The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-09-04
GRAND FLORAL BALL
Dazzling Display at Convention
Hall, Saratoga, Last Night
THE EVENT AN ARTISTIC TRIUMPH
Beautiful Women, Gallant Men, Supurb
Jewels, Dainty Costumes, Sweet Music
and Selections from FIOra's Realm
Produce a Scene of Dreamland.

Produce a Scene of Dreamland.
Saratoga Springs, N. Y, Sept a.
Convention hall, the scene of many
social and political triumph, added
another to it's long list of successes in
the grand floral ball last night, which
was auxiliary to the floral pageant of
the afternoon. For days the hall has
been in the hands of a corps of deco
rators, who, under the direction of a
skilled artist, transformed it into q
veritable tropical garden. To accom-
plish this several carloads of greens,
trailing vines aud cedar trees from the
Adirondacks were used. In all there
was d perfect blending of color, while
the ozone from the forest trees and the
daintie fragrance of the flowers min
gled with the heavier perfumes of
those who occupied the vast auditori-
um. Tier upon tier of lovely women,
dainty in silk and satin and glittering
with jewels, attended by gallant men,
filled the immense building In addi-
tion to the electric lights, countless
numbers of dainty fairy lamps were
used, adding much to the picturesque
dreamland effect. In one of the side
galleries of the stage an orchestra
sent forth sweet music for the waltz,
while in a corresponding gallery di-
rectly opposite band of brass rem
dered the livelier two-step and polka
music
A Poets Dream Ably Dspctsd.
There were present fully six thou
sand leaders of society from all parts
OF the world, who are congregated
here at this time. 1t was a poets
dream ably and beautifully depicted,
with all the grace and charm that sur
rounds childhood and womanhood. The
Kaleidoscope pictures formed were
beautiful beyond description, dazzling
beyond comparison. 1t was like k ny
winter holding carnival in tropical
gardens. For an hour frost maidens." ="
'snowhalles, ''snow elves" an ''ici-
cles" held sway amid flowers and fore
ests of cedar aud evergreen, only halt
ing in their play when the luminous
Polar star, gorgeous in attire, appeared
among them to join in their mad rev.
elrY. 1t was at the close of the orches-
ira programme of catchy mum bers
that there came an unexpected pause.
Then to the strains of dreamy music
there glided upon the floor, as from
an unseen world, score of frost
maidens" with silver bound white dra-
peries and spangled wells of light blue
gauze and wings of silver tissue. AS
they treaded the measures of dainty
music the picture was in itself beau
tiful.
Beautiful Picture.
The star, Miss Margaret lyman of
New York, was vision of lovliness,
in a costume of white gauze with a
cloud of silver white, a star of dia-
monds on her head, and drapery of sill
yer tissue from neck to waste. At the
close of the dance came the final gal
opade, com bination of intricate fig
ures cleverly executed. The effect of
the scintillating glitter and the
final ta bleaux, the arch of icicles, the
Polar star encircled with snowfakes,
with a background of frost maidens
and snow elves, formed q picture of
surprising beauty, and as the masters
and misses who peopled itglided away
the vast audience broke out into long
continued and appreciative applause,
which continued for several minutes.
After brief intermission there came
the inspiring strains of popular
grand march, the floor rapidly filed
with terpsichorean devotees and the
third annual floral ball was on. Until
long after midnight was the revelry
continued.