The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-03
DISGUSTING NO NAME.
THE CENTENNIAL BALL AT NEW
YoRk A BURNING DISGRACE.
100 ilums Got Possssilon. Insult Load
Ing sooloty Ladies', Make Merry
with Improper Characters and
Pick the Pockets OF Quests.

NEw YoRR, May 1.-The IIorld says
Now that the Centennial ball Is over, pco.
plc who pad from $40 10 s25 apiece TO
participate In il, and whose fun was rep
rrsnicd by the figure 0, are taking out
the balance In criticism. The tongues Of
the ball-gocrs wcro bislcrcd with fault
finding ycderjay. On all sides IL was
conceded that the Centennial ball was the
biggest executive failure Of the century.
People who were most competent 10 speak
were loudcst In declaring the ball a mon
umcnt Of incipaciiy aud yulgiriiy. As
Mr.. Ward McAllisicr read his private
dispatches In his Washington retreat a
complaccni smile oyenproad and soilcned
his features.
The scene, In the suppcrroom cannot
be described safely In a newspaper Never
since the palace OF the Tuillcrics was in.
yadsd In 100 by the sans culottcl Of tho
Seine department have such startling con-
trasis been Witnessed In similar cifcum-
stances. When II is said that tho walters.
policemen and messenger boys drank most
OF the Tree champagne, the situation at
midnight may be suggested. Justices Of
the supreme Court, Governors, staff oil.
GERS, club men, lawyers, poets, million
aires. with beautiful aud refined women,
crowded blankly along the supper counter
and demanded IN vain thc attention they
were accustomed 90 receive Tho func-
tionarics around the PLACES showed undis.
CURSED contempt Tor tho "irco lunch
fcndA" Walters who did not have 20 nc.
count for the unlimited wine took occasion
10 neglect guests AMI treat themselves Tho
excellent supper was largely wasted. There
was no responsibility Tor anything 10 any
body. Tho "gcntlcmcn's dinng-room"
idea was shown 10 he IN utter fallacy.
by 1880 o'clock am. lhcsupper.foom had
been given over 10 people whose ideas Of
enjoyment had been learned In irco.and-
easy spots. Drunken men invaded the
ballroom, hourshing bubbling bottles
Of champagne. In the corridors FREQ
fights were Of constant occurrence. Gam
blcu, book.makcn aud women dozcd or
made merry on III, aaircascs. Never
oncc did an accredited officer Of the even.
ing interfere 10 anybo1y's knowledge.
The policemen who were sober were help.
lefa. They could not tell the drosa.coatod
walters from the guests
ny O'Clock most ol the respectable elo-
ment were making frantic aud supporlcss
efforts 10 get away. Even this privilege
was denied them. A limo extending from
the coat.rooins for 800 yards. and made mp
Of some Of the leading citizens Of this
town, surgcd for hours against the icoblo
I aud inadequate partition Of the courtroom.
Gentlemen grew angry and desperate at
the utter inadequacy OF the arrangements
With torn coats and wdnklcd shirt fronts
men whose names are known all over tho
Union fought their WY toward their coats
under the frequent clubs Of the police the
iccrs OF the mob outside aud the pcrni-
cious activity OF the plckpockcts. II was
o'clock In tho morning before the last
battered and ragged guest Joined his ianil y
nj the doors and reached his hack.
I'm lis executive aspects, tho centennial
ball was the worst ever known In the bis.
tory OF the CITY," said we'll Known man
about town yesterday "The possibility
oil letting the attendants get all the wine