Show THE LEGISLATIVE BALL Society Agog with Anticipation Arrangements for the greatest socal event of the winterthe ball and reception re-ception in honor of the Legislature are going vigorously forward The i i committee of arrangements meets each day and divides the labor into subi committees so that no detail will be omitted and no pains b spared tom to-m the affair commensurate with the dignity of the body sought to be honored The supper is in the hands of a committee of ladies who are sollcl iting donations of the provender and all the profits will be devoted to the general relief fund for assisting the worthy poor of the city A large committee com-mittee of representative gentlemen were making the rounds of the business bus-iness Rbntion of the city yesterday disposing of tickets and met with phe nominal success one of them having i sold twenty as he expressed it without I with-out half trying Inquiry among the I dressmakers of the city has developed i that their business has taken on a sudden shoot of prosperity for which they are duly grateful their only anxiety anxi-ety being that possibly some of the ladies la-dies may be disappointed in receiving their gowns in time for the ball The theatre is to be beautifully decorated for the occasion not with banners or other insigniae of politics as nothing of that sort will be allowed but with i tasteful bunting and flowers ferns and potted plants The programme of dances will be especially pleasing and the floor will be managed by a com j petent corps of courteous gentlemen well accustomed to cater to Terpsichore Terpsi-chore The general committees are daily in receipt of letters of inquiry from the country in regard to the ball from which it would appear that our friends on the outside are also on the qui vive Special railroad rates have been agreed to by all the roads and in case the visiting contingent is large enough it is probable that special trains will be run returning the same night after the ball |