New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-12-30
r.iB1EIUS III C48rIE INN.
A BRILLIANT ENTERTAINMENT.

4 BLll4l-l-ANl ~ , l.ll Al MIN l.
IrLUsmA1NG THE nCNoR OF PUNCH "A LARGE
AuENDA> CE-FFsTIvIuE> j -PlTE T4E Now
sIoH0-DANCING AFrLE TIE I,BLfAUs
Some very interesting and novel taulelu5 were
gwen last evening at Castle Inn N"vRochellc.
The subjects were taken chiefly from Du Mdurcrs
cartoons IN Punch, ID which rsCimabue BroNu and
other disciples OF the " cousumm4te" and intense"
are pilluried ia various miriu-pr voking situations
Mr. and Nrs. w. :. Ioyt were most prominent ia
the management OF the tab.eaus, which were par
ticlpatcd in By q very large number Much care bad
been exercised in disposiug OF Jue tickets, and
large Attendance was not expected, even putting
the violent suOwstorm out of the question. But the
trans from NcW-Y0rk arriving after O'Clock
brought large numbers. There was steady stream
Of slelghs and carriages from the deUot under the
snow arches formed by the dropping bOughs of rho
tree. Peals of laughter and tho sound OF merry
voices woke tie echoes in the dark streets. But
the cold was intense, aud every one felt re-
lieved when the brilliant lgats OF Castle Inn
came into sight. and the rcd-coated
hunismen threw open the door. much
larger audience than had been anticipated was
present despite the snow and as the rooms wero
comparatively small some cIowding and inconyeni-
encc was Occasioned.
Among those present were: Clarlison n. Potter
and family. Mr.. and Mrs. r. Belmont Pnrdy, Mr.
aud Mrs. James Rugglcs MIR. and Mrs. John II.
Draper. Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Turn
bull, Nj. and Mrs. F, II. Belts.
Miss Bird Miss Roberts, Miss M9er. Mss Dagen-
port, August Belmont, Centre Hitchcock, Gerald
Hoyt. W w. Appleton and Charles Robinson.
About D. after preliminary performance upon
the piano F. II. Belts, who 81, acted as
master OF ceremonies, announced the subject
of the first tabrau rs " Nuncempoopana,
or he Mutual Admiration Society" The curtain
rising disclosed an innocent Colonel mot
fol fa.ts
OF Mrs. ClmaOue Blown (who ~. lie
regarding With wonder the Servilc admiration
layished upon a remarkable loug-halred individual.
But Mrs. Brown informed MN tnat the hero was
" Postlethwait tie immortal D1et"
TIE second. Thanks where thanks are due" pre-
sented an evening party al the house OF
Mrs. PonsOnby de TOnpkyns. who engineers
80 skillully as to avoid thanking
either the singer Duchess she has invited. hut IS
thanked by each for the pleasure or meeting the
other. The Mutual Admlra'onlsis" was the frog-
ment of a coilOqny overheard by Grgsby between
Maudle the Apostle OF AT, and Po,tlethwait. an
aesthetic poet. la No. Midas, wealthy young
man, bewaIied that clever people were beng adj
united to society. and was comfOrted Uy Mrs. fomp-
kyus with M remark that the girs wouldn't took
~ fHem, while the had only TO throw his handker
chief.
IN. next tablela was the familiar Are you i'll
tense V-the inst remark of the aesthetic deF0tee TO
tie stupeilcd young man who takes ner down 10
dinner. Then the Duchess was shown visit
ing Mrs. Tompkyns and discovering Dirs. MacAliister
expressing her surprise that her host had sacb
subject Of the following between an aesthetic
bridegroom ami an inteuss bridf: "Algeruon, isn't
it consummate| "Yaa. let Us live up To IT.
hen a rakish young lord Vas shown singing 90
amt | the Cheese III the pGrlor OF the
aesthetic Bgowa, who only permits from
Others not lords, severely classical music.
4 husband was shown. with FEET braced and
teeth cfncleh toying 10 pull Oh has wite's Jersey
1.-THE First Day 0t tine Season showed the return
of a mudd,. bcdTaggirI cruulc from hunting To
dainty and particular Aunt Sally.
\ poser" was the colossal foot of young
woman who wished from thr shoemaker something
dainty and sency.' il.a assistant ~
despair producing Waukmphasr
The mex tableiu was a little lt "a arms be. ,gccu
tile setting and rising san, ri society," IN
wuich tie younger hid the atyanfagr
Again MdI, IT,, rrce.ye consolation from tao .un-
tui do OmpAyu-. SpsaiIinR bv tbs carti y
maid WhO explained her RrOaltdic of the news
by tho TACT that her igYcr Is post.
man, AMI tcais 81, the postal cards
The last " AAiaineun Il. .hrte." MAS leriiIp5 the
best IF te eyrHiHl. IAr explanation was: " lhlcuN,
promising spahg pharmaceutical chemist, has
mD.el cd from memory an heroic group, ~ which
Mrs. CHnaDue Brown Is represented ~ the Muse OF
TINS century. GROWING POsfietlWait aud Maudle aa
the win gods II IT'S Poetry and Arr
The iudescs badly ridiculous statues and the
makeup vi all the participants were