Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-11-26
THE BAL MAsoUE.

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spectators was very large, and made up an
audience of good character. and In that re-
spect the affair was decided success. But
as a spectacle, not one of the great assem-
blage of lookers-on could pronounce the bal
masoue a success in any respect In truth.
! and to put it briefly, it was fiat failure. 1t
was play without leading character !; an
| entertainment without the entertaining fea-
ture requisite to give it vitality. 1t was
failure simply for lack of maskers. 1t was
masked ball in which NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
| of those who attended came to see the one
| twentieth In carnival attire, which, IN It's
turn. because of the paueity of its numbers,
! felt itself lost upon the ocean of floor space
allotted to it, and was too embarrassed to
even assume humorous roles, digniied bear
ing, grotesque attitudes, or any of the other
essentials OF the character-acting so necessary
| to the success of masquerade. The reason
| for this is very easily stated Mr.. Bachrach
is stranger here. he failed to interest the
people who go to masquerades IN costume;
| he had not that local and public Endorsement
necessary to inspire confidence, and it Is quite
certain that he trusted altogether too comb
IDENTIFY to his mere announcements, to bring
out maskers, instead of securing in advance
| list of subscribers, as is customary
here, and always done by the Turn.
ers, the Eureka Club and the "old
Friends" social organization. Had the
people who make up masquerade parties
been assured OF the ability and responsibility
of MIR. Bachrach, the affair would have been
a success for he furnished hall admirably
decorated, hung with flags, steamers, ever
green festoons, baskets of flowers, ETC., and the
walls of which were completely covered with
| large grotesque paintings, and caricatures APP
propriate- to one night of fun and folly.
! He furnished good music by Church, Jones
| & Beebe's orchestra he had costumes In
plenty on hand; he supplied all who wished
| with an excellent collation., under direction
of Louis Gutheil. He provided some fifty
supernumaries to costume for the grand entry,
and fitted up number of cars suitable TOR
the march and bearing creditable designs and
/ groups In short, all the arrangements were
good, saving only the mistake to put it
mildly, of providing no seats for
spectators except " reserves" Scores of peo-
| pie last night were open in declarations like
| this well had we known that this
thing was to be managed as this is, we would,
| have attended in costume; but we were not
satisfied that it was desired we should so at
tend until too late to prepare" This quota
| ton fairly expresses the verdict OF those
upon whom masquerade parties here must
| depend for success. 1t Is to be regretted
that where the management was otherwise
marked by such general good judgment, that
in the one necessary essential it failed, and
left upon the spectators the impression
it will be impossible to remove, that they
were given q small return for their money
When next Mr.. Bachrach gives masked
ball in Sacramento, let him study the Gus
toms which prevail here relative to such en-
tertainments, and he viii scarcely fail of sue
cess, especially if he adheres to the preced-
ents he set last night, of low prices, good
prizes. calcium lights, good music, attentive
employees, attractive decorations and ample re-
freshments-but he should not again sellspec-
tators' tickets and guarantee only standee"
privileges nor should he neglect to have the
judges in place when the grand march begins.
The ball opened last night about o'clock.
The grand procession, consisting of 105 per-
sons, included a large car bearing repre-
sentation of the conflict between st. George
and the Dragon; a car with Prince and
Princess Carnival; car with a group
of figures in the peasant costumes
of various nations; some twenty persons in
dominoes caricatures of policemen mounted
an Esquimaux in his sledge; supernumerar-
les to the number of twenty five, representing
various nationalities: maskers representing
peasants, clowns, mobiles, negroes, Chinese,
pages, washerwomep, la5orers, school
children, etc. There was d decided
lack OF originality and variety in
masking and costuming, and very few striking
characters. The best were Jaci, Dowd,
| Fagin the Jew, an Irish washerwoman,
Chinaman, a Digger squ4w, a drum-major,
contraband and a clown. AT the conclu-
sion Of the march dancing began and con-
/ tinusd until II o'clock, when the gas was
turned off and the hall beautifully illumin-
ated with calcium lights in varied colors,
giving all the effect of colored moonlight, if
such can be, and changing from red to blue
aud white and grey and purple. At mid.
