, 1876-02-06
new YORK GOSSIP.
How the Charity Ball Is ATan-
aged
Bellies and Beaux in Borrowed
Plunnage.


AdE6 LII ltEW Y0fK.
4 Curious Fact in the Beecher Case,..
Cruelty in Brook1}n---Centen.
NAL Conductors.
susesai Correspondence Of The Chteaoo 1,+ibun,
NEH Yonz, Feb. s.-Tha eossips Of this city
during tho last ten days have turned their attan-
t1on to the Charity Ball, which came of last
evening. It Was crushing affair in more
senaes thhn one,-doubtless it crushed the pock-
etbooks Of hundreds very fat, and took q ereat
deal Of life and spunk out Of numerous pater
familias and anxious mothers, whose families
were there represented. These ao-called char
ity balsare under the patronage Of the elite. and
arc highly successful In Iecuuia1y way, but
some Of the methods employed to make them so
are at least Of questionable taste. For instance.
in the lists Of managers are included one or two
hundred names Of young men and women who
are at first invited to become n.anagera. II they
accept, their names are inserted, aud they are
then requested to forward to the Treasurer $50
TOT ten tickets. II they can sell those tickets,
all Is we'll ; If they cannot they must bear tho
brunt themselves. Again, it is designed to make
these bals exceedingly exclusive and aristocratic,
but this attempt il failure go far as excluding
the common herd Of humanity-the middle class
es-iR concerned. This year it Was something
wondrous to observe the number Of clerks, sales
men, aud their wives and Bweethearts, who were
present So long as the managers" are bur
dened with tickets ut S5 apiece, it ia not strange
they should sell them to Tom, Dick md Harry,
without any questioning. There was sufficient
aristocracy on hand. however, to give the affair
az uppersendom flavor, and it il chiefly to sec
tfxyx At,I+
we're present that the mlddle-clEas people, who
really cannot afford Buch extravagance. desire to
attend such balls. 1t iB specias OF toadyism
which exists in its prime In this city. '':'
B1nDs IN BORROWED PLUa1AoE.
The extent TO which men aud women appear
in public placea in borrowed costumes in this
city will never he accurately known. There is
party-man and wife-in University place, below
Fourteenth street, who have aclulred hand
some competency fonnlng dresses to women and
called there to interview them few days ago,
but so soon as they heard what came Afrer,
they sealed their mouths, aud said that publicity
would ruin their business, and II I would do
them q favor, please do not give their address,
etc. Having made the promise, ths man gaya
they had regular SET Of customers.
Same as any dry-goods establishment,
aud furnished dresses to ladies for balls. par
ties, dinners, calls, shopping Excursions, car
IlAkS-I1uH5 AuA QUtQ6 teCepIIuub3 C1 Bill RraQeS,
from tho $50 streetcostume to the $500 ball
dress, With its real 1ace and expen,ive trimmings.
They supplied gentlemen With pa.ly suits, from
pants to ueckties. and had over twenty orders
for the Charity Bail then on the tapis. was
shown into q room where hs,lf-dozen girls
we're at work making over 1adie,7 dresses,-as
it ia = rule Of the establishment that no dress
shall ever be taken out Of the place exactly
as it came in. By changing bow here, q
pleatlnE there, hounce Or band, . dress can be
AbA t1In~.
should wear i one evening and Miss millionaire
tho next, neither would recognize it rs having
been worn by the other. Some Of th q combinations
are curious. Ono skirt will serve half-dozen
waists, and. by changing them often, nobody
would suspect the dress to be alrnost identlcaly;
the same. The changes nre according to the
article worn. I was shown dress valued ut
5000, which WAS loaned at $25 pcr night; car
riage dress at SIS; dinner dress at so, and q
walking suit at So. There are all sorts OF varia-
tions IN prices, and occasionally brand-neW
dress is made which the first .weArer will have
fitted to her form and pay high price for the
privilege Young men pay $40 Tor full-dress
evening suit.
DH: scuDpEn's CHURCH AND THE sEEcuEh CASE.
There is curious circumstance in connection
with the action OF Dr.. Scudde1's Central Conere-
gational Church refusing to send representatives
to the Mutual Council, not generally known.
The Clerk OF Plymouth Church is Thomas J.
TiIney very active partisan Of Beecher's-
Of the Sunday-school connected Hl:h Dr.. scud-
der's church. He attends Besscher's in the
morning, and bosses the scudder Sunday-school
in the afternoon. There are some people will
ney was sent from Beechers as IA emissary to
manufacture capital for lln in the
Scudder church, bss it is doubtless a
mlstahe, as TfIney has been with the Sunday
school mentioned for more than year and q
half. The real truth ia that in al the Brook yn
chr
Beecher case; il their votes we're fairly taken,
the majority On either side wouid be small On the
question OF Dsachers guilt. DR.: scudder.s peo-
pie are in this predcanent and we're honest
was no practical good to come out Of introducing
the scandal into their :anks and dividing their
membership and accordingly dropped it. A
member OF Dr.. BudiDgton's Cliuton Avenue
Church advises me that the people are rejoicing
that thair pastor is out Of this sc,ape, for the
Same reaAon.
HOW BABsua's HOTEL. wAs SOLID OUT.
Prior to Jan. i, Esrnum's Hotel on the
corner Of Broadway and Twentieth street, Was |
sold out under q foreclosure Of chattel-most- |
gage. BY this transaction the venerable Theron |
Barnun. Of ST. Louis, who has made ann lost |
two OF three fortunes in bookkeeping. lost his
entirs property, and is again poor man. The |
way it came about ia as follows: Barnum sent |
name from St. George to Barnnm's- At first |
they prospered but after awhile the p4nicky |
times struck the hotel man very severely.
The buaiuess ran down. Hlr. Barnum SUP
Piled the capital from st. Lcmis, and still |
the hotel faied to pay. After he had |
invested everything 10 had in the hotel. Mr:
Bhrnum sent 8 man uamad Baker, with full
power OF attorney, to this city, Go close out the
business and save something from the wreck.
Baker on his arrival seemed to be seized with
sudden desire to run 8 hotel, and, instead Of
following instructions, proceeded to raise more
money by executing = ehatte-mortgage on the
'urnitura concaaing the fact, however, from
ais principal. With pa1t Of the money he kept
he hotel running until the mortgage Was due,
yhen the Sheriff took possession. Baker ran
lway with a strange woman. and when lsst
heard from was in San Francisco. It WAS cruel
,windle upon conading old msn. and he de-
.eryed better lnck.
HORRIBLE CASE OF CauELTf Il HnooKLTa.
Did you ever hear of anything more dishon-
,1ahle or cruel than that case in Brooklyn:
Ehsre an old woman 70yeazs Of s.ge was turned
,ut of doors by two IT her own children. and
shie trying to find her way to the Fiatbush
Hospital disd of cold and starvation on the
treat? This is tha hrisf statement Of the case.
,ut ia its details it is fsarfuy slckeningt and II
t does not hang black clouds in the hearts OF
hose children they must be adamaot- The par
les have not the e1cuss Of being poor or needy,