The New York herald., 1851-08-05

II.
Master Baker in Scottish dress.
Mr.. Hecker appeared Spanish brigand
NIrs. Hecker, as Venetian lady, wore a ooduice
of gold colored velvet and skirt OF blue sa'in'
trimmed with gold.
MIR. Hubert as a North American Indian, per,
formed his part admirably. His costume was wei
selected and well worn. -
C. w Carrgan was dressed as rich Greek mer-
chant His costume was we'll chosen and well worn
]. ]. Taylor, as French boatman, silk shirt anu
]. B. Ddisr, of Baltimore, psrsonatsd Paul Pry.
The dress was good one, and the character attract
ed considerable attention in the room.
g. Remak dressed as monk.
Mrs Friend personatsd French peasant.
Miss Hoffman as the Child ofthe Regiment
Miss Z. Wallace q Spanish peasant.
Mr.. w. Swift was dressed in the garb OF
Quaker.
Mrs Snavely wore Spanish dress.
Mr.. Nell appeared as an Italian nobleman.
Miss Jack Is the Maid Of Athens.
Sgnor Blitz, the celebrated conjuror was present,
attiredas magician. He wore a long robe OF
black, ,trimmedwith cards and hiereoglyphic figures
He carried in front board, which ansWered for a
platform, on which to perform feats of magic he
was accompanied by ayoungster, whom he termed
his imp and who carried tns amp1emSsnts paeuS vs oy
deal of amusement. The punches OF flowers
that the magician called into instantaneous
existence, and presented to young ladies might
be counted by hundreds, and yet there was
no eye in the room sharp enough to see
the source of all this floral wealth. Wherever
the copjurer went he had crowd at his heels, ana
many side invitations were EXTENDED 10 nun 70
amuse little knots of ladies' who were too modest
10 crowd around him while in the centre OF Tue room
This was decidedly one of the features Of the eve
ming. .
a beautiful black dress, trimmed with silver span
Mr. C. E. Magens was costumed as Neapo-
H'i' a. ~ D pD,..,on ,yora n Snan;Sh court dress
which became him exceeding we'll. Mr.. p is a fae
looking man, and n his assumed costume ne looked
like prince Of don.
Miss Odenheimer costomed as the Goddess Of
Liberty.
Mr.. Odenheimer was dressed as HenryIV
Mrs Joseph McMakn represented French
marchioness.
Miss Matthias appeared as Greek girl. She
enacted the part exceedingly well and was one of
the objects Of especial attraction in the room.
Every one admired the grace with which she car
ried off the character.
Miss Parkinson, as Zaidee, was also much ad-
mirei; she wore dress of white satin, trimmed
With silver.
Miss Bartlett dressed as French peasant girl.
Mr. &. Shaw, in the character of monk, tra-
versed the with his black frock, cowl, rosary,
and cross suspended from rope, which was tied
around his waist Ii was a mplete disguise, and
many Of Mr.. SIS intimate friends passed him in the
bail room, not knowing who he was.
Mr.. A Filter wore the costume of Charles II.
Another MIR. Filter was costumed as Spanish
page.
MIR. Leyistein wore beautiful Tyroleau dress,
and in the of the evening sung several Tyro-
lean airs. Mr.. l.. has an excellent voice, and his
vocalzation would do credit to professional singer
| The double notes, as they are called in the music
| peculiar to the Tyrolese, were given by him with
great effect, and produced quite sensation in the
| room.
Mr. B. ellison dressed as Charles l.
Major Snavely wore court dress of the time OF
Mr.. ]. Thornley, dressed first as the Earl Of Lei.
cester, but changed this costume during the eve-
ming, and assumed that of the India Rubber King,
most comical affair, capable Of being increased or
diminished in size, at the pleasure Of the wearer
This last was really good dress for the occasion
Mr.. Thornley, was one of the active managers, and
as chairman Of the committee on decorations, de-
serves great credit for the part he took in making
the room so appropriately beautiful as it was
]. w. Eayer, Of Mount Holly, N. j., appeared
costumed as o courtier Of the time of Louis XVI
He wore green velvet coat trimmed with gold,
rich small clothes, silk hose, shoes with silver
buckles, white wig and three cornered hat. It was
fine costume, and worn with great deal of gra,e
by Mr. E. 1t was indeed, one of the principal cha
| racters in the saloon.
| ]. Wenthall wore the costume Of the Earl Of Ro-
| chester.
| Or. 5. NJ. Zulick went as Doa Cesar de Bazan.
Mr.. q. Gerry appeared as Julian 1t. Pierre, an
Col. Wallace, ofthe Philadelphia press appeared
| as the Count of Monte Cristo. The Colonels tall
| figure set out by so magnificent n dress, looked
more stately than ever and his agreeable CONVERSE
tion made him an entertaining gues. in whatever
| quarter Of the room he made his appearance.
Mrs. Wallace appeared in the beautiful costume
| Of Haidce.
| Mrs. I. B. Peterson was dressed in Greek coz
| tune.
Mr.. Campbell was costumed as French boat.
Miss Knight dressed as a Bohemian girl
Capt. II. IL. Leese, of the steamer Roger Will
lams, dressed as Hamlet, and appeared TO great
advantage. 1t was in fact, Of the best dressed
and best supported characters in the hall.
! Mrs. Leese was dressed as an Albania7 lady
Robert j. MOrrell assumed the characte. of q
live Yankee, and went whiting about the room
| TO the qualification of numerous admirers.
VIM G. Taylor appeared as VIM, Penn. The
! character OF the Quaker was admirably well sus-
! tained. The costume was very fine one, and was
worn with such quiet grace that ii attracted the
| attention Of all whe saw IL.
Geo. Il. Fisher wore the leathern bead trimne d
suit Of an Indian chief
John q. Deitz dressed as an American sailor, and
played his part well, that i. difficult to con-
ceiye that the character was counterfeited. The
trim built, well rugged tar, seemed TO be great
favori.e with the ladies.
Miss A. T. Gourgas appeared in the early part Of
the evening in pink domino, which she afterwards
changed for handsome ball dress.
Mrs. Stratton was attireda as a Polish lady.
Mr.. @. w. Peterson appeared as page-scarlet
/ tUnic, white satin trunks, Eilk hose, scarf etc.
Miss keihl was present in white ball dress her
| hair was handsomely dressed with ribbanls, and
/ she wore a magnificent necklace.
Mr.. Geo. w Ward a huntsman. in Robin
| Hood. The dress, black and gold, was becoming,
| and well worn.
| Mrs Ward wore 4 beautiful white dress, trimmed
| with flowers, very pretty.
G.. Park Cummings was attired as a Greek.
| Geo. w. Farr was present in citizens dress
Charles w Benders also attended the ball, but
not IN costume.
James W. Parkinson wore a beautiful brigand
costume, made for the occasion. The material Of
the Jacket and small clothes was blue. MIR. Par
knson was one Of the managers of the ball, and
c0ntributedhis share 70 the Amusement Of the eve-
ming. His costume was among the best In the
room, and ii could net have been better worD than
il was
Miss Taylor, Of Baltimore appeared as flower
girl.
George w. Hacker wore the costume Of Paul
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