The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-12-29

yea Nc LAS peri Orrue0 this GSl1cSrS task with
rare tact, offending nobody and using the
utmost expedition until within forty-eight
hours OF the opening OF the ball
Everybody with the slightest social pre-
tensions wants 70 90 10 tie bal, Of course.
but AcAllister has msnaged things 50 well
that there viii be very few heartburninss
Not only the bellss Z New York cietv.
but the beauty and fashion Of a dozen diff
ferent cities have bean drawn upon to make
the floor rssplendent when the grand march
begins. Mammoa viii not rule either. for
the new list has bsen made out probably
less with reference TO wealth than to other
qualifications. There will be s sprinkhag
or uniforms, with an eye TO the picturesque,
aud there may be not few distinguished
foreigners, if the lions can be Gagged in time
for the great show. The beard of managers,
consisting Of Mr.. McAnistsr, Cornelius
Vanderbilt, and Byram K. Stevens, assisted
BY board OF mRnageresses composed Of
Mrs. W. W. Astor, Mrs. George Peabody
Wetmore, and Mrs. Philip Schuyler, have
completed their work, ami now look for
ward confidently 70 the graldess social sue
cess ever known il American society.
These ladies and gentlemen have given
their personal time and attention 20 the
preparations. Klunder, the famous florist,
has added the last graceful touch to the
decorations, and the great opera house looks
Ike summer and winter fairyland COM
bined.
In the ball room the floor has bssn raised
to the level Of the stage. Around the sides
Is slightly elevated platform with seats for
about 500 persons who may prefer to view
the dancers rather than TO mingle with them
on the floor, and here the equity Did CrRsuses,
their wives, and friends can gaze their fill
while the ball goes on. The prosceaium
arch that divides the stage and auditorium
will mark the boundary line between winter
and summer. The stage itself, with back
ground of Florida palms, ferns, orange
trees, banana plants, orchids, and rose trees,
viii typlfy summer scene, while the tiers
OF boxes along the sides of the auditorium
will be masSed with winter plants and ever
greens, hollies, ivy, mistletoe, and roses
Great beds of sparkling crystals and banks
Of snow viii fill the entire fronts Of the
boxes, which viii be hung with rich mate
rial Costly pictures, in rich frames, will
fill the spaces between. The ceiling-a pale
cold blue, TO represent clear wintry sky
will be edged with evergIeeHs, ivieS, and
tree branches, producing a realistic effect
when viewed by the dancers below.
Supper will be served at 1880 a. IN. In the
assembly rooms. There Will be- 200 small
tables at which 200 guests will be seated,
six at each. The tables will be prettily
decorated with peoples. Chinese primroses,
mo ses, and Lit up by separate candle
labra- Potted plants maiden-hair ferns,
and palms will cover the walls, and the bal
comics will be filed with tall plants. The
total floral decorations will cost in the
neighborhood of $4,000.
But it is the supper TO which Mr.. Meal
lister looks for his GROWING triumph.
Pinard, the. veteran caterer, has it in
charge, and has a small army of assistants
under mis- direction. Two hundred walters
will attend to the wants of the guests, one
waiter being specially detailed TO eaca party
of six At the last strains of the ''Sir
Roger de Coverleyn dance the ball room
will empty into the assembly rooms and
the dancers will sit down to a most appetiz-
ing banquet at the d corated tables. 1t
will be like supping 10 fairyland. Toe
Hungarian band will play while
the guests make the terrapin, canvass
backs, English pheasants, and ga ne from
the west disappear, washing down the re-
past with cooling ices and draughts of rare
wine Besides claret, sherry, apollinaris
and other drinkabies. there will be three
kinds of champagne, impo ted specially for
the ball: Meet & Cnandon's Imperial Brut,
Perrier Jouett Brut. and Roederer Brut.
One thousand quarts of champagne VIII be
served but several hundred extra quarts
will he kept in reserve. Should the crowd
find difficulty in securing accommodations
in the two a .sembly rooms, tables will be
set in the wide corridors. In the big
concert room upstairs on the Broadway
side great buffet is placed, decorated with
mounds OF palms and moses, aud lit up
with candelabra. A similar buffet has been
set up in the assembly room on the Thirty
ninth street side. Both will be loaded down
with tempting game dishes, glace pieces,
and other appetizing viands. Mr.. Pinerd
thinks that the supper will be over about 2
o'clock a. m, when the guests will return to
the ball room. The cost of the supper is es-
tiniated at s., 600, and the wines and cigars
at IS, 0O0 Cigars costing 80 cents apiece
will be served to the gentlemen, aud the
tables will contain a pretty souvenir for
each lady, which she can carry away as q
mement1 of the great ball.
The ball room itself will be a moving
panorama of color and brightness. All the
fashionable florists in town are already del
uged with orders for individual bouquets.
One of the costly fads of the ball will be
bouquets of American Beauty" roses, cost
ing 800 apiece. One order is for bouquet
composed exclusively of California roses,
and another is for one made up wholly of
peoples, hedged in by delicate ferns.
Two bands will discourse the mUsic-the
Hungarian string band for the dancers, and
I.ander's or Damrosch's for the promenade.
The music will be played continually from
the moment the grand marcn begins, about
IL: 80 o'clock D. m. until tue close of the ball.
The sfSir Roger de Coverley" dance will be
the event of the evening. 1t Will be danced
with five sets of twelve couples each, the
dancers being the best known people in New
York so ciety, with possibly sprinkllng of
the elite of Boston and Philadelphia to give
it a cosmopolitan air. The ladies of one set,
il is said. will wear old En- Slish costumes of
a century ago. This special effect Mr..
McAllister intends as an offset to the famous
ouadrille d'Aonneur, which was the most
nicturesoue feature of the centennial ball
last spring.
Among the famous society beauties at the
ball will be Mrs. William Waldorf Aston.
woman of graceful presence; Mrs. e: ..
Iselin, the wife of the rich banker; Miss
Wetmore. Miss Julie Scnreiner, statu-
esoue girl Of rare loveliness, whose toilets
have frequently made a sensation at Tuxedo
and elsewhere, aad who is said to be spe-
cialIy under McAllister's wing; Miss Salie
Hargous. sister of Mrs. George De Forrest,
and an heiress in her own right; Mrs.
Burke Roche, the lovely daughter OF Frank
Work: Mrs. Elliot Roosevelt, Miss Louise
Shepard. daughter of the millionaire editor;
Miss Carrie Leroy Webb, Mrs. John E. AL
exandre. Miss Marian Langdon, Mrs. Adolph
Tadenburg. Mrs. Lloyd Bryce, wife of the
editor of the North American RecleIC; Mrs.
OGDEN Goelet, Mrs. Clarence Dinsmore,
Mrs Grover Cleveland, Miss Paul of Pnila-
delphia. Mrs. Henry Clews, the handsome
wife of the Wall street banker; Mrs. Orme
Wilson. formerly Miss Carrie Aston; Mrs.
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