The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-02-05

Greeks, Romsns, iankee.doodes and gindoos'
~" ,A'' VI ''"'" byron
u The present season has indeed been one OF the
} gaycsi ever seen in Ottawa. II began early ana
will doubtless continue late for Lent is uncom'
monty tardy this year. What with church aanc-
ing parties,-midy called "sociables, the club
dances, receptions at private residences ana en-
tcrtainments at the Opera House, hardly week
has passed without furnishing from one 10 nan
a dszcn Of evenings when the "carcs OF business
could he thrown off and the mind and body de-
voted to recreation, ab&que Wla condtione
But the climax of pleasure was reached on last
Tuesday evening in the masquerade party gwen
by Miss Eames, at her residence Oh the east side.
\ Above a hundred invitations had been issued, we
understand, and at least 100 people were present
:, that evening, of whom more than half went in
costume About half after eight, the guests be
ing assembled, the band started march, which
brought the maskers to the parlors where they
were received by Mrs. Eamcs. After marching
for Il few minutes to give the unmasked specta
tors an opportunity to guess" who was who,
the dancing began in earnest. And such ascene!
Kings and peasants, Big IIighough. and
timid tamborIne girls, Knights and Nights, Con-
tiRentals, Orentals, Auroras, Winters, etc. etc.
all mingled togethe. in the quadrile or whirled
and turned in the gayIy mad waltz! 1t was sim
ply bcwildering and it continued while in mask
The air was full of specuations-" who can she
be-" etc, but so thoroughly were all disguised
that the unmasking showed that very few had
been discovered. The unmasking was the most
interesting event Of all, and the babel of conftl-
-, !, At inf
The feminine &c Is that you~ VS.; "ahw's; oh."' ;
and the earnest masculine inquiries after that
young lady" whose hand he had been tampering
with, or THAT other one " into whose willing
ear he had been pouring airy nothlngs," and
his deep OH" of disgust on finding that they
had found "local habitation and a name" in
the wrong fair Head, are all things we must leave
to the Imagination Of our fair, and otherwise
good looking, readers. But now that the masks
are Off we can tell who is who;
Miss Eamcs and Miss Emma Allen as the 1.-TWO
Orphans" were very neat, and soon singled out
from the mass. Mrs. DeHt and Miss Nellie Ham
| iton also chose this costume, with great sue
cess.
Miss Lynch rs Tamborine Girl was very pretty
Miss Julia King as School Girl was immense.
The make up " of her costume was perfect, and
we know of no character of the evening in which
the idea was more thoroughly carried ont than
in this one.
Miss Delezennc and Miss Lindley as Winter
were very beautiful. Both dressed alike exactly,
both Of size, petite graceful they deserved and
obtained the admiration OF all
Miss Addie Fisher and Miss Clara King as
Highland lads were pretty.
Mrs. c. Leland gave an excellent edition Of
Lady Teazle, and Mrs. Dyer made charming
lady Of e continental days Of happy memory.
And there were Nights, moonlight Night 1--WE
reckon those are the idcas) by Miss Barney, Chi
cago, Miss Fisher, Miss Lewis, Miss Dutton and
Miss Chandler.
Hearts were the trump, and Miss Strawn as
Queen was High " and took everything.
Mrs. Allan Jordan appeared in handsome
costume, probably of Flower Girl The cos
tune might have been personifcation Of that
delightful season, the death Of spring and the
beginning of summers bloom.
Miss Swift and Miss Leland appeared in pretty
Oriental costumes
Mrs. Iiapcman, italian Girl, was neat and
pretty.
Mrs. Tozer, Miss Lura Nash, and Mrs. Butler
called to mind our good "old.fashioned" matrons,
who could bake delicious good things better than
they could speak bad French; but Mrs. Butler
was the most conspicuous by her activity, and
accompanied by Bollmeyer, who had az excel
lent old gertleman's costume, made an i'm.
mcnse amount of fun.
The Misses White, of Utica, and Mrs. Walter
Lockwood, gave us the dear old Red, White
and Blue" in very pretty costumes-in style,
Goddess of Liberty.
Harry Smith and wife as King and Queen look
ed very nicely.
Mrs Linton, as Rodojaktuos Eos" Child
of Morn" looked very like a sunbeam.
Mrs Altman appeared in 4 very handsome
fancy dress, representing We know not what.
Miss Carrie Rathbun in pure white carleton
full evening dress also looked very pretty.
Mrs Willis represented, IN very novel and
tasty manner, The Press.
Miss Effie Waterman, as novitiatc in the or
der of KnighthoOd made a pretty appearance
and, as one lady remarked, made a" cc,y sassy
boy"
But the belle of the evening was certainly Miss
George as Daughter of Erin. We are not sur.
prscd now that the poets rave over "Erin's fair
daughters Dressed handsomely in Erin's cho.
sen colors, green and white, OF fine figure and
handsome face, graceful dancer, lively in con-
versation, she was a general favorite from the
beginning, and easily retained her precedence al.
ter unmasking.
Among the gentlemen, the more noticeable
were Furst, as Hamlet; Glover and Coles, illus.
tra;ing very forcibly the beauties of the great
doctrine of womeu's rights; and Will Linton, as
" Crooked, the Spirit Of ls)7G" was an excellent
hit; as was also the Yankee Costume Of" Lote y
Perkins, and Geo Beatty as Biz Injun.'
And there were Knights, Peasants, Lads, Las
sizes, Princes, Kings, Queens, Dominos, fancy
dresses, etc, etc.
i number Of our leading citizens were also
present in full evening dress, though without
masks.