The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-01-18
POLKING FOR THE POOR.
The Grand Ball at the Academy Last Might
Six Thousand People Prcscnt-No Disturb
ance-NIixture OF the Upper Ten and Lower


The Grand Ball at the Academy Last Might
Six Thousand People Prcsent-No Disturb
ance-Mixture OF the Upper Ten and Lower
Twenty, &C., sc.
The Ladies' Ball for the Poor OF the c ty Of New
York; came of according to announcement ut the
Academy Of Music, last night
This ball, the HERALD readers have previously been
Informed, gotten up by some Of irst citizens
called and the profits to the fund for the
relief of the starving poor The financial result of the
festival will be good, and large will be Melted for
the purpose for which the ball given.
As for the ball itself, it only crush. The
Academy put its best clothes for the occasion
The parquette foored flush with the stage and
the wings covered with drapery The fronts Of the
boxes decorated with 10 xers and the stage
lighted with extra chandelier At ten o'clo TX
there were about Ave thousand persons in the House.
and 1t presented superb coup d0i But what mixed
company Lawyers and gamblers, stock brokers and
politicians fnanciers and shoulder hitter gentlemen
and hack drivers policemen and judges ladies from the
Fifth avenue ladies from the Dry Dock and ladies from
quarters not to be mentioned There great deal
the second best society little Of the rst and great
deal of no society at all.
Dancing almost out Of the question. The floor OF
the ball is of most irregular shape hardly suited
for such purpose. 1t resembles lozenge with two
pieces followed out Of the circumference This was
CLOSELY packed men ana women ana II was Win
great deal of difficulty that certain perseverng people,
in the pursuit Of TERI sichorean pleasures under diff
cuties, could clear space suHi sent for waltz,
quadrlle with twenty or thirty sets Doubtless many
persons who intended to dance retired from the
floor in dismay; butt i IS very certain that
the fashionable people who condescended
from which the Fifth surveyed through Its eye
glasses in solemn state, the evoutons of the lower mil
lion There were many ladies present who adhered
their bonnet and, not outstanding the ukase the
managers to the contrary, We many thin. legged,
the floor holding their hats their hands, or with
air intended to be very aristocrac and rressbly
| killing, carrying them under their arms.
The display Of female beauty was not particularly
when we come to consider the very large number
Of people present The ladies were not so well dressed
an extraordinary fancy for tremendously large paids
and excessively broad stripes That of thing does
The ball on till three o'cock-everybody running
against everybody and nobody comfortable Although
the liberal patrons of the ball. yet, we are happy
to say nothing occurred to the festivities. Every
with solemn grandeur and after each Of them the milf
tary band played and the promenaders moved about in
tain gentlemen with white rosettes, Supposed to be
the members OF the Floor Committee, rushed about
in highly excited state OF mind They knew nothing,
however, and were acquainted with nobody. At any
rate several of them informed that such was the
melancholy fact. With the usual brilliancy concep-
ton which has marked the management Of this house
since its opening the depository for hats coats was
located up four flights stairs and in the corner of the
building furthermot from the door. Here the people
entrusted their personal property gentlemen with bad
empers and limited knowledge of the English
SO great was the rush that the policemen obliged
ADOPT the post Office pan and form lines two deep from
the door t. the place where the coats hats and canes
were deposited
As may be supposed from what has been said above,
II viii be imagined that the company did not include
many distinguished people We noticed however, John
Van Buren,, Esq, John Cochrane ESQ., and large force
from the Custom House, J. w. Gerard ESQ., j. Depeys
ter Ogden Esq., and other well known citizens. The
Chevalier Wikoff was there and was lion.
was estimated that six thousand tickets were sold
ior this ball, and this would give the gross receipts
twelve thousand dollars. The expenses will probably
reach fifteen hundred or two thopsand dollars.
The Astor House Club Ball.
The first ANIMAL ball of the Astor House Club came of
astevening at Niblos Saloon with great ccat Abo
two hundred Of the employees Of the Astor House were
present. while the remainder Of the assembage
Of very select company end numbering about eighteen
hundred persons joined in the festivities Among those
present, we noticed Simeon Draper Esl Messrs Com,n
Stetson, Of the Aston House. c. Staggly John Ross
Esq Col Wells, Gen Norris Charles Coleman Charles
| Wait Captain Porter, James Wood w. Cotton and Ex
Alderman Sturteva AMT Captains Pratt Warner and Kear
ney, of the London packets, and Col Bird. The room
was tsstefuy decorated for the OCCASION and the
was discoursed in 6ne style by Dodworths Band
The dancing commenced about nine O'Clock, when all
the assembage present Joined in the quadrille
The object being charitable one the number of tick
cts we're all sold two three days before the ball came
off, The affair got up solely tor the benefit of the
suffering poor the proceeds being handed over to the
authorities for the suffering poor The management of
the ball was entirely satisfactory to all the visitors who
were busily engaged in enjoying themselves when we
left the busy and festive scene.
hs presiding oheet, on the occasion James s.
farker James Troy Charles O. Knk, ard Parker Jones'
who exerted themselves to the utmost in ministrnr 70
the comforts OF the assemblage present.