, 1873-01-21
C0NSECRATED TO TERPSICHORE.
Turner Hall Now Completely
Dedicated.
The Grand German Ball OF Last
Evening.
Why 1t Was Unlike tho Ono Of
SEerilan's.


The dodication of tho nou rr,r,o~ u,u ~,
North C]ark atrcot yyhioh ,raa conno,,ooa e,+-
urday afternoon, wag ended IL nm cnr1v honr thfa
morning, having beon roiua m, with occaaIona1
,ntor7niaaiona yor alort tl,roo dora t,,,, sseaa
Ing completeness Of dedication which loavos
but little to bo desired. Saturday, phyBical cul-
turo; Sunday, music and singing: Monday.
dancfnr. m hive noedo n rorfoot nott;u,, w.,
1oc,;g rt ILL., dnd,at .,n,;.,so, nosus w.
lacklng oat lttlo dedeatory political meeting
on Inosoay' the 1irst OF tho sorieH which Will
heroaftor bo hold thero.
Tho ball yesterday oyoI1inR waa given. not
only to consoorate the new hall to Terpslchoro.
but to enablo tho dormans to oxprosa their Joy
at the completion Of tl.oir tabernacle. Their
,a All that ~ nav;d uion tho or 1ss u
back from Its captivity, only their motions arc a
little moro graceful than those of tho King Of
Israol. Tho dancers came from all partp Of tic
c;tv. from tho rohni1d;np North s;ao from t,,o
co.,,, u;5a .,,a ssa.ss q. 1.1ast S A ..as' .A
ooulu oloe, Auo 1fo1u TUG Mcst, anu o7on 1rom
those suburban towns whore tho chill atmos-
phere OF temperance has not rnndo 1t impossible
TOR German to live.
Tho now froah ha,, xzoa MT daf,curad ,z,+,
ao.!i o", 1teon nalt "a1 nos us"sa.eu WI
decorations. couple OF American 'iaga hung
that oyory one Of them was expected TO do his
dusv Bit willis tbnra waa ao 1ittto Of tlo o,na-
rnant., tho ra,t;"a, nar,ao,, .n,,,a ,,.a ta11ar,
nensa.' VI" ptao,'"i oothl.n i,4na ~" ''Asn
caro- OF the useful. as IN tho daya Of Old, tho
space under tho galleries was filed with tables
md tlero sat tho old mon, tho dowagers
whoso dancing days were over. and
tho young ladies wien thoy wnntcd rest
botwoon tho duuces Tho walters navgatod
nafoly through Tie crowd. thoir fingers onringci
with glaHses. Tho Tur,lors in thoir Iuon colts,
folt tlolnaolvcs to be tie hosts Of the evening,
and woro in constant state Of cRerrosconco.
| Owing to their gymnastio training they voro
,ennbled to B.ake Iluuls to an incredible oxtont
| without Appearing fatigued by it, With tho cx-
tic mud nct Of gottfng a. pair q vl,iso glerea
which woro too B1unli Tor him. Having goi ieou
half on, 10 found TINT he could noithor advance
nor rocoae; neither taife thom oif, nor put them
evening. That original Turner, Captain
Qund, Was also prosont, but or
ing to tho latc arbtrary order Of superintendent
Washburn, corbidding officers Of tho police forca
to dance wl}lo on duty, ho took no part in the
amusoments Of the evening, except to keop timo
to tho music with his foot
This was not one OF those aristocratic balls to
which the ladies' go in carriages only, but many
Of those who weTo present came BY tho stroot
cars, aud, therefore, found tho gently falling
snow great nuisance, spelling tholr hats and
voting their feet. But for this the attendance
from diAtnnt pnrts OF tho city would have been
much greater than it actually was. Still III spite
OF the weather. tho room, was crowded, tho music
admirable, aud tho danoin9 WAS kept up with
yigor:-,there waB no la'lgnId dancing there.
giyo description of tho drosses,-a labor Of
groat difficulty for ono who has not onjoyod in-
tmate relations with droasmakors, OF Ind i:ena-
anothor @ ts woman is impossible since sho hss eyea
for tho droBses OF lor friends alono. They
figure in silk, laco md initials. All othors up.
pSar in plain stufru, poor luce, and names IN
pioxity. Every lady who desires to bo doseribed
writes of hor costume on . couple Of sips Of
ing tho evening, somo time betwcon tho first
Who DOES @ not not 1 danco whose @ biack suit seems
to hayo beon borrowed piecomeal from his
friends, aud who chows a pencil. To him she
beckona. Ho approaches. ind sho asks If ha
repreaonts q pa1}or, Ho BayB ho docs. 6hogivc9
him ono Of hor Slips, md gfides or sorene, Buro
Of a satisfactory paragraph on the morrow. Tho
German ladies' have not learned this trick, nor
II they had, woull tloir handwriting be iutolli-
cibia to American oyoe. So in tliIis caao it 10
necessary to fall buck upon gonoralitios, to say
TINT all we're wol1 drosso1; that all wore tho bost
tLey Ind; that silk, poplin, alpaca, and all other
dorartmonta OF dry goods, were satisfactorily
represented; that Boulo wore diamonds, and
eoIuo Attloboro iowolry; that some wore blondes,
md eomo brunettcs; gomo pretty, some homely.
To namo tho long list oyor would only bo to
feed tic vanity Of woman, Ind that Ia not tho
Tho costumes woro not as dno as they we're ut
General shordan's ball, but, then, tho ladtc3
wero prottior. # one goes IN for aristocracy md
silk, we havo to dispense with beauty ana q
fresh complexion. At the arlstocrotle ball ono
meota tue samo old faces, known for years,-the
,s;' aat srsuoa U"1t W. 90 o face ~ thc vouno
1a1v n hl,,66 ia s,,rnly thc ono Io raw behind :
conntor in tl.o sion wLore he wont to buy souo
bu,t"na 49, tiT,at nirI IN njnid IL idonti1ol with n
| ont@oao- %A"' S.AA 49, I'".A ~