New-York tribune., 1874-01-15
TIE ACdDENI BALLS.
TIE FRENCH BALL.

TIE ERENCH BALL.
The ninth annual fancy dress ball of the
Ccrcle Frtncas de LHarmone which Will take place at
che Academy OF Music this evening promises to be
complete Nearly 1000 tickets have been sold,
and le nanlsemeut announce their entire satisfaction
with the progress OF arrangements. Above the of
The stage yl he gas jets these words" Ninth Grand
%asquerade Ban ~ the Cercle Frmcais de LHarmOnie"
IL the intention Of the managers 70 have had the
orchestra and chorus on a raised platform 80 feet
above toe stage which would have cost nearly
s2NOo. but the regulations of the Academy for
bsdo IT, one Of the features Of the bah will be
the choru. of 60 male voices which is to
be accompanied by the orchestra Of 80 performers,
under the leadership of f. ". Zllg Musical Director
OF The New Park TheateT. Brooklyn. The chorus COM
prises W.uy we'll known singers OF the StTakOsch and
other opera tr0upes, together with many eminent
obOrstrrs Of this city The orchestra has been organized
by MI u,g with the greatest The last rehearsal
took pa" it the hall OF the Turn Verein Fourth-st
yesterday afternoon. Among the selections for the
evening the following have vocal accOmpanments:
Orphcr Enters" (quadrle), Ofenhach. +" les
Bottcs Ba-icn" quadrllel. Marx; Les cent Vlerces"
par Ziuig "Stut, salut Coruee" Guadrille, OF.
ienbdch. Ia PeUcholc" (quadrille) Orenbach; La
hIe de Nine. Angot' lqnadrilie), LecocG Les Brig
auds" (quadrcl. OfenOach
The Nightingale Polka" by BOsQuct. will be per-
formed by quartet OF flutes. and the Chasseurs de
Chase (hrbanl will be executed by quartet OF French
horns TIE polka "LEtoie de France" G1motte) will
be cornet solo by Dez. The bal will he opened at IL
y M by the Grande Marche des Conspirdteurs repre-
eentod by The chorus clad IN bac md VIII close by the
Grand GaiOp luiernae. TIE NsIiltOns and Raynors
lave been engaged aud tLc Z Ziss" will add TO the
merriinent O Ao occasion specimen OF the longlOst
pre- AdanIt" ancestors accompanied by eccentric conf
Cal charIccIo VIII Ue one OF the features OF the affair.
THE B'NAI BIRTH ENTERTAINMENT.
Fashionable New-York is now fairly launched
on the hoodtde OF Winter fesviry. Tue ball at the
Academy last evening not military fesiyity nor
was 1t Instituted for charitable ends was conducted
under the auspices of the Manhattan Lodge No 156
Independent order of Bnai B'rith and was
their third annual ball This organization is
benevolent in character and is corpposed
wholly of Hebrews. The Manhattan Chapter has had
only short existence. It's members were present in
fun force last evening and ACCOMPANIED py many
hundreds OF friends As early O'Clock the carriages
were rsting over the Icy pavements aud from Murray
n" ana from fithave. the guests were Fastening 70
The Academy. At $3.50 long line of CARRIAGES had
been drawn up in Irving place and the corridors Of the
hcsoemy were thronged with shveIiug humanity
The stream continued pouring in for two fun bonrs and
soon became evident that the numbers would reach
the thousands. At midnight there were probablv
not less than $500 people IN the hail. The
moor was densely crowded and All the
boxes on The first and second were full The music
was furnished by the 7lst Regiment Band under the
Iesdersop Oi Prof J.. j. Eben. The band was divided
into two sections the promenade music being furnished
by 40 muscians while the music for dancing WAS nro
v'ded by the second section OF 60
The hall was free from decoration with the execution
OF handsome design in gasts at the center over tLe
portion generally used the stage This design wa.
the inscription. " Manhattan l. o. Il. b." surmouptea
by the figures l56, the nunb OF the Lodge
Among the Prominent persons present we're l. scbes
niger A Al. HuIninel, j.. j. Graeiz, j. NJ Coben w A
Cans ID Vile ). Sterns L. Celler IT, A n Pam, n - a
HVInan. NJ. h. Abrabams, Charles A. Lane ex-Mavo,
Kingsand. Henry Goldsmith, Simon Goldberg Jsado
Hirschfeld, JACOB Hess Judge Joa chinsep and M,
officers of the Grand Lodge OF the First District i'm
Guiding Harms j. GoOdhart, President; Moses salz
bachof Vice-Presdent, and Others.
OF tue $500 persons present nearly all were Hebrew.