, 1877-01-30
MASKS AND FACES.
An Evening Devoted to Uproarious
Fun and JoI!ity.
The German Masquerade at tho West
Side Turner Hall.
Scandinavian Carnival at Auro.
ra Hall.

Turncr-1lall from the prosac theatre Of political
meetings and c1iarity fairs into brilliant kccno
Of fancy, fun, nnd hltarity. An Immense In
stttutfon these aerman bal.tnasqucs, as per-
pctratcd by those who understand them;
.fr.c ffom all conSenttonallty. fnnug1ratcd
solely on o basis Of dcylftry, and
conducted on d scale Of smash nml
bang pre-emfnonsly gratifying to participants
nn1l amusing to spectators. From the dome Of
tito 1lall to the gallery rails etrcancrs were fcs-
tooned ID rcd, white, aud btuc, and nrounu tho
rails Wcrn cartoons of ancient maskera who hnYc
gone down aiming tho patriarchs. Ayr!at1a Of
lnntcrns illnmiaesl the buLl'llng and lighted no
the sea Of interested faces under which tic Cnl-
lcry groanctl. Tho door prcscnteda bcwil.lering
aspect. First ean.o tho grand procession. led
Tweed In tho fill evening costume OF Slnr-SIhg
Prison. Following was d n,ottcy thronE Ut
sherhcrlcskcs, ncgT1cs. knights, clowns, cnl,rt-
iers, fools, Morning, Night, Spring, Snow, Water,
traulctns, daughters Of tho reglment, lrishacn,
lfussars, nnh Ill tile kutaIr.copfc characters
temandet! by the occasion Immediately n1,dcr
celebration. The world seemed tur,,cd upside
down, a;nl tho characteristics of tie pcuple were
roycrsed. Jolly men prancc1 aronnl "a Kings,
courtlcrs, aud Princcs, while n,cn known for ilicir
stca4liness Of walk md weight of conversation
Marchc.i about In tha gafh OF tho clown and Tho
fool. There was not much attention to order,
anil after Moulys sermon delivered In Herman,
md Sankey's song in measure TINT woslfd lIave
startled that vocal evangelist, tho procession
resolved Itself iuto 4 whirling 1nass Of culors
| and kpAnrscs.
Dasttur through tho crowd tliat seems to
have btcn sant by All-wiso Providence to Btant1
around doorways al,tl block up passages, ea.no
| rng+aster cnsno forward, and tho circus COM
| .nc1lcctl. Remarkable horses they were, cacll
with TWO white legs, anl no tall tho rider fur.
nseps sssa kSuna tSes 70 rSn ss RaiE .y 9ss 5
! finally, forming rlug incloR!ng the perform
| anee Of n trained horse. This .clu::
eate'! animal ,,n, mado l., n '.9 ,o. in ~ wo,bsd e,
obcyc,l thc cracking whip anu wens .lulnsily
through llis tricks sometimes cotnpltcating INIT
trrs BY performing four or live simultaneously,
aftcr The custom Of trained bcasts, tho ring
encouragement to Ills bcnrt through tho co.l-
yenscnt medium Of two llolcs In his cllrst. ctr
Gus bau1icrs were brought, and hc dashed
through them right gatladtly, to the Entcnsc de-
riEht icr of Ills tights. When his holy was
tinnlly lifted hg, In aIr, tho spcctanrs tliscoy-
cred lint ls vitality and leEs Scre composed Of
| a man, and TINT l,ls soIo clafn, To equestrian
merit VIVA hts llc,nl aud portion Of ills back.
| And then tho other hotscmaA dashed Into tho
quntlriltc, grand IN IT, conception, though lit
| tie mixed ~ to detail.
Itere and there during tho night minor enter
onY Of tho dane!ng. A stout gentleman OF d
| sarcastic turn started out to car4cature tle
weather through the inexpensive dcluston Of Il
| miniature aldo. In Its inception his schcmc
promised well, hut his feet betrayed lin, aud he
travcleu tbs majority Of tho distances on very
clcnrly41e(fucd shape.
There we're dancing and proncnatlfng and
mitch swapping Ut stlge clubs aud banging VI
| blatlt!cra. ThGru wns no ttttIe pulling ut Of
| snnsAs br cxGltabla Tcuk0ns who pfecptnted tho
disclosure OF counttnances by dlsro6ing them
pcr main strength bcfure thu arrival Uf tho hour
liked for that aolcntntty Tlleru WINS much ruiz
ming OF mlrlis tY uHnAtufal!ze1 Aialays, some
unnecessary, but II WAS tnken III good part, cs-
pccialIy by those ,n!njnred thereby. Then there
were some huggfng md squeezing. tho hMgEcr
inevitably male and tho s9ueezcc, lemalu There
was cheer In Jrofuso1, and llhoin Who III ocenrla.
nul US tic tancu grew exciting, and tllu FIN,
working through tic wine, more ai1 lnorc ttil-
| pnrtunntc, thu scene gruw wilder md wilder.
Tho only nfshap happened to Il hussar, who,
ferlfng ag.r3evcd upon sectng devil struso t0
pluck thu demon from ot7 tho fncc Ut the earth
by his tlusaRl clo.1QRtfoH. HIT tho sympathetic
uIut!lcr Of tho Ambassador Of Firu ilaI llc
hrr t!asling's tall with pls, points ont, antl tho
| tl.lsl1nY hussur suatrhttl not fr0su tho lace Ut
the cartlt, hut tlat.ccd In 1neritcd misery.
Then, aftor awh1lc, tiGy tntnasked, and It Was
strange low nlahy Ind kn1Wn low nluhy more
nil the time, md how many had thought how
| many 70 tnanr clac. Snpncr seated tic trct
thru1,r for II time, nEsd moro dancing fatfguctl
them again, and, when they went hon,r, l,l
astOnis!lel rut,ster, louklnE on frufi ncfEhbor-
lug Wotsl.pite, haloesl to nil tho Other rnosters
on tho West Side that lIc ha1 got 'cin toV.