New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-12
xRION'S CARNIVAL NIGHT
THE BALL AT THE GARDEN A GREAT
SUCCESS.
ELABORATE DECORATIONS. PICTURESQUE
PAGEANT. EXCELLENT PALLETS AND
MERRY CROWD OF DANCERS.

PAGEANT EXCELLENT PALLETS AND
MERRY CROWD OF DANCERS
Madison Square Garden ablaze last night
ello,n IN he history of the Garden has it looked
- handsome or were the decorations 50 lavish as
,hev were last night in honor of the Arion ball
The great floor divided to allow a space
Cor promenaders and also for the dancers. a wan
aserbing an English pryet hedge, ran the entire
aav around the hall Separating me promenade
snace which was about twelve feet wide, from the
nain dancing floor. Huge palms shot up from the
helcelk, barrier and waved Enthusiastically above
,bc heads Of the merry thronc. At intervals of
Jew feet a tower arose, at the top of which splut-
tered an electric light Long streamers Of ever
,esn hung from the dome to the arches. and these
s,reamers were wrapped round with vines o. roses
rlar;ric shields from all around the hall blazed
down from the galleries, and long rows Of electric
,au,ps and huge electric chandeliers burned at the
,op Of the building. AT the main entrance Of the
Garden there was = large evergreen shield with The
ward "Aron" worked in with roses. At the upper
sna Of the hail was PLATFORM and the band
stationed in the upper gallery.
The boxes were of especial interest during the
.vsning Al! Of them We're appropriately decorated
BEFORE the lights turned the full glare
the masked figures began to arrlVe. anu passed
shos,lke and silently into the boxes or ran with
smothercd laughter through the empty hall to the
dressing rooms upstairs. BY the time the lights
were turned on and the band began TO play for the
promenade concert, the boxes had been pretty well
fled and there shifting, restless crowd OF
nasquegadeTs the floor.
Il wAs noticed that there was more pretension Of
elaborate cos;umng at the bail last night than at
the previous mask balls of the year. Russian codf
lars police captains. dairymads queens, couriers
rsoumaus the inevitable Romeo and juliet, bull
aghiers Spanish cavaliers dancing girls. Nautch
GIRLS. German peasant girls and in fact all kind OF
real and mythical characters were represented IN
floor a
eoo1-natured crowd and jest and laughter were IN
order
The bottles began 20 pop early as usual and
every one seemed to be in for a good time There
WAS large police detail on hand. The managers
had an all-nsht license. and there was no danger
Of the sale OF wine being stopped at o'clock
The ball proper began at 9 o'clock sharp. A. that
hour Leiboldt's military band broke forth into
rorck!nS march. At the close of the promenade
cancer; the Committee on Arrangements precedea
ty the marshal. appeared on the floor OF the ba''-
room ard announced the grand ballet. entitled
"prnce Carnival in the Realm Of the Gems.
This was grand fantastic ballet OF hfty-four dane
,rs The first ballet entitled Psyche. Inc
second ballet was entitled "Amourettes, ana the
third was entitled Gems After the ballet the
committee invited the masqueradeTs TO JOIN III Inc
onening polonaiso. When the maskers gathered on
the floor OF the ballroom the beauty OF the decoFa
,,ors was seen 10 the best effect. The four hand-
some and profusely decorated portales consisting
OF Ionic columns and cornces. from when We
suspended a decorative canopy in yellow sl'N' sur
mounted in the centre by a coat-oi-aTms' aF'.S"-
cauy grouped flags and an electric dial encirchne
the name "Arion." were guarded by siaWaf' Hei'
drass.1 ~ represent Roman centurons, and no.
body unless in mask. was allowed on the moo
Between the Doriales were placed numerous mas
stats. bearing standards and coats-of-aTms' ana
supporting gracefully curved arches i4uh''d'eN ~
electric lamps .,,,,,
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the approach of the grand pageant TINS consisted
~ a procession OF SIX ar:stica.iy designed Eoa's'
with a large retinue of followers for each Inc pro
cession was headed by Phillip Stauier' master 81
ceremonie.; fifty har.equins. baineT-carrers anu
tho committee on Arrangements After TIE master
~ ceremonies and the committee came ieihaAe
herald and four dwarfs carrying an open OooA u
fairy tales. ,-o with
all the characters Of Little Red Riding Hood po'-
trayed, and accompanied BY retainerS anu AMY
agnres Then came a female herald announcing
.ci,darella" This float represented a throne, on
which Cinderella sat surrounded by all the pct
uresoue figures Of that fairy story. There were
also eccentric figures in the train. Inc next "oa'
announced by a female herald was baDes IN 'le
Wood" 1t was a house built OF g!hse'nrea'
Win all the figures incident to the story. There
was also a large number OF sroleSque anu my VA
car ieuIes ~ nn .i represented "Aladin and the
Wonderful Lamp" 4 colossal nguIe OF tie ~
" .h Farth Va shown carrying Allad.n on his
shoulders. The Sleeping BEAUTY was tns ~
ali electricallv Illuminated. The Prince was DeMn-
ing over the Sleeping Beauty, and there was me
usI,aI crowd OF followers. The last hoat repre-
scented the Arion Society, ana wa d piC'u'
Tse Arion bah is one Of the picturesque Of
the year. and is always interesting INC o'''0'''
Of the association ere:
Richard Katzenmayer, president
Edward Benneche, first vice-presldent. 49,.
bernhard Kaempffert, second vce-pTesdeht
F. A. Rockar recording secretary.
Julius = Werner. corresponding secretary.
Constantin Lucius. treasurer
Edward Gauss financial secIs'd R;,r,bars George
Fhret George f.. Gemtnder, Jakob Gern4 ann mrs
IAN f Hertlein. William Jurgensen, Rud Mayer
Charles NJ. Ans, Hugo SohmeF Z; Nj ON hAu''
George Won Skal and Richard Weinacht ~,
Committee OF Arrangements: =. ~ no,n Pa r.
Rockar' secretary; Max Ans Edward Be l ne
Edward NJ Burghard, a. W; CordeI, Inf2dore Ge
I~mos William Fricke Carl Hauser' r HlldsDiands'
7 o'"is Ian Alexander MitZel. Louis H. NtuHl,"iii'
= T. Nolte g. G Ohmstede, John 3 Pannes, r, -.
s:hadeT n sehI eg9rf P PHfG saufef O. E.
SPro@of2el J. F. Windolph. c. F. ZenkeT' eX-ohic'o'
Committee on Finance: r. Mayer GnaiT Irao
14enrv g Tjmm secretary; Consanin I;nGins, IL -
mrer: Jacob Arens { G. Brauneck W4'iialiil "a
vesux ". Dtzel Louis Htins9T' Gebhard j.
Cersnn g ] Koch Charles Lurch r. > Kn2 I'M
ri'e srh'etiHr c. + Schirmer, John Sphtdorl'
charles G. Wehrum. and julius !. W.rasod ~ T.
~ Procession Committee was cOinPDss.i - -
, lnr Carl Iauser, r HlGeDran1t, r L.
Nol;c and Richard Weinacht 90 .hose long
r + Hamilton, who has been one ~ ~ ~ hing
tben, nm TO their present st2nidrI o. 800 no'
lie was active az usual. in making last e'''e
ball q great success
~ r. n cToEES OFT AGAIN.