New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-01-23
THE OLD GUARD BALL.
CROWDS THRoNG THE METROPOLITAN OPERA
HOUSE

HOUSE
The reception and ball Of the old Guard at the
Metropolitan Opera House last night brilliant
success. That sentence could be kept standing in
type from year to year and be used with veraci.y
always in reporting these annual affair, Of the old
Guard for they always brilliant successes How
ever, to say that the ball last night was moro
brilliant than those Of former years Is to pay more
than just tribute to tine occasion without deractlnS
from the glory of past social achievements.
The Metropolitan Opera House has not often held
a gayer thronc than there last night com
posed Of a greater number Of fne looking men and
beautiful women. The uniforms, gold lace and deco
ritions of many Of the men. the cleaning nccks and
arms of the women, the flashing Of jewels in tho
electric light,, the strains Of delightful music and
the Odors of nOwcrs-all these enjoyed At every
Old Guard BAN. but with nearer approach to
the fullest capacity for appreciation than last night
When the curtain went up at 10: IL showed
the rear OF the stage Represented a.
large tent before which stood the officers
Of the Old Guard and their guests in uniform de
tachmcnt thirty picked men marched mp saluted,
dismissed, and the ball was opened by GllmoreS
| Band PLAYING The star spanglcd Banner At Il
o'clock the dancing floor cleared for the military
march, which participated In by about 900 men,
all I'm uniform, except few civilian guests. or tho
| marchcr. 100 were of the old Guard, and the rest
were visitors from the military organizations Of TINS
and other staic, Major George ". Mclean led the
|
sets Then came Captain Rastu> :. Ransom and
General G0rlon, Of Georgia; Lieutenant Ebcn H. Wood
| ward and Admiral -. h. Brainc, Of the |. = Navy
| Lieutenant George IT,. Wyatt and General Daniel f.
s!ckle,. Captain William Henry White and Mayor
Grant Lieutenant l.. Frank Barry ana General o. o.
| Howard. OF the I. ;. Army; Lieutenant James /.
| Wcnman and General josiah Porter, Quartcrlna'ier
| II. II. Broctway and General Hastings NJ inc
| end Of the march dancing resumed, the music
being furnished by Ecru~tcn's orchestra Gilmore
of course fulu shed the promenade mnc In The boxes
and on the floor many men in politics, the military
| service and in the professions, Many If them "ero
| accompanied by the ladic, Of their families
Among the military guests were MlutHnt "chci'u
samuel Dalton General benjamin +. Peach. ir. Colonel
! ALERT MIL. and CAPTAIN william H. >mc~. Of MIA
chu,ct,,. General Ihoma, L. Watson, Colonel John b.
Dohcrty Lieutenant colonel Frank ]. Lee Lieutenant
Colonel L. y Van Kcurcn and Major John {. kinney.
Of the Governor, Foot Guard. Connecticut; Adlut"t
/ General william l.. slrykcr. General Richard y Don
nelly Colonel \. !. Clarke MaJorGcncrl Joseph W.
Plume Colonel John {. owens, Colonel benjamin Lee
colonel II. H. Abcmcihy, Of New Jersey AdJu''"'-
General Daniel H. Hastings, Colonel George II. North
Colonel Joseph T. Tobias. col mel John y Nedci'hu'
and Colonel william l.. smith, Of pcng~ylvania Al
uant-o General Il. X. Kenny. 81 Delaware colonel e n
/ Nash Captain y. &. freeman and Captain ""pr;e W.
/ 'ravlor Of virginia: Captain j. J. Burke, u
| Georgia: Erie,dicr General Edmund Law Rogers
/ Colonel Henry H. Dougla, and Colonel Amos l. cage
| II MARYLAND: General Charles Il. DcAn>, ''iohel
! Icre W. Horton. colonel T.. &. Daniorih. OF Ehodc
| Island. Lirutcnaut- Loui, Bumcnthdl aud Frank /.
| Kimba II Now Hampshire
From The New-York militia were General LOUIS
! FITZGERALD and staff Colonel samuel ". wclch, Of tho
| 9th Regiment Major Herman HcndcH. Of tie Ia
/ BRIGADE. Colonel Daniel Appleton. II the 1th ReH
ucpt. Colonel George d. scott, Of the rih Regiment
| Colonel William seward. IT,, Of The 9th Regiment
Coptan Chail., f. Roc ~ Troop \: Colonel FREDERICK
| Hopper Of the list Regiment; Colonel Henry w
| MITCHELL Of the ilth Regiment, and Colonel John l.
| Camp 81 the 29d Regiment
Included among the civilian guests were Lieutenant
Governor Edward f. Jones. John H. '. Arnold, james
FITZGERALD Abram = Hewitt AmO, ). Cummings, Ellis
H. Roberts Corncllu, Van Colt, Addison Brown
David McAdam. cX Judge Henry Hilton Recorder
SMITH, judge joseph T. DAILY, De Lauccy Nicpll.
Thonia, T. Ochiltrcc General Floyd GARRISON. Consul
Ko OF japan. W. Lane Booker, the British Consul,
and Mrs Booker, Cu,t, Guild, Of Ho,ton, Mr. and
Mrs., r. A. Goarcr Mr.. and Mrs. Charlie, \. Cos. Mr..
and Mr.. {. C. Knowlion. Mr.. and Mr.. &. G. Perry
Mr. and Mr. Horace !. Harrington, Mi, Mamie VIII
nu-. Of Philadelphia Mr. "a d Mr.. Charles II. HcyIcr
Mr. ard Mrs. Robert {. Lyon Ms, Annie Van Dorm
Mr. and Mr.. w. u. May ard Mis-, May, Lieutenant
and Mrs (,corcc II. wyatt. Lieutenant and Mrs
L. Frank Barry. Mis- Marguerite AucaIsnc and Mr.
Bagwen.
I'm addition there many prominent citizens and
a large number Of United state, Army aud navy
officers.