St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-06-15

variety of dainty summer gowns
such filmy laces, butterfly colorsi
and tender artistic effects that il
seemed as if summer, after all, was
the true and the only time for balls.
The decorations We're no less re-
markable for the taste of their Sc
lection than for the skill of their dis
play. The great floral picture in
outline of the steamer ST. Paul at
the back of the stage secured the
immediate attention of every guest
as he entered from the foyer II
was brilliant piece of ornament. j.
SERVICE PERFECT.
One of the features which received
the most praise was the service of
refreshments. Too often this serv-
ice is accompanied by confusion in,
describable whenever the entertain-
ment is as vast as that of last night.
Bpt, though every delicacy obtaina-
BILE and appropriate was to be had, !.
not guest was rendered Impatient :
Beginning with the promenade
concert at half-past 8, the musical
light. The great orchestra, located,
as it was, in the gallery, was heard
to decided advantage, nor were the
most delicate tones blurred by the
proximity of the musicians to the
extreme heights of the theater.
When the ball was at its height.
just before midnight, the scene was
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dancers upon the broad parquet and
stage, the picturesque groups in the
various boxes, and the great amphi-
theater crowded with gay costumest
made an ensemble without a rival
in the social recollections of st.
Paul.
Not least of all, the ball was, of
course. a financial success, and a
number of thousands will go to swell
the fund for purchasing the finest
library ever carried by trans-At-
lantic steamer. Al
THE PATRONESSES.
The ladies who acted as patronesees
of the ball were:
Mesdames Maurice Auerbach, II. G..
Borup, William b. Bend, c. w. Bum,
John Copeland, E. c. Cutler, William
Dawson Jr.. William B. Dean. A. B.
Driscoll; F: DriscolI. 7: c. Field. d.
| B. Finch. George R. Finch, Sherman
| Finch, Charles e. Flandrau, w. j.
Footner, Burnside Foster, John l..
Fulton, Charles e. Furness, Paul Cot
zian, c. NJ. Griggs, II. P. Hall. Conde
Hamlin, ]. NJ. Hannaford. r. II. Her
Eey, j. j. Hill, A. Kalman, p H.,
Kelly, w; j; c. Kenyon. W. H. Light
! ner. c. B. Lamborn, N. G. Langford,
ID. w. Lawler, John ID. Lawler, O. 3.
Lewis, A. II. Lindeke. Crawford LiV-
ingston, j. w. Lusk Edward C. Ma
son. William r. Merriam, D.. A. Mon
r: M. Newport, Daniel r. Moves.
Charles p. Noyes, Ansel Oppenheim,
L. p. Ordway, Charles E. Otis, c. d.
O'Brien, ]: J. Parker, E. w. Peet,
l.. E. Reed, r. G. Rogers. j. b. Sam
born W. Fl. Sanborn, Albert Scheffer,
A. Seymour, d. c. Shepard, Frank
Shepard, X. A. Smith, Charles c.
Squires. John A. Stees. A. b. Stick
ney. Lane X: Stone, ]. B.. Tarbox,'
Ambrose Tighe, George Thompson.
Maj. Tucker, 7: l.. Wann. Reuben
Wheaton, J. A. WheeIock, F. p.
( Wright, George B. Young.
ARRANGEMENTS COMMITTEE. a,
On the committee of arrangements
were: Charles w. Gordon, William II.
Patterson, Michael j. Boyle Crawford
Livingston, Almeric II. Paget William
c. Read William N. Armstrong, John
j. Parker, William Z. Clough and
Olin B. Lewis.
The committee of forty was made up
of w. p. Clough, chairman, and NJ.
Auerbach, W. b. Bend. f. G. Brady,
John Copeland, c. K. Davis, William
Dawson Jr., George r. Finch, w. ~
Footner, T. G. Field J. j. Hill, Charles
e. Flandrau, Richards Gordon, II. p. !
Hall, A. Kalman, p. II. Kelly. j. w.
Robert Mannheimer, Crawford Living,
ston, Gen. e. c. Mason, William r..
Merriam, d. A. Monfort, Charles p.
Noyes, j. j. Parker, Stanford Newell,
Judge r. r. Nelson, r. w. Peet, l..
E. Reed. Alex Ramsey, Mayor r. A.
Smith, A. B. Stickney, ]. B. Sanborn.
John A. Stees, George Squires, George
Thompson, e. w. Winter, j. A.
Wheelock, DR.. C. A. Wheaton. y
Among the guests were: 1,
Messrs. and Mesdames Flandrau,'
Crawford Livingston w. p. Clough,
J. j. Parker, j. l.. Lowering. r. A..
| Wheaton, Ambrose Tighe, G. Il. Her
sey, John Field, w. ]. Footner, A. s.
Postlewaite, Paul Zueber, III. L.
Morse, Charles Schurmeier, F. b.
Bass, Tams Bixby II. Clark, F. w.
Andrus. H. C: James, j. s. Mackey.
p. Langford, w. ]. Larkin, Stewart,
o. s. Sperry, p. T.. Potter, f. w.
Luley, s.. ID. Dysinger, l.. NJ. Reite,
William Whitehead, F. ID. Kindrick,
W. A. Spencer Jr., Reuben Warner. p