Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-02-14
FHE BALLS
TEE aREENLAwi Ru1LpNa,

THE oREENLAWt BUILDING,
containing two dne halls fthe opers-house
proper and the Club hallA we're the only
two places In the city into which enc
could get with any sort or satisfaction.
There was merely room 70 enter those
places and hardly room TO dance. The
Costumes were nearly alike, that II th6r5
were none Of them SO peculiar ss TO re-
qutre 9 separate notice, SAVE one. A MAJ
who evidently knows the value Of consid-
ering his last end done himself up ss
death, snd moved through the festive
scenes with the clammy coldnsas OF the
grave dripping from hiB spare ribs. he
was suggestive. A monk moved about.
gioomily and solemply in the GreeaIsW
o~peEs-hOuss, while the gay butterflies
d tied around him. he gsz5d calmly, with
placid eye, on all he behsld, and LEFT the
hall as II he were revolving IN hts altered
soul all tbs sad reflections which sven the
gsyest scenes of earth afford A big InjuR
was the grand festure OF bhs Club hall.
Dancing Was carried or. there In the live
lest tanner.
woRsHAM HOUSE AND COCHRAN HALL
A1mittancs could barely be gsiaed to
either Of those places. At the Cochran
hal! cur man Of feeling became apprshsn-
sive that some tender ladies would ba
trampled TO death, Il was = 0 Of toll
to crawl up the stairs, yet, having gained
the inside Of the room, peOPis WOuld en-
gage In the meiting whirl of the waltz or
Eaiiy kick up their heels in 3 cOtilHOn.
Winkelreid, the Swiss, ones said; Make
wsy for ubersy." His followers of the
Grussi Club seem 70 have for their mot
to; make way for lsgs" They legged Il
gsily at the Cochran last night, 'syOu
bet . ra
Everything wsa admirably conducted.
aud unexGsptionabie order prsTsilsd
throughous. This was due, Of course, TO
tins admirable arrangements of the ger-
tismsn that cOnduc5sd the pleasures OF
tue night. Tbs master OF ceremonies,
Mr.. Specht, exsrtsd himself suceesafuIly
10 the ssrest OF harmony and pleasure.
The {. L Z gentlemen cannot be too highly
praise Or. their efficient efforts in cater
ing to Is wishes Of the plessurs-seskars.
Thsy al9-
At SIC GEeenlsE Opsrs House-Lsw
We1ler' Sam HIrschs Thso. Hoerner, G..
w. Alexander.
AS Memphis Club Hahn. Koen,
AdOlph Loeb, J. Ssllgnan, e. Alderman.
AT Cochran Hail. ". B~Q5tinZhaus,
J. BachmRn, John Fisher. John Heinrich,
At Worsbsm HOusa-H. T. Tomhnson,
P. Furstenhsim, E. L. Topp.
AT THE FHRATER-
This. which Is decidedly the handsom-
est and best lighted house in the city, was
sblszs last night The psrqustte was
docrsd over, sffGrding dancing space Of
one hundred feet in length by fOrty-6vs
in width. Al sn early hour it was filed
by & very motley thTOng, representing
every shade OF life, and every nationality
under the sUa. Some were en- m1sQWe;
many wers msre spectators, cOmIor--
ably seated IS lCCksrs-On, ana If
one were 70 Judge by their happy
laughs, enjoyed themselves hugely.
The costumes were many OF
them sn imme1ss Improvements upon
those seen in the street during tbs day, OK
in the gal2pEOcessIOa At night ChErsc-
ters were assumed and carried cut 60 the
Life, and without the least drawback tins
night passed CT 70 The infinite sstisfso-
ton Of all Who stsenGsd. Ths msn,bers
OF the committee ia charge here were
particularly attentive. We inseribs thsir
names as worthy Of special mention;
Messrs, Lou. LoGhrie. A. q. F~ranklsnd,
O, A, Beehn and William McLsan. There
were al sorts OF characters represented
Laplapd bssrs from the north and
Jsps from the south. an English clown,
an Irishmsn, ths Fat Boy, the Lean Girl.
an orgsn- grinder Of the noisiesG clEss, a
Sick Man, a Merry AndrsT, 4 Monk,
Msrgusrites me Fausts, HgZz ~, Dsugh-
sers Of ths REGIMENT, nuns, gnomes, raj
rtes. jolly fare Hari6quins. Q1sksrE, light
infantry with attending nurses, Dun 1
dreary, Rip Vsn Wiakls, crpstbsggsrs
and e~1-U0ufeCs Every nation, kindred
and tongue was represented, and all the
leading ehaEsctors OF history a1d the
drams-ths large Srmy skst sprung, tull-
nsdgsd from the braiE Of Scott, Of
Dickens, OF Ddmss. CT Lsver, of
Goethe, Of Schiller, Of Andersen, or of
our Cooper, or TannysCn, L0ngselloW, |
Lowell or Bryant were there. Old men
and Old WOmsn N AL sssge5 q decay. 4
Brother Jonathan, stage IrishGlen, Ddtoh-
men, Scotehmeu, Germans, Russians and
Frenchmen, ~PCcshOntss, the Wandering
Jew, 4 brillisnt Vivandlere and German
Uhlsn, Brszilisn apes. Darwin, Italian
brigsnds, French and English detectives,
the HsEthsn Chtnae, Tennessee's ''psrd-
snd msny others We have not now
sp6ce to mention. Suffice Il hat the ball
at the thsstsr was q grsnd success, much
OF which vas due not only 70 Nj. Spech5
and his committee, bat to M. Pat. Short,
the sver popular and st5el i've treasurer
OF the establishment, And this brings
US to the
- FENALR, -
10 the glorious contamination Of Msrdi