The New York herald., 1879-02-11
Dazzling Assemblage of Wealth and
Beauty at the Academy.
ROSEBUDS AND DIAMONDS.
Mayor Cooper Dances Under the Approving
Smiles Of Ex-COmptrOller Green.
GORGEOUS AS A FAIRY SCENE,

As st. Paul remarked in his well remembered epis-
tie to the Corinthians The greatest of these is char
ity" and each succeeding year more thoroughly
firms the general belief that. while the French ball
leads the of excitement. the Lederkranz affords
the greatest entertainment. the Cooks give the best
supper and the Aron attracts the vastest crowd in
all essential respects the choicest ball is the Charity
1t is obvious that entertainment which enlist
the active and sympathetic terest Of 200 first citi
zens and an equal number of "socety ladies'" in its
management must have unusual claims to the patron
age and support of many of the commonalty can
afford the five dollars necessary for the purchase Of
the pasteboard. New York is large city and has
many ''frst circles Cologne has smells Ordi-
narily the circles conne themselves to their normal
and peculiar spheres. Some absorbed in churchly
effort. some in frivolous gayety. in benevolent
enterprises of different names music. the drama and
the cognae arts have each their FIRST circle, and all
exclusive the Emperor of Morocco Vain have
been the efforts of great and good men and the
kind of women to bring these circles together. The
Sanitary Fair it, but nothing else sue
ceeded until the Charity Ball. in aid Of the Nursery
and Chid's Hospital WIS broached. The lost link
found. From that time society has kindly
consented to admit that one tendon is as good
another "for night only and one and all make
the most of it.
LAST NIGHTS EFFORT
agnable but the man is yet undiscovered whose in
terest in cash results is entirely dend All such will
be pleased to know that Mr. Theodore Moss, who
stands among those circles Q kind of "everybodys
friend" estimates the net result of the saltatory
procedure of last night at the cheerful figure of
$4,000. II may be less and it may be more, but it
is in the vicinity of that sum. Many people
purchase tickets for the sake of the charity.
but the majority purchase for their own
sake and attend the festivity in the same interest.
Dressmakers and modistes count on the Charity Ball
as schoolboys count vacation. II their season
has been otherwise bad they expect the Charity Ball
TO compensate then-and it does. Heretofore it has
been remarked that the toilette display of the New
York Charity Ball eclpsed any that Cleopatra or the
Queen of Sheba dreamed Of. but old stagers if
may be permitted that expression, insist that
before did New Yorks first and best shine, dazzle
and bewilder the spectator on this festa reunion
of 1879. Great pains taken to convince the out
side believer in benevolence that the summation Of
metropolitan excellence would have the conduct Of
the ball. In the long list of lady managers there
but one baroness one madame and one miss. the
manning 1877 being known by the of their liege
lords and masters who graciously permitted their
better halves to appear upon the floor and also on
the programmes in the role Of manager, while
they perforce content pay for the tickets and
fill in the sets. Equal discrimination appears to
have been exercised in selecting for the
c1lline managers. among whom were six generals
bne regular two coloncls, twelve doctors and more
'Hons" than one could shake stick ut. caustic
critic might object possibly that the political repre-
sentation was marked than in other years; but
John Kelly balanced by Edward Cooper,
Frank Barlow by "Moses" Marble. Charles A.
Dana by Hugh j. Hastings whtelaw Reid by
Samuel ]. Tilden and Cunning s. Bedford by Noah
Davis perhaps no harm done. especially Mr..
Arthur Leary was careful to avoid entangling al :.
liances in the quadrille sets.
MANAGERS.
A glance at the following list will show that all
sorts and conditons-so far occupation and men,
tai status concerned-were represented In the
management, chief among whom were:-