New-York tribune., 1889-12-22
THE NEW YEARS BALL.
PREPARATIONS MADE FOR 1T BY wARD
4 McALLISTER.
vAmrs OF THE ONE HUNDRED AND roRTY'FouR
SUBSCRIBERS.

S.mrs OF THE ONE HUNDRED AND roRTY'FouR
SUBSCRIBERS.
A.. ,.,.r., IN the New Years bali Is by no means
,onnned 10 New.York City Ward McAllster. WHO '0"'
. ., $40, ,s In daily receipt of letters from
,.,,ous cities begging for invitations. Ills iuii hs'
~ snhscribers is 144 and there could easily nave oee
obtained 200 names Several changes have eeeh nA'.
since the opera House was decided npin ss e'e so "
The hall of January .. 1t had first beer thous". u'
sn could be served the stage but thst sea
had to be abandoned with the increased hunoo' VI
patrons consequently the supper VIII se s.r'es :"
r., &c hnown as the assembly rooms and the ae)oh-
Ing foyer .u.
One Of the first precautions taken by Mr. Mchiils'er
- ar arr.rocnent 10 avoid confusion in approaching
or leaving the Opera House. aud IL mas eeeh ~e0.e.
that carriages are to form in line from t'tna 'o
thirty. r.fourth-st thence up Broadway TO the opera,
ponse and il will be well for all 10 rcmenoer '"a'
,h ,no NJ carriages must approach from the south to
Che main entrance of the Opera-House' ihiS
,riu he absolutely necessary, as the entrances os
the vestibules at Thirty ninth ana for.ieVn ''''
viii be entirely cut Of. wide awning VIII oe 0o"'
structed in front of the house so as to aio" 'h
riagcs to unload at The guests on ea'ie -
carriages will approach the opera House over
sidewalks and once inside the main Ves'io"'o' ~
viii mass through common gateway where 'ne.'
will he two tickct.takers and w. II. Johnson W
,,terd them as well as one member OF the conih'i'
oonseouentl, it will be impossiole ior '.. oo' ,ar
nersons TO gain admttance. After the pan y -
r,.c.s will he found waiting in line OH the oi''''
side and can be taken as at al puoii0 p"iiS' ~ -
r,ents are not made with private coaoi"0"' .,a.
o -, Tho oste the guests will pass thro"Fn
sah,o line Of liveried servants. which VIII eA'nN
mn the main stairway to the first lanoi's' NV -
win 8nd the corridors Oh each sue Va '''o -, - -
converted into cloakrooms while the men VIII to /"
The Forieth-st vestibulc 10 leave thci ha.s anu 80
rb.v will then enter the ballroom oS the Haii -.
trance 10 the auditorium which al no ''hio -
evening save when the guests 20 10 supper, w
- s an exit side exits will be arranged 1or 'h"''
hn cboosc to leave the ballroom floor douoie ro"
80 chair. slightly raised from the noor VIII o0
arranged about the ballroom, thus g"ins owl ,
trnity for 600 people To sit. at the same "'ie
Sufficient room for the dancers ., hr tho
Az 10 20 O'Clock the patronesses, conouclcu oS Wv
- ,Ie committee will leave The ballroom iol
nno, and one hour later the cotillion VIII Dcs' '
iu in All probability bc formed 5y 2oo couPioS
The leaders have not yet been determined oh'
will be two one Of whom j. sure l" pe "'H" tn
Aulster The two bands of music Lah"er d''" 'rs
1ycrian viii he on opposite sides of the proscehi'h
arch on stands erected on the danolhe hoor' ",U ,
nlav continuously for the cotillon In the hne,s"
sasb,on' As soon as one band finishes dance 'i0
other takes up the air OF a different one thus aVouhe
DELAYS and conGnne the time OF tie couihoh ~ o-io
-. -, . ,r,,tor There will of course be no
favors 1t las been decided to change the N"e,i'a
Reel to the Lancers which is considered more ueiiou
for snch ball and this will be danced ]usl oeloio
Gunner nv such of the subscribers as desire 10 lor
sets and with them will dance some OF the hahdSoheS
women in New-1ork A.,
The decorations of the ballroom will be uhder INC
superntendence of Klunder the florist ana 'osep"
H. Taft an architect who placed the decofa,iohs ~,
+le patrlarchs' ball. The corridors Will be liieu
ical nla
