New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1866-02-09
THE ARION BALL.
THE GRAND BAL MASQUE'
.rryrs AT THE ACADEMY
v,su.y and Fashion in Dominoes'
,,,,oar Hulnor and GrotesqueneSs
Dominant
pleasure. Pomp and rnnehinello.

p....-c heaps Asl her eoiueu eooIe'' 'uis
and wastes her wiz. Bu. time flies apace,
,.,s lert viii be here when gayeties are sin
.-1 s,aeyed Repentance tells her beads. 80
- amateur EaTcs squeezed quite Bat at
Lem, Regiment Reception and ever since seek
Ia. rotaadity AID deploglEg ruined robes shud'
r.,- more ball tickets were brought home and
- ,,ase'yes II too brief probation justified such
-..ss,. ,x.-ayssauce o: time
,r.,--it was asked with the grim misan-
80 e,ye-dered Of bitter experience-thai rouis
,,,, ,yen in his honor Certainly, his money Is
no excise elcngh teoug o me acSSi.tise tsT Of
ID ,h e alien Noting. save tho waves. dances
IKE q, coral pillows NAlc- ..~ naes'los 'l ~"
4. -. Wien returning non Europe win nHch
'f,.~ F.. ,pason sufficient, hat lie wa beloved Of
80 N,t0dv gives balls ln memory OF honic WHO
,cS,,tf, tie world thousand years before ofphena'
~. ~, yrb If was charming thing TO har1es. dol
-, e 5-.c. Of silver song. and ride triumphant to
Er corn surely the k'nsIon @. tie Muse. Who
irn.~e9 80 impending SvmPegalt 0nd lulet the
r,, .lr Oregon. deserved az least an eQuel laseaht
Wv 4-oss Que,ieG a. exhausted wor.o. viii
81 s. ,5e DAYS went by the petrllu pnbc. refreshed
rs e,,-'Ia.ce' and recovered from ITS WEAKNESS.
sesrf ever ioLuder mGImuJs OI tue sp.cndos ol lue
f-lrai scOyeIec that tickets were 81 premium tno
IT,, there was hope Ct some bodily comfort.
All f,s,- of vision. For the Aro1 has no element OF
Ama:.eal o.igiu. Ii is German rom inception t1
- aid we have heard Legends OF delightful
,s.-.-ire. u FaleraDd and even 10 their adopted
-.-r7 10 one LuCged the faith that tlls 1har nifh'
h -,iess = t1i-which term 10 the logical mind. I'm
NE, ds3ci1r. and a space 70 promenade-and mol
pu-.l.0..a glimpse where. suqlerle-N. and IN an az
mosshe-. Of qoo Fahrenheit the melancholy guests
repst tire experience Of Halnleis father condemned
NJ ,e assured in the most solemn manner that not
ors- -1 .,ckCtS have been sold. We should receive
70 -7ti0n with ohildhke faith. had not the Sef-
emil Regiment pledged is military homo. 10 The same
eaec. ana hen with crre! kindness. Felented ana al
l,zcfae disappointed fellow creatures omake them
selves yfschod in the pursuit Of happiness
Oae IT,, 20 early and re favored % fortune. ~ So
Gre box seat for the spectators countless and
esgeF YES and gorgeous. There Is simmer Of sill
ami 81 IF ewes flush Of flowers ana lutie- O. lace
rss, rs are not yet individual characters, but
s're s,irg of color. ard spauges and grotesgne
Br,s DC a., blessing up stairs 80 we eau see
Decorations
~ ar '..-re one ball is Ia most matters. al epliome
rlar 4 e great parCuet is lOored alike tor Yankee
ac1 Icl.oc. The stage IS Always paViuion. Inc
xfe1f Academy blazes with light. Tho swinging doors
s,srIt irpertinent and intrusive sllvers TO creep
= J.-1 Cnc's back There are pretty and ugly iaces
An pores and balcony. Two grand orcLestrls
A,1l ~ the building vita waves Of raviSAing sound.
o,.iere il subterranean cep.hs. which only daring
spirit. explore, Is legendary supper crumbs o. Nch
are Transported by reckless knight % IAN shnS Games
1T tAe,. IL the Oul4-A.tltt ltJOu J. sutt ~ "
great store Of bibuous cheer and as TIE rlehont'.
