Daily Tombstone epitaph., 1886-03-13
THE PURIM BALL.
MaSkerS Chase the Fleeting
 Hours with Nimble Feet.
A LSght- "A eartpd ThrOng in Elegant
 and Motley Costumar.

been given in Tombstone of late woulo have rendered it difficult to gather very large crowd together for any description of amusement. The error of such ar idea was, however, quickly shown upon entering Schieffelin hall last night during the Purim masked ball. After passing through the throng of spectators, who filled both ends of the hall and the gal lery, the eye was bewildered at the surg ing mass of elegantly and originally cos tuned dancers. Every class of society, and many classes out of society, were represented in the costumes on the floor from tramps to princes and from nuns to Indian squaws. The committee of arrangements was composed of Messrs. L. Summerheld, Will Baron, l. M. Isaacs and Lew Aaron. Floor director, Prof. McCarty. At 9 o'clock the grand march took place. Dancing was then taken up vigorously. At II o'clock the unmasking took place, resulting in many surprises. The judges then declared the prizes allotted as fol- lows:
 Best dressed lady-Mrs. George Walker-Princess Carnival.
 Best dressed gentleman-Mr Harry Stevens Romeo.
 Best sustained lady character-Sophy Jones-Indian Prince.
 Best sustained gentleman character Gus Rokohl-Can Can Walsh.
 The decision oi the judges, whose po- sition is never very pleasant one, was generally admitted to be very fair and correct.
 After the intermssion dancing was again commenced and kept up with great spirit until an advanced hour this morn- ing.
 Among the characters recognized by the EPITAPH reporter were the following Sophie Jones, Indian Prince.
 Mrs. J, J. Nash, "The Tombstone"
 Nettie Rafferty, Peasant Girl.
 Mrs. George Walker, Princess Carni- val.
 Mrs. Slaughter, Swiss Girl.
 Minnie Rafferty, brown domino.
 Mrs. Niebecker, Snowflake.
 Mrs. A. T. Jones, Queen of Spades.
 Mrs. Summers, Night.
 Mrs. Nichols, "A square meal"
 Mrs. Louden, Chinese must go.
 Jessie Mclean, domino.
 Mrs. Rokohl, Irish Peasant.
 Mrs. Gregory, Topsy.
 Miss Woods Steele, Nun.
 Mrs. Harrington, Nun.
 Hulda Reinhoff, Old Lady.
 Mrs. Ben James, Spanish Peasant.
 Gus Rokohl, Can Can Walsh
 H. M. Woods, King Alfonso.
 M. Barnes, Uncle Sam.
 ]. J. Nash, Hermaphrodite Dude.
 Bob Hatch, domino.
 Mir. Jacobs, tramp.
 A. T. Jones, mule driver.
 Sol Irael, woman.
 Ben Baron, Girl of the Period.
 Billy Shearer, song and dance man.
 Will Baron, English cavalier.
 Al Walker, English cavalier.
 Louis Aaron, English cavalier.
 Harry Stevens, Romeo. George Low, George Washington. Ernest Byers, German Knight, MT. Cooper, Buffalo Bill. Lesser Summerheld, Missing Link. Ton Gregory, General Daly. George Walker, soldier of I4th cen- tury.
 Herbert Gage, Mormon bishop.
 Joe Lippert, Uncle Will Oury. Mir. Miller, clown.
 Howard Lee, Patchwork. Ashman and Kenney, lawn tennis players. There were just enough present to make dancing agreeable, without over crowding.
 The spectators seemed-to enjoy it, as much as the maskers.
 Uncle Bill Oury was immense, but comparatively few "caught on" to the idea.
 You could tell A. T. Jones-like the villain in the play-by his gait.
 Little Sophie Jones deserve her prize
 The music was excellent.
 Mrs. Walkers costume was very rich | Gus Williams mpersonation o Walsh, of the Can Can, was splendid, and deceived almost everybody. He we'll deserved his prize. | Mrs. Jones wore handsome cos tune. Uncle Sam had very prominent nose Originality, rather than richness, dis 1 tinguished the costumes.