A. Murehie. W. B. Buyers, Hon. Secretary, M.C. A. Robertson, Act, Secretat Boon after nine the tap of MI Vela fiddle-bow called the orchestra to attention, and from that time, with no other intermission than the short intervals between the dances, until past three on Wednesday morning, dance succeeded dance in unwearied flow, an extra Caledonians even being added to the long list set out on the following programme Grand March 1.—Quadrille, Pantomime 2.—Waltz, My Queen 3.—Waltz, Venetia 4.—Lancers, Origi val Valtz, Love's Dreamland 6.—Schottische, Improvisation. 7. altz, Les Sourires. Waldteufel.
Caleilonians, Original a Waltz, My Pet Lancer i There wasa sprinkling of naval uniforms, and its sister service was represented by General Kennedy and General Jones. The floor was good, the music better, if possible, than usual, everybody was in capital humour, the Stewards were as atten: tive, and the Master of the Ceremonies as ubiquitous, as possible, there were doucin; men in such numbers that the only wall-ladies that no man'elio could dance at all flowers were so by choice, and so man
had to go without partner. Indeed, in the early hours of the evening the floor was so crowded—where is that long-awaited Town-Hall'—that the most skilful steering was required, and was not always there when wanted, to prevent collisions, for the engineers, when they got up steam, made twenty knots an hour, with innumerable revolutions, easily; but these collisions were only trivial, were accepted good-humouredly, damage was reported. The display of smart frocks was one of the finest een Geom in Shanghai; there were one or two exquisite ones, many ones, and only Here and there one whose colour or cut was more amusing than ornamental. The banqueting hall was furnished with many little tables, at which a plain but excellent supper, washed down with beef tea, tea and coffee, and aerated waters, was consumed at intervals, so that there was no crowding, and no interruption to the main purpose of the ceremony. There was a tine when the engineers' balls were strictly teetotal, but on this occasion the rule was relaxed, and champagne was provided in the. ladies' refrestiment. room adjoining the hall, while there were rumours of a quiet den off the stairs in which the whisky bottle was not allowed to moulder on the shelf. It was three o'clock before the last dance was done, and the Inst gentle adiewx breathed by the tired dancers, and the hosts and guests dispersed, mutually congratulating themselves that they had just assisted at one of the most successful balls ever given in Shang-
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