Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1886-10-01
Grand Fancy Dress Ball.
THE SOCIAL EVENT OF THE SEASON.

The ripple of expectation that has beer
agitating the calm surface of Rockville so
ciety for the past two weeks, eliminated on
last Tuesday night in grand fancy dres.
ball at the residence of Mrs. r. T. Veirs.
AS the darkness Of night began to chase
away the shadows OF evening, the broad
veranda facing the main street was lighted
up with Chinese lanterns that cast a soft
light into the surrounding gloom. Shortly
before o'clock the guests began to arrive
and by halfpast eight they had nearly all
assembled. All who were in costume then
passed into the dancing saloon and were
formed into column OF twos, each lady
with her escort, and to an inspiriting march
by Donchs band marched out of the saloon,
down the hall, through the double parlors,
then back to the dancing saloon, when the
march was repeated in the same order rs be.
fore
The costumes OF the guests, brilliant be.
You'd anything ever seen here before,
shone to great advantage rs the process.
sion filed past in review. AS the column
broke ranks, dancing began and was kept
up with short intermissions until o'clock
in the morning Those who were in cos.
tune, with the characters which they rep
resented, were as follows:
Mrs. Whiting, Galatea; Miss Pye Veirs,
Hebe; Miss Fannie Veirs, Gypsy Girl; Miss
Mary E. Clements, Dancing Girl; Mrs.
DIR. Walsh, Tambourine Girl; Mrs. Keech,
Queen of Diamonds; Miss Lille Chiches.
ter, Ice; Miss Julia Vinson, Night; Miss
Mamie Vinson, Morning; Miss Bessie Stone
street, Flower Girl Miss Ella Stonestreet,
Gipsy Miss Lille Ball, Frost; Miss Sallie
Griffith, Undine; Miss Jennie Williams,
Fairy; Miss Lucy RUSSELL Scotch Lassie ;
Miss Oracle knight, Sunlight; Miss Mollie
Dawson, Night Miss Mamie Dawson,
Peasant Girl Miss Lille Mans. Night |;
Miss Mollie Holland, Night; Miss Lulie OF
futt, japanese Miss Annie Maddox, United
States Flag; Miss jamie Bailey, Gypsy For.
tune Teller Miss Maggie Wadsworth,
Pocahontas Miss Solomon, French Peasant
Girl; Miss Alma Solomon, French Peasant
Girl; Miss Mittie Hodges, French Duchess
Mrs. Wall, Quakeress; Mrs. Christie, Span
ish Lady; Mrs. N. d. Offutt, Jr, Milk.
maid Miss Mary Hodges, Milkmaid; Mrs
Fletcher, Red Riding Hood; Miss Lizzie
Balloch, Yum Yum Miss Gait, Japanese
Miss Brereton, French Maid; Miss Oracle
King, Flower Girl Miss Kate Bowie, Flower
Girl Miss Ramsey, Daffydown-diIly.
The ladies present, who were not in cos
tune, were as fOllowS:
Mrs. J. F. Byers, Mrs. r. King, Mrs. Lut.
rell, Mrs H. w. Talbot, Mrs. DIR. Anderson
Mrs. Judge Vinson, Mrs H. d. Green, Mrs.
Frank Brown, Mrs. BERTHE Brown, Mrs.
Prettyman, Mrs. W. V. Bouic, Jr., Mrs.
Conard, Mrs. Spencer, Misses Ella Woot-
ton, Carrie Stonestreet Ella Darne, Mary
Peter, Kate Peter, Mamie Vinson, Julia
Anderson, Dellie Maus, Lucy Simpson, Liz
zie Prettyman, Maggie Hays.
The gentlemen in character were the fol-
lowing:
II. r. Beall, David Garrick;. N. d. Offutt,
Jr., Spanish Cavalier; Warren Tilton. AL
fonso; Basil Gordon, Don Caesar; Mr.. Keech
National Rifle; G. Minor Anderson, Lord
Clifford; G. Northrup, North Carolina Rifle
Volunteer; Thos. Vinson, Prince of Wales;
James Veirs, Brigand; Thomas Dawson,
Moor DIR. So B. Muncaster, The King
Lieut.. A. H. Fletcher, The German Pro.
fessor; E. White, Sir Waiter Raleigh Ell
gar Wootton, Claude Melnotte; Lee Ofutt
Torreador.
All the gentlemen who did not appear in
character wore full dress, among whom
were Hon. George Peter, Spencer G. Jones,
III. ID. Green, ii. w. Talbot, Kennon Whit
ing, Mr. Brown, Pierre Stevens, NJ. ID
Knight, Il. @. Peter, DR.. Walsh, DR.. Collins
w. Clark, John G. England, Edgerton, j,
+. Byers, LutrelI, Wall.
At IL o'clock abundant and substantial re.
freshments were served, after which dancing
was vigorously resumed The costumes were
very appropriate, and some of them were
very handsome indeed, and were it not that
we might be accused Of Partially, we should
like to notice some of them in detail. Night
seemed TO be the most popular character
there being no less than four in the field.
We felt like exclaimng-
"Night sable goddess from her ebop throne,
In rayless majesty now stretches forth" &c.