The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1871-03-11
The Masquerade,

The Masquerade.
The social event Of the season was the Mas.
querads at Willis, On Thursday evening. The
attendance WAS very large, there being At one
time over 100 nssquers on the floor, the room be-
sides being completely crowded with spectators
No masquerade party in Ottawa, within the
memory of the oldest inhabitsnt, surpassed this
in respeetsbilty, or the richness and variety of
costume. Mr.. Willis was very careful in extend
ing invitations not to introduce any persons
whose presence would be unacceptable to any
one present.
Among the characters that attracted general
attention, and excited the most general and ia
vorabls comment, were the following:
Miss Alice Smith, Is tho widow Machree,
drought down the house" She wore huge
cap with an immense border, the face being that
Of middle-sged woman, uniting the confidence
of age and experience with a dsvil-may .c.re in.
dependence. Her dress, carriage, mode Of dane.
ing aud even the brogue, were all perfect and
not g person in the room succeeded in finding
out who she was until the little mink chose to
uumask and show her own fun.loving face.
There we're three other ladies, one representing
the Irish washerwomsn," provided with soap
and clothse-pins, and sttired in a costume well
representing the character. Another somewhat
similarly uniformed and the third, their com.
psniou in grosesqve dress, wearing homely
mask.
Dan Briggs was conspicuous iu coffee sack
suit with label On his brsas. reading, "Nobodys
child He wandered through the hail in dis
consulate way, peeriug anxiously into the faces
of every one a. if searching for his unknown
"parients."
Mr.. Hatheway's nose was big feature, not
only in his face but in the ball room, as it was
IA inches long. Mrs. Hathaway personated "the
press,' wearing . newspaper suit made from
great number of prominent newspapers, iuclud-
ing liberal sprinkliug Of FREE TRADERS Her
character was admired by every one being
unique and attractive.
Will Easton was done up neatly in half and
and half black rig.
The following additional characters were sin.
terviewed" by our reporter.
Miss Mcpherson, elegant fancy dress Mrs.
Blair, red, white and blue; Mis-. Allen, Autumn
Miss Lizzy Atkinson, blue bell,-ballet costume
very pretty; Miss Page, Scotch peasant; Miss
Dent. OF Wenoas, Italian lady Miss Kate Wood,
girl of the former ''period," in black; Miss Liz.
zie Stout, tanborine girl; Miss Alice Murphy,
"lit,le gem with tsmboriue Miss Carrie
Thorne, lone hand ,-"2i packs" of playing cards
covering her dress Lucy Blair, HI ghland lsssie
Miss Mary Waterman, hay rsker; Mrs. Samuel
Dickerman. Goddess of Liberty, most splendid
costume; Mrs. Drew, school girl, very sne per.
sonasion of that character, whereby We were COM
pletely deluded and sold" Mrs McGillivrae,
Mr.. Willis and Mrs Bernhard, three sisters, girls
of iaukeedom, excellent characters; Miss Mary
Eas:ou, girl of the period of ',6, very finely rep
resented Miss Frank Brown and Miss Laura
Havenhill, of Mission, handsome young ladies
superbly dressed; Mrs. Dr. Dyer, Mrs. Beck and
Mrs. Bowmsn, neatly and appropriately attired as
spectators.
Among the masculine characters were the fol-
lowing:
Geo. W. W. Blake, King Wenzsl lst; Geo.
Lindioy, old Prenchnan L, Lewis German sol.
der; X. Tombstone, Count Bismarck: 4. J.
Mitchell, Satan; Ed. Barney, shakespearian
clown; Mr.. Bishop, CAicago runner Frank Ken
dell, King Henry, of Navarro; VIM. Carson,
German knight; Will Bryant, Emperor OF Spain,
also Robt. Chas. Moore B. Bradford, knight
Warren Ryale, Prince Frederick Charles; Me.
Mitchell, knight; NJ T. Dickey, old German SOL
der; II. II. Moore, Yankee; Chas. Blanchard,
military officer in fatigue dress; Judge Gilman,
babe in the woods w. E. Beck, stranger DR..
Dyer. ex-coroner; Mr.. Phillips, dandy Jew Phi |
10 Lindley, sailor; Walter Strawn, Prince OF
SPAIN Samuel Porter, paddy Miles, Henry
Cotton with his .hillslsh o. W. Bollmeyer aud
George Cushman, continental gentlemen; viii |
Atkinson, walking gent; Arthur Mears, fancy |
suit; Ed. Allen, "heatheu Chnce;' W. Lacey;
clergyman d. W. Blair, fancy rig NJ B. Lamb,
Saml. Dickerma., duke: Geo. Nattin.
ger, Bsttrsdore; Arthur Bartel, page; Henry
Nash, Chas, III Mr.. Drew. fat boy: Mrs. Ben.
smiu and Mr.. Benjamin. OF Morris, spectators.