The New York herald., 1870-02-25
GERMAN JCLL1lY.
The I.icderisranx en- IsaI Masaue.

The EicderiSranE en- tfaI MasGuc.
For all purposes OF real bunor. unqualified enjoy
menr and keen appreciation Of whav IL funny and
what ain't, commend us TO the Germans. The French
claim folly as their own particular deity but they
convert tho cap and bells INTO what with them at
least should be strait jacket. Americans don't
know any thing about masqnerades; therefore they
anacltea nschts. Eut the Germans are the faithful
children OF Prince Carnival and well they carry out
his behests. Uf all the children Of the merry
monarch the Liederkranz stand next his throne and
receive hls most aIectlonate regards. We have had
surplus Of balls this winter. Every organization
from the shoe Flies down 10 the Shoe Backing Bri.
gade have cOurIed Terpslchore and Baccnus TO
Oest0w their smiles on their respective ASSOCIATIONS
ana tho consequence is that erpsichOrean stock has
gone down considerably In the maraet But the
first n0taplo exception was the bah last night IL
was crowded to excess as 0i yofe, and 1t lar out
sAone oil its predecessors IN briliancv and gayety.
The procession was clever bnrlesquc on the opening
OF the Suez Canal. Fred stems made plethora
Sultan, looking SO good n0iured that one would
think 1t Impossible lOr rOentate or Otherwise TO
quarrel with him; MISS Louise 1renea became
blushing Eugenic, in handsome toilette; l.. K9m-
merer A. yOeei, Henselt, Nembacn and Klein for
got Manhattan for the moment III all the glory Of
Oriental costumes; William SteInway lifted around
like Ariel 0bedent TO the pencsts of the princely
PrOsperO Of the hour the khedivc looked 0ou0tfuily
at his turbaned master; janlssarlcs and spanrs
ebowed each other IN the throng; the Kaiser and
Czar moved along wrapped mp IN their own
suolimity and dignity; an ullnatufaiiy long
neckcd camel, WlLh monkey Oh ltS DUCK,
aud q Daboou, grmacin4 IN its Immediate vlcin-
ity; queer looking caricaturs OF Grant tramplng
CuDa under hlm and DearluR IN DIN mouth SUCH
cigar AZ Cuba never dreamed Of; artists CORES.
pondcnts and crowd Of other n0nuescrip.s all
formed bewidering tablcau on the brilliantly
lighted stage. Suddenly Eernstein's orchestra
crashed forth few chords, wnicn made cach pnlse
quicken and Tiled the entire building with harmony.
4 dozen or two OF the odalisgnes or tile haren
sprang into the hall before the throne, and
while the voluptnons strains Of one hundred tn
strumenis made every cheek burn and every eye
tighten, and nOated Out In tie midnight air,
arrestng every passcr by by their enchanting tones
the shortskirted beauties wrcatDed themselves into
such groupings as only q ddnsens6 or painter can
dream Of. Then came q Waif from Strauss, ."rhe
Banks or the Danube,n melodies which intoxicate
and steal the feeling II NOS che senses away. Toe
huge mass Of partlc0lOred MASKS heaved ana unutl.
lated like the blllows the rays " the setting
sun, and three hundred couples were spin.
ming around 10 the measures Of the enchant-
ing. music. Thc frothy nonsense Of 0len.
bach, like champagne, exhiicrated the nusEed
dancers ana robbed the boxes OF many
or their farest occupants. Again came one Of Lam
ncrs maddcntng galops, and the ever changing hues
OF the floor costumes became electric Ia their nasn-
ing evoutlons. At midnight the coup ~ TU was
grand In the extreme. Box, 10or and fryer were
Respondent with rich costumes, and the lights 0l
hundred gas jets were quadrupeu iD Inc onrnisned
arinors, the scDtiilatng jewels and the glstsning
eAtiu and silk Of the maSHers. Ibe Academy