Show charity ball Is doomed new york now york has decided that tie charity ball established as a society function by the generous grandparents othe present generation is too old fashioned and its abandonment lias been decreed indeed the charity ball has not been looked epou with great favor by ward mcallisters McAlli for beveral reasons it opened loo wide the doors to vulgar par venues still it was hoped thee its ex istance would continue it for no other reason than it places a goodly sum in the coffers of bome golthy charity forty years have now elapse since the first charity ball the occasion that called it into being was an unusually hard winter accompanied by very hard times a from which the poor of the city suffered severely failing of oilier attempts at raising money to relieve the general distress como philanthropic soul hit cheerful devica of makina biety danco for the benefit of the sufferers and dance it did the patronage of number ot great ladies of that dar w e heralded as a great society event and the husli for tickets piled up a large turn for the beneal of the needy the late 1 Ilai gitt was one of alie prime movers aa was airs august and mrs john jacob astor the ball preserved an exclusive character until the ency in society 0 jim fisk |