Sacramento daily record-union., 1882-01-26
EUREKA BAL MASQUE.
The Decorations Scene OF splendor and
Beauty.

The ninth annual bal masque of the Eu-
reka Social Club will take place at the Pavil-
ion this evening, and will uuquestionably be
by far the most attractive of any thus far
given by the club. At each seasons enter
tainment efforts have been made to excel all
former occasions, ard their last years bal
masque was recognized as almost the extreme
of success. The arrangements, however, for
the party to be held this evening, in the mat
ter of completeness and attractiveness, and in
expensive preparation, far exceed those Of
last year, and in decorative display will be
the finest ever witnessed in this city, if not
upon the coast. While all the walls are
draped and decorated in most attractive
manner, the Leading feature will We a
gorgeous representation of an ancient Egyp-
tian scene upon the lower waters of the Nile,
in the time of Antony and Cleopatra. which
includes sufficient of historical Egypt, inter-
mingled with the mythical and fairy, to rem
der it at once most intensely attractive and
exceedingly successful piece of work for the
purpose for which it is created. This scene
occupies the entire north wall, with length of
100 feet and extending from floor to ceiling.
It is not tinsel work upon the wall, but
stands out in bold relief, and has been exc.
cuted by the decorator, George Boyne, with
great skill and excellent effect. Tue repre- :
sentation of the water of the river, in blue,
with silvery crescent waves, which are lost
in the distance against the horizon, and with
the royal barge OF Cleopatra ia the fore
ground, conveyed by her ancient Egyptian
feet, are principal features in the decorative
tableaux, The river scene IS hanked with
the Sphinx on either side immense Egyp-
tian temples; Cleopatra needl2s; the pyra-
mids in the distance: the banks CT the river,
lined with aquatic plants, inteIspersed with
date palms, and an ancient lighthouse standing
upon rock at the entrauce to the river,
glitteriug with sold and silver, and bearing
the emblem of the Egyptian deity. The en-
tire scene rests upon a rich representation of
gretto work, extending from the floor to q
hight Of fourteen feet, which is composed of
pearls and shells in every conceivable color,
and represents submarine view similar to
that described by Jules Verne. Among the
supports to this grotto work are fantastic and
tropical fish, as if floating about and this
lower scene purports to be the residence of
old Neptune, where he is receiving his dis
tinguished visitor, Q1een Cleopatra, who this
evening comes down from her barge with her
attendants, all in glittering pearls and
royal grandeur. The scene, under the
blaze of several hundred gas jets, will
present an allHOsb unequaieu Spectators OI
beauty, and will no doubt be Witnessed by
reason of its splendor by hundreds who will
not take part in the bal masque. The cele-
brated Alexander Kidd, Jr., of San Fran
cisco, has been procured to be present and
give xylophone aud snare-drum solos, and the
club also promise that the concert music of
JONES' Beebe and Grant will be Of the very
finest order. The grand march will COM
mence at precisely 10 o'clock.
Applications for ladies' tickets must be filed
at L. J. Lithauer's, corser Sixth and j
streets, as they will positively not be accept
ed at the door,