An endcavor will be made to conceal the upper gar
ior4os and dress circle OF the auditorium by series
Of fesioonings rather than false ceine out te ge"V
circular chandelier Will not be hidden these iesVoos
will consist of holly and Christmas green's heoAou
NTH white 10 look like snow. Across the two rows
of boxes will be hung crimson coth ana 'is VIII oe
fcstooned with flowers and along the iedses oi 'ie
narterre boxes will be placed rows OF tulips ana
hvacinths The ball room will be lighted by elec.Ir
cItv and Edison is experimenting, under MI McAhiS
ters direction with the hope OF producing prllhd'
result ,,,s bo will bavo
q large corps OF walters. About 100 small TAPES WILD
y. roccd in the assembly and foyer, when VIII
he served from bullets and from the lmprOVSed Duu
lcr's pantry in the Thirty ninthst. Vestlbulc. INC
main kitchen oi the opera House. though an extensive
one is underground: thus the serving OF supper VIII
be no easy task. IN order that no obstacles may DC
nut in the way If the servants, covered pdssaeewaS
will be built along the Thirty ninth-st slde leadihS
10 the side entrance of the assembly oJm, so that
passage to and fro can be had without mndrance
The invitations. which are handsomely engraved
with the names Of the patroneSses. committee ana
subscribers have been sent out to the latter dnrhr
the last week hy Mr. McAIlistcr. They were done
mn in pachses OF twelve for each subscriber. ncnd
Ing tie small vouchers which TO be handed IN al
the door Each package was sent by post ana regis
tered So that there could be no mistake These once
out OF Mr. McAllistcr's hands, he has no absolute
knowledge OF the guests to be invited as no ist VIII
be kent save individual ones by the subscribers No
persons In public life will be invited by the com
mittee If such come, they VIII be the guests Of some
salbscriber. Beyond dOubt President Harrison ana
Vice President and Ms Morton will be at the ball,
but their invitations will come through personal
friends.
Tie patroncsscs of the ball Mrs. William Astor,
Mrs. Philip schuyler. and Mrs 1eorge Peabody wet
more. The committee includes Cornelius vanderbilt
Byam X. stevens and Ward McAllistcr. The 144 sub
serbers whose names appear OIL tie invitations are
William Astor W. W. AStor, John J. AStOr, Jr Lloyd
Aspinwa, John +. Alexandra. c. D. AbercrOmbie'
Perry Belmont. George ;. BOwdOin, i. II. BrstOw,
James 4. Burden, Sainue! BUrroWe, j. william BeeK
man Henry W. Iibby, Samuel D. BaDcock, George ii.
Bend j. Townsend Burden. James H. lcehmah, = T.
J. Barley. t. b. Baldwin. Frederic IL Bcls, W. b@A dlu
Cutting, Edward Cooper. sir Roderlck Cameron hott
L. Cutting. Austin C0rbn, Henry Clews, H. F. cutting
William Cutting. jr.. II. $. Cram. Hamilton W. Cary
George A. CrOckeI. AmoIy ,. tarhall, MOSES 1aSI0i
Campbell Charles ID. Dickcy. Chauncey NJ. DepeW. J..
Coleman Drayton James &. X. Duer Frederick >; De
Peyster John De Puyter, George b. DC Forest William
A. Ducr. Edward Dn Viyier, Ralph ~ Ellis, John n.
Goelct. Robert Goelet, James W. Gerard, Frederic
Gallatin. William Ghon. Chester tIriswold,
Augustus {. Guruee, AbIam s. Hewitt,
G.. II. Haven, Robert G. Hone. Oliver Hartman.
Center Hitchcock, RO ert L. liargous, Adrian lselin
C. o'D. Isein, James p. Kernoclan, De Lancey Kane.
Lawrence Kip George L. Kngsband. Frederic Kerno-
G. kingsland; Johnston Livingston, Pierre Lotllard
Woodbury. G Langdon. F.. Livingston Ludlow, J. Bowers
Lee Charles Lanier Edward Livingston Arthur Loary
4. Newbod Morris Bradley Martin, Thomas G. Never,
II. Victor Newcomb, Henry Parish, John f. Parsons,
II. q. V; Post @: H. Payne. James A. Roosevelt.
il. a. Robbins Elliott Roosevelt, T. J. Oakley Rhine
lander Edmund ID. Randolph. Sidney Dillon Ripley,
William C. SchcrmerhOrn, Byam X. stevens Charles
T. Strong, EiSpenaru siev,' stewart a. " H. strives