Show THE ward McAlli mcallisters great effort at a society ebent THE quadrille IT tilt TIN the th great lajer leader does nei from and leads iho the elitt of the th lizele eahl NEW eyone jan 2 A fifteen thou thousand and dollar ball is in progress tonight at the metropolitan opera house nr and d the chief executive spirit is is ward Al McAlha cAllAer ter hi he to whom it w cred led ted the statement that new yorks bait bea society consists of only four hundred last winter mcallister Mc Ulister wan wag nn ren dered very unhappy mr air fish ousted him from the management of the treat great centennial ball then mcallister eaid said lie would get up a ball ot of his own borne some time and dem what a really perfect ball would be and konigh to nigh s affair is is the dem the money was raised by subscript ti tirs no arm tr in the gators the Va baader ader bilts the depes the morgans the Loril lards the goblets Goe lets the lie the coopers the C cleba I 1 owe the corbins corbing and many colliers 0 liers of lie the McAlli mcallisters ideal ideas were aping worked out smoot smoothly aly when lien antii BU an there came aie the horrible lio able intimation ion y that he lie would bo be threatened with a flood of policemen in in tho the bupt supt supper er room to present prevent the wre of wine after I 1 a in an dumant a was brought bron plit to bear however and aa a a result the 1110 corp rallon counsel today to day not notified i I 1 ed the police that lie the ball wis was a private affair aal air and the guests had the right to drink ft Ni inen neall all night if they wanted to whereupon tb the 1 poli police polie e notified the force to kep h hands a ada off and permit the eight hundred quarts of champagne which had been purchased to be drank at leisure invitations were issod t to bachof each of the subscribers who has permission to 0 o invite seven friends con the number enabled to ba present was 1728 the tile opera bouse house was located in the most elaborate manner with nith rich hangings hannings hang ings of silks and floral display perfumed fount ains scented air air and in music floated from unexpected sources the orchestra being the of the bill included mrs vm aslor or mra mrs Ds lancey lance kane mrs airs elliott hooee velt volt mrs philip schuyler and mrs airs george peabody wetmore supper was served in in a room where t twelve elve hundred might sit the lail v patronesses patro nesses were at one table presided over by mcallister Mc Ulister wao who had mrs airs william asor astor on his big ight r glit mrs grover cleveland was seated at mcallisters McAlli left at the foot of the table was cornelius vanderbilt IV th mrs airs elliott Ito Kosi sevelt velt after aft upper kupper dancing was resumed a and nd ended with the largest clotild cotillion ever danced in america ther there were in in it coli couples plea |