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PURIM BALL.
| A Decidedly Brilliant Affair and
tho Grandest Success
! ofthe Season

1 ''s~S 49,
dent spirit Of the Jew, Morde-
cia, resolved upon the massacre
Of all the Jews in his dominions,
but was turned from his wicked
purpose by Esther, (his queen,
who was of Jewish decent,
who, inspired by Mordecia,
saved her nation at the risk of
her own life. To commemora te
the almost miraculous salvation
of their people, and the
destruction of their enemies,
Mordecia and Esther introduc-
ed the fast of the 18th of Adar,
the day of danger, and the fes-
tival Of Purim, still celebrated
by the Jews on the Faith and
18th Of the same month"; as days
I'of entertainment and joy and for
sending presents to each other,
and aims to the poor. In COM
memoration of this Hebrew fes-
tival, the time-honored custom
of engaging in various demon
STATIONS of joy and gladness
was duly celebrated by our
Jewish fellow citizens, and many
of other denominations on We'd
nesday evening. AT an early
hour in the evening quite a
crowd gathered at the entrance
to Eldridge Hall to witness the
arrival Of the maskers. The
house was brilliantly lighted
and handsomely decorated with
evergreens. The participants
in the ball commenced arriving
about half past eight and contin-
ued coming until about ten, at
which time it commenced rain
ing and continued until late in
the night. A. o:3o the ball was
opened by a grand march. The
scene presented was one Of
dazzling brilliancy. The fam
tastic costumes and antics of
the maskers and the magnih-
cent toilets of the many beau
tiful ladies present was almost
sufficient to make one believe
he was in an enchanted castle
or fairy land. The following is
a list of the ladies and gentle
men present, in mask or in
costume as well as the
characters personated: Miss
Nellie Brophy. fisherman; Miss
Lizzie Wilson, Turkish girl,
Miss Fannie Rankin, press; P.
Bassist, of Elgin, ocean; Miss
Lena Smith, huntress; Miss
Louise Hoffman, jockey; Will
Mcintyre, old times; Mike
Longini, of Galveston, prince;
Miss Lila Schwarz, fancy dress !;
Mrs. Mike Jacobs, cotton sam
pleI; Mrs. Jacob Bloombargh,
cotton buyer; Miss Emma
Groesbeck, fancy dress; Her
mann Kahn, Chinaman Mrs.
Sterne, queen of hearts; Jacob
Bloomburgh, colored preacher;
L. D. Crager, Bedford Guy col
ored representative from Wash
ington county; Miss Maud Rip
petoe, daughter of the regi-
ment; Mrs. Jacobs, sailor girl |;
Miss Rutherford, fancy dress |;
Selden Rutherford, old woman !;
Miss Ha title Rutherford, drum
mer girl; Mrs. Zekind, old
fashioned girl; Miss Mollie
Simon, daughter of the regi-
rient; Miss Harriet Goldstein,
of Galveston, lady of fashion !;
Mrs. Fleckels, boot-black Msr.
Kirch, school girl; Henry
Cohn, dandy niger; Mark Harris
of Giddings, wild Irshman; and
Mrs, Harris of Giddings, Turkish
lady; Miss Sarah Peters. nurse;
Jake Schwarz, niger; Miss
Kate Hutchinson, folly; Miss
Ella Vinson, huntress; NH.
Williams Prince of Bavaria; Miss
Rachel Peters, flower girl; N.
Hirtz, fancy dress; F. Wotipka,
creole; S.H.Kirch, washerwoman
Tom Dwyer, domino; R. Hay
ME, w. E. Watson and A Ems
den, members of Louisiana re-
turning board and perhaps 9TH
ers whose names our reporter
failed to get. A part of the
programme was an award Of
prizes for the best costumes.
Col. D. c. Giddings, Messrs. B.
Eldridge R, Hoffman, Ed New
bouer and L.Crager were appoin
ted a committee on maskers.
They awarded the first premium,
a very handsome pearl card case
to Miss Rachel Peters, who rep
resented the character of a
flower girl; the second premium,
a pair of gold sleeve buttons,w
awarded to Mr.. P. Bassist, Of FL
gin, who represented the char
acter of ocean or Neptune, and
who was accompanied by the
"seaserDent." The oriZes were