The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1873-03-14

weather.beaten mask, wore complete suit o
oilsklns and boxed the compass of qnadrie
with as much grace as could be expected oil
on exotic from the forecaslle.
| One robust gentlemas had made OF himself
| q most excruciating Lord DundrearY, with q
q green cutaway coat, striped trousers, well
| groomed mutton chop whlskers, and white
hat set rakishly on the northeastern quarter
| OF bis elaborate curls.
One of the most comical of the male char
acters was that OF sooty newsboy, who
eloquently urged the passers by to invest In
the latest number of the Purlm News.
There were chevaliers in abundance, one In
red velvet and white silk, another in black
velvet, another In blue silk, and others In
piebald hose and doublet sashed with gold or
silver, and each carrying dainty rapier with
blade about the dimensions Of good sized
kniling needle.
A jocky was represented In blue Jacket OF
the tightest possible fit, white trowsers, also
tight, and top boots. Another youth dressed
In saffron colored dress suit OF the 18th GEN.
tury; another was Modoc Inoian, with def
ance to the peace commissioners Impressed In
every wrinkle of bis mahogany-colored mask
and every rustic of his wampum and feathers.
Another gentleman personated Rip Van
Wrinkle, with tremendous shock OF unkempt
hair and beard, frosted with the SHOWS Of
twenty winters sleep.
Two blood-thirsty Turks appeared upon the
scene, one clad ia green velvet dress aud
fez, The other in black velvet. The first was
Blue Beard, and the second might have pass
ed for Abon Beu Hassan, may his tribe In
crease
At about one o'clock there appeared
figure of tremendous height-twelve feet at
the smallest calculation-dressed In the cos
tune of Mother Goose, and with serious
pasteboard face crowned with shaker bon-
net. Ga the back of this grotesge spparilion
was the placard, "How Is this for high ,"
There were two Yankees, one with a red
and white coat reaching to the flsor, and With
apartt-colored FOOLS cap, and another with
coat which De Boots would describe as "an
al.overish pattern" the conventional striped
pantaloono aud vest, and an absurd mask,
whereof one side was red-the other being
black.
The military element was popular, one neat
Disguise being the uniform of the ante bsllum
Charleston Cadets. There were also Zouaves
with blue jackets, red bags and white turbsns'
cavalry-men with flaming yellow trimmings,
and artillery officers, whose costumes blazed
with scarlet.
The managers of the ball and the members
OF the committee Of arrangements were ubl-
quitous and untlrlng In their attentions to the
pleasure Of their guests, and much credit is
due to them for the perfect order that was
maintained and the admirable smoothness
with which the event passed of. The man
ayers were Messrs. M. Israel, D. Jacobs, A.
Falk, s. Strauss, D. Bentschuer, J. Apple, A.
Seckendorf, aud the committee OF arrange
mentf was composed of Messrs. j. 81. Loeb,
Louis Elias, Chas. Newhouse, I. W. Goldstein,
N. Triest.
At eleven o'clock the dancers unmasked,
and the regular order OF dancing was begun.
At this hour, too, the supper, which was from
the establishment OF Nr. Wulbern, was an
nounced, and from that time I'LL TWO A. N.
the supper room shared with the dancing
hall the attractions of the evening" The
dancing was maintained, however, with un-
abated zest and pleasure uhti, at the approach
of dawn, the ball was ended, and committed
to Its place among the happy memories OF lis
participants, aud the merry party dispersed TO
dream over The delights of the merry Purim
season Of 1873.