, 1874-02-24
: MAD MERRtMEMT.
The Ball at the Insane Asy-
1urn.
Bismarck nnd the Queen Of Shcba
as Partners.
Same and Insane People Much Aliko When
1t Comes to Dancing.

Sane and Insane People Much Alike When
1t Comes to Dancing.
Il ia roIated, with what truth 1t Ia impossible
to say TINT when tho gods Ind oronted man-
kind and Ind endowed them with every faculty
necessary for enjoyment 1t was suddenly dis
covered that no means hnl boon prepared by
which thoY could DO amused, oil tho Affairs OF
nature going on with aolomnity and Sadness. ana
oil things partaking Of ponslvonosB rather than
mlrth. In this dilemma, 1t occurred to ono OF
tho NEUROLOGICAL doitioa, who 1t seons was OF IN
ingenious turn OF mind probably tho ono who
invented sleop,--that tho rnco would bo Of auch
strange composition that they would find plenty
OF fun looking at ono anoshor and noting one
anotho1's actions, and would notneod any special
modification Of tho syatom Of tho univorso to
keep thom laughing.9
This has proven to be tho fact, and a philoso-
pher might oven say It Is tho basia upon which
society aotG.
For instance in tho matter OF dancing. II a
spectator should: stand outside Of his own ono.
tions, and, stopping up hla ears, booomo cold
an uninto1osted lookor-on OF this social pleasure,
no would como to tho conclusion that mankinu
had gono cloan mad, and that sanity ruled only
md jump up and down and grin OF each othor
cannot ponsbly be justified under any olhor hy-
potheei8 than That nnturo insists TINT wo should
10 !" amoosng " like Artomus Wards boar.
These rofloctionH aro An guasteti by m nttoud-
Rnco upon q ball which took placo nt tho County
INSANE Asylum Inst Saturday night, to which au
invitation. -
soc,rrv An ,rrrrnaon >
differs n some respects from Chicago
society, but tho material points aro the
tho alto ~ That noirhborhnoi werc IN nuito aa
n,',oI, ~ ~ fernr ~ 61noctot;nn az nroceiai tto
Tonif}o Hoto1 Hn1l of hanrv romom1,rnnco.
H'1'o 4Ao*oA ,sr rn 1s.11rr1e
other rncata' 1yho Toro NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. n liz
general gayoty that followed, alf meeting on tho
congisting oi a bow with a tiddio that' Ind eoor
hottar i1oya md also oedomnaniod by n COM
nonion with a harm tI,at ind nnrfain1v hal with
fnftnr ,,aare cn1nnnriaad tho nrchostrn. Thc
rnom foyo2od to tho torpsjohoroan pleasure is
ono flttod M for Tho pur,oso in tho County Asy-
i'm citv. Tia arranaomonts. In fact. waro Iii
nroal1r1t.
TIE ARRIVAL, OF TIE COMPANY.
Az the creator pnrt Of the particpators on tho
occoaion nrc r1arnnnncnt resif1onta t,ora waH M
necosaitv to % to tho oxnonse Of onrriarop. 90
| lin faahonnB1o md oxnonslvn lnxnry yag omit
led: At about 8 o'oloct tho conaDany was usher
cd into tho BALLROOM, there boing several Ioor-
mannrnrn rrnsont to tnka chnrea OF them md
land them to tho goats which Surrounded tho
! room. And now, while thew aro passing the
complimonte Of greeting and waiting on tho tlp-
ton Of expectation for tho n,oment whom tho
band viii striko IN the dolieious floatinr dronm
Of Strauss. or Il tha witchinr mnloiy of Dan
Bryant, tho fashion reporter enters and takes
| TIE cosEunYs
unity Of expression. 10 to speak. aTho dark-
evnf hrunnEtn m lin lnft ia rraaao1 In ro11o of