New-York tribune., 1919-11-18
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was the guest Of honor at ball
given at the old Academy of Music.
In order to revive the memories of
long ago, many of the guests of the
Academy Of Music ball have been found
and will be among those at re-
ception to the prince to be given in
the historic building at Fourteenth and
Irving Place tomorrow afternoon. The
reception will be given by committee,
of which William Fox, owner. Of the
theater, is a member.
Scene of 1860 Reproduced
Mr.. Fox has made elaborate rrepara-
tions to recreate so far as possible the
appearance of the Academy as it was
90 October 12, 1860. The decorations
the interior of the Academy as re-
corded by newspaper and magazine
writers of that date and accounts given
by guests at the ball who have written
to Mr.. Fox their recollections. Even
the chair in which the late King sat
has been refurnished and will be placed
beneath the canopy and occupied by
George VS. son. Officers of the army
and navy and other American and Brit
ish veterans of the war, government
officials and many we'll known society
folk have been invited
The 7th Regiment Band will play;
Nine. Frances Aida, of the Metropoli-
tan Opera Company, will sing the Brit
ish and American anthems, and the
prince will address the veterans. The
guests will be presented to him, and
then the royal visitor will see through
a screen newspaper views Of his trip
through Canada and the United States.
Investigation has brought forth con-
siderable information regarding the
1860 ball from persons or children Of
persons who attended. John B. Faunce,
All investment broker with Offices in
Park Row, has written that his father,
Captain John Faunce, was designated
by the government to receive and en-
tertain the prince.
Former Guests Still Living
Peter Conklin, Shakespearian
Street, Brooklyn, attended the 1850 re-
ception and also performed before the
prince in Pixies Opera House, Cincin-
nati. Mrs. Esther Wittgenstein, eighty
five years old, Of 486 West 136th
Street, was present at the Academy.
Mrs. Wittgenstein's maiden name was
Phillips-and her great-grandfather
she proudly adds. fought in the Revo-
luton.
Mrs. Anna B. Moore, of Pleasant
vile, N. Y, doubtless has not yet lived
down her disappointment at having
been unable to greet the late prince.
Mrs. Moore, whose maiden name was
Whitley, is a reat-granddaughter of
Governor Clinton. She had her dress
all ready to attend, but was taken down
with bronchitis. However, she derives
some satisfaction from the knowledge
that she saw the prince arrive in New
York before she was attacked by ILL
ness.
Among the proudest possessions of
Miss NJ. J. Cuthbertson, Of Rosebank,
Staten Island, is an invitation to the
ball. Her father, mother, three sis
ters and brother were there. Her
father at one time was president of the
st. Georges Society, New York.
Danced in Royal Quadrille.
Mrs. William Muir, Of 43s Manhattan
Avenue, enjoys the distinction Of hav-
ing danced in the same quadrille with
His Royal Highness--later His Majesty
She was on the left of the prince.
whose partner, she says, was Miss
Morgan, daughter of Governor E. D.
Morgan of New York. On the princes
Seward, the former being nephew and
adopted son of William II. Seward,
who later was Secretary Of State in
President Lincoln's Cabinet Clarence
Stewart Muir, who gives this informa-
tion for his mother adds he is uncer-
tain who danced opposite the royal
guest, but believes his late father told
him the couple were Governor and Mrs.
Morgan, while his mother believes they
were Mr.. and Mrs. Med" Thompson,
Mr. Thompson being lawyer of promi-
nence in that day. Another informant
advises that Mrs. Morgan did not
dance because she was i'll and could
not attend.
Mrs. Muir still has the canary
colored moire antique dress and the
slippers she wore.
Mrs. J. Mack, of 564 Riverside Drive,
9 poetess, occupied front proscenium
box. Mrs. Hannah E. Shields, seventy
seven years old, of 1926 Globe Avenue,
West Chester, N. y, was the guest of
her uncle, the late Matthew f. Bren-
nan, then Comptroller and later
Sheriff of New York. John +. Barrett,
of As Fulton Street, Brooklyn, who
is seventy-four years old, was a guest
at the ball. Twenty years ago he went
to South Africa on the ship Mrs.
Whitelaw Reid fitted out to aid the
sick and wounded of the British army
In the recent war nine of his nephcws
and four neices were in the service of
England.
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