The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-02-21
-mTWAS4r"AFANCYB4EL"

the course Of the present season TO give accounts
of fancy balls, aud balls mssques-as such things
are got up In the City of Charcston-it may not
be amiss to tell our readers something about an
afar ofthis ssrtwhich recently created some SEN
sation In the village OF New York. tFor the par
ticuars we are largely indebted to the Kind assist
ance Of an old friendly AS is wei known, the
cream of German society Of Kew York belong to
eihor the "Arlonn or the s.Lielerkranz"-two
societies, II we are not misnformed, analogous In
their aim and composition to the Frcundschafts
bund of our city. These two societies vie with
each other every year, each endeayorng
to eclipse the other in the elegance aud
| magnircence of Its fancy ball. Neithef
trouble nor expense .is spared, and the
Gcsat attending these elegant denonstratlons
naturally attracts many outsiders, representatives
| OF the oenu-7a0nde. Thus at the great fancy ball
given on the I4th instant. at the Academy OF Mu.
Sic By the "Llederkranz,n there were over i've
til ousand persons in attendance, and the receipts
from tickets and box rent were about $4,000
price OF admission for one gentlemen with
two ladies being SIS. These receipts were suff1.
eient to deiray the expenses OF the ball, and the
members OF the Liedetkanz paid. nothing The
receipts ut the restaurant during The evening for
edibles and bibbles were about sso00 The ces-
TUNES, ss was to be expected, were varied, some
very rich, and many displaying considerable IN
ysntive genius. Thus We hear of o lady whose
dress was covered with point lace at cost OF
$500. The Garderooter furnished over two hun.
drcd new costumes Tor this occasion to members
| OF the Liederkranz.
| with the varied resources OF wealth, talent,
numbers, locale and In fact, everything That can
| he desired Mt their command, we naturally e1-
uect something more OF such ball than the
usual aggregation of the same old masks and
costumes that meet US at every occasion Of this
kind: and the L!ederkranz even surpassed exs
peetation The great German Iegepd of the En-.
peror Barbarosss, sleeping on the Kyfdaser
Mountain, waking up once In every hundred
years and sending out raven to see whether
Germany was yet united, formed the theme OF
he leading tableau The Curtain 4n front OF the,
sia3sof the Academy of Music vas ralsediatS 10
O'Clock, and refesletl lnstle background sunpy
Landscapes Tie kyfbauser rock inSthe centre; on
the ltft :,fs Strassonrg Cathedral, .and.on the
right cdide. posts and la1dntafks I'D the col0ra OF
the several German States. Ten ravens trepte.
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