St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-03

colleagues were not kept waiting.
Quests came in their own carriages,
which were then discharged, the return
nome to be done with the carriage line
provided by the management. At 10:45
line of carriages two blocks in extent
was slowly moving TO the entrance OF
the opera house. In some were guests
who came gaily and went rapidly and
angrlly home again for
FORGOTTEN OF LOST TICKETS.
Each ticket bore the name of the
holder on the face and the autograph OF
the issuing subscriber on the ticket. No
person, however well identified, was adj
united without il ticket, and no eXpla-
nation as to how it was lost or stolen,
or destroyed, or forgotten, was received.
As the porterS at the door could not
Identify the person presenting the
ticket, the subscriber issuing the ticket
was hunted up aud called upon to idens
tlty his guest. Once. however, every
thing moved smoothly and pleasantly.
Inc cloak rooms for the ladies were
the corridors on the first tier, properly
lifted up with boxes and supplied wifi
ladies' maids gifted i'll the handling Of
wraps and other feminine belongings.
There were nine of these ladies' maids,
The mems coat room was on the first
floor and on the Fourth street side of
the house, At IL o'clock the dancing
floor was astir with promenaders, and
soon after the strains OF waltz
music broke forth from some where
and the great floor was awhirl with
the dancers. A polka, lanciers, and an.
other waltz preceded the great figure
OF the ball-the quadrilIe d'honneur, or
the Sir Rodger De Coverley. There
were four principal sets in line across
the middle of the opera house. The
two side sets danced by young persons
ana the two middle sets were composed
OF noted society leaders. The ladies i'm
the two outer sets had been selected
principally
ON ACCOUNT OF THEIR BEAUTY,
Mr.. McAlliSter led one OF the center
sets, dancing with Mrs. Robert Goelet.
The opposite couple was Lynch PrjngIa
with Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt. The
others were Bayard Cutting with Mrs.
Coleman Drayton, NJ. lie Paight, tho
Belgian minister, with Mrs. Paget. G..
Vanderbilt with Mrs. w. G. Whitney.
Elliott Roosevelt. Charles Francis i;
Winthrop with MRS. De Lancey
Kane, Frederick D. Thompson
with Mrs. Henry Clews, II. G. Edwards,
secretary of the English legation, with
Mrs. Edward Cooper. w. e. Whitney
with Mrs. Burke-Roche. Perry Belmont
Win Mrs. Bradley Martin and Sir Rod
erick Cameron with Mrs. Paran Stevens.
After this supper was served in room
where l,200 might sit at once. Tho
lady patrOneSSes were seated at ono
table presided over by Mr.. Meal
lister, who had Mrs. William Aston
on his right. Mrs. Grover Cleveland
brought in by E. Il. Robinson, was
seated at Mr.. McAllister's left. At tho
foot of the table was Cornelius Wander
bIlt with Mrs. Elliott Roosevelt. OTHERS
at this table were Count D'Arco-Vallev,
the German minister; Secretary of the
Navy Tracy, G. Nj. Depew with Mrs,
Paran Stevens and Grover Cleveland
with Mis-. William G. Whitney. Before
all these had coffee, waltz music was
floating again I'D the stairway,
Then q polka, and afterwaTd
the largest cotilliOn ever danced in
America was formed and danced as the
good night number. There were in. il
1906 uples, aud it was led by Lispen-
ard Stewart with Mrs. Coleman Drayton,
assisted by Mr.. bieAllister with Mrs,
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Baron Eekhard-
stein with Miss Alva Willing and C0rne.
Illus Vanderbilt with Mrs. Burcke-Roche.
The moon hung half-skies. down and tho
air was Solf and clear as an early Nav
night when the jewellers left the scene
of McAllister's triumph and whirled
away homeward through the still streets
OF the city, which had since sunset
achieved high record in balls.