St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-02-14
THE pOL|CEMEN'S BALL.
They Can Dance as Well as Walk
a Beat---A Pleasant Social
Success.
The Mayors of the Twin Cities Lead
the Grand March---Mayor
Ames' Remarks.
General Social Doings About the City
Personal Gossip About
Many People.

The social dance of the Minneapolis
police department at Harmonic hall last
evening proved the pleasant success an
ticipated and helped to vary the pro-
verbal hart lot of the guardians of the
peace. Nearly every officer who
could be spared from duty was
)present, and although the invitations
were limited to one for each member of
the force, the floor was crowded to its
DNtmOst capacity. Full dress uniforms
were the rule, and the predOminance of
blue coats with double rows of brass
buttons gave the gathering the aspect
of a military ball. At9 O'clock Danz's
orchestra began the programme
WITH sa grand march, and Mayor
Ames, arm-in-arm with Mayor
Smith, of ST. Paul, followed by Police
commissioners Hoy and Baxter, headed
the long line. AT the close the mayors
OF the Twin Cities mounted the stage
while the dancers formed for quad
drille. Before the dancing Mayor Ames
delivered one of his Otf-hand talks to
the boys" by the way OF an opening
address. He said:
''Gentlemen of the Minneapolis
police force and ladies. / have
the pleasure of presenting to you some
thing OF a rarity-the spectacle of the
mayors Of the Twin Cities side by
side-the hOnOred mayor of st. Paul,
and, well, don't think l need intro
duce you to the mayor of the other city.
had the pleasure of attending a SIM
iler occasion at st. Paul, and am sure
that Mayor Smith appreciates, as L
did then, the pleasure of an
introduction to the guardians
of the public peace. The first quaIitica-
ton of an officer is that he should be a
gentleman, and a glance over this floor
IS sufficient to convince any one of your
fitness for your positions. That the
ladies are proud of you can be seen by
their faces as they gaze up to you
boys, they're stuck on you. l
ask YOU to throw Off restraint
and go in for jolly good time. and if
necessary the mayor of the city and the
board of police commissioners will as
slst you to turn loose"
When the laughter this sally created
had subsidized Mayor Smith was intro
duced. and remarked that he always
made his speech by proxy, and that
Mayor Ames had voiced his sentiments
so exactly that a repetition would
hardly be necessary.
The programme that followed EN-
braced twenty-five dances that pro-
longed the evenings enjoyment to 2 a.
III. At midnight a collation. was served.
Among the guests present were Mayor
Ames, and Mayor Smith, of St. Paul :;
Commissioners Hoy, Baxter and Jan
ney. Judge Lars M. Rand. Aids. Stoft,
Phillips. Gleason, HanscOm and Near
ole, Assistant County Attorney
Charles r. Hill and wife,
MaSSrC lnI Of
municipal court: Thomas Mea and
wife, Thomas Moore and wife, Miss
Mary Sullivan, Misses Anna and Esther
Hoy, Miss Nell Buckley, Miss Rose
Hoy, Mrs. F. E. Coffin, Mrs. Huston,
Mrs. j. Helm, Mrs. J. M. Hoy, Miss
Nanny, of st. Paul: Miss May Smith,
Mrs. n. B. Huston, Mrs. James &.
Doyle. Mrs. John Fleetham, Mrs. j. w.
Ellis, Miss A. Cramer, Miss Mamie
Kennedy, Miss Maggie Tooney, Mrs.
Henry Weimet, Mrs. J. Bean, Mrs.
Thomas Sullivan and Miss Kate Glea-
son.
4 FEW TIPS.
AS the officers paid for the ball them
selves the receipts ~ will probablys not
go to startta relief fund, as an evening
paper suggests. 10Y .'' z+s'.;i
Some of the ladies became aware of
the MASKING abilities OF a SlX-fOOt patrol
man--especially when he stepped on
their feet.
Inspector Fairbairn "rung" himself
in dress suit so successfully that his
intimate associates didn't know him.
Sergt. Jack Leonard wanted to bet
money he was the handsomeSt man on
the floor.
Inspector Kinney busted himself prin-
cipally seeing that others had a good
time.
Several members of the st. Paul de-
partment were in attendance.
The lady with tin dipper" was re-
membered on the programme.
Perfect order was preserved owing to
the attendance of the police.
Wei have another next year," was
the universal comment"
Call the Patrol Wagon" was the
finale on the programme.
Prof. Frank Danz led the orchestra.