Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1882-08-12
THE MASONIC BALL
THE GRANDEST AFFAIR OF THE
SEASON.

SEASON.
List Of the Ladies' Present-nsw IT,
Youth, Beauty and Wealth Or Bellevue
and HALEY We're Represented The
Coliseum Alive with Masonic and
Other Emblems.
BELLEVUE, Aug. IL, 1882.
For the past few weeks the talk in
society circles has always turned to
the Masonic dance which passed off
80 pleasantly last evening At the
Coliseum. For the past three or four
days, two ladies, in particular, have
been very busy in arranging for the
comfort of those who would attend
the grand anniversary ball last even
ing, and these two ladies were Mrs.
NJ. H. Gillespie and Miss Ada Wors-
wick. Assisted by A. ]. Woods, they
have arranged the hall with ever
greens, pictures, emblems, notices,
etc.; never has it presented such q
beautiful appearance as ON this occa-
sion. Hanging over the stage, with a
background of white, were the words,
''Faith, Hope, Charity" in evergreen
letters, with a border of evergreen
sprigs. To the left of the hall is the
date $685." to the right, "1sS2."
An oil painting of George Washing
ton, the father Of Masonry in this
country, is hanging on the western
wall. Emblems of the order are
numerously displayed on the walls,
and the hall is perfect temple of
Masonic designs. To make it appear
homelike and cheerful, some half
dozen canaries, in neat cages, were
suspended from the ceiling. The
emblem Of the degree she has attained,
the Star, together with her apron, oc-
cupied position near George Wash
ington, as Mrs. NJ. Fl. Gillespie is the
only lady member in this section, and
for this reason she was given charge
of the decoration, which is surely q
great credit to herself and assistants.
To say this was the grandest affair
of the season is but lightly expressing
it, as it will be remembered by the
sixty couples present. The COM
mittees having the business in hand
stopped at nothing to make every.
thing complete. The supper was pre-
pared by Mrs. DR.. Marshal, and served
in the Masonic Hall, Immediately
across the street from the Coliseum
where all repaired to partake of re.
freshments. The floor managers and
director discharged their duties to T.
But what was really feature of the
evening was the music by Prof
Delius, leader, Geo. Come and T.
Trenary. They introduced several
new and pretty tunes in the music
Assisted by Miss lynne Young and
Mrs. Capt. Jay G. Kelley, your cor.
respondent noted down the following Q
named ladies and their costumes:
Mrs. J. H. Harris--Black satin d.
Lyon; pearl ornaments.
Mrs. f. G. Coifin-Cream colored
satin and black lace.
| Mrs. II. d. Brooks-Black silk
gold jewelry.
Mrs. 1. Walker-Black satin; gold
Ijewelry.
Mrs. n. NJ. Ruick-Cream cash
mere.
| Mrs. c. A. Mahar-Polka-dot swiss
and cardinal ribbons.
Mrs. Burke-Black silk, with pink
roses.
Mrs. McLellan-Black satin, pale
blue overdress; gold ornaments.
Mrs. j. G.. Brown-Black velve,
and brocade; gold jewelry.
: Mrs. NJ. H. Gillespie-Black cash
mere and satin; real lace; cameo jew
elry.
; Mrs. T. 7. Redsull-Black cash
mere and silk.
Mrs. Judge Aubury-Black silk
diamond jewelry.
) Mrs. A. Byrd-Black satin under
dress, with cashmere overdress.
:. Mrs. J. ID. Burch-Black.
: Mrs. Lovejoy-Black cashmere; je
ornaments.
Mrs. +. b. Hall-Black silk; gole