The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-12-24
MERRY sIAsoUERs-
The Phantom Party Given by the
Pleasure Seekers. Friday Even
IHn, December II. 1880.

ing, December III 1SSO-
One Of the most successful, pleasant
and amusing masquerade parties ever
given in Emporia was Friday evening
provided by the Pleasure Seekers
for The entertainment and fun
of the members and their
invited guests. A little after 0 O'Clock,
and just following the grand march of
the masquerade procession, a quadrille
was announced, and the sets formed
filling the entire floor of the hall, to
the number of about forty-five couples.
The numerous visitors, enjoyed, alike
with the participators the queer sn.ics
of the comicaI ones. the seriousness Of
tie solemn phantoms ard figures, and
the fun of guessing both right and
wrong, the names of the mysterious
cosiumers. Holmes orchestra furnished
the usual good music and Mr.. Marden,
the prompter, seemed in his ele;nen:
and during the evening introduced a
number of new and novel changes in
the regular quadrilles The hall was a
scene of beauty mingled with the sub
lime and the ridiculous. Many of the
costumes were elegant and gotten
up with the utmost skill and
taste, while on the other hand
many were as grotesque, ugly, fantastic
and laughable AS the correct represents
ton of the characters would admit.
About halfpast 10 O'Clock the Cicilian
circle was called and the masQuers met
face 10 face'' and "knew and were
known" Il is impossible for us to
name all the characters and the persons
taking them. and our readers must be
content with the following, which is as
complete as we are able 10 make the list
of those disclosed, the Mosques cast
aside: Misses Ida Moore, Queen
of Folly;" Fannie Randolph, witch .
May Randolph and Minnie Flanagan
Night" Ada Gates, "Dutch Girl;'
Oracle Hood. Caddie MeFadden and
Miss Buuerworth, Flower Girls" Ids
Kizer, "Red Riding Hood;'' Bessie Sun
dercook, Pop Corn Girl :" Caddie Long
: "Quakeress; May and Sadie Kizer
winter" May Peyton and Josie Trask
, "Tamborine Girls;' May Thomas
f ''French Cook :" Lucy Truewortly ant
Miss Dale, Highland Girls" Nanni'
Barnes and Mrs. j. C. Burnett, "Turkisl
, ladies'" Miss Huntington, "Topsy;
Mamie Hibben, "Colored Iady;" Misses
Bartlett, Laura Moon, Matte Walkup
Allie Pettingill, the Misses Bjerke, Mrs
Waite, Mrs. F. Harris and many other
would call for vocabulary of fantasti
p. and fanciful characters which we hav
g not at hand. Among the gentlemen
: Frank Keller, Clarence Holmes, Do
Lick and Mr.. Porter1eld made crew O
}. gallant sailors and company of heroi
: soldiers; Will Chalfant, VIII Clapp, Johl
q Russell, Mr.. Franz, Will Kizer. Gee
Orr, Lee Orr and Frank Strong wer
e "Calico Charleys" as near as we coult
n make out; Mr.. IRWIN, Willie Wood
c Charley Gilchriest, Andy Ireland AM
others played the "festive clown /;
Frank McColloch and Will Elstun wer
military chieftains; Frank GrosscuI
"Chinaman;'' Robert Elstun, higl
functionary of the Queen Elizabetl
era; Frank Harris, Evil Spirit
> with horn and cloven foot
Messrs. Porter and Smoke tn
: two Dromios after the Dutch version
John Abrams, Dandy" ]. G. Burnett
Arab" Harry Clark and Jack Gil
christ 'cullud" persons who went in o.
ladies tickets; Will Hibben, "Pedagc
gue;" Chas. Riggs, George Washing
tom" Geo. Loomis, high toned clowl
k with a handsome suit and bell orns
r ments; Geo. KIzer, portable dealer il
/, Milwaukee Beer; Sam Murphy, cour
:. tier.
4 Our space and notes give out here an
we can only add that the party dispense
about 10 80, thus closing one of the 10
: liest and most pleasant parties of til
| season