New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-08-22
SUMMER CORRESPONDENCE.

rABLgAUx PARTY-A FANCY DRESS HOP OF THE
MpGrs-oRAND BALL AT THE CONTINENTAL.
from Our Sqe.ial Correspondent
LONG BRANCH. Saturday Aug r. 1876
If Saratoga a Sahara Long Branchis Babel Two
IoOre thousand people with nothing TO domrs be amused
aud last night al exhibition Of TabeaRr Fraats OF inc
Mansion House, Childrens Fancy-Drc5s HOP at tlo
Metropolitan, and a Grand Ball OF the ConnIenol'
announced their various atactiors through programme
aud pacard and Won each its share the goneia e "Au
ear and feet. 20. &c. -. 1,;-..,
Church. so through minglng Of evangelical ana worldly
,notives wa went hrst 10 them. The dnng-hal OF tho
Mansion IIouse wherein the stage built very low
40 that the platform raised scarcely two feet ison the
door and in consequence only IL first lows Of spectators
When the curtain rose for the first time the jostlng,
heated and wrcched hundreds behind these fortunate sit
tiers stretched twisted necks and strained aching eyes 10
the struggling branch of Pre-Raphaehte tree ana
small circular object which was yanousy supposed 70
be sOapSOne griddlc, straw bat dinner pale CIR
bourne AS the representation vas called "a Gypsy
Scene" the tambouiuo theory was most warmly SSPosv
and finally triumphcd over all dissent 10 au0 TO ING
scenic effect Of this picturesque grouping he mengcI H
forgotten 10 have the gas in the auditorium eNEsueu,
and the eager multitude gazed from center % Gan!
into what seemed 90 be cupboard OF bacAuess
This blundor recuhed after the List FepI'seA'lo
however. go.
from Semiramido," people who felt it thor duty to de-
veop an instinct for climbed benches and Char,
and 4
the discordaut music Of down II 'front.' ana 'ne Musings
Of the disaeClcd i'm obscure corners THIS picture was
group Of individuals without any object IN me- IL APP
peared but to prOtrude their elbows ~ angular uLcs
and gaze in stage amazcment at something III the ann
background which, saw o trunCEeon or baltl--aE
or broomslick or a mop, cothcspoe, OF the stan
OF drum major attached TO an invisible support we sup
posed 20 be KING, ewr cIiph, OF sultan, or
u mayor, whatever dignitary was NAIVE 10 inc son
where tha. prcpostorous Queen 1ouushcd Inc curtain
rose second time to discover her suffering from What-
ever emotion expressed IN one arm glued 10 llo SIDE
and the other akmbo. As the mysterious emblem oil
Authority aboyedCscIbcd was pointed directly al her
coronet we dcvinCd that il must after all be some spoc
men of ancient frearm, ante-datiug gunpoVder and
brcech-iOading muskctS.
The third tablcaux was Margaret at the Spinning
Wheel Faust directly behind her, gazcd rapturousIy
at the back parting her hair which al Of her beauty
visible at that angle and pautommcaly expressed us
eagerness TO die for the pressure Of such chiiGs INC
Margaret had magnificent haXcn u.sSeS 10 see WhcA WIS
q compensation for much peril 10 life and hp encounter
cred in cambeTing up the walls to obtain even glimpse OIL
them .
was doubt sentmcntaly charming; but after Inc most
frantic effort, we could only the jewel in Faust cap
Mary Queen Of Scots, whose uneasy gh2st cannot le.L
one would fancy, such fatigue duty has the unfortunate
woman 10 do fancy parties, tabieauX ana charddes
was still giving to Mary Benton those adhesive pearls
which she has been gynghe in exhibitions of this kind
since memory held her seat in this distracted globe.
second lifting Of the curtain displayed her Majesty win
uplfted arms in attitude OF profound hankulnesS the
obnoxious remnants having disappeared lei us nope Iof
,,,,.
uncertainty OF not being able to decide when was Coiu
bus and which Isabella. 'Rcbeoca and kowena took The
usual harro wing leave of each other, and unlimited white
tissues expressed the spectacular virtues OF rata hope
and Charity and then, though half dozen scenes re-
nauod 20 be exhibited came away having caught but
the most tantalzius empses OF me 1rst eg1t AT mlCn
expense of comfort and patience Walking down the sun
pathway the Metropolitan, the cyne morallzed IN sober
fashion No doubt he said " The young ladies who got
up this affair were admirable in purpose, and en-
ergy but public swiDde for the benefit OF
church is no better than private dishonesty for the bene-
f of an individual Aud when they sold tickets at -
each TO 500 people Who they knew, could never nave
peep a. the stage they did disingenuous hlng lls
te be sure but many of the meanest swlndes are
perpetmei and pass unebuEed because ney are or te
assistance of charity church, that rs umeto speak
severely. Amateur concerts private thCarlcalS AUS,
rallies u0mitjgated bOrcs and gentel kLaycr! ANY
wares are good enough 10 sell at sucha venduc Singing
which would not tolerate in ones parlor offered al
opera pce acting than that Of the stock company
81 our star eater II that be possible, with tickets iabu
lousy high Women Of fashion are petty thieves by na
tare and are the accomplishing, 69t not nsensl9ie
victims Just then the music at the metropolitan broke
upon these Grabbed words, and We saw VANITY FAR IN
little - - MA
sens masaueladc exactly those OF papa ana mamma
French dragons, aged five years, danced Win
amaraus of four. There Normandy peasants, ana
goddesses ohbery and fairies, and shepherdesses, ana
Hover girls and broom vendors, and queens, and MIX
maids. There sailors ind officers, and King
CharescS and shepherds and rustcs ana hohuescgts.
They danced with EXTREMIST enjoyment they hred ~
funny te juvenile fashion, and wore Inc Aaplles' sinleS
have seen in many jOurneyiDgs.
Then we came back to the grand ball at the Continental,
where present the LoyPoPs and the GolyP0ps ana
ihe grand Paniandnm himself The dining hall at the
Continental IS 50 immense that all the Chinese in Pokn
might dance there without crowding Bat there were sets
enough 10 took "a they might meet in long promenade
and he music was delicious and the dressing tasteful
and no. Over1ona Then there ample room IN the sup
per room and the salad reeoneicd one to much mat Is
aifcting in this earthly pllgrmage and II one had the
genius 10 convert into the tissues OF tho IN
domitable Me- without the artificial Intervention OF
spoon aud could look calmly dire poverty OF nap
s~a nothing could be nicer or more convenient thah n
the arianSVa-.~ts By-and-by came away, ana irll
asleep With the beWl1eTiug a Strauss waltz
lingering IN ears and woke this morning 20 see sky
ehout shadOg, and the still, and blue and vast
gretciug away beyond vision, in its silent lus,rous
'esaiy.
SARATOGA AND NEWPORT