The husbands, wives, dowagers, and children of Brooklyn's wealth and fashion danced and dined last evening as the guests of the subscribers to the eighth annual Ihpetonga Ball, in the assembly rooms of the Brooklyn Academy of Music and the Art Building adjoining on Montague Street.

A literal translation of the Indian word, Ihpetonga is "On the Heights," but nowadays the word practically means "Brooklyn's aristocracy."

Ever since the Hamiltons built themselves a "suburban house," over a century ago, on what is now Columbia Heights, there has been an "exclusive set" in Brooklyn, and to hold the Ihpetonga Ball is one of its great functions. This ball is to Brooklyn what the Patriarch's Ball is to New York.

The subscribers this year were Tunis G. Bergen, Frederick P. Bellamy, James C. Bergen, Edwin Beers, William B. Brinsmade, Jonathan Bulkley, John E. Borno, Samuel W. Boocock, Henry D. Brookman, Frank S. Benson, Amory S. Carhart, Daniel Chauncey, Simeon B. Chittenden, Henry E. Cromwell, Carli H. De Silver, Watson B. Dickerman, Cortlandt P. Dixon, Latham A. Fish, Jasper W. Gilbert, Frederick A. Guild, Crowell Haddon, Arthur M. Hatch, Joseph Haslehurst, Charles W. Ide, George E. Ide, John S. James, William B. Kendall, Edwin F. Knowlton, Edward H. Litchfield, P.W. Lynch, R. Burnahm Moffat, Thomas S. Moore, David M. Morrison, James L. Morgan, Jr., George L. Nichols, Jr., John Notman, Edwin Packard, Henry E. Pierrepont, Henry D. Polhemus, J. Jay Pierrepont, John Prentice, William S. P. Prentice, William A. Putnam, William A. Read, William Cary Sanger, N. Pendleton Schenck, Samuel H. Seaman, William C. Sheldon, Jr., George H. Southard, Thomas E. Stillman, J.S. T. Stranahan, John F. Talmage, Franklin E. Taylor, Frederic A. Ward, C. Delano Wood, and Robert B. Woodward.

These gentlemen divided among them the $6,000 of the cost of the ball. The arrangements were in the hands of Arthur M. Hatch, Amory S. Carhart, William C. Sheldon, Jr., and William Cary Sanger.

The decorations of the assembly rooms and the ballroom were decidedly effective. The hallway and the staircase leading to the ballroom were tastefully trimmed with palm leaves and growing tropical plants. The walls of the ballroom were first hung with a background of Nile-green tapestry, over which were placed modern and antique tapestries set in narrow gilt moldings. White pilasters, with gilded capitals, were placed in regular intervals around the room, supporting a white-and-gold cornice of arabesque design. There were about the hall several large jardinières filled with roses and palms.

In the supper room the walls were hidden by fir trees and from the chandeliers hung festoons of holly, forming three domes, from the centre of each of which hung balls of roses. A third room opening from the right of the ballroom was done in Louis LV. style, with gilt mirrors.

The guests began to arrive at 10 o'clock, and were received as they entered the ballroom by Mrs. Henry D. Brookman, Mrs. Edward H. Litchfield, Mrs. R.M. Stuart, and Mrs. William S.P. Prentice. Dancing began at 10:30, Strebe's orchestra and the Mandolin Orchestra furnishing the music. The supper was served by Pinard at separate tables at 12:32 o'clock.

The cotillion was danced at 1:30 o'clock. The first figure was opened by Amory S. Carhart, with Mrs. William C. Sheldon, Jr., for his partner. There were no favors. Figure followed figure until 3 o'clock and then the cotillion ended. The tired ones went home, but the bell in the clock tower on the City Hall tolled 4 o'clock before the last carriage rolled out of Montague Street.

Some handsome gowns were shown at the ball. The following are samples:

Miss Mary Chittenden-Yellow silk, trimmed with salmon velvet and gold.

Miss Chittenden-Lavender and white satin striped crepe, trimmed with lavender velvet and silver.

Mrs. Alfred C. Harrison-Worth gown of yellow satin, embroidered in gold and finished with a belt of red velvet. Pearl and diamond ornaments.

Miss Harrison-Empire gown of white satin, covered with tulle and finished with pink velvet sleeves and belt.

Miss Seaman-A gown of yellow satin.

