New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-01-12

Arrangements for the eleventh annual Ihpetonga
Rail- which will take place on Tuesday evening,
January o. In the Art Association Rooms and tie
assemby-roon of the Academy OF Music. Brook
,vr are about completed. 1t will be one OF the larg
est and most beautiful balls given by the sub
scribers A number of guests from this city, Phil
s5e,pha. Boston, Washington and Albany will at
tend and Il is also expected that the officers from
Governors Island and the Navy Yard will appear
IN their uniforms. The decorations Of the various
rooms and the approaches TO them will be on
magnificent; scale. The ballroom will be made TO
represent a dancing-room in the days OF the En-
pre The OF the decorations will be Nile green,
white and gold On a background of pale Nile green
will be placed antique French and Aubusson tapes
tries set in gilt moudings. and on the four
sides OF the will be while pilasers. with gilded
capitals supporting cornce IN arabesque design
in white and gold thickly studded with electric
lights The pilasers will rest upon bases Ave feet
high on which wei! be large jardinieres
filed with white lilies and American Beauty
roses The mirrors will be framed with
mink roses and ivy. TIE two orchestras
will occupy separate stands. which will be
drapei with rich damasks and decorated with
tropical plants and pink and white azaleas The as
sembly-room. which will be used for supper vii!
also be deliberately decorated with festoons OF laurel
and growing plants The committee in charge of
the arrangements for the ball consists OF Arthur
NJ Hatch William c. Sheldon. jr. a. A. Low, Will
IAN Cary Sanger and Frank F. Benson. The guests
will be received by the patronesses. Mrs William \.
Read Mrs Edward II. Litchfeld. Mrs. William Cary
Sanger and Mrs A. A.. Low. supper will be served
al u 30 o'clock. and will be followed by the cotil
lon which will be led by Arthur VI. Hatch, who
will dance with Miss Anne Low Pierrepont There
will he one favor figure. Fer the women there Will
be leghorn hats trimmed with artificial flowers
and ribbons and for their partners fancy rosettes.
The Ihpetonga consists of sixty subscribers each OF
whom has the privilege Of extending five invitations,
which limits the number of guests TO about 800
The subscribers for the ball this year are Henry T.
Brookman Frederick w. Moss. Henry 7. Richard
son. Tunis G.. Bergen, Frederic =. Bellamy, Frank
S Benson Joseph f. Brown. Francis l.. Eames,
William 3. Brnsmade Jonathan Buckley. John e.
Borne. Samuel w Boocock. Clarence w. Bowen:
Amory 5. Carhart. Simeon 3. Chittenden. Daniel
Chauncey. Alfred c. Barnes. CARL H. De silver.
Francis E. Dodge Watson g. Dickerman Latham
A Fish. Jasper W Gilbert, Frederick A. Guild
Crowell Hadden. Arthur NJ. Hatch. Norman 5 Dixie
Charles b. Van Nostrand. George F. lde TAeodore
Dreier WHY'S Terry Edwin F. Knowlton, John Z.
Ieech Edward H. Litchheld, A. 4. Low. Henry
W Maxwell. r. Burnham Mofrat. Thomas :. Moor.
David NJ Morrison. James l.. Morgan: jr. Albert
G. jennings John hoffman Edwin Packard. Henry
E. Pierrepont E. T. H. Talmage. }. j. Plerreponi
George ". Chauncey. William :. =. Prentice, John
T sherman William 4. Read. William Cary Sanger.
William A. Taylor. Samuel II. seaman. william c.
sheldon IT., George B. Southland. Thomas r. Stii-
man, John F. Talmage. Franklin r. TayIor, frel-
eric A. Ward. ". Augustus White ana Robert -
Woodward.