce-
num- and facing the boxes. The third tier was
partly shut out from view by daubs representing the
coat OF arms OF the cd thirteen States, with me-
morandum OF the principle revolutionary battles &c
These daubs served double purpose Nor while they
added TO the ornament OF the room, they protected
from the vulgar gaze the wel-fed tables, at which
some seventy managers were merily feastng at
the expense of the poor, and in these temperance
days it surely very clever in the aforesaid mana
gers to hide from the public view the ample stock of
wine, apple.toddy, punch, NC, with which they
sought TO tighten the cares and responsibilities that
diately over the entrance was placed the American
eagle and to its beak were attached succession of
American, English, French and Hanoverian flags,
that in festoons surrounded the boxes
About O'Clock the company began to be nume-
rous, and Murray's band admonished all to prepare
for the conflict. Before 10 o'clock there were on
the floor and in the first and second tier Of boxes
upwards OF three thousand persons. There were
some few beautiful girls of course, but the great
iorty were not those Of which this good city SO
justly prdes herself. The vast majority of the wo-
men were dressed in bad taste their persons too
much exposed to the vulgar gaze and coarse crti-
certain few, all nearly all les fenmes dcs plai-
sure" were here With my own limited acquain.
lance with such characters, laat one time counted
not less than thrtyfve of them the floor dancing
with sweet, innocent girls, who little knew the com
pany into which they were thus unceremone ously
thrown. This thing l am confident was net I'M
known to some OF the managers, for there were
amongst them men who knew them WELL Verify,
fearful responsible is thelss weight of RESPONSE
billty that all their copious draughts of whiskey
punch, will not tighten, their great charity for
the poor, ettace But enough of this. The COM
munity holds them to account and all the purchased
puffs of servlle press will not serve to mitigate the
contempt they have so richly merited.
| will now endeavor to give you short descrip-
tiOn of some of the characters First, there was
Metamora, well dressed, and in the earlier part of
nately the fire waters got the better of the poor IN
dian's!facultles. Mr. Joe Smith, the first cousin
of Joe Smith, the Mormon, who enacted the charac-
ter, woundup the evening by playing the ass which
cident occurred during the evening with poor Meta
mora The girls being all afraid Of him. he solicited
and obtained the hand of Bill Barnegate, water
lily from the Jersey shore, of Barnegat inlet, who
key punch could possibly be supposed to awake in
the bosom of duiful son of the Emerald Isle, no.
bly, stepped forth and swore 6" by Jasus, he could
dance Metamora down Just as asy as Col. Johnson
hof dOxxyn Totru Io th1ro
from the bystanders and at 1t they went, and would
doubtless have danced until this time, had not some
gentlemen interfered and stopped the racket. l am
happy inform you that General Jesup is no longer
chargeable with the death of the brave Osceola !;
ne was effectually murdered last night in the pre-
sence of three thousand persons by young painted
Frenchman, whom we shall hereafter know as
Mons. Jacko. With him came an Indian squaw-
STRIPPING, who could not even look the character.
Mr.. Peter Pipkin appeared very well as Jim Bags.
He dressed and looked his character well but Pc
ter can't sing " All round my hat" nor turn tune
on cracked clarionette.
The best enacted character in the room was by
Mr.. Stake, who appeared as one Of Prince Esterha-
zys shepherds His livery was faultless, and his
part well sustained. La6ito. tho pirate, by very
small young gentleman, with very large pair Of
mustaches, and very large sword, (Which he had
to unbuckle and get friend to hold) whenever it
sut.d the pirates humor to dance. Greeks, Ro-
mans, Duchmen, Yankees, sailors, selders, fremen,
hddlers and fools, made up the balance, if we ex-
cept the malicious men and their officers, the major
general and the Col the latter of which was the best
looking soldier in the room. Tommy is first rate
carpet knight, "who never set a squadron in the
field, nor the division of battle knows" OF the
ladies', there peasant girls flower girls novices
and nuns and characters that mentioned in the
fore part of this commun catien. The ball went gal
ly on-the young men appeared TO hail it as happy.
chance of extending their female acquaintance and
not few of their elders were observed to wink at
some of the frail ones, much as to say, Z" know
you, but for Heavens sake sppak not TO me-
Verify, it was great ball-a real ball ; and if the
same gentlemen will but get up another and give
sufficient notice, | would almost swear we would
have all the roufs of the good city of Manhattan
here HOWARD.