Miss Thomas-Pink Satin, trimmed with chiffon and lace.

Mrs. Joseph C. Wilietts-Lavender satin and tulle trimmed with violets. Diamond ornaments.

Miss Fish-White satin skirt, with corsage of green brocade, trimmed with Venetian lace.

Miss Notman-Green satin.

Miss Drier-White satin.

Mrs. R.M. Stuart-Crimson moiré, corsage embroidered in gold and trimmed with old Venetian lace.

Mrs. Edward H. Litchfield-White satin, with corsage elaborately embroidered and beaded. Diamond ornaments.

Mrs. William S.P. Prentice-White satin, with embossed velvet roses, trimmed with old-rose velvet. Pearl and diamond ornaments.

Mrs. Henry D. Brookman-Black satin, beaded with jet and trimmed with point lace. Diamond ornaments.

Mrs. Peter W. Lynch-Gray uncut velvet with a white satin petticoat embroidered in silver, corsage with lace and sable. Diamond ornaments.

Mrs. William C. Sheldon, Jr.-White satin, with emerald-green velvet and duchesse lace, Pearl and diamond ornaments.

Mrs. Nathaniel S. Simpkins-Pale blue satin.

Miss Brookman-Brocade of crimson flowers on a pale pink and white ground, made in a full skirt, corsage trimmed with lace, and a crimson velvet belt.

Miss Prentice-Pale blue peau de soie, with mauve velvet, and a veil of lace falling from the low body.

Miss Lacey-Nile-green satin, with mauve velvet and lace.

Miss Haslehurst- Yellow satin, trimmed with pearls and small black rosettes.

Miss Brinsmade-White satin, shot with gold.

Miss Alice Brinsmade-Light blue satin.

Miss Sadie Brookman-White peau de soie, with pink satin sleeves and belt and Valenciennes lace.

Among the invited guests, most of whom were present, were the following-named persons resident in Brooklyn, New York, and elsewhere:

Mrs. Edward H. Littlefield, Mrs. Henry D. Brookman, Commodore and Mrs. Henry C. Erben, Miss Erben, Mrs. Washington Roebling, Miss Brookman, Miss Sarah Brookman, F.S. Young, Mrs. W.S.P. Prentice, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred C. Harrison, Mrs. R.M. Stuart, Mrs. William C. Sheldon, Jr. Miss Brinsmade, Miss Alice Brinsmade, George W. Dilloway, Mr. and Mrs. Lindly H. Chapin, Mr. and Mrs. Leon Marie, Mrs. James L. Morgan, Jr., Dr. William A. Pierrepont, Miss Anna J. Pierrepont, Miss Mae Prentice, Howard H. Burden, James W. Gerard, Walter T. Hatch, Andrew A. Bibby, Mrs. S.B. Chittenden, Miss Chittenden, Miss Mary Chittendem, William A. Read, Mme. de Mell, Kingsley Magoun.

Lea Luquer, Thatcher P. Luquer, Stanley Dwight, Eliot Gregory, Norman E. Dike, Mrs. N. Pendleton Schanck, Miss Anna Pendleton Schenck, G. Reese Sauterlee, Miss Emmet, Mr. and Mrs. George R. Sheldon, Miss Hazlehurst, Philip Niles, Alfred R. Conkling, Mrs. N.W.T. Hatch, Miss Mary D. Hatch, Mrs. Thomas S. Moore, Miss Moore, D.Thomas Moore, Mrs. John Notman, Mrs. Tunis G. Bergen, Mr. and Mrs. Oliver J. Wells, Mrs. John Van Nostrand, Mrs. Van Wyck, Mr. and Mrs. Walter S. Logan, Mr. and Mrs. Henry S. Munroe, Edward M. Shepard, Mrs. James C. Bergen, F.P.D. Sands, John McCue, Mrs. J.B. Brinsmade, Miss Ray Tod, T.W. Stiles, Charles Coe, Mr. and Mrs. C.H. Mallory, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Van Wyck, Henry H.K. Welch, Miss Slocovitch, Charles Sherman, Charles P. Notman, Duncan Edwards, James M. Martin, Theodore Frothingham, Charles Gould, John A. McKay, James Callender, Jr.

