New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-01-04
THE ANNUAL CHARITY BALL.
BRILLIANT AFFAIR IN TIE MADISON
SQUARE GARDEN.
YEARLY As MUCH MONEY As USUAL REALIZED
SOME or THOSE PREsENT-HAND-
SOME GOWNS.


,,a annual Charity Ball in aid of the Nursery
rd Cbud's Hospital was given last night in the
.n,nhtheatre Of the Madison Square Garden buid-
Ing and was brilliant and successiui eh''r'aih-
rnent The benevolent women VINO compose 'he
uoord Of Directors Of the Hospital, which IS the
beneficiary Of the affairs are confident thal thls
oor.s recelnts will not fall far below the average
+, IS possible that the attendance last night was o'
~ great rs on some former Occasohs' ""' u'e
.rrr,rr ,p ,be boxes In the seats behind them and
-, the floor was numerous ana iashohaple one
The Amphi,heatrc Of the bis garden whlch pre-
o,.ol an attractive appearance. was arranged
ouch as II was year ago when the bah was held
In ihe Garden for the first time handsome cur
tain on which painted drawlng-room scene
,,b some other scenery, represented proscenlum
h Directly in front Of the arch WAS erected a
no,r3 platform which was covered with a hand
oa rich red CARPET and furnished with large, COM
,or,abe chairs for the use OF the members OF the
committee after the first dance
FAMIlIAE rEATUrE.
TIE old-,nc gas jet "Charlty.' which has done
.ervjce at a great many OF the charity balls occu-
ioa n nosltion direc..y in the centre OF the plat
t,r, and cleaned upon a picture or bewilderng
basutv and color Around the platform, when was
epproached by broad steps on either side' was
handsome railing. As was the case last year. 'hc
r,,sr galleries were covered with rch crimson
Sor,se which added much to the beauty Of the
on, There we're no floral decorations. this being
according TO one Of the traditions OF the Charity
Ball -, eva
cardon The ODD REGIMENT Band. under the leader
chin Of Victor Herbert played the concert music be-
fore the hall was opened ana afterward the prom
enade music The preliminary concert began sho'''Y
after 10 O'Clock and continued for nearly nan an
hour Bernsteins orchestra. which played the dance
music was stationed in the second balcony on the
1wentv-sixth-st side Of the building As soon as
one band finished selection the other began
The following are the programme of music and
the order Of dances;
PROGRAMME OF MUSIC.
Overture Merry Wives Of Windsor Nisoai
Grand Tantaisie 'Ie rropse,,e MoXS 11nSl
Grand March La o TiiPi "S Of S'f DAHcE '.1
Waltz "Hoshzsi,s, ,,f1 J?n fli. ens
ianciers The Fencing Master Wegand
M Mal5a RSf der noseha strauss
S SMsI.iep polka wasiineicn Pos, seusa
Quartet TRisqG,G Koycn
D. Nu@o "Cuail1 ~ Luna Blanca ....-t 9 in
l. POLKA Cosi-cos ...............'.. ra drGn
Czarda. ,unFaran strauss
With vaikneri o'. Wagner
Galop 'PsSGn Ssll iaeone
TO- Waltz sabre las Olas ii;i;5. ,ss
f. I Iac 1.-THE Isle Of CHAMPAGNE ru,st
10 %o iaS' 'Man. En5racel s siI2s.,
u Txes,cp r6bs Lcnox .Frankens,sin
"a BAN Dane, alti,e lsdy Ciounoi
:, mt i.@'e ole ~ Tochioff
We ,,tsi' .ChaJi
49, Polka IIerzcnskcn gin Strauss
T. ISe1S. oGn nsod Koyen
&C Se I' ..r Paris. .Walicufci
Gavo;ie ''sterhane Gzlrnlha
IT, HaTn pa ., W,r strauss
20 Waltz "Iueka ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS nu,e
o, aIcicrs IL ciralc;' .Audran
90 Tv@sep roRa rh school csics soqsa
go March The owls fischer
THE DoX-H0LDEES.
The boxes were held as follows: No g. Colonel
Frederick D. Grant: No. 4, Mrs Theodore sutro; NO.
{. Mrs Westervet; No. 6, A. P. Montani; NO. .
