The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-01-03
THE GALLANT 400
MAKE A GRAND CHARGE NEW
YeAK'S NIGHT.
McAiIister In All His Glory-Names of the
-UnconGned JOY Till a Late Hour
Gotham Gossip.
NEW YORK BUREAU
RICHMOND DAILY TINES,
January . 1890.

Inc IIttl NtN tdl udii ni N'Aiio-
ter's -four hundred" came of tonight at
the Metropolitan Opera-House with tre-
mendous eclat. So much has already been
printed in the TIMES Of It's details and
preparations that hardly anything is left
to-day except the bare record Of its success.
OF course every body who is anybody was
there. The one hundred ana fOrty-i0ur sub
scriDers, whose 500 each. made up
the fund for the expenses were the fol-
lowing: William AstOr. George A. Cr0ckef.
W. ". AstOr. AmOry :. Carhart, John j.
AstOr. Jr., Moses Taylor Campbell, Lloyd
Aspinwall. Charles ID. Dickey John J..
Alexandra. Chauncey NJ. Depew, {. :.
AbercrOmbie, j. Coleman DraytOn, Perry
Belmont. James G.. X. Duer. George :. Bow
d0in, Frederick j. -. De peyster, Il. IL.
BristOw. John De Ruyter, James \. Bur
den, George B. DE Forest. Samuel BoTOwe.
VIM. 4. Duer. J. W. Beekman, Ed. Du Vi
Nier Henry W. Bibby. Ralph y. Ellis. sam.
ID. Babc0ck, John 4. Parish. George H..
Bend. J. y. 4. GrswOtd. ). Townsend Bur
den. Elbridgc +. Gerry. James II. Beekman,
ogden GOelet. { &. Baldwin, Robert Goelet.
samuel +. Barger. James W. Gerard,
Franklin Bartlett. Frederic Galatin, Henry
j. Barley. William GihOn. I. Il. Baldwin,
Chester GriswOld. Frederic II. Belts, Au-
gustus {. Gurnec, W. Bayard Cutting
Abram :. Hewitt, Edward Cooper, g. g..
Haven, Sir Roderick Cameron, Robert
g.. Hone. IlObert l.. Cutting. DIVER liarri-
man. Austin Corbin, Center Hitchcock.
Henry Clews, Robert l.. HargOus. X. ful-
ton Cutting, Adrian lselin, William j..
COOper. &. %. ID. lselin. Smith Gilt. James
u. kernOchan. J.. BrOckhOl-t Cutting. DE
lancev Kane. William Cutting. Jr.. Law
renee Zip, II. :. Cram, George J.. kingsland.
Hamilton W. Cary. Frederic hernochan,
Woodbury. Kane. Francis 4. Stout, Luther
kOuntze Eugene ~chiefclin, Ambrose G..
king-land. W. Watts sherman. Jchns-
ton Livingston. George X. schieilelip.
Pierre Lorillard, William ID. sloane.
Woodbury. g.. langd0n. Elliott +. Shepard.
T.. Livingston Ludlow. Wallace >hillitO. j.
Bowers Lee. AnsOn Phelps stokes. Charles
Lanier, l.. y. Taller Edward Livingston,
Laurence Turnure. Arthur Leary. II. \. 1.
TAYLOR. John Laurence, fredcrickD. ID. 1hOmp-
son. j. Piorpont Morgan. II. Nick. IN om-
bley. Robert b. Mimurn. Cornelius Wander
bilt. A. Newbold Morris. William Il. Van
derbilt. Bradley Martin. A. Ernest Wander
p0el. Thomas {. Never. George Henry War
rem. Peter Marie. Robert Winthrop, Philip
:. Miller, Sidney Webster. Ward
McAllster, r. :. Welles, II. Victor
Newcomb, George Peabody Wemore.
Henry Parish. W. G. Whitney. John
l.. Parsons. buchanan Winthrop, III.
A. v. Post, Alexander $. Webb, o. II.
Payne. II. +. Wilson, James a. Roosevelt,
Henry de Forest Weeks, II. A. Robbins, ".
seward Webb. Elliott Roosevelt. 4. \.
Whittier. Il. J. Oakley Rhinclander, VI.
Orme Wilson. Edmund ID. Randolph. {. i.
Winthrop. sidney Dillon Ripley. VI. \.
Wilks. William G.. schermerhOrn. W. stOrrs
Wells. Byam Il. Stevens. James 7. Wood
ward. Charles l.. Strong. y. y. Nysong'-
Lispenard Stewart, i. :. Witherbee, a. y.
Suyyesant. August Belmont, Jr.