George D. Terry, Miss Brown, Miss Dreier, Miss Dorothea Dreier, Miss Nellie D. Sherman, Miss Force, Miss Ottilje Force, Miss Fannie L. Moss, Miss Matilda Marvin, Miss Hewitt, Miss Ethel Norman, Miss Caroline Dow, Miss Sherman, Miss Elizabeth Tod, Miss Dickinson, Miss Cornelia Hand, Theodore M. Taft, Mr. and Mrs. John E. Borne, J. Edward Lawrence, Mr. and Mrs. Ellis W. Gladwin, Miss Harrison, Mrs. Samuel W. Boocock.

Murray Boocock, Miss Dike, Dr. S. Fleet Speir, Marshall Clyde, Edward A. Bowen, Miss Grace A. Bowen, Miss Campbell, William Scott O'Connor, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel & Chauncey, Mr. and Mrs. George W. Chauncey, Mr. and Mrs. Francis E. Dodge, Mr. Duncan W. Candler, Miss Berard, Miss Susan H. King, Mrs. Watson B. Dickerman,, D.E. West, Miss Bertha West, Miss Gibbs, Mrs. Latham A. Fish, Miss Fish, Wyllya Terry, Miss Stockwell, Miss Conyngham, William T. Gilbert, Miss Gilbert, Miss Pettit, Allen McCulloh, Frederick A. Guild, Mr. and Mrs. Peter W. Lynch, Matthew Astor Wilkes, George C. Broome, Henry P. Hatch, Miss Guild.

Miss Caroline Guild, Miss Lynes, Ira Barrows, Grant Notman, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Brown, Mrs. Crowell Badder, Mr. and Mrs. Crowell Hadden, Jr., Howard S. Denden, Harriet Shepard, Frederick Wallace, Mr. and Mrs. William G. Clapp, Theodore H. Price, Mr. and Mrs.. Charles C. Worthington, Mrs. John S. Jamie, Mr. and Mrs. Sturges Coffin, Mrs. W.B. Kendall, Jr., Andrew J. Dotger, Miss Dotger, Miss Eliza Knowlton, John T. Wainwright, Mr. and Mrs.. John T. Leech, Mr. and Mrs. L. Hastings Arnold, Mr. and Mrs. Almet F. Jenks, James C. Bronson, the Misses Bronson, the Misses Huntington.

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Willetts, Mr. and Mrs. D. Mangan, Jr., Alexander E. Richards, Judge Willard Bartlett, Miss Bartlett, Albert G. Jennings, Mrs. David M. Morrison, Mr. and Mrs. Marmadnke Tilden, Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Thornell, Mr. and Mrs. Lancastor Morgan, Mr. and Mrs. St. Clair McXelwey, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Euca.

Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Packard, Miss Packard, Miss Elizabeth H. Packard, A.H. Mosle, George A. Robbins, Arden Robbins, Miss Alice Colton, Mr. and Mrs. Dwight S. Richardson, Miss Cornelia H. Dow, Wilbur K. Mathews, Miss Marion J. Terry, Miss Ripley, Miss Grace Murray, Mr. and Mrs. George B. Moffat, Miss Harris, Lloyd Saltus, Miss Saltus, Rollin S. Saltus, Miss Mary L. Thomas, Henry F. Price, John H. Morgan.

N.H. Schenck, Miss Seaman, Miss Mary S. Seaman, Franklin Seaman, Louis J. Praeger, John H. Van Vorst, Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel S. Simpkins, Mr. and Mrs. William A. Taylor, Mrs. Albert Douglas, Jr., O.S. Campbell, James R. Sheffield, Mrs. J.S.T. Stranahan, Col. and Mrs. Loomis L. Langdon, Prof. and Mrs. Richmond Mayo-Smith, Mr. and Mrs. George H. Southard, Miss Edith B. Southard, George H. Southard, Jr., Albert L. Mason, Richard Van Wyck, Miss Lacey, Clyde Notman, Miss Whitman, Mrs. Franklin E. Taylor, Henry W. Calhoun, Miss James Stewart, W. James, Mrs. Frederic A. Ward, Edwin C. Ward, Miss Robinson, Mr. and Mrs. T.F. Miller, Willis D. Wood, Miss Wood, Miss Post, Carroll J. Post, Jr., Frederick T. Hill, Mrs. Robert B. Woodward, Mr. and Mrs. Henry S. Redfield, and Miss Warren.