Mrs A. s. Hewitt No. 10, Mrs. Chester Grswold;
No ~ Mrs J. NJ Ceballos; No. II. Dr. George
Trowbrldge; No. 10. Mrs. John Da lis Goodwin; No
Il. c. Winans No. 49, Mrs j. W. Minturn NO 49,
Mrs A. j. Drexel; No. 90 Edwin Could; No. CT. Mrs
7 Weeks Cornell; No. %. Mrs Henry Day, Ms.
Tdu,ar1 Mitchell; No. o. w. S. Paine No. a. Mrs.
Henry Holt; No. %, Mrs. a. s Del Pine; No g.
Mrs Charles =. Roe; No. q. Mrs Sidney Dillon
Ripley; No. g Mrs Z. A. Bigelow; No 30 Mrs
E. c. La Montague; No. 80. Joseph Stickney; NO 81
Mrs II. T. Moore. jr.; No 80. George W. Ely; No
a. James Warren Lane; No. 49, Mrs. w. F Cochran;
No Sc. J. ID. Archbold; No. Ss. George De Forest
Grant; No. 49, Mrs William Egleston; No. 40 +. "
S Homs No. co. Mr5 ['' Walter L@g@a 30 T.
Mrs. J: Howard WRIGHT; No. 40. 6. ": Hogan -
], Mrs William Kingsland box No. 2, Mrs D. Wills
James; box No. Q, Mrs, Vernon C. Brown. and box
No. G. Rowland A Robbins, and No. s. X. a. Rob
Second row boxes: Box No. 90, W: S, Ward
No 8. Mayor Giiroy; 10. 90 Mrs Lnthicum:
No 100, S. NJ. Milliken.
THE OPENING MARCH.
1t was nearly II o'clock when Victor Herbert
began TO play the slow measures Of the grand
march. Edward Cooper and Mrs. Chester Griswoid
led the march Mr. Cooper looked stately and
gallant as he descended the stairway at the Mad-
ton-ave end Of the building TO the ballroom with
Mrs Griswold in "A gown Of pearl gray SATIN leaning
on his arm Preceding Mr.. Cooper and Mrs. Girls
we'd as an escort Of honor strobe two by two the
floor committee. wearing white badges. The process
sion filed slowly around the hall. then up the middle
The committee formed lines right and left, and Mr.
Cooper and Mrs. Griswod stood in the centre Of
Tie floor just in front Of the PLATFORM. beneath
sne shining word Charity" The others In the
81 me a marsh grouped about them The strain;
notes e Of rch ceased and then came the irst sot
49, ~ 1i d waltz MI Montant and Mrs GriswOId
were the first couple to start dance In the open
iAg march were Mrs. Robert Nicoll with 5. Fisher
S sInmson MTs. Groy with Major crocker; Mrs
Siih Sb WIN Mayor Giroy Mrs Henry l. BIrneu
Alfred L. Conkiing and Mrs.. PAT Mrs j. "
aiosner ana j. G. Walworth, Miss Van Nest and
L, w. Taller and Mr.. and Mrs. Townsend
seisg in his eforts 10 Facilitate Hiatt the gancms and
n na "lNW%Ss Oh me alert to discover some dancer
eTa5 DE Re r. %n,eh9uss samuel Belts James W
Schuyler Scieena K r McKo lance sorse Ysmmond
St Ilva9; Wendell Goodwin, Henry $. Van Duzer,
&c k9yen. Duncan Elliot, Chester Griswold, Albert
IA Montague. Charles A. Mum Newbold Morris.
Garrison James Clinch Smith Arthur
In De Forest Mance, II. Horace Gala
nn SIe bps n DIN. David Crocker Daniel Apple
brook Cnr,Ss r. zoe, idward Du Xiver. H. Iiol-
,eI Igynel;orS aitieriee Egerton Webb Robert
Ireoe fucker W. L. Detmold, Cuthbert S. John
wrh TeoTse oyer, A. l.. DoreInus w. =. VAIN
nan nan RENSSELAER, Cogswcl. Frederic H. Baldwin.
nyus'ii II, benedict Austin Oothout James Henry
S Sin ~ -; scnermerhorn II. /: Bloomfield, Ed
T Hln o. FORBES Of BALTIMORE cortlandt S. Van
Iehsselaer De Lancey Nlcoll Robert Cooper Town
send j. Dunbar Wright. Charles Ernest Peew and
Theodore H. Price. 1890
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