New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-04-18
THE BACHELORS BAIL.

THE ASSEMBLY ROOMS or THE METROPOLITAN
OPERA HOUSE USED FOR THR FIRST TIME.
A ball was given in the assembly rooms at the
Metropolitan Opera House. evening" by Atty bsche.
lors Each had twenty invitations to distribute and
the result gathering Of about750 people OF wealth
and fashion The assembly rooms tested for the
first time. The only drawback was that the company
was little too large for free circulation and
dancing. Entering the Broadway side.
the procession Of richly dressed people mounted broad
stairway broken by landing and leading 10 paror
the Broadway side At the head OF the stairway
large paraso Of tulips. The the OF Broad
way and Tbirty-nnth-st. was used for dancing, and
Landcrs orchestra played In the music bal.
cony at one end. Chairs placed
around the sides Of the AT the end OF the paror
a OF foliage, plants and flowers. One OF the
finest effects made the saircases leading 10 tho
next floor Here Mr. Klunder had placed large palms,
ferns and eyergeens amid which set pots OF ger@
NUNS and hydrangeas forming terrace OF flowers Tho
supperrOom, north OF the ballroom was profusey dec
GRATED with evergreen and japanese umbrellas garsnded
with roses and In set light round tables at Whch
DelmOnico supper was served The suppcr-reom
not being large enough TO accommodate ALL there were
d0ube of tables set along the corridors on the lbry
nnth-st side. Galops pokas and watzes were danced
couples and led by o. H. Warren j., and I.penafd
stewart The ayors were bunehes OF roses bIt.eres
were painted, " Bachelors Ball. 1884" ,,,,,,,-..
& RiHea S2. dSan fsen Mr. MaHrn
livingston Mrs. Alexander Van Rensselaer,. and Mrs
William c. schermerhorn. The bachelors who gave the
ball were: George G. Allen, F r. Appleton Qtrrol, ,
Bryce, William Cutting, +. BrockhOlse Cutting; henry
Cram, J. d. Cheeyer W. r. cooper; a. b. DGa'
Grcsvenor, David L. Hsght, cesteT roo Hi1en,
Kane Oliver K: King. waiter F; Kingsland, A5Lhar .
Ieary j. +. d. Lauier, Herman r. Leroy, James boggs
Livingston, N q. Lorard, f. Maitland Clement Marsh
T. Marie w. starr Miller, Pierre La Montague, j. iadg-
way Moore, +. Townsend Martin, Richard Mortimer,
Herman Oelrichs, f. Pendleton. c. g. Peters, Richard
Peters, Edwards Plerrepont, Tr, James O. Pf0ldnt'
Percy r. Pyne r., John w. Russell Reginald ". Ryes,
f. A. Schermerhorn, A. Wright sanford, Henry d. sands
Lydig Suydan LIspcnard Stewart, Lawrence Imrnnre,
IT,. John lrayers jr, Douglas Twombey A. H. Wander
pocl, G.. II. Warren, r, q. Creighton Webb Ma"new
wilkes, NJ. Orme Wilson and James VI. Varnum. ,,,,,
Among the guests present were Mr.: and Mrs. "llnam
Aston Miss AstOr, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Aspnwa, - "
Baldwin, Mrs. Beekman, the Misses Beekmah, AIR..
August Belmont IT Professor and MISS g r Chahuer'
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Cary Mr. and Mrs Henry oIe%s.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Earl Dodge, Mr.. and Mrs W. Is DIS
more, Mr.. and Mrs. Stuyvesant FISH, hr'
and Mis-. Robert GOeet, Mr. ana PITS
ogden GOelet, Commander GOrrlnGe Mr.. ana Ms
John G. HeckOcher Mr. and MIRA. Iseln. j.. M
and Mrs william jaw, Mr. and Mrs j., =. r.
KeraOchan Mr.. and Mrs. Pierre LOrlard. MI ana hIs
Bradley Martini Mr. and Miss McAlhster Mf' anu
Mrs Rutherford, Mr. and Mrs Robert g. Relnsen' siT'
and Mrs Lawrence TuTnure, GeeTa and Mrs WsDD MT
and Mrs W. x. Vanderbilt, and Nh and Mrs O. NanaeF