New-York daily tribune., 1866-02-16
The Liederkranz Balls en- Maschera
The Teutons in Dominoes at tho
Academy.
HE LATEST REVEL OF COMUS.
Gayety and Gambrinus in Irving
Place.
Critics and Comedians, Germans and
Gymnastics, Merchants and Meta
physicians in Profusion
and Confusion.

They we've bold spirits who dared propose TO
give the ioS grand ball OF this brilliant season
Ingenuity had long sighed, exhausted in the gaudy
litter of the decorators Wealth had lost
ITS golden potency since the spirits of Novelty and
Change. summoned from the Vastly deep OF the uphoi
seers resources refused to when it did call for
them.
The antipodes had been made tributary In spols OF
silk and scent OF roses The tropics offered orange
bloom. and pomcgranaies and chalces ef purple wine
Grim War and gentle Peace, light Vanity and lovely
Charity had been the equal sponsors Of these frequent
festivals. And each brighter. lanl costcr. and
more luxurious than its antecedent. from whose past
glory some rays Of reelected light fell the present
Then the bail of the Arion. glttering and splendid,
closed the long procession Of pleasure and beauty sank
exhausted on pillows Of down wearily glad that there
were new worlds OF gsyeiy beyond. and no dancing
Alexander 10 conquer them. The gray garments OF
penitental Lent looked easier than the corsecd bro
cades OF fashion. and the pnohing of Ash Wednes-
day had terors for the surfeted mortals who had
at one long feast Tor three months
Last night however. the gay invitation u the bueie.
and the sad sweetness Of the obG. and harp pealed
again from the Academy. aud drowned the SOUND Of
steeple chime and psalm 80 the dcyotees left the un
tasted herring THEN plates, slipped black domino
over their dinner dresses and rushed forth to whst
these echoes OF Il mundane past might mean.
PREPARATIONS FOR THE MAsQUE.
People OF the world worldly knew that they were the
mclodious alurement of the great LiederSranz Society
the kindly rival of the Aron. Those mrSielo'hs
Teutons undauned by the splendid success oi tue last
Masqne are only stimulated thereby TO achieve new dis
tinctor and pale IFS glory Ia The ehulg"nce OF ther
own
one wonders Wha, ehimcrica schemes they cherish.
Unless they hang the balconies with cloth Of gold and
bring forth living fountains Of perfuined water. from
the arid waste OF the corridors and trail flaming ban
ners Of exotic plants over the bllustradcs end WOO
birds Of Paradise from The Oriental Isles TO fan the
scented air. unless they transplant The moon iii gar
dens of HaGz and tempt ngbtngaes to warble therein
their ball will hardly surpass the magnihcenoo OF ts
harbingeIs. you fancy
One crownng glory the Society might vin aud be
embalmed in tender memory by every paning reyeler
II might invite only many guests ~ It could ofcr
hospitabe welcome, giving seats TO the weary. aud
room to the dances, and supper to the fimshng.
But that isa beneiconce which il has not catered
into the heart of Bal Committees 10 conceive and we
cherish no foolish hope OF H. We do look. however for
gorgeous decorations aud elaborate whim.es. of to
hat effect have whispered promises - manager. been
heard
DECORATIONS.
Coming oui of the bitter night INTO ths warm bisht
palace Of the Fapasic We At once that they were
words OF promise kcp io the ear. noI broken Z" ihe
hope.
over the paneled ceilings a net work Of golden cords
interlaced through which the floating Bympls above
look al the great gay floor From the center depends
huge inverted bowl. with lesser offspring beneath
which i. balloon Il appear aud expresses TO the
metapLysical German mind some bit of fine humor
which the bluntcr Yankee perception canaoi quite
yrasp From the prosccnum boxes stream silken bar
ncrs yellow a. gold and gay with emblemaic devices
All around the balcony are wonderful trees ln bo1es
Trees with long pam.lke leaves Of gliiieling chryso.
prase and great yellow primro-es which must be topaz
the, are 80 peucid aud red roses which seem huge
iube in their depths Of color and some strange purple
flowers whose cleaI uster Is slnetbystine
Then between these brght exotic, rise odd columns,
like the case Of Il mummy but gorgeous with crimson.
and green and yellow And eering ffom these capi'
ial. are erotesque ugly faces parted from the
kindly but ldeou, giants 10 whom they once belonged
Above them the Legendary support an airy base
vhereon a convention Of gfifins with unpleasany Oh
r,iyc knccs sits at ease And here are dropping ics
oou. of tie same gorpcoi. howers that bloom down
sinir. and which could have blossomcd only m the
COM. ward o. Aladdin's Palncc Si above them,
rooping around the cuclc OF he upper gallery. Is
mad procession Of fancy. Neptune and the Nereds
Comu. and tie Satyr- nymphs aud .arie' Every tier
j. bright with gay haDgmgs and the blaz- ol countless
lamp.
Atil o'clock the inevitable procession begin. IFS
queer march and the order ~ the course is here NJ
pended IA the following LiederkraBz phroseoogy
Tb. wh, sou have III 10 see you only sne~ IT,
The f,sf inventor has thus ieelngy de- .csibedh . -
-iip alloy delegation from the O'rnl3n Indian Village
r Iiookc This ,ge prdcs scf upon it, NAVY of fery
Bost- But Navigson Is not the only nbiiien oi tie brave
Thcy have chartered the ve,y Geo' tiour mes hour
steamer Isue' Wat Ihc hou of ssftius named "aa 7
the Jersey Embassy may ,irv' by 10 The fearless nav'
-sof, consist Of Band Of boreisn Pper' whore pef'on'
viii II l. thought ahord ynuabe EAsnpe the Society Of
Protective Cigut scrspr They are open 10 sn engagement
oarreu Hoping they may get 1T. viii permit them to
move on" and make room for one or Nv" NOR Ani
And 60 il while she, young
flrr dress !. rather scsnty.
But the poor eiil mean, no wrong;
,nf ele iii now b. arfested by the srand sot-,an- po
resoI opened 10y number Of Policemen who I-Isted
| ,or tlr Biosdwsy Squad account oi their size.
Fnt.r If reauns re-tc-, quicAsiveI and who bein
perfectly happy Themselves p's ~ opportunity Tor naAns
Ssst come l. Floor Committee ,oI .eou, array n.
/ Tie greater number Of them srr twins
Or de,ctiy. who Think in Grusn what speak. I'm
gsb ha. discovered that .eieo, parry i send the Ball
urosuto Accordingly he hss not.hed Brother Jonathan.
whose capacity scouting lot iro ai.r III enab- him to
now them up end spoil their l,. Too bad Isn't Il
Grand triupal %. Uncle sam, playing air
necay adopted to the musical EAR o Little Ms1who
ht;,d nm, Mar can't he p-fntt.d 10 stag long either
Ne,iro on a, the Li.dcrkrsnz Ban
B,hoId hi. backer, The very common later Of Cs.sr
.ly Fox-but ls won't lind many geese Ia The American
Old Frenzy the nsentr. Of the waterfall and
sIeb,r away, She I. leading that little family strange
! uent ga led the Prince Imperial, although
he has no hBiF the up Of ls chin.
The place where the hair o.ght to grow
Ii.t man boy At minutes of age demonstrated