Contrary to the custom during the last nineteen social seasons, the second ball of the Patriarchs, held last night at Delmonico's, was as great a success as the first one of this season, which took place on the evening of Dec. 10. It was an exceptionally brilliant affair.

The decorations in the dining room, the upper and lower halls, and the ballrooms were as elaborate as those of the first ball, the flowers being entirely pink in color. The rarest palms and ferns were artistically arranged in conspicuous nooks, and the walls and chandeliers of the ballrooms were festooned with garlands of roses. In the centre of each table in the dining room was a bouquet of either roses or orchids.

The arrangement of the dinner tables was also an innovation upon the traditions of these annual functions. Each Patriarch had a table of his own, and he surrounded himself with his own particular set.

The ball was set on the immense square English invitations to open at 10 o'clock, but, being an opera night, it was 11:30 o'clock before all the guests had appeared and dancing began. For an hour there were informal round dances and lancers, and then dinner was served. There were two dinners, one in the main restaurant and the lobby, and another served buffet in the small ballroom on the second floor. The menu was designed to suit the most particular gourmet among the Patriarchs. Owing to the great scarcity of canvasback ducks, redheads were the basis of the dinner, as they will be of the New Year's ball dinner on Monday night. The wines were English.

At 1:30 A.M. Mr. Elisha Dyer, Jr., with Mrs. Bradley Martin, led the cotillion, dancing the rapid English step. Following were 150 Couples, Mrs. Ogden Mills dancing with Mr. Ward McAllister, Mrs. Clement C. Moore with Mr. W. Bayard Cutting, and Mrs. Duncan Elliot with Mr. Edmund L. Baylies. There were no favors.

It was 3:30 o'clock when the music of the Hungarian Band in the red ballroom and of Lander's Orchestra in the white and gold ballroom died away.

Of the Patriarchs the following were present at the ball: William Astor, W.W. Astor, J.N. Alsop Griswold, Pierre Lorillard, Charles H. Berryman, George L. Rives, William C. Whitney, J. Townsend Burden, Smith Clift, Edward Cooper, Robert Goelet, Elbridge T. Gerry, William Gihon, Ogden Goelet, George Griswold Haven, W. Bayard Cutting, Johnston Livingston, James A. Burden, Philip Schuyler, C. O'D. Iselin, De Lancey Kane, Egerton L. Winthrop, Hamilton Fish, Jr., Charles Lanier, Ward McAllister, J. Pierpont Morgan, William Octhout, Charles D. Dickey, William Cruger Pell, James P. Kernochan, James Roosevelt, A. Newbold Morris, Adrian Iselin, Robert G. Remsen, Byam K. Stevens, W. Watts Sherman, Cornelius Vanderbilt, John Steward, Jr. George S. Bowdoin, Eugene Schleffellin, Bradley Martin, E.N. Tailer, George Henry Warren, Matthew Wilks, Edward Livingston, Alexander S. Webb, Buchanan Winthrop, George Peabody Wetmore, S.V. R. Cruger, Robert Winthrop.

Among others present were Edward Everett of Boston, Count and Countesa de Rafignac, Gen. Sorel of Georgia, Miss Fearn of Boston, Lieut. E. H. Bellinger, United States Army; Mr. and Mrs. John Jacob Astor, Meredith Howland, C. Livingston, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Carroll, Mr. and Mrs. William D. Sloane, Worthington Whitehouse, Albert La Montague, F.B. Cutting Thomas Cushing and Mrs. Cushing of Boston, Frank G. Griswold, Miss Mary Wadsworth, Mrs. Henry I. Barbey, Mrs. Burke-Roche, Eugene Winthrop of Paris, Paul Desshanel, Mr. and Mrs. Reginald de Koven, James G. Parker, Count Janitel of Paris, J.H.C. Beaumont, Mr. Kersey and Robert Hay of England, Robert Cutting, Jr., Harry Coster, Miss Coster, William Harold Brown, Mr. and Mrs. J.A. Burden, Miss Burden, Mr. and Mrs. Sidney D. Ripley, Mr. and Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Moran, Clinton Stewart, Stephen Henry Olin, Col. Crosby, Miss Crosby, Mrs. W. Bayard Cutting, R. Forbes Hawkes, Mrs. Eugene Cruger, James Otis, Miss Otis.

