New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-02-10
A GREAT GERMAN BALL.
,rvppv rprrNDs OF THE LIEDERKRANZ.

rur OPERA HOUSE TAsrFfULLf
OF TIE GUESTS.
rI. r,.dorl,ranz masquerade ball was heiu III
-. Motronol;tan Opera House last night Win c'o"
moro than its promised splendor Inc ''oOr ""s
Nuaa nv hundreds Of gaily dresser naeAei'' ""u
An f,e boxes and seats there was ofnii""' "1i"S
a, fashion and beauty. The opera houso ""s
r,cbIv and beautifully decorated. "re"'hS an"
....no,s ~ evergreens and flowers garlanhed Tie
,r,or;or and the entrances We're oedecRed IN
L..r;ng with the rest Of the house All the ar
,.naoments were perfect and the members OF
Ar various committees on whom the burden OF the
or fell have not little cause for slf-congratua-
80 On the Arrangement Committee were Will
,ar, Steinway, Emil Unger William Vigelius Ju-
Inns Hoffman, Joseph Keppler, George Muller
uenrv Clausen, IT,, Richard H. Adams Felix
Kraemer Charles w. Wendt John Won Claim and
Charles Ploch.
The doors were opened about o'clock, ana
from that hour until midnight the guests con-
hnued TO arrive. At o'clock Adolph Bernstein 5
orchestra and f. Leibold's military band began
TO beguie the time with music, and several dances
were danced before the formal opening Oh the
ball As the guests assembled on the ponSn'u
parquet 0oor 1t was noticeable that Erhlin,e'
with its pink and blue and white loros anu i"Oe'
had exercised an appreciable influence III 'h0
choice OF costumes. Besides the committeeman
numerous other gentlemen present were respie"u
ant in the elaborate court dress OF the t'nie VI
Louis XIV. of France. Many OF the Muies "ioo
looked like the Old World danes wiz WIZ
lsnosd the stately m'nuet and who STILL
live on the canvases of Gainsboroigh. Man
teanx noires- cavaliers, monks, priests, Dutcn
Burgesses, soldiers, PEASANTS, lower grS anu
shepherdesses, were all exampled by many
Scores Of weIl-known people were present, both
on the Qoor and among the spectators dne
boxes were apportioned as Iono"s' accom- oIu
each Of the occupants was accom-
terre Boxes.-Otto Winter, G Schuman, bur
rows, William Mertens, F Steinway, W Woer7'
q NJ Sacks. S NJ Lederer, Mr. Scott, II W Schickel,
DcMott, Fried Boos, A DeBary. Charles II
Runk, Julian Myers, Jacob Hoffman, Georee
Legg August Schmidt, Charles Wehe, Ponce
Comm ssonsrs Edward schae Marin Brown
Judge Van Brunt Wilhelm Albrecht, Z iiarrlot,
Charles Lauterjung X V Harnett, l. Albeit, Jacon
Rupert, Ehret l. Raecke, SchW 8H;Is JON M
Nahnken First Tier Boxes james wis Dl-
rectors Metropolitan Opera House CAL fIn,ter'
Henry W ddell. julius Zeller' Emil 1 unger'
] P Kngsford, Isaac Sommers' Aired 5 hucHef z
Rail- William Sperb. jr George Bechtel r Stein
ecke Theodore Sterne Whyte Davis, Paul Pryl-
bin william Steinway' RamPa ch ErS, z SoTer
Frank Tifford, Committee. Charles klunder
Henry Scharzwslder NeuffGr, F W Woerz' Henry
Nj Haar, I'd WIN = stanton, Chdrles ChSer' 'oSePn
Doelger William NJ Fless.
Among others present were Mrs. julius A.
MAY. Miss Alice Rohde, Boston; Judge Nehrbas
ana Mrs Nehrbas, Mrs. Scheuer, Judge barrett
Mr. and Mrs II. Lieberf Justice Andrew D. Whlte,
James Barber, Coroner and Mrs. MESSENGER, LOUIS
Kimerer Tax Commissioner Feitner. william tcnh
Large. DR.. Z. c. Spitzka and ex-Assembyman
WaehSer. - od
The Tablcaus Of Spring Summer, Autumn and
Winter were most successful The winter group
,yos succeeded by iollv Prince Carnival, with his
princess and his testers who descended with
large train Of followers to the floor. me scene
Of The fablcaus was the earth in the midst OF the
armament and cloud bank parted to disc ose
corns OF ballet dancers, who grace ulv he"an une
reves After the ballet, the orchestra srncK up
a dance tune and in few minutes the moor WIS
oceupied hv dancers. and the hall was fairly begnn
The order Of dancing was printed on q neat rttle
card in the share of a cornucopia OVERLOOKING WIN
MOWERS arn;d VIII 'ch were two cunids. lntl an
advanced hour the minutes winged their way
with Measure