Brooklyn's Exclusive Society at the Academy

The Ihpetonga Ball, which is to Brooklyn what the Patriarchs' dance is to New York, took place last night in the Assembly Rooms of the Academy of Music, Montague Street, Brooklyn. The Ihpetonga organization consists of sixty men, each of whom moves in the most exclusive social set of the City of Churches. The efforts of the Ihpetonga begins and ends with its annual dance. Each of the members has the privilege of issuing five invitations.

The rooms in which the dance took place last night were lavishly decorated. The stairways and corridors were thickly lined with palms and tropical plants. The ballroom was beautiful with tapestries resting on a background of pale yellow.

At regular intervals were white pilasters with gilded capitals, supporting a cornice studded with hundreds of incandescent lights. The pilasters rested on bases, on which were jardinières filled with roses and lilies. Mirrors were also used in profusion.

The musicians were hidden behind a huge screen of white and pink azaleas. In the assembly room in which supper was served at small tables, the walls were hidden by groups of fir trees. Overhead laurel and rose wreaths swung from the chandeliers. The smaller rooms were also tastefully decorated.

The cotillion was led by Arthur M. Hatch and Miss Lillian Talmage. The favors consisted of rosettes, with the word "Ihpetonga" thereon for the men, and Louis XIV. canes for the women.

The guests were received by Mrs. A.A. Low, Mrs. Edward H. Litchfield, Mrs. P.W. Lynch and Mrs. W.C. Sheldon, Jr.

The committee in charge of the arrangements for the ball comprised Arthur M. Hatch, Amory S. Carhart, W.C. Sheldon, Jr., William Cary Sanger, and A. Augustus Low.

The subscribers to the ball were Tunis G. Bergen, Frederick P. Bellamy, Frank S. Benson, Joseph E. Brown, Edwin Beers, William E. Brinsmade, Jonathan Bulkley, John E. Borne, Samuel W. Boocock, Frederick A. Guild, Crowell Hadden, Arthur M. Hatch, Norman S. Dike, Charles B. Van Nostrand, George E. Ide, Theodore Dreier, Wyllys Terry, Edwin F. Knowlton, Henry E. Pierrepont, E.T.H. Talmage, J. Jay Pierrepont, George W. Chauncey, William S.P. Prentice, John T. Sherman, William A. Read, William Cary Sanger, Lloyd Saltus.

Clarence W. Bowen, Henry D. Brookman, Amory S. Carhart, Simeon B. Chittenden, Daniel Chauncey, Henry B. Cromwell, Carll H. De Silver, Francis E. Dodge, Watson B. Dickerman, Latham A. Fish, Jasper W. Gilbert, John E. Leech, Edward H. Litchfield, A. Augustus Low, Peter W. Lynch, R. Burnham Moffat, Thomas L. Moore, David M. Morrison, James L. Morgan, Jr., George L. Nichols, Jr., John Notman, Edwin Packard, 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.

Those present were Mr. and Mrs. A.A. Low, Mr. and Mrs. Edward H. Litchfield, Prince von Isenburg of Austria, Count Jules G.H. de Sibour, Judge William Walter Phelps, Judge Edgar M. Cullen, Judge and Mrs. Willard Bartlett, Frank S. Benson, Mr. and Mrs. William C. Sheldon, Jr., Lea Mel. Luquer, Mr. and Mrs. William Cary Sanger, Arthur M. Hatch, Thatcher, T.P. Luquer, Mrs. R.M. Stuart, H. Prescott Hatch, David Stuart, Gen. Benjamin F. Tracy, and Mrs. Wilmerding.

Admiral Gherardi, J. Norman De R. Whitehouse, Alexander M. Hadden, Mr. and Mrs.. Peter W. Lynch, Miss Diane del Monte, Miss del Monte, J. Murray Mitchell, Andrew A. Bibby, Madison Grant, John T. Wainwright, J.Jay Pierrepont, Henry E. Pierrepont, Miss Lillian Talmage, Miss Brook l. Pierrepont, Henry E. Pierrepont, Jr., Philip B. Niles, Frederick D. Thompson.

Dr. William A. Pierrepont, Miss Mary Harrison and Miss Frazer of Philadelphia, Dr. William B. Brinsmade, Miss Brinsmade, Miss Alice Brinsmade, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel W. Boocock, Samuel B. Thorne, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence W. Bowen, Mr. and Mrs.. Moses J. Wentworth of Chicago, Dr. John F. Talmage, William A. Read, Miss Wallack of Washington, Mr. and Mrs. S.B. Chittenden, Miss Chittenden, Miss Mary Chittenden, Miss Mae A. Bell of Paterson, Mr. and Mrs.. Watson B. Dickerman, Miss Lacey.

Norman S. Dike, Miss Jessie S. Dike, Mr. and Mrs. Latham A. Fish, Miss Fish, Albert R. Fish, Edwin F. Knowlton, Miss Knowlton, Mme. de Meli, Miss Elizabeth H. Ward, Mrs. Alexander Stevens, Jr., Stanley Dwight, Walter Cary Tuckerman, Gouverneur M. Ogden, Messrs. Robbins, Valentine G. Hall, Mr. and Mrs.. Tunis G. Bergen, Miss Edith C. Ripley, John Rutger Planten, Consul General from the Netherlands: Miss Planten, Lloyd Saltus.

