The New York herald., 1870-06-15
The Grand Hop.

WEST POINT, June 14-Mtdnght.
I The grand hop rendered to the graduating Class
by the class OF ~ came or this evening. The trains
and boats from up and down the river curing the
day brought hundreds of invited guests, and
the scenes about the hotels as conse-
Quence were, during the early evening, far more
enliveniDg than they had been since the season
opened. The preparations for the hop were on quite
an extensive scale, and although the men who had
been employed to dress the bathrooms with ever
greens did not wen begin their work before this
morning the Mess Hall, where the main hop was
held, and the Academy Building, where the Amerl.
can
FRIENDS OF THE "GEaMANr
made themselves as happy dancing and fine music
could make them, presented very attractive ap-
pearance when the bail opened. There
was an immense crowd Of ladies from
New York city In attendance. Every one OF the
pretty dears, with that peculiar Gothamite
penchant for the beautiful which laughs expense
to the dogs, "as long as papa's got money, you
know" came with a retinue OF boxes containing
gloves of bonnets, and dresses that would have
made Mister Mantalni love his wife for her
trades sake. The hotel turned into dress
ting rooms as consequence and the way the "naids'
few about, perpeXed out OF their wits TO know just
20 down stairs to see "that bOy who was kept run
ning messages 70 the msiners all day long, was
II.
TACT, all the ladies-all the young ladies'
you know--were in terrible furry after supper.
Tney did their best TO look as dsnterested as posi-
BILE wGen the subject OF the hop was MENTIONED but
it was all no use; and If there hadn't been an extra
supply OF waiting maids Oh nand when the awful
task OF dressing began the consequences might have
been very disastrous indeed. When the task was
almost over, and the time had come TO go
had called out "Al aboard for the hon"
there was more furry, more calling for Jane for
fiti and
perG' and "0h IN never never get ready in time p
element, the clerks laughed IN their sleeves and
everybody who had bsgun to dress at six O'Clock won
and could It be possible that thatnaughfy Superb.
tendent Coleman had turned the hands Of the clock
just to enjoy the fun2 1t was positively outrage eous
10 think a woman could get herself into satns
and silks and put on her diamonds and
would IKE II to, set, and all in three hours.
aboard for the hopI" again made the loerers bundle
up as best they could, and soon the picturesque
road & that as leads ors from GSzzens' Hotel TO
stages, each one crowded with its uuuts
OF youth and beauty done up IN Silks the lords OF
content themselves with seat up stairs on the roof
The evening was delightful one, however anu no.
BODY who had to take the ''outsde" found fault ana
so, Willie the ladies chatted and made up
THEIR LITTLE PLANS
for the destruction OF cadet affections, the gentle
men smoked their Havanas and talked military poli-
genial themes. The hop began at nj re O'Clock, ana
there was q crush from the start although
late during the night the crowds thinned out
man. in the Acadan building and the ball
at the mess hall. Both rooms were tastefully
decorated with nags and banking, and between each
window were TWO sWerds crossed ana covered with
evergreens An immense white tablet, surrounded
with evefgreens with the following der OF dancing
in large black letters, stood at one end OF the