Year: 1865

Arion the eldest child Of Lcderkranz, gave grand
fancy display at the Academy Of Music on THURSDAY OF
last week The entire beau monde Of the metropolis was
there Merchants bankers brokers, lawyers doctors,
and say dvines circulated through tho spa
cous building with faces masked and costumed In all the
styles worn by human beings since the creation OF
the world. The most fashionable ladies OF our city
graced occasion with their presence and the affair
was unanimously pronounced be superb in point OF
dress decorations, dancing music fun, humbas, gym
nastc feats and in Short in everything that could oon
tribute to render pleasure-loving assembly delighted
and happy 1t the originaon of German intellect,
and that German love OF froc and devment which the
light hearted sons Of Teutona always carry with them
in their wanderings through hs vale Of tears, and
which no misfortunes or advelties competent 70
entirely destroy.


Last night the Academy Of Music again the scene
of grand bal asQue very similar in its character ana
fully equal every respect to that OF the Aron Society,"
The German Lederkranz, another musical association,
more ancient than the Arions claim the honor of getting
It up and directing it to successful consummation.


WHO OR WHAT IS LIEDERKRANzs


Lederkanz is the parent of Aron The latter tnot he
Of the dolphin's back but his modern namesake) was
born In 1854 Liederkranz came into being in this
city as far back as 1s47, and consequently
can claim the very respectable age Of eighteen
years as well the great honor OF sending into the
world the gay and festive Arion, splendid chip OF the
sSe Ita parental trunk Unlike ion, IederErsnz is not
named after tabled genius said 10 have hourshed
In a remote age Of antiquity and famed IN song and
Roman extraction He stands on his own pins, and y
altogether Of German derivation In Faderand Il is the
means simply q. wreath Of songs-a very appropriate
for society whose aim s the cultivation OF vocal
music and the promotion Of social enjoyment


'ran trees from little grow"


n vvith Of fifteen twenty
tlemep and has kept on increasing in numbers until now
roll of members more than eight hundred strong
among whom are many Of the most respectable German
residents Of the city In 1850 10 chartered by the
legislature and two OF three years ago the society was
able to build nne club houes at Nos 81 and 80 Fourth
street.


President; Max Gocp and l. Kammeer Vice Presden's;
George Nembach and w. Rasmus, Secretaries; L A.
Grasse, Treasurer; Director, A. Paw


THE BALL


Our reporter arrived at the Academy about quarter
before nine o'clock and early as the hour was he build
ing excepting the stage was pretty well crowded The
parquet seats and all the chairs in the FIRST second
and third tiers occupied by most fashionable and
elegantly dressed collection Of spectators principally
ladies' The Hobbies almost impossible with
people, and was with the utmost difficulty
one could advance or retreat without damaging the
costly dresses the ladies' Ebowng his way through
the throng special succeeded in gaining the room Of
the managing committee by n subterraneaa passage and
after LAYING his great coat hat &c in place OF
safety advanced boldly on the stage on grand recon
noissance Standing cloee up TO the rear wall and look



and on either side truly brilliant. The vast building
presented grand Of light beauty and magnif
cence.


THE DECORATIONS


arranged by Mr. NJ X MaSimlian, the same artist
who furnished the ornamentati0n for the Japanese,
Prince OF Wales and Aron balls His arrangements last
night do him great credit The interior was given the
appearance Of grand carnival scene The second and
third tiers festooned with entirely
draBeries in carnival coors, surrounding number Of
amusing oil paintings, representing variety OF subjects
we calculated to excite the merriment Of the spectator
In one place the spectator bsheld painting Of "Punch
and Judy" teaching two cockroaches 10 dance. In
another appeared the bust OF well known actress with
little imps playing sad irocs with her Uranium In
another an astronomer seen taking observations
through gass before which stands clown intercepting
the view.


DIVING BELL.


From the dome suspended fanoy diving bell
made of muslin and French delane OF red white and
blue coors and studded with gold stars The summit OF
the diving bell cutched in the talons OF an American
eagle and the sides ornamented with the heads OF
wild and tame beasts. such as tigers bears, lions anu
COVE together with few busts evidently intended to
represent those portions Of the anatomy Of giants


THE STAGE.


The stage was SO arranged present the view Of
magnificent tent with beautiful garden scene the
rear wall In front OF which the "Liederkranz
In letters OF fire. and the ntaon OF harp formed
Of hundreds Of gas lights ngeniousy arranged Besides
the food OF light thus concentrated on the stage six
large chandeliers fcstooncd with baskets OF artificial
flowers Illuminated the tent and added 30 the bril-
liancy OF the grand scene.


Al one side Of the tent 70 be seen large painting
ten feet square, Of the Queen Of the Carnival and at the
other side painting vi equal proportions representing
the grand fancy drcss ball OF the Opera In Paris just
in front Of the stage hung down the figure Of old 81
Nicholas sitting on mas OF drapery made up OF the
national coIors Beneath this ngure, and fastened to
each side Of the proeosnum boxes, the following
order Of dancing, painted hrge sheets Of
Ab0ut eight feet high and three teet wide:-


oRpxR OF DANCING.