The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-01-07
THE INFANT ASYLUM BALL.
PREPARATIONS FOR THE EVENT AT THE AcAD-
ENVY OF MUSIC.

PREPARATIONS FOR THE EVENT AT THE AcAD-
ENVY OF MUSIC.
Tho lady managers OF the Infant Asylam are busy
with the final preparations for their grand ball s
Academy OF Music on the 18th inst, which II Is do
tcrmined shall be society affair Of the 6rst import
ancc Indications point TO It's complete success The
tickets have been eagerly sought and only few OF tho
boxes remain unsod and the company is to be
posed oil leading lights metropolitan fashionable
ciety brilliant gathering may be expected. Governor
TiIdcn, with his staff will DO there for he has prom
sed tho ladies say, TO open the ball. and doubtless
he will ind himself quite at home among the assem-
blagc of the evening Tho will be furnished By
GrafulIa and Bernstein and when these two leaders
unite their forces effective rendering OF the pro.
granme cannot fail TO be the result Then TOO
DeImonico will be hand to refresh the tired dancers
aud no doubt he will give ample satisfaction Over tho
general arrangements Mr. Theodore Moss will preside,
aud the floor management VIII DO in competent hands.
The following Is the Inst Of officers aud managers for
tho ball PRESIDENT Hon. Samuel j. Tidcn; Vice Prcs-
Secretary, Dr. H. u. Ncoll; Floor Managers Mr. Fred
G. Richardson George w. Scott DR.. W. Z. Worstcr,
Mr.. Howell II. Barnes, George W Weber, @ Bentham
Rae Thomas Z. Iweddlc, Howard 4. Case. u James
selgman, james W. Tappin John G. Connor, Jr
Charles n. Scott, Gilbert n. spier, Jr Hubert o.
Thompson Ernest La Montague, John H. Henshaw.
George W. Rand, James v. KIRBY Charles Peck Louis
H. Osborne, VIM. DE l.. Bougnton, VIM. II. Hampton,
Jr Stanley Bryant, I'd > Hatch Clark Hazen, WIN.
Flash Charles g. Shields. VIM. b Price, VIM. McA
Motley George W. Jones, Edwin b Custis, Fred Rcmcr
John W. Robertson, I. Henry Stafford and VIM L.
Patton
THE YEARS WORK
glimpse Of the forthcoming report OF the nstItu.
ton furnishes few fresh facts which will DO even
20 those who toeraOly familiar with the "DETAILS OF
tho work. The ladies' now have about 300 women I'M
their The infant population OF the asylum
also 800 and the admissions during the year 1873
have been about 800 or nearly double tina, Of any pre-
year. One TACT OF curious interest reported
The with which adoption 10 guarded and the strict
guarantees required before inmate Is permitted TO
leave the asylum we'll known and yet the number
mothers at the Institution frequently exceeds the
fant population, many are the appicat from
spectacle families and rapid Is the progress Of adop
ton. This fact Is OF the encouraging that has
recently come TO light since 10 Indicates method by
which walls that would else become Migrants crml
nails may be rapidly transpanted into conditions favor
able 10 the development OF honesty sefrelance
tnuity OF effort and progressive intelligence The
street house of reception has been completed, and Is
already filed with inmates The building known
hitherto the Patriot Orphans Home, at Flushing,
i. which has bcen occupied for tho last three years
country home for the little ones has become tho
property of the asylum aud IS during the present year
10 be enlarged improved and converted into a per-
mancnt orphanagc Of the asylum. Yet with these
augmented facilities, II " announced that more cxton
slve accommodations will be required 10 meet the
exgenclcs OF the coming year These will probably be
Supplied by opening another house OF reception ia on
other quarter Of the city II being the policy Of The
managers not TO build expensive and imposing ednccs,
thus consuming their funds and misdirecting them,
but convert structures already erected 10 the pur-
poses OF the work with az little expense as possi0e-a
policy that benevolent enterprises might probably
need its services Instead OF standing apart and waiting
for them 10 come