Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1866-04-11

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Q-x - A great ball was given By Max Msret-
seea4 Szsk at the Academy Of Music, in New
York, on Thursday night, among the
= managers of which were some of the
wealt6est residents of the city The
decoration of the room, by Thomas Mast,
consisted of about sixty earicatures of
~, the men Of the day, each representation
being numbered and explained By q neat
acatnlogna. Henry Ward Beecher was
represented as q snake charmer playing
with the serpent c. s. A. r. T. Barnum,
as Phoenix rising from ashes; DIR. Bel
lows'shsa was placed on great pillars
aa4a.s Marble, az marble statue bearing the
world. JEFF. Davis was depicted in pets
ticoAts and boots, with the inscription
"This lady lie to be let alone" Charles
- Summers head at distance seemed to-
be merely frigbtful drawing, but the
lorgnette revealed, among his whiskers
and hair, multtudes of infantile Afri-
kua al cans. Cyrus w. Field was drawn stand
ing within the coils of cable, and say
ing "We'll make both ends meet yet"
Gen. Butler, Count Gurowski, Wendell
Phillips, Victor Emanuel, George Ban
1fs6a croft Gen. Grant, Napoleon Ill, with
Maximilian bis jumping jack were
among the other caricaturea. The cos
.Rnq Tunes were superb The Times report
says:
FuslAmong the most magnificent robes
present were those Of winecolored satin,
trimmed with bands % peacock feathers
tips. These tips were all curled, except
the little bright, blue green eyes, which
res glittered like mirrors beneath the shad-
49, ing of their curled margins. The Golf
ss1ara fuas worn with these robes were en- suite
Sometimes they took the. form of ban
deaus, but more frequently they consist
s1es1s ed of tiny peaeocks, made of real pea.
cock feathers, and nesting in curls
gg ie perched aauntingly on the chignon.
Velvet was also worn, and when in light
colors did not look warm, though a
thousand gaslights let their subtitle fires
through the perfumeladen air. Indeed
even in the dark colors were q few that
looked in keeping. One was imported
for the occasion from Paris, and was in
Lyons velvet of intensest black 1t was
made in the latest style for dark velvet
q and dark satin--i g., the " Metternich"
That brilliant Princess after whom tbs
named dared to appear at an Imperial
ball in black satin--an heretofore nnpre-s
E8g cedented thing, a defiant thing twas
thonght-but so much lightness, 80 much
grace and beauty did this article embody
in il, that her Majesty the Empress
"A paid her thaA highest compliment, Of
herself, soon after appearing ina similar
one. So It was established that even at
Court balls black ia admissible, if suff-
ciently 'slighted," and it is now the
- rage in Paris. Ladies who cannot afford
n Gsa rich and gorgeous arra5; new for the
first time every night in the week, are
s sA :ss s s o. s s1s ssss sas
night in the year, regardless of expense,
are delighted at the larger latitude it
furnishes and eagerly avail themselves
= Of the change. And as Paris is but a
"nine days journey" and nothing, is
any longer, " nine days wonder" It is
thou uhk "a that hla tine "A
st4 black velvet should be admitted to the
great Bal d Opera. Letlus say here
that only the creme de Ia O. ene hazarded
.sEIf the experiment here, and but few Of
those. The predomnance was as it
should be, in favor of light colors if not
aersof light materials. We describe one
infinitely, which may be taken as type
ofthe "Metternich," though that style
q admits of endless variation 1t was
. plain black velvet Princesse, dress cut
low-necked and short.sleeved. A bias
band of pink satin bordered the bottom
,,s.o of the akirt behind, and was continued
~ hss mp in front, la tuniqUe 1t did not
il Oh stop at the waist, but swept around the
shoulders, Stimulating tiny jacket, little
g straps of the same crossed the sleeves,
forming epaulettes, or rather shoulder
banda. The whole of the front width,
from the top of the corsage to the bot
tom, of the skirt was crossed in lattice
form with very narrow bands of pink
6abin. 1ho cOtHUTC consisted OF pink
satin bands, blush roses, and Metternich
curls. The gloves were fesh-colored
- kids, inclining little to pink. AS the
wearer was young and beautiful, graceful
~ "a and elegant, and she redeemed her.
ri7..tia self by single 6ve-thousand-dollar
i brilliant in her bracelet she could afford
is TO appear in the modest attire We have
siss describetl saasg ass
More n keeping with the occasion
but not less chaste, was the toilette of 6
vol known lady OF Baltimore, who fol
the last month, has worked harder thar
90 any down>trodden Cufee ever dreamed
of in behalf of the Southern Relic
Fair, and who, we are told, "cried hel
eyes red because her young husband
saisap could take her away from her work, anC
make her sxpend so much on costume
sf when the cry for common clothes anG
IS e common food came up from the desola
ted hearthstones of her fair Southern
ssi home land. Simple, yet extremely Gle
CANT wss her toilette, princess robe o
white vSluet, the corsage was low and
y q round, but over it was tiny berthe O.
point applique lined with pink satin
this berthe was cut square, or wha
sn 10 known 10 the Pompadoor style
PEE which is the most fashionable Gu
. I for the necks of dresses, whethe
.ssass Low, or half low, or three-quar.erE
~, Covering each of the seams wer
AID barbes of p0inte applique laid owe
bands Of pink satin. White kid slipper
trimmed on tho toes with real roses
which emitted perfume at every steT
and even when the little twinkling fee
s Here still White kid gloves with brace
of7rcse--coral, the most delicate an
exquisite gem Of the lapidaries art ths
pv were present on the occasion; ear ring
sN en- snste; a couture Of Mstternich curl
aud natural msgnolias completed lthi
most artistic and exquisite toilette. o.
complimsnting the lady on her snecess
she replied, proudly, My husband CAV
me check for thousand dollars, wit
special directions and applications tbs
should get myself mp worthy of myse
and worthy of the occasion, and he al
sures ME I have done so, though bougt
= nothing new but my gloves and my sir
psrs, and the magnolias in my hair. LIE
not men talk of the extravaganza of VIC
go men sfter this. That ID was an exeep
~. tional case counts nothing -