New-York tribune., 1896-01-29
A BRILLIANT CHARITY BALL.
MANY COUPLES THRONG THE
AT THE METROPOLITAN OPERA
IInI-SE'

-r,a .b,r,v-s,x,h annual Charity Ball in ala of
the Nursery and Ch,,Ls Hospital was - -
night In the auditorium OF the Metfopo"'
House and as Il the only large so0''' So
ing OF the evening. 1t was one OF 'he ''9 -
most successful given by the managers J" i''
wears The attendance Of people well known II '''e
social word was notably large. and the !o'"H
men and women who are usually - be iou"' d. 80.
more exclusive balls. the Patrarcns a"' ~
semblies also turned Oh; in unusual large num-
According tn the custom which has preFAIrl q" ''''
Charity Balls given at the old Academy oi N"H'' !
Madison square Garden and Carnegie Han u'''e
were no decorations except the el" trc jets ioI's
the word Charity" which, against a bac"siouH"
OF gold bla2cd under the prOscenium afcH' IIc
stage was effectively set 10 represent LOUIS = !
salon with exquisiely pancllcl ceiling anu sue
walls. set out too with han isome furniture %
the period. There WAS also dais on wh''" '"e
LADY managers ard their friends sat whe" mot
dancing
I: long after 10 O'clock when the irs' OF ''c
dancers began to arrive Alexander N. lIadden' me
chairman % the Floor Committee. ard his corps GA
aids, wearing red badges anl h)utonnier-s s. were on
hand early and each labored like q beaver to ger
the tcople who there take part in the sr"AH
march assembled in the rooms o. the Opera Gun
While these preparations verc COINS on. the M7f.ne
Band from the Brooklyn Nav Yard. co"idct'I 'F
W l.. BoloschEc and Larler's Orchestra p.ay'i
WHO THE IsurRS WE'RE.
Mr Hadden was untirne in his efforts to "a
ciitate the opening OF the bali. and after It was
begun constantly the alert to disc over som"
dancer in need Of a partnor. lie was ably aSsls''d
by his fort y-four aids. who Charles \. Apple
ton +. q. Landau, Edward dc p Livingston, Mur-
ray II. Strong j. \. O'Connor, i. Bradlc" Strons'
George ". Woolscy Edwin A. :. Lewis. r. j. ..
Ehlnclandcr. Schuyler Sheffei!a ". : Greene. 20,
8 \. Tucker, \. r. Mcii.aine j. Lansdon Eryin%.
Clcrmont }. Clarkson II. \. ClarH'on' Harry l.
Robbins, Norman de Il. Whuehousc. Rob NJ GH-
lespie. J. 6. Phelps Stokes. james DE Wolf 'u'-
ting. Grenville J. Winthrop. O. DuT Maynard
Sidney j. Smith. II. Nolcttc Day. y y. MortnNt'
George II. Sullivan. Howard Kinc Coolidge. Gooi-
hue Livingston. Erslnc Hewitt Charles +. Leland
Robert Dun Graham. j. Dunbar Wright, iicnir
Chaunccy Jr. Phoenix 1ngraham, Robert nN'A-
nell. George 5 Brewster. s Brrkerhon Thorno'
James Barnes. II. l.. Sattcrlec. <. Robinson ana
Gilbert s Coddnston.
The grand march was pretty sight. II swung
out on the floor from the two sides Of The house
First the Floor Committee forming io"I
abreast when they met in the centre. Fpno"il
Them walking four abreast weic H") -'"i'c'''
Ruger with Mrs William g. Ec-ston. May
Strong with Mrs f.. J. Berwind. s1h Lculrnari
William : Worth. with Major Frank n. Ih!lir ana
Captain Frank Heath: colonel Charles q. Siwieilc.
with Mrs. William H. Strong. l@euten2ni -'''. 'l
IiiiSS,,n (n,ytr with Mrs feiar. = ,yarI
Admiral Erbn. with Mrs. Henry Parish. Gen.fai
Butterfe.d. with Mrs. George DE tof"si' Henry
wind. with Mrs Robert Nicoi colonel Fr"lcfi,k
H. Grant. with Mrs. Daniel |utterhell' r. ieric y
Egl,fton with Mrs Henry Day. George SuAt1n.
with Mis- Rueer. Robert Oypaant Win Mr. p, D.
Rh.neanier with Mr.. John J.. Wood. pr AI'n
Thomas Win Mrs carson. Dr clement ''Nclind
KIN XII NIL NIL. clsyoaq@i Sfe11ei "'h M Ta Aneo oco
before the marcn was begun