New-York tribune., 1873-02-14
SOME OF THE MASKS.
" Life Is a notion
Who do we know"


says the sad lover in Wilfrd Cumbermede. r. must
have been after he looked at mask ball at the Aost
emy. People contrary When they ought to enjoy
themselves they won't. There much fun in the gal
lery of a church at masked ball. Perhaps If ths
stagecarpenter found the holes the hoor which wera
plainly disceTnibe without msgnifers before hafpsst
nne and the characters began to dress the day before
the procession might be nearly in tine wedding
usually is.
There were flowers in the corridors, vases Of them,
caas and crimson poinsettias finely mingled: theirs
were domnoes in the boxesblue dominoes faood with
rose color black dominoes with orange hoods
doninOes with white satin ruohings, lavender
black and silver; snow white, rosepink aud dsrkly
deeply but not beautifully blue Of the convenient
and popular rmaterisl-cambric.
Two dominoes in a box. one sky blue satin holding
bouquet of Zaerano roses the other in black satin with
bouaret Of pink tearoses. What pity women don't
borrow wisdom from the Turks. and wear dominoes all
the me they possibly and imposbly beautiful
in this guise
or course good society in its box with its hair done
up in ngerpus, expecting 10 be amused, but looking
bored Moral: Masked balls like lfe II one wants
success fun, would better sit still and invent It.
At about the procession after the stageearpen
ters the flexible and handsome Hungarian harlequin
performed their ballet and the celebrities were IN
their seats up stairs.
Then came pause Ia which the yyandiere In al
upper box dressed in crimson satin. draped across ths
breast with gold cords, and a crimson cocks plume IN
her velvet cap laughs more ecstaicaY and shows her
handsome arms distractngly than ever and ths
Semramis in cloth Of gold In the next box stat
uesque stone possibly because the yiyandiere nrs
with the escort Of Semramis.
Eight very large dwars in brick-red knee pantaloons.
as fond mothers call them, and drum head hats dance
very melancholy hornppe 10 much gnashing OF teeth
and clashing of jaws. They retire, and at the next
glance a gittering medley fills. say one-third
eighth of the stage. Swamp angels in red and white
stped trousers the Fat Mans Guard. harlequins and
maudarins stand aside till the handsome Prince Car
niyal Mr. Runkel comes in his dolphin his mantel
striped in yellow green and crimson. bright with gold
and silver the sleeves in pus Of the three coor.
divided by strings OF pearls his flowing curs crowned
with the auntes prncely cap. After the prince comes
the Rising sun, wellknown face. resplendent In TN
halo which is wont be all glorious brass supported
by budding Coumbnes; only the figure might be ro-
versed and injustice be done TO this supporter and
admirer OF the ballet.
The old firm of the four seasons are represented by
windmill chiefly, which people took for palsn-
qmn and by Winters regiment OF six clad In cotton
Hock Stanley very good OF the real stanley
and his blacks in brickred tunics march soemny bear
ing the transparency where 10 Livingstone T. aud look
ing for pins on the door
Livingstone looks old, the embrace wide and repested
and the overoyed blacks toss uphippopotami pigs anu
such game extracted from a vast cage OF musketonst
Shades OF last July Strauss Manhattan Walts On
combs aud papers; Yankee Doodle. with the swamp
angels playing on bones and tamborines-the osni
enormous frog, the same douotles' '"''
woulds wooins 60" .-,.,
A young monk was dressed in brown sAoK. uini"0'
with white fur. He wore black mask
Al skoa tSas Wcse ssss't g0wa Tssh h''a Ns'a