Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-18

a Brilliant AssemblaSe and Many Rare
Costumes at the Turner's Ball.

a Brilliant AssemblaSe and Many Rare
Costumes at the Turner's Ball.
Turner's Hall presented a scene of bril-
haUcy last night on the occasion of the
grand prize masquerade ball of the Turn
Nerein. The decorations of the hall
were unique and some Of them very
handsome. The trophy fiagswere sus-
pended from the balcony and the Win
-dows were hung with the colOrs-red,
white and blue. The floor was filled with
thu merry maskers as soon as the ball
opened. The costumes were varied
and some of them elegant, nearly
very conceivable masquerade char
acter being represented. TOmoch1chi
and his YamacTaw braves, iendish
ia their feathers and war paint, were
there. Louis XIV. and his followers In
the rich costumes of the French court led
in the stately promenade. English Lords
and Irish gentlemen, but no dynamlters,
we're there. Africans without number,
but no FL Mahdi. took almost every COR
caivable character. from a street hawker
to a parsOn. Richly attired ladies
Of the French and English courts, with
EliZabetha1 costumes and the dresses OF
the marquises. leaned upon the arms OF
viilainOus brigands and bandits. and
pretty cOquettsh girls in short dresses
and blonde wigs flirted with buFly negroes
and savage Yamacraws, as though they
were all of the same family. John
Sullivans," paddy Ryans," devil S
of all kinds, shapes and sizes, from
the little backbiting imp to the
big slx-fOoter, with horns like an OK
and tail like an alligator, fitted and
tramped through the hall, minglIng with
the delicately cOstumed and fairy formed
angels with tiny wings and gilt paper
crowns. All the natiOnalities ana races
were on the floor. Washee-washee. with
his Acknowledged visage and pigtail 4;
'Dutchy," with his wooden shoes and
meerschaum, and the real Fifth avenue,
New York. dude, with his signbOard col
lar and toOthpick shoes hitched together
with pair of pipestem legs. To attempt
a description OF the costumes would be a
difficult task. There were many that
would test the ability Of a spectator if be
was called upon to tell which was the
| best.
There were at least two hundred mask.
| ers on the floor, besides many who were
not masked. The dance was kept VI
until II O'Clock, when the grand march
was announced. The judges who were tC
award the priZes-One to the best original
| character by a gentleman ard the other tC
| the best character by lady-tOOk their
places, and after fully half an hour
| awarded the gentleman's prize to Mr.
Abe Gerst, in the character of Dutch
man, and the lady's prize to Miss Annie
Madison, as a negro nurse woman. The
| lady assuming the character of a
Marquise, attired in a rich cos
| tune of silk with powdered wig
| and the gentleman assuming the charac.
ter of a negro minstrel, although there
were no second prizes, were considered
among the best characters in the hall
After the grand march dancing was again
| resumed. The affair was one of the most
successful ever undertaken by the Tur.
| ners. The committee having the arrange
ments in charge consisted of John
WOhanka. Chairman; Charles Angel, Nj
l.. Byck, J. w. Dreyer. Oh. W. Gassman
Charles Gihring, f. WarmsbOld.