Miss Evelyn Noyes, Miss Katherine Ludington, Charles H. Ludington Jr., Mr. and Mrs.. N. Pendleton Schenck, Miss Anna P. Schenck, E. Cabot Wilde, E. Ira Richards, Miss Seaman, Miss Mary T. Seaman, Joseph H. Seaman, Franklin Seaman, Charles F. Grant, Ray Thompson, Francis Hillhouse, Frederick Young, Dr. S. Fleet Speir, Miss Speir.

Mrs. J.S.T. Stranahan, Mrs. David Stuart, Mr.. and Mrs.. Edward Coggeshall, Miss Coggeshall, Oliver D. Campbell, Charles H. Mapes, W.B. Dinsmore, Jr., Mr. and Mrs.. George H. prentiss, Mr. and Mrs. St. Clair McKelway, George C. Holt, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Beers, Percival C. Smith, Miss Husted, Harold R. Griffith, Arthur N. Francis, Mrs. Thomas B. Hewitt, Miss Hewitt, Miss Florence L. Brown.

John G. McNeel, Richard S. Colton, Mr. and Mrs. R.C. Black, T.W. Stiles, Mr. and Mrs.. F.A. Stokes, Miss Mary Hunter, Miss Emeline Hunter, Henry W. Maxwell, Miss Grace Holt, Mr. and Mrs.. Alfred C. Chapin, Mr. and Mrs. Lindley H. Chapin, Harry P. Brookman, John L. Worden, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Felix Campbell, the Misses Campbell, William Scott O'Connor.

Mr. and Mrs. Timothy L. Woodruff, Mr. and Mrs. Fred B. Fiske, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Chauncey, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel S. Chauncey, Mr. and Mrs. Alexander J. Sheldon, Clement S. Parsons, Mr. and Mrs. George W. Chauncey, Henry B. Cromwell, Dr. and Mrs. T.M. Lloyd, Mr. and Mrs. F.B. Candler, Duncan W. Candler, Dr. Henry R. Dwight, Miss Howell, Hampton Howell, Henry A. Caesar, Miss Maud Bartlett, Arthur Heinze.

Mr. and Mrs. Camden C. Dike, O.A. Mygatt, Mr. and Mrs. Francis E. Dodge, Mr. and Mrs. W.H. Force, Edward H. Kidder, Stephen Whitney, William T. Gilbert, Miss Gilbert, Miss Potter, Allan McCulloh, Mr. Lamarche, Frederick A. Guild, Miss Carrie S. Guild, Louis J. Praeger, Percy S. Dudley, Miss Jessie F. Pierce, Miss Hewlett, Miss Grace Clarke, Mr.. and Mrs. Crowell Hadden, Mr. and Mrs. Crowell Hadden, Jr., Howard S. Hadden.

Miss Mary D. Hatch, Henry A. Little, Miss Laura Little, John Lanman, William Lattimer, Mr. and Mrs. David Dow, Jr., James E. Martin, Miss Van Anden, Seymour L. Husted, Jr., Miss Josephine Richardson, Mr. and Mrs. John E. Leech, Miss Mabel R. Leonard, Mr. and Mrs. Henry T. Richardson, Miss Eloise Luquer, Miss Nina Dow, Arthur Hewlett, Charles E. Perkins, C.W. Nason.

R. Burnham Moffat, Mr. and Mrs.. Alfred H. Porter, Albert G. Jennings, Alexander B. Richards, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas S. Moore, Miss Moore, D. Thomas Moore, Mr. Hickok, Mr. and Mrs. David M. Morrison, Mr. and Mrs. William Mason, Miss Grace Murray, Mr. and Mrs. James L. Morgan, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Lancaster Morgan, John H. Morgan, Mr. and Mrs. George L. Nichols, Acosta Nichols, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Enos, Mr. and Mrs. Wilhelmus Mynderse, Frederick Colton, Miss Sadie Colton.

Prescott Slade, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Packard, Miss Packard, Miss Elizabeth H. Packard, Abbot L. Dow, Miss Elsie G. Ely, Miss Force, Miss Ottilie Force, Miss Matilda H. Marvin, Miss Moss, Miss Mary S. Packard, Miss Ripley, Miss Slocovich, Miss Martha Taft, Miss Mary L. Thomas, Miss Elizabeth Whitman, Miss Alice Colton, Miss Fincke, Miss Caroline Dow, Miss Dickinson, Alexander H. White, Jr.

A. Victor Barnes, G. Herbert Henshaw, Theodore M. Taft, Allen E. Whitman, John A. McKay, Mr. Hand, Gen. and Mrs.. Alfred C. Barnes, Mr. and Mrs.. Henry Sheldon, Mr. and Mrs.. Almet F. Jenks, Mr.. and Mrs. L. Hastings Arnold, Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Moulton, Miss Ward, Ira Barrows, Charles A. Sherman, Miss Helen D. Sherman, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Adams.

J. E. Doane of Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. George H. Southard, Miss Edith B. Southard, J.C. Powers, S. Dewey Pierce, John F. Talmage, Jr., Edward T. Hunt, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hunt Talmage, Mrs. Albert Dougins, Jr., Henry W. Calohoun, William A. Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Richardson, Wyllys Terry, Edmund R. Terry, E. B. Terry, Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Van Nostrand.Arthur P. Sturges, Austin M. Poole, Mr. and Mrs.. Frederick A. Ward, Mr. and Mrs. William B. Hill, Paul E. Jenks, Mr. and Mrs. Howard O. Wood, Miss Mabel Wood, Mr. and Mrs. George E. Fahys, Miss Huntington, W.H. Erhardt, Capt. and Mrs. White, Capt. and Mrs. Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Rodney A. Ward, B. Frank Batchelder, and Fritz Heinze.