night number of pigeons We're loosened
| from an evergreen trap beneath the main
chandelier, and as these bore prizes there was
an amusing chase to secure them. Shortly
after midnight the judge, DR.. w. A. Hugh
son, w. A. Alexander, j. W. Wilson,
II. A. Weaver and j. d. Hatch announced
the prizes, which are to be obtained by call
on Alderman & Co:
Best sustained character, Irish Washer
woman" Mrs. @. H. Francis.
Most original character, "Digger Indian
Mother" Mrs. NJ Howard.
Best dressed lady, Turkish Princess"
Miss LIE CORA, of Oakland.
Second best, Princess Carnival" Mrs. A.
Brewer.
Best dressed girl. "school Girl" Miss NJ.
E. Caldwell.
Second most original character, Indian
Princess" Miss L. Hayne.
Best dressed gentleman, spanish Don,"
H. c. Cantwell.
Best sustained character, Jack Dowd,"
Samuel Ginsberg.
Best original character a Chinamap, by S.
Marks.
Second best sustained character, Fagin,'
by Abe Wilson.
Second best original character, German
emigrant boy, William Dolan.
Best dressed child, drum major" Lottie
Parker.
At midnight the supper-room was thrown
open and the tables found to be well supplied
and to be ornamented with floral decorations
by Ebel. Masks were removed at midnight
and the dancing floor made free to spectators.
Dancing followed until an early hour this
morning, and so began, proceeded and closed
the first bal masque of the season.
| Among the maskers note was made of
these:
Miss Dora Abrams, as Castilian boy.
| Miss Josie Martin, as q Castilian boy.
Miss Alice Bauer, as a Castilian boy.
Miss Annie 0sell, as q Swedish peasant girl.
/ C. A. Careswel, as Prince Carnivafs aid.
| Joseph Caswei, as Roman.
| Frank Gooding, as a trumpeter.
Charles Holloway, as " Blue Jacket"
| John Williams, as a drum major.
f. Sullivan, as a % Blue Jacket"
| T. Costello, as Turk.
Harry Connors, Turk
John Sullivan, as q Prince.
II. Brown a Turk
| w. Kelly, as broken-down actor.
NJ Desmond, as Turk.
| j. connors, as a sausage man.
George Roberts, as Continental officer.
G. Williams, as {" Rags and Tatters."
| H. C. C4ntwell, as spanish yaquero.
| James Anderson, in domino.
! T. W. Reid, in domino.
Miss Joey Smith, as postboy.
| Charles L. Fonteneau, in domino
Miss H. Phillips and Mrs. G. Marks, rs peasant
! girls.
Miss NJ Dunn, as Winter.
Miss Eta McMartin, as I" Aunt Ophelia.
Mrs G. II. Francis an Irish house-cleaner.
| Miss Mary Caldwell, as school girl.
| Miss Anna Parker as a sailor boy
| Miss Lottie Parker drum major.
Miss NJ Downing as Sc Prince Carnival, and Mrs
| Antoine Brewer as " Princess Carnival" The two
| rode in the chariot allotte5 to them.
Abe Wilson as Fagin," the thief teacher and
fence
Miss Lola Hayne as Indian Princess.
| E. Ortiz as Romeo.
| E. B. Vaudeville Turkish Pr1nce.
| Carl Leonard as n Spanish bsudero.
NJ Ginsberg as a carpenters apprentice
| J. ~ Brown as a Captain in the Russian army
| Thomas Jones as Russian.
| W. J. Scott as ! Dutch Justice.
| Henry Staber as jester.
John Dolan as gladiator.
w. o. Graves as French cook.
C. F. Parker as an italian nobleman.
! nd I A seasoned Old