Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1886-12-30
THE MASQUERADE BALL.
The SunHOwer's Party Tuesday
Night a Grand Success.

evening, sustained the reputation Of tn,
Club for giving our best parties. TIL,
floor Of tho large hall was comfortably
: filled with q merry-making throng, and
the capacious gallery was crowded will
spectators, hugely enjoying the antics o.
the maskers. The ladies present wert
elegantly dressed. in many instances the
costumes were artistic creations worthy q
more extended notice than they receive al
the hand Of our reporter. The gentlemen
leaned mostly to the burlesque and mock
heroic in their selections Of disguises,
though a few costumes were exceedingly
handsome. The signal for the grand
march was sounded promptly at 9 O'Clock.
E.. d. Vanderlieth, and his sister, Miss
Emma, took the lead, and ably executed
the many figures, making 1t one Of the
pleasant features OF the evening. The
usual square and round dances followed.
the participants entering into the spirit Of
the occasion with the hilarity usual to the
holidays. The music furnished by Riegel-
huth's string band was ell the trippers of
the light fantastic could wish for. Gray
streaked dawn was at hand when the
strains of "Home, Sweet Home" SEN the
merry throng homewerd. After IL O'Clock,
the hour OF unmsskiDg, we noticed the
faces of the following named, and took q
hssty glance at their costumes, as given
herewith:
Scotch Lassie Jean-Miss Ada Man
helm. Killed skirt, of Scotch plaid, black
velvet bodice. cap to match. A most
tasteful costume.
Games-Mrs. l.. McNaughton. Black
velvet skirt dsintily painted in i~llustrs-
tions Of games, checker boards, dominoes,
lawn tennis, cards, etc. Red satin
basque, and an appropriate polo cap. A
design of great beauty and originality.
Winter-Miss May Blackwell. A short
dress in snow white. covered with dia-
mond dust. in resemblance of frost.
For the Psstor-Mrs. j. G.. Ford. A
dainty costume Of blue satin. She car
ried 3 basket Of goodies for the pastor.
Spanish Lady - Miss Maud Psrdy.
Richly attired in black silk and lace, with
Spanish head dress.
German Peasant-Mrs. Lena Aguayo.
A correct copy Of the dress worn by the
peasantry of Germany. One of the pref
test costumes on the floor.
Sweet Wild Roses Miss Emma Plum.
stead. Ecru satin skirt, hand painted, in
clusters of wild roses. Pink satin bodice,
corsage boquet Of wild roses. A charm
ing costume.
My Sweetheart-Miss Gussie Mannheim.
Short dancing costume of blue satin sun
bonnet. Most 'fels" would be glad to
have her for q sweetheart.
Summer - Miss Nellie Blackwell.
Pretty dress OF white swiss, tastefully
adorned with roses and flowers.
Goodies OF Liberty-Miss Maggie Stin.
son. Neatly attired in red, white and
blue striped satin skirt. with blue silk
bodice covered with silver.
French Peasant Girl-Miss Annie
Lucey. Blue silk skirt. pretty white satin
apron and Normandy cap.
Imp-Miss Ida Mulick. Tasty cos
tune in black aud red. She carried the
forked emblems of his satanic majesty.
Strawberries and Cresm-Mrs. VIM.
Joannes. A cream satin skirt, fashioned
in the popular dancing style and richly
embellished with punches of ripe. red
berries, hand.painted. An effective and
original design.
Snowballs-Miss Mary Powell. A charm.
ing little snow white suit, skirt cut in
points, and edged with q fringe of white
balls.
Country Cousin-Mrs. W. s.. Beard.
Pink suit, large school girl apron and sun
bonnet. An excellent disguise.
Fancy dress-Mrs. A. Stinson. A very
pretty cream null evening dress with
cream lace garniture.
French Peasant Girl-Miss Kitty knight.
A harmony in blue and white. A tasty suit.
Evening dress-Miss Emma Wander
lieth. Black satin rhadames skirt richly
festooned with black chantilly lace iounc.
ing. On the left side was inserted q panel
OF roses, phlox and oolumbine embroidered
in their natural colors. Red satin bodice
covered with black lace.
Morning Star-Miss Mamie Shoemaker.
A very picturesque costume in pale blue
satin, the basque ~spangled in silver stars.
Turkish Lady--Mrs. J. Straus. Looked
as if she had stepped out OF the Sultan's
household. A perfect costume in the
bright hues favored in the Orient.
Skating Costume-Mrs. j. @. Moore. A
iaunty blue costume trimmed in swans
down.
Spanish Princess-Mrs. II. D. Johnson.
Lilac satin costume embellished with
precious stones and spangles.
Big Sun6ower-Mrs. A. J. Guinip. A
golden brown toilette embroidered in sun.
flowers.
NlgQt-mlb mAttl0 WEibut n DlbcA
illusion suit covered with silver stars.
Fancy Skater-Mrs. p. @. Boiler. A
pink skating costume trimmed with white
fur.
Black silk Domino-Miss Alice ODER.
Nevada-Miss Alice Mcbride. A neat
costume.
Evening dress-Miss Minnie Stanton.
Domino-Mrs. L. Brandt.
Evening dress-Mrs. e. A. Mcconnell.
Evening dress - Mrs. Augusta Mel
bourne.
Evening dress--Mrs. j. II. Shoemaker.
Among the gentlemen the best sustained
characters were Barnum's Pets. two apes,
by Martin Brown and Alex Aguayo.
Ed Blumenihal and Paul Bernard merit
much praise for their artistic as we'll as
laughable get up as Fairies.
VIM. Joannes-A jolly Irishman. Very
amusing,
Lord Salisbury--Frank McNamee. A
rich costume.
Uncle Sam-David Jones. A handsome
rig.
French Oficer-Wm. Fridley. Agood
| disguise.
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