The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-01-16
A GREAT BALL.
Tomlinson Hall Brilliant With Costumes
and Packed With Spectators.

Tomlinson Hall Brilliant with Costumes
and Packed With Spectators.
By my troth, Lord Harry, it was fine sights
DiaBo
And so it was. That is, Gov Hovey's
inaugural ball last evening at Tomlinson
hall. 1t was dream of oriental splendor;
it burst upon the eyes for few short
hours, and then died away in an ecstasy
of fancy, leaving impressed unon the
mind the variegated hues of the prism or
/ the thousand changes of the kaleidoscope.
"a rich confusion formed disarray,
In such sort, that the eyes along ii cast
Could hardly carry anything away;
Object object flashed 50 bright and fast,
Magni6cently mingled. lBYRoS.
The inaugural ball viii be one long re-
membered in this city-and in fact the
! entire state. IL cannot be said to have
! been an exclusive affair. but there was
] Just enough of hauteur and the bon-ton
/ about it to express the idea to the mind
! that it was heightened affair all around.
There wasn't any Jeffersonian simple
/ ity about it 1t was in keeping with the
! aristocratic tendencies of the time, when
/ the party of wealth and monopoly
/ and trusts and corportions and subsidies
assumes the control of the government.
The hall was comparatively vacant
until $50 o'clock, when stragglers began
| to drop in, and from this time on IT was
! nothing but a constant succession of hacks
| disinvesting themselves OF loads OF faiI
/ occupants and gentlemen attendants.
! The entrance TO the hall was profusely
| adorned with evergTeens and magnolias,
and a very pretty picture was formed by
/ the representation of an artificial fence,
| which seemed 10 intrude itself as an OBJ
/ struction against all corners who were not
( properly equipped with the required
/ ticket and invitation.
The hall itself was not a success 10 point
/ of decoration. The decorator seemed to
( be unable to get out of the rut of patri-
otto flags, streamers, and an occasional
| branch of holly inserted here
| and there. There were numerous
| along the wall, but the eve became tired
OF their monotonous appearance and
/ longed for something more ornate-which
was not there. However, the stand for
/ the orchestra was fairly well gotten up,
though the same abundance of banquet
stained Tagging was visible, and formed
the major portion of the display. Just
over the stage was placed a huge inscrip-
ton - welcome ALI - which attracted
more or less attention.
On the stage were seated various parties
of visitors from outside towns, who
watched the labyrinthine mares OF the
dancers upon the floor with apparent in
terest The galleries were crowded also
with spectators and lorguettes and opera
glasses were leveled by the hundred.
The dancing began a little after
o'clock. The music was furnished by
I -
grand march was elegant in point OF fine
costumes. Four floor managers led the
march, after whom came Immediately
Mrs. A. Y. Menzies, accompanied
by Gov. Hovey. There were at
least four hundred couples in line
and the ladies' were almost without an ex-
ception attired in decollete costumes, and
their review, as seen in the grand march,
was extremely fascinating and bewilder-
ing. Garments of every imaginable hue
and style flashed before the eyes in ever
changing succession. and it was necessary
Tor the leaders of the march TO double
several times before all could be accom-
modated.
The dances were twelve in number, as
follows:
l. Grand Narcb-Gov. HoTey.
2 Lancers-Black Hussar.
& Waltz-Haunting Eyes
l. Plain Quadrille-OrieDtsl.
d Polka-Americus.
s. Ianccrs-tiypsy Baron.
= waltz-Iittle Boy Blue
s Plain Quadrille- Rocket.
O. Schottsche-Fairy Footsteps.
TO- Lanoers-Spring Flowers.
H. Waltz-Irene.
T. Virginia Reel
A detail of twelve police, under the di-
rection of Sergts. Dawson and Sauers, pre-
served the ball from an influx OF toughs
gathered about the door, These gentle
men all wore the regulation white gloves,
and though they remarked several times
that the burglars would be burglin
while they were watching the enhancing
glimpses of dimity and neatlv-turned an
kles, which were very plentiful for the
time being, it is to be hoped that the sub
urbs did not suffer from their absence
Taking the ball as whole, 1t was very
neat and genteel affair, and passed off very
smoothly. There were no refreshments
OF any kind provided for the occasion,
though several gentlemen were seen to
make divers mysterious visits to some I'M
known place around the corner.
The hackmen did thriving business,
both on account of the rainy and muddy
weather, and the unusual demand for
their services.
The dance broke up between - and |
o'clock. The management may he COM
plimented for the smoothness with which
everything went of, and Gov. Hovey may
safely assume himself to be governor of
the state of Indiana beyond doubt and
peradventure.
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Pectoral-the best specific for all throat and
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