Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1860-11-07
THE PRINCES BALL IL NEW
YORK.

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This extraordinary event has bee
denounced as most cxtraordinar
failure, by reason that the warrior
arrangements were mismanaged, Il
many people being present TO loay
room for dancing ON the floor, or Il
eating at supper Then n porto
OF the floor fell in just before te
o'clock, at which hour the ball wa
TO commence, and an army of cal
pentors had 10 be recruited TO repai
the damage, which delayed tho gran
opening until u ock,-whic
having been achieved in dance
supposed TO have been nperforinod b,
the Prince with Mrs. Governor Nor
gan rs n partner, the ball went oil
Jdmndby TO the end thereof,
A man miller, who reports curl
Gus details OF feminine costume io
the New York Herald, writes as fol
lows about tho attire of the ladies
"Full dress was, Of course, de reg
eur. No high bodies were permittet
to the dresses, and this occasioneC
some slight embarrassment to ladies
who had not for n long time been
accustomed to this exposure. This
difficulty was, however, generally
met by resorting to those elegant
little contrivanccs for excessive del,
icacy or badly shaped shoulders
,iace capes, which, therefore, formed
quite n feature in the detail of the
various costumes.
A very rich dress was of white
velvet, ornamented with brilliant
bouquets of flowers, embroidered
in gold and colors, which seemed
thrown upon the surface. Garnit-
ure of point lace; jewels, complete
set of superb diamonds.
Another was a pale blue robe of
moire, with plain corsage, over which
was worn a very handsome point
lace cape The jewels were diamonds
and pearls.
A robe Of Magenta moire antique
was nearly covered with a rich lace
tunic, overskirt looped up with a
bunch Of white roses, white lace
berthe with bouquet of roses for the
corsage, and diamond necklace and
brooch. Head dress, roses and lace
barbe fastened with pins.
A very striking dress was of white
rep silk, trimmed with black velvet,
edged with gold and black guipure
lace. The belt was fastened with
an elegant gold buckle, and had long
ends attached Of wide white ribbon,
edged with velvet, gold and lace
The head-dress was a handsome tor
Sade.of black velvet, twisted with
gold, and festooned with double
strings of gold balls.
One of the most tasteful dresses
was of violet glace, nearly covered
by a tunic of point applique, looped
up with bow at the ends of white
dotted with silver; in the
centre of the bow was a little clus-
ter Of flowers. A lace scarf was
gracefully disposed over the corsage,
and fastened under the arms with a
bow and ends of ribbon matching
the garniture of the skirt; short,
full caps Of silk, over lace puff,
trimmed with ribbon and flowers;
pearl bracelete and pearl' head
dress completed the toilet.
One of the prettiest dresses was
a fine white tarletane, with five puff
fings ON the lower part of the skirt,
covered with lace volants. The up
per skirt was Of doubled tarlctane,
over which a laced tunic was looped,
with large bunch ofsmall crimson
velvet blossoms; very low pointed
draped with puffings and
lace to match; short sleeve of lace
over single putting of tarletane;
wreath for the hair and bouquets on
and sleeves 10 match the
skirt.
A robe Of rich, emerald green vel
vet was made en- raine, and the cor
sage ornamented with costly blonde.
Clasps Of diamonds and pearl orna-
mentcd the shoulders and point of
the low body, and torsade of green
velvet and pearls with diamond pen
dants decorated the hair.
One Of the costliest dresses was
Of MORE antique. Splendid barlees
Of real point lace ornamented the
skirt, each finished at the end with
. white opera rose. Upon the back
was worn q Marie Antoinette cape,
Of point lace, with bouquets ofroses
IN the centre of the corsage. A su-
perb set of diamonds was worn with
this dress, and the head dress con-
sisted of diamonds and lace barb,
with white roses set in the folds on
each side.
A robe Of white gros des hides was
very striking, ,ornamented with black
ace barbs and punches of mountain
daisies. A wreath ofmountain dali
sizes ornamented the hair.
Of velyets and moire antique,
Of lace and jewelry, of gold and tin
sci, of ribbons and flowers, column
lfter column might be written, espe-
,ially if it were possible to go into
he minuti@, and describe the gloves
embroidered with gold, and trim
ned with costliest blonde, ribbon,
md flowers Handkerchiefs, with
,iny centre of cambria, and fifty
dollars worth of cobweb lace
Jeweled houquet-holders filled with
ieshest exotics. Tiny slippers hold
ng delicate feet, eneascd in the
shimmerest Of hose, &c.
Fabulous stories are told of the
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