Follow Up Research on the Ball

Bradley Martin Ball

1. In the New York Times, it is considered that the Bradley Martin ball was, "the most unique and beautiful entertainment ever enjoyed." The entire front page of the New York Times is about the ball, they assume readers think they want to know about what people wore, ate, and everything they did. The New York Times covered the Bradley Martin ball so heavily because it was an extravagant event and their perspective was that it was important and exciting.
2. In The World of Society, the main perspective was about the guests. The article is all about who was there, how the hostess arrived, how people arrived, and the dances. The language is very formal in this article and it adds a hint of curiosity to the abundance of the ball, almost as if some of the excitement was "unnecessary".
3. In Dr. Rainford's Advice, the perspective on the party was that it was completely ostentatious and a useless display of wealth. The people interviewed and mentioned in Dr. Rainford's advice all have negative things to say about the Bradley Martin ball and they aren't afraid to show their dismay about the waste of money and the social upheaval it caused. The clergyman thinks that the costly manifestations and elaborate displays of wealth were unnecessary and that the money used for the ball could have just as easily helped a charity rather than just being used for a social event. The newspaper published his views because it was new and different news to hear from all the people who had only positive things to say about the event, and they published it because he was a minister, aka a reliable and reputable source of information. The clergyman saw the ball as a problem because it was a waste of money.
4. In the Echoes of the Big Ball article, society in that time period thought the Bradley Martin Ball was the biggest ball of all time and the article was written after the ball as to show that people still talked about the ball and would probably continue to talk about the ball for weeks on end because it was such an important event in that time period. Everyone wants to hear about the ball, whether they were there or not, and everybody is curious to hear and see people from the ball even hours afterwards.