The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-02-16


And hariequns and clowns with feats gymnastcal
Greeks, Romans Yankee Doodles and Hindoos.
And not only these but thousand other entcing
features, especially menagerle imported for the
occasion from the nall in Fourth street. Ate leven
O'Clock last night the curtain rose In the Academy
OF Music masks of al kinds, all sizes and all ages
rose also by the hundred in the boxes, on the floor
and away up in the family circle, where the rival
chestras OF Bernstein and DietZ blaZed out defiance
at each other. 1t was the signal for the opening
Before the rise Of the curtain there were
improimptq polSas, watzes, galops ana and
not seem to hang lsaviy on the souls OF the merry
Liederkranzers. the procession was short plquant
and full OF VARIETY First came IN half sh dozen
at loss In the beginning now to dispose OF them
selves. Alter them ambled corteae OF Russian
bears with huge SNOWFALL IN tow, out OF which
emerged perfect likeness OF the Grand Duke
Alexis. This proved to be Prince Carnival and
right merry potentate he was. He was quickly
surrounded by bayaderes and bewtching represent
tatlves OF La Folie and conducted to his throne,
over which blazed In gas jets the name OF the
Then the animal kingdom from Zimmerman's
in review before His Imperial highness. The AMI
mails were well behaved and good humOred; in fact,
e sae the
age hare, all ambled along in amity. There were
quadrupeds such as Llnn@us himself could not
classify, birds In every variety, even TO the quar-
tering and fast driving" species, and after
midnight they were served on toast, and
monhoys VI sno nlose oPprVNcu mlsCnleVOuS
KIND. Over this happy family OF the brute
creation smiled benignantly the tender-hearted
Don Quixote DE Bergh. The motto on their banners
the cheering "Freut euch des Lebens life let
US cherlsh. The masks on the floor after the pro.
cessOn were more numerous and varied than
have ever been seen before at bal nldsQue In the
irving Place Opera House. The most renowned
and dienined OF every profession were content to
bow down before the shrine OF folly, and beneath
many quaint and outandish costume we recog.
nized judicial magnates at whose frown
petty criminals tremoe, nightingale voiced queen
OF the stage, nimble fingered pianlsts, brie1es
lawyers, eminent physicians. grave merchants al "
ambitious brokers. Even the scout OF the Plaii g,
Buffalo Bill. came from the land OF the buffalo anu
redsRln 10 see for himself the difference between an
Indian pow-vow and genuine masquerade. And
poses, Ia Hamlet, the momentous question - 4
To dance, or not to dance ? that is the question:
Whether 1t IL better IN the matron to avoid
The turns and whrls of waltz,
Or to take arms against the steps Of ball rooms,
And, by opposing shirk them? To skip to whrl-.
To reel-perchance TO fall-ayi there's the rub;
For In that fall what sad mishaps may come
Whether a dance is necessary to her lile:
Why should she bear the wheels and turns OF time
The pangs of dissipaied time, the late hour q delay,
The rotation of the bail room. and the Chi ia
That she may feel, when she departure takes
When she herself might her quietus maze
BY her hresidep
As the morning hours advance t,ne scene becomes
more brilliant, and enjoyment fr &c and unrestraned
Is the rule. The Liederkranz ball OF ~ Is now over
been given to any society on the 0l-rodden Doarus
| or the Academy. 1t was attended by the pest PEG
pie In the city and cOndu tied aS orderly a5 tne moSs
fastldiOus c0v.d desire, 4.