Writing in The New Yorker, Bruce McCall explores the categories at charity balls:
TREASURER’S SAPPHIRE COHORT
Complimentary kitchen tour during informal V.I.P. cocktail reception; take-home monogrammed linen table napkin; coat-check fee waived; souvenir leather-bound official event program, with tassel; name in boldface type in official event program; complete set of table cutlery; dinner served warm.
ZIRCON CRONY
Complimentary basket of hard rolls; chair; reduced-rate ad purchase in official event program; one complimentary take-home flower from table arrangement; spouse seated at separate table; waiter service; choice of main course or dessert; use of any two eating utensils (at waiter’s discretion).
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