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The Ihpetonga Ball 1891
 

  Brooklyn Society At The Academy of Music
 
 
 

The sixth annual Ihpetonga Ball was held last night in the art and assembly rooms of the Academy of Music in Brooklyn, about 300- persons being present.

The art room, where the dancing took place, was hung with a number of Gobelin tapestries representing quaint scenes of Dutch revelry, and these were draped in old gold stuffs, which gave the prevailing tone to the room. Over the tapestries was a broad frieze of pink broken here and there with plush fans of apple green. The two music stands were decorated with rich stuffs, and the players remained partially hidden behind a profusion of palms and pink and white azaleas.

Supper was served at small tables in the assembly room, which was decorated with evergreens and laurel. The lobby was embellished with many pieces of armor and potted plants. The small room between the ballroom and the assembly room had been converted into a Moorish tea house, which was put to practical use between the dances. Mr. Amory S. Carhart led the cotillion, dancing with Miss Marion Brookman.

Among those present were the following:

Mayor and Mrs. Chapin, Admiral and Mrs.. Braine Gen. and Mrs. W.H. Slocum, Mr. Henry E. Pierrepont, Miss Anna L. Pierrepont, Miss Ellen L. Pierrepont, Mr. Banyer Clarkson, Miss Brookman, Miss Sarah Brookman, Mr. Amory S. Carhart, Mr. Alfred R. Conkling, Miss Ethel C. Dodge, Miss May Knowlton, Mr. Arthur M. Hatch, Mrs. R.M. Stuart, Miss Mae Prentice, Mr. and Mrs. Edward H. Litchfield, Mr. and Mrs. Peter W. Lynch, Miss Stillman, Miss Helen Stillman, Mr. Howard Burden, Mr. and Mrs. William S.P. Prentice, Mr. Herbert D. Robbins, Mr. Kingsley Magoun, Mr. Philip Niles, Mr. Fred Young, Mr. J. Jay Pierrepont, Mr. and Mrs. William C. Sheldon, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. James L. Morgan, Jr., Mr. Lancaster Morgan, Mr. John H. Morgan, Miss Seaman, Mr. Joseph H. Seaman, Miss Wickham, Judge and Mrs.. Charles L. Benedict, Mr. William A. Coffin, Miss Elizabeth Delafield, Mr. and Mrs. Henry L. Cullen, Jr., Miss Lillian Talmage, Mr. E.T.H. Talmage, Mr. Andrew A. Bibby, Mr. Lamar Van Syckle, Mr. and Mrs. Lindley H. Chapin, The Hon. Edgar M. Cullen.Dr. J.F. Talmage, Mr. William A. Taylor, Miss Stockwell, Miss Halsey, Miss Dreier, Miss Dorothea Dreier, Mr. F.L.V. Hoppin, Mr. Francis J. Hopson, Miss Fish, Mr. and Mrs.. Latham A. Fish, Mr. Almet F. Jenks, Miss Emily Price, Mr. and Mrs. Marmaduke Tilden, Mr. William B. Kendall, Mr. William B. Kendall, Jr., Mr. Alexander B. Harrison, Miss Sherman, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Haslehurst, Gen. and Mrs. A.C. Barnes, Lieut. and Mrs. Guy Howard, Ensign C.P. Eaton, Col. and Mrs. Langdon, Mr. and Mrs. John Clattin, Mr. and Mrs. Oliver J. Wells, Mr. William Scott O'Connor, Mr. Henry A. Caesar, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon L. Ford, Mr. Malcolm W. Ford and Prof. and Mrs. Richmond M. Smith.

 

 
 
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Article Name: The Ihpetonga Ball 1891
Researcher/Preparer/Transcriber Miriam Medina

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 New York Times Jan 21, 1891. p.8 (1 page)
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