The New York herald., 1871-11-30

deira to the Committee nc the Battery In New YORK
harbor lie and Admiral Godon ana General Goroi
and General McDowel formed last evening lively
group OF brave captains sea and on lana, and our
own galant Mcdowell seemed to be in his eiemcnt
as commander-in chief OF festivities and ladies'
professions
Mrs. scnultze, wife Of the Russian Vice Consul,
was among the noticeable Russian ladies present,
as the sister OF the Baroness Stegitz the latter the
wile OIL the y; Petersburg Rolhschild. The English
gentaeman na VINO acts as professor OF the Grand
DUKE Is perfect model OF gentlemanly distinction
Count Snuvaron the dashrng hussar 0ficer whose
whlte sash over hls uniform created such sensa-
specimen OF military ana courtly young Russian
NOBLE Shirkon, the Secretary or Legation, is a
reHneu anu graceful'looking youtn-but we must De
When so many women claim our attention 1t is
preposterOus TO waste much ink on the men. or
tnese women what are we to sayY How are W to
imprison on the Heraldic glass the thousand CLEANS
OF DeautyY There Is everything IN the American
woman TO make her show-as she has every where
done In Europe-to the highest advantage
In elegant society," The Prince himself declared In
conversation after the ball on Governors Island
tnat ne nad never seen so many beautiful and
graceful women In one room his life. There are
many who had they remained IN Europe would per-
lish baronets or eminent barristers or people Of
tnat class But on the whole they spring from the
ceres about them. They are not encountered with
family pedigrees which generally produce feudal
cramp IN the nature aud conhne IG within an agony
last night there was Charming uire les
QuenT UfUe Ia bdgdfe u, ineiIaby delightful.
There is something exqusilely refreshing i'm fine
plebeian GIRL with q nature OF imperial independ
ence that can cope with queens and duchesses.
& we saw some ns, charming specimens OF this class
bred Duchess Georgiana curve OF the neck, and the
head most saucily set on. But though they were
So ana So they were simply danlsels In disguise
semi-Grecan. semiParsian--fond OF laughing,
have made : marx: but witnsi, wit with ""S a
smile ior any fancy man In distress.
whose CLOAK OF decorum there lurked the natural
female demon OF sprghtliness There were also
some bg-headed, headachy Massachusetts ladies.
transcendentaiized amid the crowd, and came back
TO earth the momens supper was announced. One
she walked and gabbied as She talked "'''N 90
The Prince was evidently delighted and fascl-
mated by the scene; but TO those around him he
expressed his especial admiration and homage for
two ladies IN the room. They both justified his ad.
mlration; The one. the vile Of an emf.
80 lovely q feature IN woman. Is high and smooth
and arcned In matchless symmetry by It's own
nine earnest and conndns with It's grave sr,',
pure lines-nas simple and saddened dignity
especially interesting It looked lace to wear the
stand before as satan stood before Eve, "stupidly
good" adoring not the beauty, but the soul
@ s kuants 81 o S se q and ha sa wns
HSss' TSs otnss bright and Seauta aS'as pe
and nowsr Of That eSaSsS aeeate
geranium school of beauty peculiar to America.
broken sunlight from the Iorenead, smooth and soft
as the sand from which the wave has Just
retred; the the little . ear lying under its
bred head poised upon the throat ike Grecian urn
on its pedestal, and III her every movement in the
dance the fire of the races. WIN the all-seeng
jenkins please accommodate US with the names or
these two beauteous women who won last night the
homage OF Prmce2
Pnt vvh w piO ho
made as long as that OF the ships IN Homer, so bril-
liant was the crowd Of beauty All that New York
Academy last night, and partook OF an Intole ably
bad supper inroleraby badly served. Is the Prince
to leaye and find we have no DeimOnicO2
on the whole the bali was brilliant success, re.
fected credit on the Committee OF Arrangements
and will long hold pleasant place in the memory
OF fashionable New York.
The Dancing.
The arrival Of the Prince give motive to the ap.
parenuy aimless wandering Of the host OF rare
beauty OF faces and superb richness in toilets which
occupied the floor. The boards were thronged
SO that 1t seemed as II there was
scarcely room for another mortal. To
move round anon. the throng was extremely difll-
cult but the trouble was amply repaid In the sue
cessive phases az beauty which met the eye.
1t was rare to meet with lady whom
you could not call good looking. ANY
attempt at catalogue of the beauties would be
simply Impossible. The cynosure OF coteres famous
for loneliness were lost In the world of beauty
which met one at every turn. Locking from the
floor 10 the boxes another spectacle Of beauty pre-
senled itself. The second and third ties were
like gardens wherein every flower known by the
name OF rose, lily, hyacinthe or hOnOtrope boomed
in q wealth or charm unknown to mere blossoms.
Away down by the prlsmatic fountains on the
stage, looking back to the house, the vista was
inor plaa
through it to the soul. vending one's way back
through the crowd ard mounting to the boxes the
scene was changed only III point OF view. Glimpscs
dresses, sparkling jewels, shining out around whIe
throats or adorning shapely bosoms, glanced In the
light. Viewed from any point 1t was splendor ana
beauty again and again.
IN THE CORRIDORS,
where the shining broadcloth and the manly forms
seen by the side or the enchanresses i'm Silks
satlns laces and velvets, what smiles were wreathed
what nIe affections ms stlrrel The poetry OF elegance
the frtations OF dropped fan or the delicate love-
making OF the language OF flowers told IN The Story
OF bouquet, the life- promise In look OF endear-
ment that The passerby regards as common place
all were mere; 1t was one oi those scenes as Milton
says,
Where thronrs of knights and barons bold
In weeds OF peace high triumph hold
With store OF ladies whose bright eyes
vi, VIII Or r. arms G4s.s was both sSasnd
II can he seen at a glance that dancing is an i'm.
possibility. or nearly so. Those who danced were
or those VINO, intent on passing eminence, strove
for the hand OF some OF our Russian
visitors for the brief space OF tho dancers or the
waltz. Yet they danced with what space they
could command and what sets they could summob.
The very effort seemed revival OF the cnivary Tor
which the pe0r trouDadour louged:-
The ballads DER, and louder strains
Of harps their joyous souls enthral,
While dance they In the radiant hall.
With biithe blood dancing In their veins.
See yon bright forms thai lightly fit,
All whirlng In golden haze,
Are glorious maids, with youths fire lit
There's some romancng nowadays.
Juliens band rising up that the form OF the con.
ductOr Is barely seen as lie waves his magic wand.
The music was excellent aId here Is the order OF
dancing as 1t was played by the musicians and en-
deavored to be followed by the far long-traned
votaries OF terpsichore and their gallant partners:-
ORDER OF DANCING.
Poonaise de Reception-JuIien.
I, Lanciers"Les Brrands Downing
q valse-"Wener Kinder. Strauss
3. Galop--"Postion dAmour". Hermann
T. Quadrille-"Semrams'. Julien
8. Vase" Amoret ttentanze' .Gungl
D. Lanciers "Concordia". harung
a. Vase--"Casno'. .Gung1
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