Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-03-14
A JAPANESE BALL
AS SEEN AND DESCRIBED BY 4
 YOUNG AMERICAN.
Royal Princesses in Court Dress-Chinese Minister and suite-Au Kinds oI
 Dancing on the Floor n The Supper.
Private Letter in New York Po.,.l


 And now for the people I wish could give you a good idea of the scene the ballroom presented. dressed with gayiy colOred flags and hlled with a crowd m which were mingled nearly all the na- tOnaiiies of the world. lt looked as I imagine some huge fancy fair or ball might. but then the people all had the advantage ot being in the.r own costume, and carried them oil better than any mas quera1er. First, the Japanese officers and gentlemen in gold coats. really very little exag seration. for most of them had such profusion of gold lace that you could see little cloth. and sIis little was GOV. cred with insignia and orders as a rule. The tovr royal princesses, dressed in tA e new eyived) court dress. and aC, on panied by six or eight maids of boaSr in the same dscss.
 This cOurt-dress consists of loose erin son trousers. which are so wide that they look like loose skirt. and loose jackets of gorgeous material with irl- menSe sleeves. the har k done in two broad. flat piaits. which stick out on either side of the head and join in a s.ngle. rather care.e>s twist which hangs straight down the back. Altogether it is very ugly and unbecoming only the prin- NNS'N' anu thN4t bldlu hElt uIGN~Nu lH this style. Many of the Japanese ladies wore beautiful European costumes. but they do not look well in them. having neither the height nor the figures neces sary for them The Japanese ladies dressed in .heir own ordinary style of costume of costly and beautifully material looked very picturesque and pretty. much better than their sisters in the at. tempt at foreign style. tO my mind. Their dresses consisted of the ordinary krnOna. made of elegant silk crepe uf a sOlt shade of grey. with a simple whit, nchu at the thT a and plaiis of some soft white material at the feet where the skirt separated slightly in wal.mg.
 The Chinese minister aLd his suite In their court costume were walking gravely and slowly about with thc.r Ted buttoued hats and most elegantly -brocadei silk and satin garments. looking for all the world us fl they had stepped or the pedestal of some tea shop sign. Koreans N th high hats made of something that looks like wire gauke; hussian, rcnuh and English naval and military officers. tn handsome uniforms; one or two nitcl states naval men. in plain blue with brass b'tlOnS. looking rich and well Co me. compared with the scarlet coats and prOfuse gold lace. and mass of undistiugui>h hu. ulanily in the regulation black dres, suit Eiade up the remaind .r of the aSsemhla-e.
 All kinds of dancing could be seen on the floor Some of the Japanese b les and gentlemen had been prlctiCins for some weeks. and went thrlu -h the square dances well \ few essavcd the waltz. and one naval officer. with the facility in dancing that seems tO go with all laval men. got on remarkably well One little Jap gIrl danced the lancCrs in good style with the regular Japanese clogs on-a rather difficult feat. 1 think The Ger mans spun around the French hoped up and down. the English walked se- daiely round each other. and the Ameri cans danced But the supper room was perhals the most strange and curious sight of the evening. The supper itself waa very fine, being supplied with Al art istic Frt nch cook. and consisted of eyery- thing imaginable in the edible line The Jsps svarmcd about the tables like flies and seIZing a plate would shovel upon it everything within reach, oysters, salad ice-crcaR, boned turkey. jelly. cold fowl. Charlotte de Russe. etc. and then. elevating the plate to about the level of their mouths. cram the food down in an indisCriminate mass.
 AS soon as they had eaten all they could possibly hold. they put the plate down on the floor wherever they happened Co be and left it there. Champagne flow d freely, and the Japs seemed very fond of |. gul-ing it down glass after g,ass and saw or two navigating the polished floor. among empty plates. with great diff hculty.
 Many of the Japs after having eaten all Nha~- sfffasH fhnfr r.a most easily carried viands doubtless for the ladies at home. We left little before l o'clock to take the special train back 10 Yokohama. and so did not sec the finish but imagine some of the Japs must have become rather tipsy if they kept on as they were going when l left the supper