Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1884-02-24

lue nusstii hink Wus cTOWstt1t 10
overlooking last evening with "a mass
of humanity such ss has never been
within those walls before. The scca-
sion was the masquerade carnival. To
say that il was success but family
describes 1t, and il would have done
honor to city having u greater pepu.
lation and larger pretensions. Ii
would he hard matter to have had as
large number Of skaters sn the floor
as there were persons In attendance,
and probob'y the affair would mot have
passed off as smoothly. A. there was
no means Of telling the exact num-
her Of people present. AN average Was
taken Of the estimates and the num-
Der was placed AT 375. This would
give but a poor idea Of the Dun,brr 81
people who were actually Ia there dur
ing the whole evening, ~ they kept
going and coming at intervals. There
was "A great deal Of nierrimSn, @cu-
stoned by the mistakes, queries. and
the identifying Of the particular CO.'S
tunes. The pencil OF the writer is un-
equal h. the task nj "A full portrayal Of
all the costumes and characters there
represented. and il would be difficult
task even for an artist. The costumes
were varied, gr"tesque and approprl.
ate, many Of which were amusing and
handsome. Those deserving particu.
lar mention were numerous and would
have done credit Ia the Liederkranz Of
New York. There was nothing Of a
disagreeablr nature to occur. and the
carnival passed oil quietly and was
pronounced great success. With Nil
the amusement which WAS afforded
the visitors. the music fell In for the
lions share. and Band Master Price
deserves great praise and credit for the
beautiful selections and able rendi-
/ tions. Oae Of the features ofthe even
ing was the beautiful. difficult and
graceful skating Of j. VI. johnson, ol
bismarck. in the character at QUA
ker. who WAS the recipient 81 many
compliments aud enc,niiunis. Ii must
he said that he eclilses all the experts
which have ~ yet visited the rink. ID
the most prominent costumes may III
mentioned the following: Mrs. :. Il
Douglas. a. Morning, WAS prettily and
tsstefully costu,ned: Night WIN. aIr,
well represented; Mrs. Milt Russell, a,
Little 30 Peep" was the recipient q
many compliments: Mrs. I. II. Ir.
vines America" was creditably i'm
personatp,i; Louise and Henriette
characters from the Two Orphans
were particularly noticeable: LeRo.
and Walter Burleigh. as Nuns. were |
puzzle to the crowd; Mr.. and Mrs
Bernard were both well costuined. re
spectively No Bound for the Ceu
d'Alene" and the "Hil,ernian Marke
Woman" both acting their parts cred
itably; Lutte Dear and Clint Hederich
~ An old man and his female partner
fell In for no little share Of praise
Charlie Douglas did excsllently 10 tn
Indian chief; e. =. NJ. Tinling was Il
Continental dress: J. J. Coleman rep
resented the Heather Chinese; Pro-
Logan was rugged In the costume q
Hamlet; Milt Russell wore very pecl
liar costume; W. T.. savage WAS l
female attire. and was unrecognizet
There were other very tasty aud beau
tiful costumes which space preclui,
the mentioning thereof. Every on
enjoyed themselves. aud ut the ho,
Of unnasking the floor WAS alive wit
, skaters. The management will short
give another, but II will he difficult
eclipse the successful md enjoyable on
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