The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-03-12
Mrs B. distinguished also for the peculiar beauty

of their costumes.
Among the most conspicuous lady who attracted
great deal Of attention partly account of her beauty
and from the fact of her hair being dressed with blue
powder.
Mr.s-G-Coat of royal purple velvet with diamond
buttons star left breast made of diamonds knee buckles
and shoe buckles also Of diamonds wig powdered lace ruff
aes white cravat of lace white vest with diamond but
tons and embroidered with gold This dress, diamonds
included, cost it is said seventeen thousand dollars
Mr. M-e-Sky blue velvet coat, elegantly embroider-
ed with silver diamond buckles rosette OF blue ribbons
with dis monds; powered head.
Mr. Pr Jr.-Coat of blue velvet richly embroidered
with gold white vest cravat diamond buckles and
powdered wig Mr. p took the role Of the Due de Rich
| elieu
Mr. L. L-st-n-coat of blue velvet, trimmed with
silver breeches to match diamond buckles and pow
dered wig.
Mr. W.I-n-Crimson velvet coat, richly embroider-
ed with silver and gold white vest and powdered head
Mr. Mc-y-Iight blue velvet coat, embroidered with
gold breeches to match diamond buckles and powdered
head
Mr. J-c-y-Garnet colored velvet coat, trimmed with
! gold and silver; diamond buckles and powdered hair:
breeches to match
| Mr. H-n-Purple velvet coat embroidered, with
breeches match diamond buckles and powdered wig
Mr.. D-n (as Zizaanow)-Green cloth coat, with red
and silver trimmings; white buckskin breeches high
boots with spurs; black chapeau trimmed with silver
powdered wig
Mr. R-tJ-s-Crimson colored velvet coat trim
med with gold and silver; white satin vest gold buckles
set with diamonds breeches to match; powdered wig
Mr. H-n Green velvet coat embroidered with gold;
breeches of color yellow satin vest and chapeau
a la Louis Ounce massive gold chain suspended from
his neck.
Mr. s-n Crimson velvet coat embroidered with gold;
white brocade vest embroidered with flowers crimson
velvet breeches, and chapeau.
Mr. w. C. S-n Dressed in the costume of colonel
of light horse the reign of Louis Qunze consisting of
scarlet velvet coat and breeches white vest and chapeau
Mr.. L. is White coat, with blue facings, and en-
brodered with god vest of gold coored satin cha
peau of the period
Louis XIV. In Great Jones Street.
From the New York Times
The hae sociee of good city doing their best
not to ecpsed by Paris in fashionable extravaganza
The details of es balls costumes of the Court of
the Tuleres have wonderfully sharpened their appetite
for such exhibitions of folly and arsocrac danes
have long been busiy engaged in qualifying themselves
displaying their graces before their pasteboard Maestes
residents there and to prove in full court that
pubcans, they they know as well as how
to long trains and move ungracefuly in such rdi
cuous costumes To this end, all that was needed was
fancy dress ball BY way Of for their
ii was deemed essential to go through before
hand sort of apprenticeship. in order to be,
the nobsse the hand and the ackeys in livery
the other On Monday the 9th of February the
outbreak of folly came to its full manifestation "Our
Best sociey-the very pick of the hothouse-were the
sole participators The company was choceindeed un
usually seect-comprsing, in fact all that New York
in the way of the Oldest families and the
lofycresed arstocracy The fact is have become
exclusive here the ulaexclusive denizens of the
Faubourg St Geman for instance the other side of
the water we, too forsooh must have representa-
tves of corresponding in presage with those of
Coucy and Howard and Montmorency in the Old World
Nobody then admitted into the vast saloons of Mme
s. in Great Jones street. (Which when thrown together
actually fifty feet in length whose ancestors had
not, fifty years BEFORE indusriously scrubbed in
person. the door steps of their houses Such the
distinguishing test of the pure Knickerbocker blood
everything of recent date ptessy excluded
parvenu from this noble circe-even the residents
of Fifth avenue itself
The epoch selected by Madame s. for illustration
that of Louis the Fifteenth The invitations enjoined
strict conformance to the costumes of that daya COM
mand equivalent, regards bearded exqusites to
an order to shave of not only their boards but their
imagine the huter of anxiety during the fortnight be-
fore the BALI The pous, moral and bible reading soci
ETY. Of an American city, precipating itself Of sudden
uron systematic and intensely prosecuted inquiry
in the most dissolute and immoral era in the history
Ct Frnnce Innocent young girls studying the character
nd peculiar style of La Pompadour of Dubarry, and
even OF the recuses Of the Pare au Ce.fs! But all
ot nes and millners the hairdressers ct cctera the
guests OF the evening hudded their i'll made dresses
which they with the air of grained ackdaws
owderng their hair applying patches to their faces
and DOMINIC red heels, they fancied themselves prn-
and marquises; and began the ballthe Grin
wide world beorei Our highly esteemed young friends
tic New York Boys attached to swords for the first
ri, laces and trimmings and robes, of the fat dowa
gers round about Surely all appeared to display quite
enough of luxurybrocades, brocatees, satin, velvet
and few diamonds here and there's but for grace Of
movement, not bit of it anywherel Every single one,
cavalier dame extemporzed for the OCCASION had
the air of wearing badly fitting harness. Surely the
manners of another epoch.
The marked feature Of this most amentable pleasantly
the execution of two quadries after the style of
m de lacour Fancy the heavy ,clownsh nabobs of Wall
street. moving awkwardy and grmacing from right to left
by of paying salute Never cumsiness and folly
pitiably conspicuous 1t like dance Of
half domesticated bears than anything ese and
even ceased to be amusing after time In order to
render the entertainment complete the noble hosts
themselves the treat Of putting some poor devils OF Irish
into richly laced lveres, and frixzng and powder
ing their respective locks 1t consequently easy to
fancy the whole affair fully up to the level of the arsto
cratic entertainments of European society pleasure by
the way which New York arstocracy is ardently
make manifest for fear of being rdculed put to the
blush, or even worse. Perhaps the present but
bold experiment; and who knows but we shall next
winter, in Broadway lvered equipages grand etenne
How nice that would be for sour best society,"
II is not without pain that such monkeyisms
gaining more and more Of foothod in society which
should continue faithful to it's beautiful and glorious
ditions Of simplicity labor, and morality. 1t is but
saddening spectacle to those who by force of intel
lect enterprise and energy have built large fortunes
making serious and unheard of efforts in order to assm
late themselves to the pattern of the memorable charac
Of dssraceful epoch desire to INTRODUCE here
bad limitations of European society, and to anxious
to forget Tor rather cut themselves off FROM the vvify
ing principle of the American character. Once rich,
their efforts appear to invariably tend to eace every
trace of their democratic origin and this OCCASION
to array their in the borrowed pumage foreign
arsocracy They consequently become neither fish, esh
fowl Ready to lavish millions upon such miserable
frpperies they will not give farthing noble gen
erous cause, either here or elsewhere.
But happily for the future Of democracy and Of Amer
lea such people do not exercise much influence either
upon the the controlling ideas Of their
try They only the weeds which everywhere spring
up in rich SOIL but at the time without exercising
very marked influence upon the grand and progress
i've movement Of form of society Of which they cannot
be deemed the in any possible aspect Of
the question.
Fancy Masquerade I'm Houston Street.
On Wednesday Of last week Dr. Garsh Of $40 Houston
street gave fancy dress masquerade sorte The COM
many ere assenhlcd about half past nine O'clock com