Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-01-01
NEW YEARS PARTY.
THE EAGLE RIFLES SECOND AN.
NUAL BALL
At their ArmOry Last Night a
Brilliant Social Success.

| DTlIlIdllt CUCldI CUCCtSS.
One of the most elegant parties of the
| season was the second annual ball given by
| the Eagle Rifles at their armory last night
| The members of the company had spared
no pains to make the event one long to be
remembered in the social circles of the city,
and to their committee of arrangements,
Messrs. Geo. E. Hammann, G. 81. Mcknight
and Harry Lytle, is due in no small degree
commentator for the success of the affair.
The tasteful decoration of the hall was
very generally most favorably COM
mented upon. Opposite the entrance
and in the front Of the hall was erected
| the orchestra stand decorated in an ele-
CANT manner with the national colors,
Upon this was seated the Eagle Rifles Or
chestra and the music furnished on the oc-
casion was superior TO any dance music
rendered in the city for sometime.
The colors of the Rifles. old gold and
purple, were hung upon the wall in fes-
toons and interlacedwith lines of green and
holly. From the four corners of the room
to the chandeliers were suspended lines ef
green and here and there from the ceiling
were hung punches of green until the
room appeared to have canopy of green
intermingled with red and white and
blue and purple and orange
The whole effect was strikingly
beautiful and was rendered still more gor-
geous and attractive by the merry crowd
of dancers, the ladies in their rich and ele-
CANT toilets, the members of the Eagle
Rifles in their uniforms and the other gen.
tlemen attendants in full evening dress as
they moved so lightly and gracefully over
the floor to the delicious strains of the
music
The beautiful club room was quite a
favorite resort, and the deliciously soft
chairs and sofas were most inviting places
to d tete-a-tete. A very neat piece of de-
coration was a stack Of arms draped in an
elegant silk flag. that stood in the east end
of the room.
A drill commencing at 8 o'clock was
given by the company, followed by bayonet
exercises by the older members. At the
completion of this commenced the grand
march, with fifty couples, led by the former
captain of the company, Mr. Z. S. Hotch-
kin. and wife Afterwards the following
program was danced through:. !
l. Waltz-Necome.
2. Polka-Post Captain.
4. Newport-HOnorable Court.
5. Waltz-Quadrille-Ch Chaplain.
6, Schottische-Rife Scores.
Z. Prairie Queen-Inactive Members.
s. Waltz Our Reception Room.
9. Gallop-Awkward Squat
10. Lancers. High IifeRight ford fours right.
IL. Polka-Silent Drill:
u. Waltz-Are You Ready.
Is. ka-Quadrilie-ODr New Members.
H. altZ Home-Happy New Year.
This party, as was the case with most of
its predecessors, was distinguished by the
richness and elegance of the costumes
worn by the ladies: the lighter shades
with ornaments of diamonds, other
precious stones and natural flowers pre-
vailed. There was large attendance,
there being at one time eighty couples on
the floor They were as follows:
Capt. George Boyd and wife and Miss
Julia Steele, of Terra Haute, Ind, Mrs. J.
l.. Boyd and Mr.. Mount Hallowell, Mr.. NJ.
Oliver and wife, Mr.. r. r. Coleman and
wife, Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Smythe, Capt.
Hotchkin and wife, Mrs. F. Walker, Mrs.
w r. Dulaney. Mr.. J. Huston and wife
and Miss Dixon, Mr.. and Mrs. Solomonski,
Mr. and Mrs. G. A Hatfield, Mrs. NJ
bdluHlll, MI. L Icu w dllcI WI MI
and Mrs. c. H. Peckham, Mr.. and Mrs.
Chas. Moore, Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Hard
ing, Mr.. and Mrs. G. A. Cross, Mr.. and
Mrs. g. NJ. Whiting, H. NJ. Davis and
wife, A. G. Walden and wife. W. H. Max
well and wife, MIR. and Mrs. J.
E. Scott, Mr.. and Mrs. ID. E.
Spahr, Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Mackenzie,
Mr. and Mrs. Duncan Robinson, Dean
Adams and wife, Mrs. Stewart, Mrs. Nc
MILAN, Mrs. Schermerhorn, Mrs. Dean.
Misses Geneveive Chambers, Maud
Struble, K. Venard, E. Downes, Alice
Boyd, Mile Sappenfeld, Hattie Hays,
Dollie Fletcher, Skinner, Richards, Lynch,
Lucy, English. Tusch, Rennetta and Ma
linda Ross, Laura Woodcock, Grace
Hibarger, Marion Neiderlander, Maud
Pratt, Rossler White, of Boston; Dunbar,
of Ohio; Grace Jewett, Phelps, Harding,
Mamie Manuel, Lucy Ford, Hutchinson,
Iowa City; Maud Struble, Anna Hays.
Messrs Geo .Hoffmaster, d. S. Young,.J.
H. Hettinger. T. b. Garst, D. B. Hine, w.
B. Powell, Colwich; A. H. Greet, Joe and
Charley Carey, Geo. E. Hammann. H. S.
Mearse, Pratt City; Geo. Mcdonald, B. l..
and Chas. Mcknight, J. T. Gilleu, w. f.
Ladd, C. S. McAllister, H. f. Green, Fred
Baldwin, Fred Anawalt, Hindsdale, of FL
Dorado; Clyde Ware, F. B. Clark. II. l..
Pierce Boon, Savers, o. b. Stocker, Ban
craft, Howe, Lyle, Grant Woodman, w
X. Billou, L. S Hougland, T. c. Wales,
G. Hogan, W. +. Ladd, j. V. Tucker,
Fred Peck, Ben Glaze, W. 6. Jones, Ed.
Moore, c.. V. Ferguson, Bennett, Callahan,
Chas. Curtis, E. E. Lauck, Garden City;
J. Z. Louck, f. Garrett, B. B. Cushman,
F. f. Curtis, E. H. Davis, W. 5. Gold
smithy, l. A Radford. r. G. Smith, Oscar
Delong, II. J, Hagney, d. Hall, Belle
PLANE.
TODAY'S ENTERTAINERS.
Mrs. W S Cnrbett and Miss Josie STAN