Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-16
KING MOMUS.

ANU NUN U.s.
He Was Out in Bright Array at the Athe
naum Last Night-A Jolly Bal Masque of
the German Society-Some of the Fea-
tRres.
The first masquerade of the season was
given al the Athsnaum last evening by the
German society, and considering all things,
was quite satisfactory in all lbs results.
The crowd in attendance was net quite as
large as at some o. the masqusrades that
have been given in previous years have
been, but it was fully sufficient
for comfort. The gallery was
packed as full as it would hold, while down
stairs it was almost up to the point of rem
dering it crowded. During the first part of
the evening the maskers promenaded to
the pleasant strains of Seibert's orchestra,
during which time several tableaux were
presented on tie sta e. The first one WAS
Hercules in combat with the Amazons; the
second, Ulysses before Troy; the third,
Pluto's capture of Proserpine.
Quite pleasant scene was presented
when the Prince Carnival Mr. j. j. Pen
ner) and the Princess Carnival Mrs.
P. J. Giesen) appeared on the
stage attended by a body of Russian
Cossacke, in uniform, who performed
number of military maneuvers before His
Merry Highness.
At the conclusion of the display of the
Cossacks, the Prince and Princess Carnival
marched down from the stage upon the
hall floor, and proceeding in time with the
splendid music, marched around the hall
receiving the boundless honors of the occa-
sion. At the conclusion of the march the
dancing was commenced IN all
It's glory, and kept up, no
one knows precisely how long, the prince
and princess joining in the same. Then
the grotesqueness of the occasion bloomed
out in all its grotesqueness. There were
kings and queens, lords, princesses, boot
blacks, colored people, hod carriers,
Yankees, Hottentots, New Zealanders, old
women, young women, priests, ministers,
and all varieties of animals. One of the
most striking characters on the floor was
fnll life-sized elephant called
Jumbo" which looked just as
natural as life. All these
various people, with every conceivable
kind of mask, whirled and whirled around
the room in never ending courses, while
the humorous and sprightly elephant and
brutes cavorted between and rendered the
scene wonderfully strange and curious.
One of the surprises of the evening, and
an exceedingly pleasant one it was, too,
was the appearance on the stage of
Seibert's colored band A portion of his
large orchestra played at the Opera house
concert, and after that was over went up
to the Athen@um. Suddenly the curtain
was raised, and there the colored orchestra
stood in all the beauty and loneliness of
burnt cork and kinky hair, with Herr
Stsvenin, the leader Of the colored troops,
in the front. To the great delight of the
audience the colored musicians gave a
number of selections which were received
with many marks of appreciation.
1t may be mentioned that Prince
Carnival should have been Earnst Schultz,
but unfortunately for him he had to go
into the country northwest of st. Paul and
there got showed in and consequently was
not able to be present. To fill the place
Mr.. j. J. Penner, very suddenly, and at
hardly a moments notice, assumed the
character, and costumed it elegantly. He
and Mrs. Giesen made a fine appearance.
PRESENTATION OF PRIZES.
At II o'clock the prizes were distrib-
uted on the stage in the presence
of the Prince and Princess Carni-
val, and all people unmasked. Each
person entitled to present was called
forward on the stage and presented with
his or her prize, and at the same time took
off the mask. The following are the
prizes presented and the persons to whom
they fell:
Best group of six Bohemian women
$40 in gold.
Best character, lady mask, was Princess
Carnival-Mrs. P. ]. Giesen, who assumed
the character outside the society-a beau
tiful flower basket.
Best character, gentlemen, was given to
the elephant Jumbo"-Joseph Herzleader,
Julius Heilbronn, fore legs; Adolph M ark,
hind legs-a case of silver knives and
forks.
The most elegantly attired lady, repre-
senting the character of ''Mignon," Miss
Jennie Sherbrook- beautiful tablet of
porcelain flowers in an easel frame.
The most elegantly attired gentleman
mask W. G. Knispel, representing Span
ish don-a silver and crystal pickle jar.
The best comic lady prize, award
ed to the double character,
representing youth on one side and age on
the reverse, A. G. Feise and Miss Julie
Riedt-a tea urn.
The best male mask was represented by
Adolph Mainzee, as bod carrier-a casket
of artificial flowers and birds.
After the presentation was concluded
and the supper properly attended to, the
merry party returned to the dancing.
which they kept up till it was
time to go home and more
too. Altogether this masquerade party
must be regarded as an exceedingly pleas
ant one. The costumes generally were not
as rich or rare as have sometimes been
seen on former occasions.