New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-02-16
ARIONS IN THEIR ELEMENT
PLENTY OF FUN, BUT NO DISORDER.
THE BIG GARDEN NONE TOO LARGE FOR THE
GREAT CROWD GATHERED TO ENJOY THE

| THE BIG GARDEN NONE TOO LARGE FOX HE
| GREAT CROWD GATHERED TO ENJOY THE
SPORT AND JOIN IN THE DANCING.
| Madison Square Garden has seen many gaia
nights but one that excelled last nSht III
the gorgeousness OF decoration and beauty OF cos
tune The Arions were in possession, anu "'e'S
the Arions there is wealth OF fun ana eiaoo-
ration OF display that few other ORGANIZATIONS can
equal AS usual, the promenade was fenced OH
from the dancing floor. which was in the ioTh VI
a great ellipse with a Roman temple in the centre.
The partition that divided the dancers from the
promenaders mass OF foliage, with White
pillars Every other pillar bore banner and an
electric lamp while the intermediate. shorter ones
were topped with potted plants. Flags covered
| almost every square foot OF balcony, and endless
ropes OF green were LOGGED and twned about pill
lars trusses and every part OK the structure
The usual crowd began to gather before O'CLOCK
and soon the galleries were filled with people VINO
came to look on BY 10 o'clock the promenade was
filed with an ebbng and flowing tide of maskers,
| ord bv the time the uniformed committees depoyed
=, tho floor the boxes, all OF which were taken
| nv members of the Arion Society, were filled
Tho Aron ball is always up with the time. II the
latest thing Is living pictures the Aron ball VIII
be illuminated with living pictures. Ana so II
was last night The central temple OF the ballroom
housed six dvinitIes who stood their respective
| nedestals and looked unconscious as possible
while the pageant was circling round the nan. Inc
march OF events showed also in the committee UNI
forms TannhAuser had TO give way TO the MiKado'
The Floor Committee came forth win inc 'eu sup
pers and bamboo pixies OF Oriental warfare Inc
I obbv Committee wore the uniform or his serene
highness of the Fiowery Kingdom "hen these
headed by the Committee of Arrangentents ana the
Finance Committee, were In line on me nooi' Tue
band crashed the grand marshal waved MS oalon
the column moved, and the ball was opened
After the review the floats were dragged oat from
their hiding places and $50 damsels falr, wnoH
Super" Captain Edward McClory had Collected iot
the tabeaus. forth in all their wealth. Oh tise
and spanges Four Of these floats represented th'
four elements air water. fire and light Inc hlth.
was Earth" and the last the familiar Arloh' WIN
his team Of wild dragons. intcrspersed IN me
parade were walking balloons, wndmiIls' Delio"s
a red hot stove and choice collection OF HNint
hrecrackers. There was the banker watering ny, =
stock and the milkman with his pump rou' h"il
dressed as kites were designed to Interest the ngh
flying element of the assembage Ro!llcking street
lamps and hickerlng candles hobnoDpen VIII 9aIs
Claus and dwarfs and ballet girls were JuNDlef@
together In fact II was a genuine Ar.on carnival
There we're fever fancy costumes than usual. but
the brilliancy of the decorations and the variety
and novelty OF the committee uniforms more 'nt IN
made up for the absence Of amateur effort IN me
costuming line Captain Pickett. the stern moral
lat from Harlem, who acted as censor al tnr
officer. the Puritanic Inspector McAvoy but there
was no need for their presence TIE Arlons T any
incpient apses from decorum on the part OF ie h
circumspect guests We're promptly suPPieSSS" ~
the burly soldiers Of the Mikado. ..-.
The members OF the COMMITTEE OF Hr fhg5
mcnts were: {. VI. vom Baur, chairman; iIcnaru
Weinacht voe-chairman; +. a. Kockar, secretary
Max Ans, william Baeder. Dr. A. Bergh nns 10 T,r
n Deschere William Frcke, Carl Hauser
IiIldebrandt - Kaempffert. Jul kastner, RiehaTd
Sote John b Pannes 4 Role G io F. sPlt%SHIr n.
Phil Staufer. John F. Werner and Johh T. WIN
dolph. o, o., o.,
,ows: August J. Role. chairman Edward Gauss
secretary: Christian Brauneck. Albert Enrhardt'
August Gebhard Herman Gebhard, Louis hortum
Const Iucus. Char.es I.urch. Rud j. Mayer - r.
Schlrmer John Splitdorf Henry [. llinhi' r IT,
Triacca. Julius T. Werner. l..,.,o.. po,nhard
This was the Procession Committee: Beinhar1
| Kacmpffert F. l.. Note Carl Hauser. Richard
Wenacht F. iIIldebrandt =, ..,. crah.rg
| captain. carl Voelcker first lieutenant Adol2n .
| Siefel. second lieutenant. Ernst Ebeling S0lor
bearer: c. +. Weisenbach. secretary
! Robert Arnold. Conrad J. Becker. Emil A. blSch30i
| Franz Bopp. f. +. Botty, Ferdinand DenharL W
mandcr. charles j. Haenlen; John " Hens An
| ton Hilbert. Charles Himmelsbach FRANK n loops
Ferdinand Kiefer John Klee. Charles kraemer'
| Il O. Craft Charles r Krauss +. g. kret:enmer'
| John C. Mahr. jr Franz Mayer, n. W. Metzing'
George Raab. Albert y .Rehl; Louis Roedissr'
| Henry Stemme Joseph Unkelbach. G. w. wagner
| John Weisonbach and August T.. Werner
| The members OF the Lobby Commiittee were were
| Emil Ans color bearer. Frtz l.. AIMS, George
| r Appel r. II Bartsch. Christian q: Brauneck'
| John " Brauneck. Charles \: paut, W imam Iei-
ycaTx +. O. Dicfenbach. W Frank ouch, Rudolph
| GemInder. +. C. Gltz. Louis Gotthod, Herman
| Grrinrrt ir william Ruediger, Arthur J. kast-
| ner " o. e. Kiene. Emil Knoepke. G. }. Koch
| John Koch. J.. l.. Landes. NJ i.ehK. oe9rse ron"
| stein. Karl Wenz and Joseph +. Wingebach. 1870
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