Mr. and Mrs. Edward Cooper, Dr. and Mrs. Chauncey M. Depew, Silas D. Elliott, C.R. Gilliat of England, George D. Krumbhaar, Miss Merriam Chapin, Miss Whiting, Miss Edith Hall, Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton Fish, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. James L. Barclay, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Sloane, Jr., Lispenard Stewart, F.C. Butler, Miss Arthur, daughter of the late President Chester A. Arthur; Mrs. Helen R. Remsen, Mrs. Helen Robinson, Mrs. G.G. Williams, Miss Clara J. Williams, Mr. and Mrs. Ogden Goelet, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Oelrichs, Theodore Frelinghuysen, G.G. Haven, J.W. Haven, Mr. and Mrs. Henry B. Livingston, Mr. and Mrs. Columbus Iselin, Mr. and Mrs. George L. Kingsland, Mr. and Mrs. H. K. Butler, Mr. and Mrs. Frederic De Peyster, S. Schieffelin Stebbins, Mrs. De Lancey Kane, Mr. and Mrs. D.C. Potter, Albert Bierstadt, Miss Kane, Miss Havemeyer.

Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Pendleton, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Wilson, Miss Stevens, T.J. Oakley Rhinelander, George Preston, and Miss Preston of Philadelphia; Montgomery Strong, David Clarkson, Edward Livingston, Frederick Goodridge, Miss Goodridge, Mrs. Kip, Miss Kip, Mrs. James Lanier, Mrs. Charles Lanier, Mr. and Mrs. F.K. Hamilton, Brayton Ives, Miss Ives, Mrs. George B. Post, Jr.; Mrs. Bradley Martin, Mrs. Jaffrey, Miss Jaffrey. Mrs. F. Brockholst Cutting, Mrs. J. Tileston Wells, Mr. and Mrs. Walter L. Suydam, E.A. Octhout, Mr. and Mrs. H.T. McVickar, John A. Hadden, Jr., McAllister Green, Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Chisolm, Mr. and Mrs. H.K. Sturges, Mr. and Mrs. Duncan Elliot, Gordon Fellows, Miss Lusk, Mrs. James Harriman, Miss Harriman, Mr. and Mrs. P.T. Barlow, Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Marshall, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard F. Beck with E. McDougall Hawkes, Julian Kane, Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Robinson, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Newbold.

Mr. and Mrs. Winthrop Chanler, Nicholas Kane, Percival Erving, the Misses Chanler, Mrs. Edward Renshaw Jones, Miss Beatrix Jones, Miss Morgan, Sidney J. Smith, Mrs. Francis Delafield, Miss L.L. Sands, Miss Elsie B. Hall, Valentine G. Hall, John T. Wainwright, R.T. Wainwright, Bache McEvers Schmidt, Miss Peechen of Cleveland, J. De Courey Ireland, R. Livingston Ireland, R. K. Richards, Mme. de Barrios, Miss Green, Miss Taylor, E.N. Taylor, Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt, C.C. Bowlin, Jr., Miss Bostwick, George Isham Scott, Miss Davis, Charles Emmet, H. Duncan Pringle, Stephen Jones, Mrs. Perry, Miss Perry, Murray H. Strong, Victor Sorchen of Paris.

Gov. and Mrs. Wetmore, Miss Wetmore, Miss Maud Wetmore, Richard Peters, Edward Post, Miss C. Winthrop, Clyde Hurst of England, Frederick Townsend, Arthur Leary, Miss Leary, W. Storrs Wells, G. Mead Tooker, Miss Tooker, Mrs. Rogers, Miss Rogers, George W. Vanderbilt, E.E. Guynur, of Paris, Albert Fairfax of England, Miss Letter of Washington, Edward Warren, Charles A. Van Rensselaer, Dr. Delafield, Miss Delafield, Henry R. Taylor, William B. Coster, Dr. and Mrs.. W. Seward Webb, Mrs. Anson Phelps Stokes, Miss Stokes, W. Remsen Webb, Alexander Webb, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Paul Dana, Miss Williams, Theodore Havemeyer, Jr., Miss Stone, Miss May Brewster, Mr. and Mrs. Henry P. Robbins, H. Walter Schwabach of Prussia, Count F. De Fotna of Austria, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Cary, Amory Sibley Carhart, Mr. and Mrs. Ballard Smith, Miss Scott J.W. Mackay, Jr.; J. Clint Smith, James W. Gerard, Jr.; Augustin C. Gurnee, Mrs. Schuyler Hamilton, Frederick II. Allen, Gen. and Mrs.. Parsons, Mr. and Mrs. Julian Story, Mr. and Mrs. James H. Beekman, Mr. and Mrs. George B. De Forest, Miss Randolph, Robert Gardiner.

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Choate, Miss Choate, Miss Mamie Field, Mr. and Mrs. Francis A. Stout, Mr. and Mrs. W.G. Davies, Miss Davies, J. Clinton Spencer, Mr. and Mrs. Ogden Mills, John D. Ireland, Miss Ireland, Algernou Dougherty of the United States Legation at Mexico, and Arthur Doremus.

The only original Patriarchs at the ball were William Astor, Ward McAllister, George Henry Warren, and Robert G. Remsen.