There is a peculiar charm in a f dress ball which sets it quite apart. fr all other gatherings of which dancing. i the beginning and the end. This is so" only to the da spectator, a the Fancy Dri given at the Masa Holt on Friday night by the Atv colour-movement of the kaleidoscope.
ordered advance and retreat and concerted movement of the set. dances, the orderly confusion of the ined prettiness from the unwonted brightness and character of the dresses, Most of the guests came in fancy dress, and to the observer the result was always often Pant) Kriiger Qaffibly with a laced and ribboned aller, Ally Sloper chaffed a warlike Zul Chinese policeman—undulati gaiety, irrepressible in fan—danced 1 th a Watteau Shepherdess. Here in the easy graceful robes of old sauntered ear another in a deal-'s wings. representa Shamvock, Stars and on ong dress, the Uni while Pierrette stood bia and th pes showed ack on another, contrast to the snake-and-figleaf-entwined garb of a latter-day Eve. Nelson, sans nrm, sung eye, exact in every detail, was conspicuous among the gentlemen, as was a Georgian courtier. A riesha ' coolie solicitously touted for hire in one plies, while a stalwart, guardsman looked benignly on in the intervals of his many dances, Khaki awed here and there, notably in the dress of City of London Imperial Volunteer, ble clown was duplicated duplicated parts of the room, pan coolie, an aggressive Seotsm a Bilbas peasant, snd many another lent new notes of colour, fresh contrasts in character, and greater fullness of movement to the whole. These are but few of the dresses which were to be seen, but complete list would be as long as another catalogue of the ships. Volunteers, fires men, and others in the dead black of everyday life, made up a large and notable assembly. Dancing started punctually at nine o'clock, and the "wee sma' hours" of the morning heard the last chord of the last extra. The arrangements which had been made for the guests were of the best. The supper-room was conveniently near the dancing hall, the supper was excellent, the broad stairs made an excellent retiring: downs refreshing more potent: place for those who wished 10 sit out, and awaited the hardy male, A section of the Town Band provided the music, and the rge hall itself was brightly decorated, Small wonder, then, that the ball was a success, and that the committee—who 4 hard during the evening—were ussly well satisfied wish the result of their efforts. hey can Tooke back on a season which has passed without a hitch 1d which has culminated gallantly.
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