The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-02-26
CITY Intelligence.

The MAsQrEsADE AND FANCY DsEs BALL or THE GERMAN
LsDERKRAss Musical SOCIETY," came of last evening, and
IL spite Of rumo-s TIA. the police would interfere to pre-
vent T. as contrary TO law, well attended and unmo
Tested These balls given by some of or leading
German merchants and by the rules be attended only
by hc- friends persons introduced by them that
for seectucss will compare favo-abiy with any other.
always deveopes the national characteristics
Of the German people for wholesale enjoy and this
year seemed 10 be hailed with unusual zest The vast
hall Of the City Assembly Rooms entirely thrown
open, indeed needed to be- to accommodate the vast
crowd Two excellent bands Of music occupied the Or
ohesss and the interstces between the dances were
agreeably filed gp with prome3ades To attempt to des
crbe TIE variety Of the would require pen
woclt ta:. on this occasion. Every imaginable, unlm
agnaole, ludcrous gorgeous, articles foolish, fancy
That The art OF man or womaa could devise
seemed 20 be represented The gay courter OF
hat rubbed with Myndert Van ScbopaeIezken, With his
blue frock, staff, pipe, aad drinking horn well supplied
with Dclch courage The clown, the ling the lover, the
sod'er the buoon the nd'aa and nceed every matte
alty med &c be represented while nearly all the gen
tlemen wore ether mosques CT nasoueTadrg robes Nor
ladies' Ia the lurch, for the speador aud the
gIotesqre among them equally welitypSed and all
med to enter into the spirit o: the fun with Ger
nan susto II would he impossible 70 psrtcuarize from
the many suehae well admirable characters rep.
resented Every tang weat of without the slightest in
cdeD; t. mar the yaes AID IN ne Gid The free
cou';es? OF p-oprety The General Superintendent OF
Fo:se, 81. Ta,lma5se, and a nswbor OF his aids
present AMI seemed 20 erJov thense YES well to
preye. aay .rnor3prie.y Their official duties very
lgh. Nota few Ct our American citizeas and come OF
them promaen' il Political circles, participated in the
so.t and ali the mos. genuine specimen OF
5noces; amusement on large scale, and nsupersbe
argament for keeping The law against bal mdsques dead
eite- at least 40 regards the Nederkrans Society.
NrRsssy AID CIup's HoePuAI The annual meeting Of
the Board c. Managers Of tile society held yesterday
uGsD3g &: No. so East Twenty first street An address
dey cred by The Rev. Mr. Montgomery, after which
The reports 4 the treasure, and the society read
From the treesure-s report appeared tns the total
o. the society !o- the year including $40 appro
p,aed b. the city, Sl o7i Il. while the expenditure
during the came time was 2s, 49, Of, which includes
sum u S25 eco expended the building that the
society Is having erected IA Fifty ars, street. between
Lexington and Third avenues, thus Leaving balance in
hards of the treasurer Of t2e4i 20 The socetys
report showed that there always OF from
sixty seventy children In the nursery besides twenty
women who have them In charge, and that numbers
continually being refused admtance because the pre-.
misses at present and heretofore used by the society
not capsble OF ACCOMMODATING more than the number
already stated and therefore deemed stvisable 20
cree. the suilt.ng, which s now almos; completed.