Searlemer ThO Masters OF Ceremony look Cqu'uh
8ld GDsc5Gued 10 the end OF theiI tying lahore one
ersdi. tgo cheerful tale l. the ball be military, .
ttanl Of arms aud group o. mock ari1of here ana
yleTc i tie poetic announcement OF rs charaelei II
uivl b.a.iay for patriotism, aud sIcameT' ioi ira
htrn a-d flowers for fancy its visible expressions
A. rss0uc ade the decorations are little costlier
rather eroresque than beautiful, bat pro.ase odd ard
significant Zone but knew wat they signbed 10
ic conductors OF the fest!yy, however, Trey mean
sncreso- al traditions dear for generations, ana 10
~, Niclo.ai Meister comfortable return Of ingots
cp.~o In csRAToSs-A ThiTd svr raj with Pssse
n, A. s,-ts Of fun were indgs In by people Top
"a \. loo Flufs Liederkrarz. pumpkin fsu,omscnl
If.ei queer iests. losing legs &c, and hraiy
i.-f7s o, rope Into the p'osceni1m pot nufloe o!
-, B,syto, we king on the rore An auction c6k place in
~ Boyrv. .vsrvthns wa sod ard finally burning
W. .so slong the audience N.ssrs Mei'tei ad Schat
T.p-,en.a comic Character hu,boud and wife en1ous 70
-. tfer rictures taken 4c sls,ius patty performed
= podsiioa Of ths ladies' one Gled with cbsop,sue
sfd l.. s.le- y It'll eau de eoiOsDs.
The REYELRY.
a-f1. march crashes from the gallery Crescent
asd tee masses. Everybody II thai siiFerins crowd
erg, =, delightful sensation Of being somebody else
Al he commonplace and eTery day morfas went mo
lref hn' blessed oblivion wien they do'led their ianiir
fe-ren-s end from the seelusion OF their dressing
ICONS emerged k.uss ard queens uoup s ana =
te.ss-t slss oourtiers aad binds ialia Rookh- ana
fsdee,. heroes and peddersi dachesses and h:h-
-wye, -tantieres and gips.es monks AID Don Gle
4rsnis: uaf!eQuirs and nuns; clowns ana iai.!es .
cynaast ard fowerg.ls; krignis in arInor MAIDS OF
Ssfes1. multiplied Cori1bias; countess Goudcs'es
q Liberty; William Tell, wlcr Iulton marker could
sca1c s.gf.y with apples nope haiages Ionocehl o.
iae bow and arrow. end cAir1O!dlnaIy genre
ren Il f1rfdered yigs snd velvet suits 20 determine
wtos- nativity or peI.oi would challenge convention
msn'r raas.
lie a4s Ks defy recOglitio' BeaLir LFs 10 aiI AM
a-e, 4, is carnvqi bat il tu1e 700 goo; tempered -
laneat tt l,,st sunre nacy Tie whole atRosplerc j.
one iio.,7 People aush .iloai teaSo., al4 shl-1
hJrds n ia unknown LeighbOrs as having IccJTeted
DrOdes 5Ors. Tie auctiiies o. VEL concealed corns
~ vlofisd in the crowd no msror. The suicl iug
Don inc srghs LucreZe Boz giss ve' q robe irIeytT
ea;y t.,teen on parts on the waist 10 lcpcless
hsrIe That naughty dame g'.1cr. nc wreck o. q
cbar.cr: JEST ald laughs a. SIC pts tAe O.ds ~ the
greet Chandelier were 70 cIasa tle faaiastlc tLIonF
tleT World smile O. tie last, you convinced, fath
ici % merry service Of uaG PRINCE Carnival II is
de- ,af.al. tais reign Of good feeling. One seems 10
Lsf "' ed j. some fountain Of tsuth and !elt the
Eo1 c ,JEcs VI he LIE IN ne bright bubbles II -
I.1sugf rrcfeuse thar one Is grown up. Great boys
sul g lte there mingled ia childIcns iun!ering.
Nefy lo,..,l the most OF them, no doubt hoh5dy
oo1.G 0a r. a. such stupid jests and empty in any
where el,c Blt such thoroughly conteuted, and On.
ihusa-,'c ard kindly fools aie these. that n0tliag
would tempt one TO be Solomon, and Know that this
bright world Is vanity Of vehities.
Here {, lovely Mary Stuart IN black velvet. and cOro
set o. pearls II is little odd that she should dance
Plkas VIE William Tel, who has entirely forgotten
Ae t!ram Gesler and performs such miracles with his
let tat one is sure lie must have figured In the Jal
ate! Switzerland free. Charles Flrsi In the happy
POSSESSION o. bis head, guides Joan OF Arc through
asy egOlgtOls. Monks the best OF terms with
we and bhesome flower girs and'nobody IL heeter
taal mn OF two. al aged cardinal Here Is the
sey ~ul Of Spring This whiteTobed dansel, win
n9liing dIopery Of shimmerng gauze. striped with
sNef Ike sunshine on the morning dew-drops snd
p.nieses and daffadils, and yoiete that WOO one 10
'SyIstip her fragrant presence.
WA these quaint dresses Of feathers mean, and
wa TIE other grotesque figures intend, our American
teablo' sgInise. But they sre clever, II tho apprO'
'NAoh o. Ne dancers may decide
THE DANCERS.