The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-02-07

Plckwic inns. and was modelled after the
PHI picture In the Pick wick volume. A
markabfs modimyal costume; the low comedian.
Bslinmy. enacted pickwlsk 70 the life, while
hthn A. r., and 5sP 2ss,iys Tup' m,nki s,d JOIN G,a,t poy, sn
cynical Snodgrass. Dickens was observed to
applaud the tableau with mark ed emphasis.
Norma" in which Dickens also participated
but at It's close h. was relieved from further
e essSsa S fOT q ' tss sixsn' ~ Oliver h9st a T%is., % Sc,es sT Sy
Clnra Fisher. the. relpning favorite OF the stage,
evening" ,p music mTIV d ,ron, s and I ,ablen rnFO Hiisfsa, tso
There was the Victoria waltz, said to be tho
music and deur temp, step danced by the once
Princess Victoria and John Van Buren, while
he was an. attschG at tho court Of st, James
when his father was United States Minister
: maj s%Si {. u's% p ii"is; N ;Trs from '"' Ens o "a
drills. With 9" a tHsblean Of tho Siek!eSy fsm 2IS;
Boz" waltz; coinposed by, D9d worth; fol:
io es,Sa h. , a ta ,S e Or al ,a, the P TSsM C Sims
d dtfiis" to ot the music ;ns; o, the opera ssS,S Of " P %sa i a' Of
L%onIumeau." and u conc uding tablean repre-.
in Englani with. volumes Of Dickens in his
hand aid Pickwlck arriving in New York with
OF these pictures respectively stood Britannia
and Columbia In sailor garh. In makeup by
INC actp Or both o Sanrsctsrs mere snniraniy I'M.
~sonatlon by Huckctt and Plckwick by Bellany.
WIZ VI, had nlrssdy Played tho part in " version by
During the progress Of tho ball Dickens had
becn lionlzcd In the boxes Of Mayor .Morri. and
wife were. entertained In the green room by
Frank Waddell with terrapin and champagne.
They left soon after midnight.
the City Hotel OF Chester Jenning., ON the site
was presided over by, Washington Irving, who
s,i.n,iOpeI ,imidlIy and becoming fairly slo-
prandlaiiy.: made a humoross reply; TO the
toast OF Tho Literature OF America" al
though Julian G. Verplanck and Bry-
ant and HallecK were seated at the board.
and I''s soIs%n wS judge %'a i,e,t Sy who Whc i MADE 4
null OF the affair, and rendered tho matter
worse by giving as n volunteer toast The Liter
answered charmingly II innpproprlateiy. He
also read a wittily drawn indictment nf Dickens
for the. nuisance OF robbing New Workers OF
Twist" Ex.Mayor Philip Hone concluded the
list OF toasts thus feiicitously:
,h in so 6sha!, "a the ,o. mereSsnt' present ! Gner
honor- the bill Of exchange drawn upon Amer
can Hospitality by the agent of the cheeryble
For months and months thereafter Knickcr-
bockers talked OF little else than the Dickens
ball and dinner. Meanwhile Dickens. travelling
westward. was preparing his well-known sneers
at American ways. manners and people. ms thos-
are nbundantly found In his American Notes"
aud In " Martin Chuzzlewit." which sncers
BLEAK House." and lou Mutual Friend"
had appeared. The. Dickens ball remained
e to 'G ,is Prime Tf%eFy of !0T w Sfw t eisssesn nn Years ts. ia ssl.
came. To- DO followed by the ball to the Grand
Duke Alexis OF Russia. The Dickens ball was
jeHiou lies. William Young. then editor Of the
man. wrote an account for his Journal OF tho
Dickens ball. and gave pleasant testimony To
the maiden beauty and matronly grace and
high-bred gallantry which he there witnessed.