Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1878-03-15
uOEr ROYAL FEAST AT THE 0BNSBY
AT EEDNEGIIE.

At las. t.e agony is ovet. For tho past ~
.roeas the attaches o. the Virginia & Truckce
Railway Co. kava beer making preparations
for thoir annual ball, The paTara were daily
MAXIM mention Of it, ana everybody was talk
ipY about it, il anticipation OF right regal
time. the wives, daughters and sistcrs Of the
rlilraa6ars. and in Sect al ladies within a "a
a,us Of many mics OF this city, wero ramsacA-
~, dry gooGs stores during the flown month,
Tor new and tasteful articles Of toilet to be
worn upon this OCCASION. Scanstresses and
d-esamaEers nightly prayed for and showored
blessings uyon th> devoted heads OF the Nir-
gInla and TrucGso RAilway people, for the ball
hqd certainly crested 5cnanzafur these archl-
tocls ot female apparel. Judging from the ex
tersjye preparations outside participants alone
were making, no one could doubt but that the
blll would he grand EUccess. And SO 1t was.
Daring the past two days, persons well veTscd
N the matter @ beautifully decorating halls
devoted to the votarioa Of TeCpslChc1e, were
laboriny to render the appearance Of TheatcI
HAL l-1,o 4 flisY bower Mirrors, paintings,
engravincs haSs, canary birds ami other arti-
ces designed to add to tho attractivenes Of Il
BALLROOM were borrowed and collected near
aud far; and with this aid the decorators un-
racogl,izs5iy uetamorphosed tho hall All
those s-ticlue of beautifcation were SO placed
and hanged IS to give evidence Of the superior
taste and skill Of the master hands which per
formed THIS artistic work Had one dropped
from the clouds among last nights scene Of
-ayaty anG fe3tivity-one who Is familiar with
the ordinary physical look of the hall-that
one would gcarc,.y have believed that it was
the Same place. Attached 10 The vcVaad4h of
the brick building on the corner of Proctor
and Carson streets, was q large locomotive
les5 light, and another was placed near the !
entsanos to tbs hall, which produced light |
equally 10 bright 40 that Of the MONDAY sun.
TLie was very use and thoughtful proyi- |
sion. IS IL rnos3 assurediy prevented many a
rent in .aG;es' dresses, ana was the means Of
keeping tie highly polished dancing boots
and pumps of jhe cRiyalric galiants out of
mud ruddles II fact it ia not setting toe
much whom we say that the gentcmanly at
tscaes If the Virginia and Truckec Railway
;!oupany outdiG themselves il their pcelim-
mary arrangements for this reyciry. Pains
md expense wore secondary considerations;
ahev aimed at success and they did not fail
st length the auepic.ous moment arrived.
Last night, e@rly ~ nine O'clock,
the rcvelers on foot III carriages, and oInni-
buses, were making their way to the hall
where many i pleasant hour would he whiled
away in sic May whirl, pleasant talk and in
Docent Irritation. As the night had sunken
more within itself, the crowd Of light hearted
pleasure seeEers was augmented in great num-
bers; and at 10 o'clock the ballroom WAS filled
The tRittar Of the canary birds in r.ges, which
we're hung around the hall, intsymingling
with the joyous and pleasant voices of the la
Dies produced q charming effect; yea, ii made
Al Ophir stocxholder obliv.yrs to thu fact that
shat stock had declined So in forty-eight
hours. Tie locomotive head lights III the hall
assisted the gas jets, and the liz animation aided
materially in showing oil the rich, costly and
elegant toilets. This, We pr.sunle, was not
CistaatofUl to may Z beautiful blonde, bru-
uatte or cb&t,.;ae rIore THAI one fair dam
sai or VAN matron inwardly thanked the
nanage-sof thishall forcaus ngPo much !ishtto
he furnished to aid then in the display
. thoir eAQuaijo toilets Of tits VIC are
su-e T-o cuoats at IL, gathering were
rot confined to tie ?oopio Of Carson and i'm
mediate vicinity, bat We a'e informed that
many ladies' ..Ij gentiomon ;alne from Sacl;.-
1uerto. ana even az far east ts Elho to attend ,