Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-01-22
BOAT CLUB BALL.
son Hall ThrOnsed to its Utmost Ca.
pacity-Dctails of the Grand Affair. r
Special TO the Kennebec Journal.


GARDINER, Jan. 81.
That long expected event, the Boat Clut
Ball, occurred tonight at johnson Hall
and will long be remembered by those par
ticipating as one of the grandest events tina,
ever occurred in thi. city. 1t was successful
both socially and financially, beyond the
most .anguine hope. of its originator., and
the executive committee, Messrs. 2. H
Holmes, Chas. B Sesbury, P H. Win.low
and w. b. Neale. deserve great credit fol
the excellent manner in which it was man.
aged.
Early IN the evening the merry throng be-
gan to arrive, and carriage after carriage de-
posted their fair ones and their stte udants
BY nine O'Clock the waiting rooms connected
with the building were crowded to their Ut.
most capacity. The galleries were crowded
with spectators.
Between eight and nine o'clock Pullen',
orchestra gave grand concert, which wal
thoroughly appreciated by the sudiece.
The grand march occurred at half pas,
nine, participated in by some sixty-hve coup
les. The floor presented a lively and ever
changing appe arance, as the dancers passed
swiftly and gracefully through the different
numbers.
The hall presented a fine appearance. The
decOrationf were under the personal supervis
ion of Mr.. Geo. c. Beale, of the Boston Dec.
oratiye Co., and do great credit to that gen
tlenan. Banners, bunting, moss-paper,
and briliants were to be seen every where in
great protusion, the walls being completely
covered. The whole building was brilliantly
illuminated. Mr. L. F, Little, whose store is
directly beneath the hall, having his show
windows brightly lighted. This is the
second time that johnson Hall was ever dec.
Grated by professional and the result was
emlnentiy satisfactory.
Refreshments were served by Landlord
Johnson, of the johnson House, and did
tabiishment.
Among the visitors from othor cities were
noticed the following: Everett Lord and
Jack Bradley Of Worcester, Mass, Arthur
Allen of Boston, Chas Swift of Fargo, OAK,
Arthur Moore, Mervin w. Clark, w. w.
Mansfield VIM. Morton, f. ID. Davis, Chas.
ii. French, c. +. Paine, Jasper McGlinchey
all of Portland, 0. ID. Lambard, o. ID. Baker,
w. S. Choate, Perley Milliken, John Z
Avery, Howard Goodwin, all OF Augusta,
J. X Bodwell, VIM. Nichols and Chas. Full
Ter of iIalowell, f. Stone of Augusta.
The dresses were handsome and costly, and
many of them elegant. Following Is par
tial list of those whose costumes were espec-
tally noticeable: Mis-. Mary Washburn, Miss
Jane White, Miss Emma Dingley. Miss Josie
Mitchell Miss Emily Dingley. Mrs Wilcox
Miss Bertha Partridge, Miss Nellie Scribner
Miss Carrie Bachelder, Miss Mary ID. White
Miss Hattie Gray, Miss May Sheppard, Mis-:
A lice Maxcy, Miss NickersUn, Miss Luc,
Allen, Miss Maud Robinson, Miss Nellie
Stevens, Miss Julia Bailey, Mrs. Z. W.
Morrell. Mrs. Weston Lewis, Mrs John +
Richards, Mrs. II. S. Webster, Mrs, J. b.
White. Mrs. s. Whitmore, and many otheri
whose name. could not be ascertsined.
The festivities continued in the ''wee sma'
hours of early morn, and when the ball a
length broke up, and the participants depart
ed tor their respective homes, it was with
feeling that the long talked-of Boat Club
Ball WAS the great success of the season.