Morning journal and courier., 1886-01-27
THE GRAYs, GRAND ANN UAL.


 of she Affair.
 The New Haven Grays' annual reception
 and promenade last night at Carll's Opera
 House was brilliant eGair, as is usual with
 the grand annuals of the company, and one
 of the leading social events of the season
 The scene strikingly beautiful whsn the gaiety was at it's height. The multitude of
 richly dressed young ladies, with their bright costumes in diversity of colors, promenading or dancing, the fine array of military gentle
 men, the large assemblage of fashion and | beauty in the dress circle gallery and added to these the handsomely decorated stage l and hall, made up scene which was inn pressing and elicited much ad miration from
 the beholders. In the right hand lower
 boxes sat His Excellency Governor Harrison and his staff, the latter in uniform; in the opposite boxes across tho stage were General Merwin and ladies in one, and Captain Lee ! and ladies in the other. In the upper boxes | on the right were Colonel Morgan and ladies | in one, and Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Daley and ladies in the other; and in the opposite boxes | were MT. F. H. Hart president of the Board | of Police Commissioners, and ladies in one | and Mir. Wallace Bradley and ladies from | Hartford and this city in the other. The | music for the occasion was by Wheeler & Wilson's full military band and by Bern stein's of New York. The quality of the l music was as usual admirable and highly l enjoyed by the assemblage. Much credit is ! due the very efficient committees who had | charge of the affair and whose names are | appended below. The decorations of the | opera house were mp to the usual standard. | Sergeant Ford and his committee were inde- \ fatigable ill their 1abors and were busted all | yesterday afternoon until after dark in ar | ranging the opera house in its gay, bright | dress for the occasion. The general effect was handsome and merited well the words of appreciation it received from Captain Lee | and his brother officers and from many vete- | ran officers of the Grays who dropped into | the opera house during the afternoon | to see the work progress On the up l per front of the right hand proscenium | box was portrait of the late ex-Governor l Marshall Jewell, and on the box opposite l portrait of ex-Governor English. On the | upper box on the right was portrait of l lion. James NJ. Townsend, one of the Grays' | ex-captains, and on the box opposite DOT 1 trait of General Frank D. Sluat, an ex-cap-
 tain of the company. Along the face of the
 dress circle gallery were at intervals portraits | of the following prominent Grays: Ex-Cap | tain Steele, ex-Mayor Henry G. Lewis, Col
 onel and ex-Captain A. c. Hendrick, Gen | oral and ex Captain Merwin, Colonel and ex- ] Captain L. l.. Morgan, and last but not least | portrait of Major Walter Osborn, also an ex-captain of the company. Also portraits of the leading officers of the na- tional army, and of ex-Governor | Bigelow adorned the scene. There were also to be seen the framed resolutions from the | Albany Continentals to the Grays, a picture of | tine Old Guard, New York, ,and other memen | toes of brilliant occasions in the companys l history. In the on the stage a camp scene was presented tents, stacks of arms, cannon, knapsacks, helmets, etc., all tastily arranged, and above the stage Iadiated in all I directions lines of red, white and blue, and | from the top of the proscenium arch other | lines in the national colors radiated to the upper gallery. On the stage on either side the effect of the scene was enhanced by | fiue foliage plants and suspended over the stage and under the dress circle were cages of canary birds. The foliage decorations were very handsome and were supplied and | arranged by MT. Dickerman, the florist, who personally superintended their disposition. | Up over the stage, midway to the ceiling, glittered in letters of fire, IN H. G. | 1S16-1SS6," and the sixty years that have | elapsed since Captain Sophos Staples first
 marshalled the Grays finds the organization
 as enduring and popular as at any time in it's | long and honorable history.
 The concert by Wheeler &c Wilson's ban began at about 9:45. It frequently elicited applause. The selections were as follows: "Fiower of the Mouptain. '1ampa
 ia vestaie.''
 Overture .;1he t,otiae,e Adam ,. Introduction and bridal chorus. .... Wagner "Lohehgrih.''
 tMiltade '' '''i z Call of Dragons s.......,........... Ellenberg While the concert WAS in progress Captain Ire and Lietitenafts Draine and Bates and delegation of the reception committee march ed to the New Haven House where they met Governor Harrison and staff and Mayor Holeomb and escorted them to their buK In the opera house. The arrival of the
 party was greeted with hearty applause. The daneing began at n little before ten led by Cnptnln Lee and Miss Susie Scranton there being no grand march introducing the dan eing and In few moments the dancers GOV cred the spacious floor i'll all directions. The stage extended to the parquette circle and
 nearly nll the seats in the latter were oeeu pied with spectators as well as n large part uf the seats In the gallery overhead. There were many prominent people with ladies viewing the scene. Among the guests of the | grays In uniform were the followingi Coy | erh6f Haffisohs staff, viE. Generals 5, R. Smith, A. h. Goodrich, II. c. Dwight, Fred Bafteii, Cdohes w. U. Mercy, w. E. Hyde | Tracey D. Warren, George w. White, 5. r, BlaHesee also General Graham and Majef Walter Wellmah and Captain Lyon, ef Gen efai giahahs staEfi also about fifteen mem befs ef Ge k, First regiment, and the follow ing from the Hartford City Guard, Ge, r. hnjY han tt.. coats distinguishing them Captain Allen, First Sergeant Green, sergeants Hubbard Wilson and D6athWaite and efiVates Stevens and Pueei,
 The Hartford Horse Guards were repre- | scented by Major c, E, Boardman and Cap
 Guards by Major II, H, Strong Captain Farnham, Lieutenants Hall, Blakeslee, New ton, Todd and Ludington. Captain Schoonovel represented the 0. c, l. and the Second regiment was represented by Colonel w. J. Leavenworth, Lieutenant Colonel Loomis, Captain Allen, Paymaster Dlllenbeck, Adjutant Welles, | Captain Embler and Lieutenant Parsons of the Blues, Captain B. A. Treat of Company K and Lieutenant Jackson, signal officer. Among the out-of-tewn ladies were General Grahnm's daughter, Mrs. l.. H. Bronson of l Hartford and Mrs. Allen, wife of Captain l Allen, Mrs. Green, wife of Sergeant Green, | Mrs. Wilson, wife of Sergeant Wilson, and Miss Hubbard, sister of Sergeant Hubbard, all of Hartford; also Mrs. Warren of Bridge port, wife of Colonel Tracy B. Warren. The order of dancing follows:
 1. Waltz, L'Estudiantina .Waldteufel
 3. Esneiers, 1 MiKado ae ............ Sullivan Le Petit Bleu WeBzel
 3. Waltz, sng-sang und Becherklang. Strauss Let Me Dream Again -. Sullivan.
 i. Galop, Winter Frolcs. Bernstein The Rose of Erin. Moses.
 5. Waltz, Angelo Czibulka The Mikado. Sullivan.
 6. Lanciers, The Black Hussar. Milocker Military march. .Apelles
 z. Waltz, Sweet Remembrance. Wadteufel To Laura. Heinemann.
 The Ticlllish Waiter. r.-- Lander
 9. Polka, We Two. Stevenson Belle Helene. .Offenbach
 10. Lanciers Gasparone. ................ Mlocker Soldiers Farewell. Kinkel
 | II. Waltz, Schatz (SweethearD (the very latest Pretty Hungarian. Saery.
 12. Galop, Now Never ............. Baker Birds in the Night. Marriott
 Fid Her of St. Waast. Herman. IA. Waltz. Morning Greeting Stevenson Womans Love- .Fahrbach.
 15. Lanciers, Loomis' College Airs. Zimmerman Gavotte. Robinson.