Rules of Bath (1771) [ Practices ]
… her tickets for the remaining part of the season. The major part of the company having expressed their desire that the tea, on public ball-nights, may be paid for by every person that comes into the rooms; the managing committee at the New … gentleman or lady on a ball-night are to pay six-pence on their admission at the outer door, which will entitle them to tea. … "Ladies are not to appear with hats, nor gentlemen with boots, in an evening, after the balls are begun for the …
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