Thecarriages with the guests flied Broad
wav and the ncighbOring streets early and
kept the committee Of reception busy seeing
that everybody who had one ef the magical
tickets got in. and that every one who ala
not have one kept out. The decorations
were on an elaborate scale. Every corridor
were filled with palms, tropical plants ana
orange trees. The upper galleries and dress
circle of the auditorium were concealed by
a series Of festOOnings Of holly and Chr ST.
mas greens. fecked with imitation snow.
Across the two rows Of boxes were hung
crimson cloth festoOned with flowers, and
along tbe ledges of the parterrc boxes were
placed rows Of tulips and hyS cinths. The
ballroom was Illuminated with electricity.
Mr.. Edison had charge OF this department.
At2 O'Clock the c0tillOn was danced by
two hundred couples. Two bands-Lander' 5
and the Hungarian made the music for the
cofillion. which lasted one hour and a
quarter. As soon as one band finished an
air the other began different one. a sue
oes-ion OF the dances preceded the Virginia
Reel at 2.1o. cornci-a-p stons demon
-trati0n announced the reel, and similar
musical proclamation was maze i'm the case
off the cOiillOn. The time between 1880 and
fe- ,aiill0n was occupied by "a succession
nf walises. p0llas and lancicrs. The Viz
rinia Reel wa1 made up as far as possible
III the lfi subscribers or their representa-
tiNes. o.,
Not the least of the attractions Of the ball
for some of the older members Of the LOO
WAS the supper. This was all that Pinnard' >
skill could devise. 10 was served IN the as
.embly room OF the Metropolitan Opera
nou-e. with the extra small tables I'm the
n.-t tier corridor. All the tables were
decorated with flowers. The following is
the menu;
CHAuo.
Consomme a Ia Pnncease.
Uuitrcs "a la pOulcttc. Hultres rites.
uomard a Ia Newburg. Croquettcs lie volatile.
Tefapcnc a Ia Ilnafd.
/ Rouchcss de lis de Vau ia Montglas.
Dindc falcie Tia Toulouse.
Fllet de bOeuf aux champlgnons,
Callie rOtle au cresson.
FROID.
soumon ,uayOnnaisc a Ia Richelieu
SOunOn la MOderne
Oalatine de dinde en- bellevue
Galatine de chapOn aux TRUTHS.
Aspic de- pate dc fOie-gras Ia newport
salade de volatile, Salad dc homard.
perdreau piQpe IN geleet
/ Grouse piquc a la geice.
ChaufrOid de calllcs IA Lucullus.
Sandwiches.
rSrREMESTs sUcREs.
claces fantasies Biscuit glacc,
Glaoe Napolltaine.
Gloce tutti-frutti Biscuit IOrtOni.
I Gelee macedoine. Charlotte Parisienne
OateauX assOrtis.
Fruits elaces Pieces mOntccs.
Cafe.
WINS,
Louis Roderer Brut.
''e' - Perrler.Jout Reserve
Chateau Beycheyele.
ApOllinaris.
The ball was over at $3.50 o'clock FRIDAY
morning. The cotillon was danced contIn
uouslv from , o'clock until 3il5 with no lei
nm whatever. This method OF c0ntlnuou
dancing was tried at the last Ialriarcl
holl under the leadership Of Mr.. Amory :
Carbart. and me- with such unequlNoca
success that society here will prObabl.
never return 10 the old fashion Of Gancini
fhe german. punctuated. as IL was through
ont. with haphazard and discouraging IN
termissions. Everybody was out OF ~
Opera House at O'Clock, and Mr.. stanton
carpenters went TO work Immediately 4
carry of the scafiolding Of the ballroom
door. About thirty carpenters were nece7
sary for this. and Mr.. McAllister had. beel
compelled to furnish them with tickets Z
the ball i'm order thar they could be pfOmptl
ON hand and provide against any delay u
the beginning Of the operate periornanc
ON Friday evening, which suggests the re
dection that there is something IN Delng
carpenter after all.
An the fashionable modistes and COS
tnmers. milliners, and ether artists ~ We
mems dress along Fifth and Madison ave
nues. have been so busy that they WI
ALWAYS look back on the last days OF Decen
her. iSS9. as an epoch in the history Of dress
making in New York. one mOdiste Is sal
m have gotten out a hundred different eos
tunes for "A hundred different women
attend the entertainment. As these mill
nersl constructions Of sllk and lace and We
vet and satin and gold passemenlerie rel
resent an average expenditure OF at lea'
S.,OO. or a total Of $4,000 70 one mOdist
some faint idea may be secured OF IN
amount Of money that the New ears Da
cost simply for dress.