The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-02-21
OUT AT THE RINK.
The Ladies' Contest Friday Night
"A Panorama of Beauty and
UglineSS Last Night.

In spite OF the threatening and disagree
able state Of the weather, Friday night,
there WAS large crowd of people out at
| the skating rink, and the BAZOO walker
got the idea into his esthetic Uranium that
somebody was having lots of fun. At any
rate the bows and girls glid tnew word,
copyrIghted) around that room as though
they were made of east iron and couldn't
possibly tire out, and the prodigality of
their falls, laughter and chin music was a
matter OF wOnderment To- the meek and
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The antics of some of the skaters were
truly marvellous To witness, while the con-
| fidence with which some of the rollers en-
tered into the contest bespoke trait OF
character highly to be priced One sad
feature of the evenings sport was that the
city attorney positively refused to buck
against John Skinner, As the latter gen.
tleman most gracefully skipped around the
room. But there is ALWAYS a worm i the
bud and when pleasure is thesuprenest some
marring imp intruees itself and there is q
jolt to the procession.
But then the fun was immense, and the
girls dewine. They moved with the grace
of swans gliding DER crystal waters, and
were is pretty as peris, hours, stripped
wagons, angels and-some fiend has taken
away the dictionary.
The prize offered for the most graceful
ard accomplished lady skater was hand
some silver cup, with the privilege of
wearing the gold champion badge for a
week Ii was expected that the ladies
who were to contest for the prize would do
81 with the floor To- themselves so that merit
could have a lair show. But their mod
estyt?l would not permit them to make
such Il display,sO the spectators were badly
left \ ballot was taken and the following
ladies were voted for:
Miss Faulhaber. Ii; Miss Belle Hall, Is {;
Miss Eva johnson, - = bliss Mabel
Van Camp, 2S; Hiss Ella Porter, 93
.Miss Porter was declared the winner of the
prize, and great was the clapping of hands
thereat. She certainly deserves it, for
there is not more graceful lady skater I'm
all the country round than she, and her
movements on the rollers are the very
poetry of motion. Without seeming effort,
Hiss Porter glides along with the perfect
motion Of a swallow cleaving the air, while
the beholder wonders how the lady moves
Among the many who were enjoying
Friday nights sport the BAZOO jotter
noted the following ladies: Mesdames III.
| III. Allen, Niles, j. c. Patterson, Iredale,
Howard Parke, George III. Langdon
Misses Allie King, Nary and Lizzie Lamp
ton, Ella and Sallie Porter, Nary and
Altha Ballenger, Ellie Wood, Allie Ritter,
Mabel and Gertie Van Camp, Lille Glib
son, Kate Faulhaber, Clara Allen, Stella
Young. Carrie Weller, Mollie O'Briep,
Belle Hall, Jessie A;nsworth and Mamie
| Demuth.
LAST NIGHTS Fun.
When the band began to play, last night
at Sicher,' corner, the BAZoO skater grab
bed his hat and struck out to join the pro-
cession out to the rink. That band bust
ness was a good card and drew the crowd
like unto poor mans plaster.
| The crowd at the rink was simply i'm
mense and the whole occasion most fitting
" ended up the pleasant sport which Mr..
Bradford has so successfully given to Sc
dalians. At proper intervals the band en-
livened the evening with music, adding
much to the spirit of the skaters. Owing
To the weather very few masks were worn
but that made no difference. At the con-
clusion of the skating there was a dance
There will be no skating next Monday or
Tuesday nights, but there will be on Wed.
nesday night. Among the ladies present
the reporter saw:
Mesdames Highleyman. Brown, Ilgen
fritz, Z. l.. Phipps, Jacobs, b. b. Lyon.
Misses Bell Hall, Lizzie Shelton, Madgt
Sturgess, Allie Ritter, Sallie Potter, Lib
bic Snedaker, Isabel Danisls, Ella Porter
and host of other nymphs.
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