San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-03-08
THE TURNER MASQUERADE.
King Momus Reigned Supremo---Fun
and Frolic on all Sides.

The annual masquerade ball of the
Turner Association took place at their
hall on Saturday night, and nOtwith-
standing the exceeding Indictment
weather and almost impossible condt-
ton of the streets, it was a grand sue
cess in point OF members, as well as in
the enjoyment of the participants. The
Eighth Cavalry Band furnished the
music, and the hall was deliberately de-
corated with flags and figures, and in
the center OF the hall was suspended q
large cylinder appropriately decorated.
The stage was filed with spectators,
and the body of the hall was reserved
to the masked merry-makers.
The maskers began TO arrive about .
o'clock, and the first group was that OF
four negro Ministries and their dusky
sweethearts, four colOred Chambermaids
with their feather busters. who after
wards changed costumes TO pretty
columbines they were Misses sofia San
tleben, Adeline and Mary Hernandez
and Emily Wetiing, and Masters Louis
Wefiing, Henry Wagner, Ed. FrobOese,
Jr., and AdOlph Hernandez.
The next group were eight harle-
quins and eight COlumbines. The harle-
qunes came in down rope from the
roof by one of the high windows on the
west side OF the hall. They were all
dressed in white, which had very
pleasing effect. Their pames were as
follows: Misses Julia Haenel, Emily
Huck, Joanna SChuenke, Emelia
Schuenke, Ida Horn, Emma Horn, Min
ME Heuermann, Bertha Dauenbauer.
Messrs. Joe Beckmann, Luis Fries,
Eugene Griesenbeck, Max Schunke, III.
Michel, Eugene NOrdhaus, Otto Roach
and William kypfer. The first Italian
immigrants, represented by A. Brian as
organ grinder, with Nato Nillareal as
monkey, and some scissor grinders,
flowers girls, were well gotten up and
sustained.
At IL o'clock King Menus, represented
by g. II. Mueller, drawn on IA sled by
eight Esquimaux, entered by the front
door, and was conducted to his throne in
front of the stage. The EsQuimauX were
Henry Schumann, Adolph Schunke, Ed
Schunke, Louis Dreiss, Louis Heuer-
mann, - Hebner, Emil Scholl and Albert
Barbeck.
Among the individual characters there
were many very pretty costumes and
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is impossible to give all. Among the
most conspicuous were Miss Virginia
Rosy az Music; Miss Jessie Evans as
Widow Dunn, very interesting; Miss
Bolz, a German peasant; Misses Lizzie
and Katy Sens, Bohemian peasants; Mrs.
f. NJ. Stapp, Queen of Roses; Mr..
T.. NJ. Stapp, courtier of the time of Louis
XIV. The Burschenschafters were Ben
Mauermann. Gus Mauermann, Charles
Runge and John Beckmann. Miss En-
ma Degen was a success as COlOred
dudine; +. |. ,BOwsky entered the hall on
burrO and made decided hit; DR..
AdOlph IIerT as Mexican caballerO
and Mrs. q. ii. kalteyer as his dulCe cora
ZoA were conspicuous for elegance Of
costume; Miss Sofia LaCoste was a Span
ish Senorita; Miss Maria Lacoste and
Mrs. +. Herif were Sultanas, LuOien La.
cOste was a Spanish Grandee; Edw ard
Ducuron an Italian bandit.
The Esquimaux got the first prize of
$40 for the best group; the negro min
strels and their dual lady attendants got
the second. Miss Emma Degen, the
dudine, received first prize for single
lady mssker, and r.. |. Bowsky, with his
burro, the first gentleman.
1t ll:3O the huge cylindar hanging
from the center of the ceiling parted
with loud report and showered candy
motto kisses down by the bushel, ere
ating lively scramble.
At II O'Clock supper was announced,
and dancing was kept up till nearly day
light.