The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-02-27
Masquerading.


ings of Saturday and Sunday, and though not
so we'll attended nor SO grand as last week,
were very popular and the source of consid-
| cradle amusement,
THE CASINO,
which was finely decorated, undoubtedly car
ried the palm on Saturday night, both in the
children's and adults ball. the attendants
being more numerous and the general tone of
places. AT the children's masquerade, 234
juveniles were counted, and this did not In
clude all that were present. The maskers were,
in many cases, dressed well and original
We could easily see the hand of the fond
mother in the dress of the children, and I'M
derstand how anxious some of them had been
that til cir offspring should eclipse all others.
Among the children we noticed Miss Kra-
kauer, who was very handsomely dressed as
a harlequin, and who looked exceedingly
pretty; Miss Susie Wolf alfred in very pretty
costume, Louis Weber "a knight" Miss An
ME Bennett "a Russian lady," Miss Katie
Sens "harlequin," Miss Mary Gerhardt ''fan-
cy costume" and Edward Bonnet "courtier."
The children participated heartily in the
amusement, and in many..cases danced with
the grace and piquance of their elders. Dur
ing the evening refreshments were served,
and the young people did ample justice to
the viands served. When the time came for
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children of a larger growth" it was evident
that they were only in the zenith of their
pleasure, and they were allowed to participate
in the
| ADULT FANCY BALL,
To which large attendance of both sexes was
attracted. The maskers were not very pumer
Gus when we were in attendance. Among
them we noticed Miss Fannie Koenigheim, at
tired in fancy costume, looking as piquant and
attractive as to be the belle of the ball. Miss
Bertha Schleuning, the best-dressed female
character, appeared as the goddess of liberty,
and made us understand how attractive liberty
could be to men. Miss Marie Siemering, as a
"powder box,"-of course a useful article
amongst the fair portion of the attendants !;
Miss Justine Ernst, as Diana, in hunting
costume; Miss Laura Henry, a fairy queen, or
some other nondescript, very attractive and
pleasing, as was our young friend, Miss Laa-
ger; A. Frank was there as a Russian, but as
he has the reputation of being 4 "Turk," the
latter costume would have suited him better :;
Fritz koehler, as sailor, looked very pleas
ing, and Moritz Kalteyer's ''clown' was as
funny as a clown need be. The music was
furnished by portion of Ruellmann's band,
the dance was heartily enjoyed, and the pro-
gramme terminated to the satisfaction of all.
The arrangements were under the direction of
the committee consisting of Messrs. M. Kra-
kauer w. Guenther, Edward Dreiss, August
Siemering and Sim. Hart, and it is needless to
say that their duties were we'll discharged.
TURN vEREIN FANCY BALL.
The Turn Verein held their fancy ball, I'M
fortunately, on the same evening as that of
the Casino, but this was an act of necessity
rather than of choice. If the attendance was
not as large as at the Casino, the maskers
were more numerous, and there was no less
enjoyment of fun. Among those present we
noticed Mrs. Tempsky, in fancy street cos
tune; Miss Neumann, a Scotch girl, more
pretty than natural Miss Mathilde Sens, as
harlequin; Miss Brian as fair, but hearty
Mexicana; Miss Rosy, as harlequin Miss
Josephine Schmidt, in fancy dress; Miss Au-
gusta Bergstrom, as "a child of state" whom
many would willingly adopt; Miss Clara Berg
strom, as Red Riding Hood, no wolf could
devour; Miss Haueisen, as an attractive har-
Iequin Miss Huck, as horse jockey, ap-
peared in good fix to win a matrimonial race :;
Miss Ochse was alfred in handsome costume
as German citizens daughter, and looked
exceedingly WE'LL Miss Dauenhauer, as very
"Folly" that would tempt many to be foolish !;
the Misses Heusinger, E. Prschel, L. Hnner,
M. Horn and Mary Staffel, as the fairies, and
| ''Oh! the fairies, oh! the fairies"
seemed to be very popular song among the
gentlemen, and oh those jockies, Miss Annie
King and Miss Dauenhauer; but they were
always fond of sporting characters. The
dances were we'll and gracefully executed and
the grouping of the fancy dresses were at
times very picturesque, the music being
furnished by the other portion of Ruellman's