Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-03-31

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THE MASQUERADE BALL.---As we have
already stated, the masquerade ball at the
Bardweu House on Thursday evening
was tie event of the ball season and the
Bizarre club have the honor of achieving
that in this respect which, though it has
been many times tried, has never come to
a successful termination here, or in this
section. The masqueraders numbered
about thirty couple, all of whom, attired
in the richest costumes, presented very
attractive appearance. Especially was
this true of the ladies, the names of
part of whom, with the characters they
represented, we give below To say that
the costumes were attractive does not be-
gin to express their appearance. They
were positively rich and at the same
time graceful and becoming. Indeed, the
costumer, Madam Schneider of Albany,
lady of experience in the business, says
that never at so select a masquerade as
was this, were there so many costly cos
tunes and so few cheap ones let by her.
Among the more attractive lady mas
queraders were Miss Nettie A Verder,
who appeared as a Grecian Princess Miss
Hannah Merrill as Kolompbene; Miss
Mary Putnam as Kolompbene; Mrs M
Quinn as the Empress; Miss Mary A.
Clark of Castleton, as tie Moon :" Mrs.
R. w. Hyde of Hydeville, as the Turkish
Princess; Miss Lizzie Ross of Troy, as
The Girl of the Period Mrs. Len Lusee
of Troy, as the Goddess of Liberty Miss
Kittie A. Field as the Deviline; Miss
Flo. Allen of Whitehall, as the Hunga-
rian Miss Ella Ryan as the Hungarian
Miss Susie Ryan as Pocahontas Miss
Pattee as a Spanish Lady; Miss Addie
Hannum in similar character Miss
Frank Burt as an Eastern Princess; Miss
Flo. Weatherly as Mazurka Imperial;
Miss Mary Burnett as Shepherdess, and
Miss Ella Olmstead as the Peasant of the
Rhine.
The gentlemen who appeared to the
best advantage and sustained their char
acters most admirably were H. P.
Cochran, as Prince Kurnewal; w. A.
Clark as Harlequin and Romeo, and G.
ID. Millington rs Humpty Dumpty, the
antics of the latter gentleman particularly
keeping the spectators and masqueraders
in roars of laughter. As was the case
with the ladies, every character assumed
was we'll and fully represented. The
other gentlemen were G. III. Wells, f. A.
Field and Dr. A. Kilburn, as Fra Diavolo
G. S. Mason, in the Grecian Bend w. A
Bessy, as Duke of Essex FL. E. Chamber
lain, as Bishop from Rome l.. G. Orvis
of Manchester, as Red Devil; c. Burt as
Brigand; R. w. Hyde of Hydeville, as
Romeo; G. Clark of Albany, as Yankee !;
Will. Dyer, as an Indian /; d. Toll
hurst, as a Negro; W. G. Jameson,
as Turk; George R. Havelin of Detroit,
as a Schoolboy Mr.. Len Lusee of Troy, as
Capt. John Smith DR.. Ross of Troy, as
an English Nobleman; E. III. Fifeld of
Hydeville, as Spanish Cavalier; G.. G..
Ruggles of Fitchburg, as Spanish Bril-
gand; @. Frost as an Old English Gent !;
R. Hazard of West Castleton, as Span
ish Cavalier; Mr.. Cox of Boston, as Har-
lequin and Mr.. De Lareigne as Don Car
los.
The order of dances comprised % of
the latest styles, the whole commencing
with grand march and review, which
was one of the finest spectacles we ever
witnessed in a ball room, and concluding
| with a Farewell Quadrille.
At IL o'clock the masqueraders un.
masked, to the no little merriment OF
themselves and their invited friends, as
until this was done few of the masked
were known even to their nearest friends,
and not few gentlemen found them.
selves seeking other partners than those
whom they previously were sure they had
escorted to the hall The same was true in
some instances with the ladies, and this
was one of the most amusing scenes of the
whole evening.
Il After unmasking the party sat down tc
such supper as did "mine host" Cram.
ton credit. and for which he is so vel
noted. Having done ample Justice te
this they returned to the dancing hall
where their numbers were swelled some
; IL or 90 couples and the festivities kept