The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1863-11-24
THE RUSSIAN BALL.
SpIessdtd Display tM Is-visss
Place.
A supper I'm the Style Of " Louis the
Magnificent
APoTHEosFs OF sHoDDY.

APoTHE0sEs OF sHoDDY.
The New York papers come to us fle,
with accounts of the Russian balls. From I
very lengthy account in the World, we con
dense the following:
THE BALL.
Ones first conscious reflection uron enter
ing the Russian bali, was, "Where are tn,
Russiansi"
Anybody could see the Japanese when he
entered the Japanese ball. But when yor
stood in the upper couloris of the Academy
and gazed down upon the swaying mass Of
light and color beyond you, which might &C
easily have seemed a vast parterre of flowers
but for the furnace breath Of highly human
caloric which rose aud wavered through all
the air-you look 10 vain for tn, Russi ans.
There was the play, but where was Ham
LETT
Oh, we discover them at last, rari nadte,
in gurgite paste! A few struggling tars in
cavalry tuuics, with epaulettes on theiI shoul
ders and anguish in their eyes, trying to dance
in tight boots the English which they cannot
talk 10 their tight stocks. All tho lovely fe.
male world is helping them with all its might
so guardo passe, they will come out oi
tho matter one way or anothcr--let us Inspect
the company generally.
Shoddy is respIendent all aroun US. Gor
geous, Aamboyan'; no wholly un5eautiful, i,
but altogether wonderful to behold. There
are the people, too, whom You know, earnest.
u trying TO look as ifthey didn't know any
body else.
There are general and commodores. There
is Butler, wearing the handsome Order of the
kDout which becomes him 90 we'll. There is
Opdyke, the father Of the city, with bis patri.
arcba brow and the winning candor of his in.
genuous smile. There arc d ploma,s, too, half.
a dozen or so; the envoy of Sweden and OF
Russia-not the rose exactly, but those who
have dwelt near the rose, not Mr.. nr Mad.
ame Stoeckl, bu, pair Of handsome, high
bred secretaries, glittering with orders glori.
ous to the eye Of sboddy in its teems. e.
But to say who is below us-thers in that
whirl Of crinoiue, brodclotb, lace, youth, beau.
'y, music, bouquets, anl rapidlp evolved cal
passes the power Of seer or of
scribe. There, ne indicating that somebody
is there who is partial to dancing, the sweet,
lad, cntranciug strains Of the waltz float over
Is, and there is kind of sbiver and shudder
along the outskirts Of the dense mas,, which
nay be and probably is, caused by the rotary
notion Of its internal atoms.
THE "PAssAoE Way"
On entering, tho mysterious q passage way"
hat leads from the beauty Of the ball to the
,ot less substantial splendor lin greater or less
legres) Of the supper room, first claims and
attracts attention. The contrast from outside
o inside is something like that which must
rave been observed by Aladdin when he en-
cred from common. place and dusty path.
way into palace Of pearls and gems, and siI-
'er. Not that the interior OF the "passape
way" WIS decked with bars Of GOLD and deep
lea pearls, but there was a dazzling display
II pink and white muslin, and gilt stars print.
ed thereon, ond vases with vines and flowers.
The interior walls were of white muslin,
studded with gilt stars, and the roof was
crmed Of muslin, in blue and white stripes,
With row Of thirteen gilt stars on each blue
tripe. Through the centre Of this cord was
stretched, and the programme wss for keeping
ho line Ct march to the left Of tho cord in 90.
ng to and returning from the supper rooms,
10 as to avoid promiscuous scramble like
bat on Broadway every day. At either end
that is, at the entrances to the Academy and
be hall-the pillars were covered with Am r..
an flags, which were wound around them so
10 TO show the red and white stripes alter.
'ately. g
ENTRANCE FOR THE RUSSIANS.
Aspecial entrance was arranged for Admi.
al Lisovski and the Russian officers, who
we're the especial guests OF the oveLing. -
This opened from Fourteenth street into
title room partitioned from the rest of the
obby, the ceiling and partitions tastiy hid
len by muslin 10 folds Of altefn nate red, white
nd blue. A chandelier hung in tho centre,
.hch was adorned with painting Of the
lussian eagle. On each side Of this room
'ere the hot boxes, with Two walters in charge.
he windows were richly hung with lace, and
n the walls were pictures Of Russian sleigh. |
ide aud other Interesting sffairs.
TIE EDrBLRs USED.
These viands and ornamental risoes did not
ppesr in their native state, their presence was
with combinations Of jellies, sugar
'ses, winged doves, and pyramidal canopiss.
or slice Of boned turkey you had to throttle
D eagle, pluck flower, rase some evergrsens,
! remove an abutment or turret of conpea led
'aple. Carowig was thus dispensed With,
I'D tho spoon superseded the knife. Az the
'atiou and ball sre such ss may leave their
OPPRESSION on centuries 70 come, We give, for
= sake Of history, sn account ofthe principal ,
|iblss used, viz:
Twelve thousand oysten-lo,ooo poolstts
q 1000 picked,