Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-10-15

you look to a distance limitless, and seem TO
get away from the brilliant and magnificent
room TO softer and more tranquil scenes
Calyo has not painted "scene." but pic
ture, 80 exquisite the perspective that the
arbors seem rather a continuation than
decoration Of the room, and, like true pic
lures, leads you out Of yourself into the
scene which it depicts. The coup FGIl-
Myriads Of lights, bewildering, superb A
vast expanse of dancing floor, desert like in
its color and extent A frame of tiers, brill
| liantly lighted, rich in crimson, gold and
white Beds of flowers, the finest and rich
est Of decorations, the flowers which nature
has exhausted herself 10 more make ex-
| quisite. This is the coup d'GiL-ight, flow
ers, color.
THE ATTENDANCE.
The Academy was filed, but not jammed
crowded, but with plenty of room for all
to move comfortably"
DRY sOODs AND JEWELS.
The Herald Of two days prior to the Ball
said:
We have seen the materials of which many
of the dresses for the coming ball are to be
made, some of them heavy MORO antique,
others of light gauzy tulle, but all the rich
est and best Of their kind. Dark colored
moire antiques and watered silks have been
bought generally by elderly ladies, and trim
med, as they are, with deep founces of Chan
| tilly or Brussels lace, they have look of
rich yet quiet elegance that will serve admi-
rably as a sober background for the lighter
| and gayer eolored dresses that will be brought
out in full relief by the myriad gaslights in
| the Academy Of Music on the eventful night
! Of the ball. But the same materials, in light
| colors, have been equally run upon by the
| young, and, in truth, nothing could be more
! exquisite than some specimens we have seen,
particularly white watered silk and MORE
antique, Of delicate feur dc peche color.
Tulle dresses, embroidered in gold and
formed with double skirts, have been much
in request with purchasers of late, and with
out doubt will re-appear to advantage on the
boards of the Academy on Friday night
There is kind of airy, floating grace about
these lighter fabrics which fully compensate
for their lack of other qualities.
We hope our lady readers understand this
better than we do.
Ofjewels, the Herald says:
One hrm alone, that of Tiffany Co., have
sold in two weeks necklaces, bracelets, tiaras
brooches, &c, to the amount Of one hundred
and fifty thousand dollars, while other estab-
Gshments have come in for their share of the
golden harvest. The ladies appear to have
been seized with a sudden mania for thi
most costly articles of jewelry, and nothing
less than diamonds and pearls will satisfy
them in the way Of precious stones. FifteeI
and sixteen thousand dollars for necklact
is getting to be quite an ordinary affair, anC
we should not be surprised one Of these day
to hear Of forty or fifty thousand dollars be
ing paid for full set. In the establishment
already named they have disposed of nearly
two dozen diamond brooches, varying il
J price from one thousand to two thousanC
: FIVE hundred dollars.
These are made in every style in clusters
beautifully disposed, the brilliants set so a
to flash out their varied hus with every mo
, ton of the wearer. Some again are formet
I | to represent a branch, with buds and leaves
on which the brilliants sparkle like tn
glancing rays of the sun on the dimpled sur
face of stream. A brooch, which is per
e haps the most costly thing of the kind tina
viii be worn at the ball, and which is val
ued at $4,000, will attract large share of at
tention. In the centre is a gorgeous Orien
1 | tai opal, little over an inch in diameter
T | surrounded by two circles of brilliants, whic
are in striking contrast with the chameleo
stone. Of necklaces the sale was no less ex
tensive, and as we have said, they were
the most costly description. Those made
> pearls and diamonds are in great demand
e and they are splendid specimens of jewelry
t In the establishment of Ball, Black & Co
we saw diamond set worth S25, 900, whic
was deservedly the cynosure of wonderin
g eyes.
n a CRASH.
|. The Ball was just about to commence, Il
: Prince had taken his card and was Ieadir
n his partner out, when large part of Il
: dancing floor gave way with a great crasl
Is fortunately injuring no one. The props ha
/ been too weak to support the fashiOnab
l. weight. Two hours of busy work by an arm
is of carpenters righted the matter, and at mi
night the Ball commenced.
ToILETTEs
d If our readers think we are going to T
ID print column and half of descriptions
n toilettes, they are mistaken. Let one 81
,e fee;
ID One Of the most distinguished toilettes W
IL a eorn-colored robe of moire antique, t
Ia skirt ornamented with seven narrow ilIusi
IS tlounces, simply hemmed, and an upu
in skirt OF doubled illusion, caught up by ira
Id ing branches of black and yellow flowers.
of Low body, trimmed with Grecian folds, {
s, namented with boquets to match the gar1
il ture of the skirt. Head-dress black a
ar gold.
ld As to general effect read this:
ul The first effect upon the senses was fnde
n so dazzling as to render it impossible to Sc
arate any distinct or individual effects
Flowers reposing in folds of feecy lace, le
rising and falling in rich foam-like wav
Jewels paling before the fire of bright ey
re- or flashing back radiantly from velvet ba
u grounds; gold and silver glittering in
IL transparent tarlatane fabrics so thickly e
1t broidered with the same precious substar
ne that they looked like cloth of gold sill,
ng brocade, fair and shining, looking kindly
y, the stiff and stately MORE flowers, ribbo
,e- Jewels, fans, feathers and the odors o
M thousand parterries, all miDgling With t
les lights, the music and the graceful movi
IN throng.
YE PRINCE DANCETH.
AT Il o'clock, after supper, the Pril
IRA opened the Ball with Mrs. Governor AIorg
,re and from that time onward it is supposed
he was Jolly. Dancing suits him.
lat There we're 5000 persons present. For
It ther particulars see the conclusion of St
rs. mans poem in the next Vanity Fair.
Here endeth this lesson.
of
d; DAsTARDLY OUTRAeE.-0n Saturday Mi
IS, some abominable wretches broke a h
ng through the brick wall in the rear of
~ Wide-Awakes torch room.a and stole guar
ed ty of uniforms. From the appearance y
ne terday morning it is evident that they W
no disturbed in their work, and fed before h
1Ie ,re ing accomplished their purpose Of destroy
an all the uniforms an d torches. Several C
all were found lying ut'side as if dropped
ea haste. The room extends from Supel
its Hill to Union Lane, the entrance be
n made from the latter The wall is ab
M fifteen inches thick; the hole being m