Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-01-29
GRAND MASQUERADE CARNIVAL.
Successful and Brilliant.--About 900
Persons Attending.

PERSONS Attending.
| The masquerade carnival held al
II. Is. Coughs roller skating rinl
on Thursday cvcning last pr9ved q
grand sue ess. aho0t ~ per>ops Az
peoring in costume and nearly 81
persons coming in at the door. TIN,
costumes were OF the most brill Liant
we have seen in some time, as vel
as comical There were among the
naskcrs representatives of various
nations and colofS, and those par.
ticipating were competent III the ex
trenc to act the parts which they
had che sen 10 represent. Among
them we noticed Highland laddies
and la,Sie>, SpaIIards, ballet girls,
sailors, peasant girls, Indians,
squaws-and II very squaw-ky one
at that--red riding hoods, queens,
kings, knights, dudes, Negroes,
waSherwomen and various other
costumes of interest. There were
very riany fuany incidents inconnec-
tion with the evenings sport. The
old squaw, which was impersonated
by a. B. Carlisle, seemed to be
rather shaky on her underpinning
and every time she looked at IA
crack in the tlocr she would collapse
into Il heap and the long
train of masked skaters would pile
themselves up into shocking shapes
upon the floor. Then. too, there
was an unbleachcd American, in the
pcl son of Hiram Snyder who Great.
cd considerable disturbance among
the skaters with his funny antics
aud numerous witicisms. The big
"iniun" with the bow and arrows
was trying to hit knot hole in the
side Of the building, but as he had
been SO long away from the leserva.
,ion his skill as an archer was some
what lacking and he went wide his
mark. The charming little ballet
girl in the person of Will Rapley
created feelings of admiration and
jealousy among the young dudes, as
they all got the shake ~ fast rs they |
her. Cart Holden made |
Il fine dude, but So much of his time
was taken up in adjusting his eye
glasses, which seemed 10 not want to |
stay in position, that he neglected
to perform the requisite feats of the
average sunhower brigade. When
you want to get yoir washing done
daily you should call upon Mrs. II.
b. Cough AS she will probably have
a reduction in prices now that she
took a prize for impersonating the
funny aud ccmical old washerwo-
man. John Holden as the Indian
,hief was satisfactory in the eI.
IRENE. Miss Jessie Emery made a
fine show as the fl wer girl, and
wore an excellent costume. Miss &.
Boice represented a peasant girl to
good advantage, and was admired
Dy all. Will Wear "took the bun"
rs Spaniard, and looked nobly
grand sailing around the room with
his long sword dangling at his side.
Mark Grandy and Miss josephine
Rapley made very favorable inn
preston as the sailor and his sweet
leart. Considerable hilarity was
,aused by the double costume worn
by Alex Rose, representing my dear
I'D mo,hcr and |, many of the audi.
'ncc spcculatiug as TO how many
persons were tangled up in ,he rig
There were many other equally goJd
costumes on the floor, which we
lave not space here to mention. Al
o'clock, while the orchestra dis
oursed some sweet strains from Mo-
art, all unmasked and awaited the ,
,warding of the prizes. The prize
or the best appearing lady costume
vas won by Will Raplcy, as the bal
ct girl. For the best appearing !
gentleman costume by John Holden
s the Indian chief. For the best
omic costume, lady, Mrs. II. b.
Tough as the washerwoman. For
he best comic costume gentleman. Il
Iiram Snyder, as the negro. The
Judges were jesse Morrill, and Har- I,
ey Drake. After the prizes were /,
iven out, skating continued until II
| o'clock and all joined in and had
good time for all hour, when each y
ended his way homeward, some !,
eing well pleased with the decision .,
the judges, and others grumbling
nd growing because some of their
lends did not take the cake, As is T" "
uusual at gatherings ol this nature, :,
,erc were no broken bones. or eyes I,
unched out and all joined in to
AXE the evening a most enjoyable a
ne for everybody. In consequence Z. T.
! the success of this venture ON the /
art of Mr.. Cough, he has decided b,
} offer prizes tor the best lady ard
sntleman fancy skater on this h,
Thursday evening. d
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