Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1889-05-08

OCCASION, the management and the
city.
The scene in the supper room
shortly before i o'clock WAS n power
full argument IN favor of prohibition
Groups of drunken lads, with vacant
eyes, unsteady feet, and reckless
gayety Of speech were scattered about
the place. holding In their hands
brimming wine glasses Naturally
enough the floor wss soon IN q ter
rible slippery and sloppy condition.
The noise was deafening. Men were
shouting to the walters some Of the
most lnebriate We're singing and
every now and then a woman's shrill
laugh would rise above the general
din.
Nearly all the women present who
had not lost their sense of propriety V
through indulgence hastened To quit
the scene, where, indeed, IN more than
one instance they were subject to IN
suit, but few still fingered at the
upper end Of the room, possibly un-
conscious Of the disgusting scenes
that were enacted st little distance
from them
Food was strewn on the floor. the
appearance II the buffet and space
behind rapidly became uninyiting.
and tine noise and drunkenness in
creased ~ much that Al about twen-
" minutes past one Sergeant
SchmIttberger entered the room At
the head of some twenty policemen
2 a 4 q . l.
must cease.
1 The walters who had been drink
+ INK freely, clGInor0usiy protested that
they had already ceased 10 serve wine,
but several struggles for the posses
sion Of smuggled bottles ensued
! Two walters engaged IN fight which
resulted IN the contents Of 4 wine
glass being spilled down a lady r
neck, maudin guests argued with
the blue coats a. to the propriety Of
their interference and pandemonium
reIgned-
Finally orders were gwen to cIeRr
the room. This proved q difficult
matter The sober folks endeayored
70 haul their drunken friends out Of
the way, but with Indifferent success.
Some of them succeeded. however,
with the result that one Of two
scenes occurred In the corridors
\ policeman siezed one particularly
disorderlv Individual attired Is were
nearly all the ,irunkar,ls ut this stage
in q dress suit. and upon q deter
mined attempt at a rescue being
made by his "aristocraIc friends
pushed him into closet and guard
ed the door with the assistance Of a
fireman. until Inspector Steers arriy-
ed and -uccee9ed III restoring peace.
Several free fights were going on
in the supper room, half a dozen men
were sprawing on the wine soaked
floor and finally SCuyvesant Fish and
Inspector Steers arrived on the scene
and cndeavored TO accelerate tho
clearance OF the room. This was II
nally accomplished amid Il crashing
of glass and crockery, which evinced
the fall uf many n reluCtaut individ-
ual, and at last the police by dint of
pushing and rough handling, elected
the last brawler and locked the
doors The scene in the ball room
WIS not edifyIuS as the hours went
on. Women ware dancing there and
were even seated III some of the
boxes, who we're evidently 70 say the
least, affected bv their visits to the
supper r"GIn. and one rather pretty
glrI excited comment by her obvious
iack of steadiness, while her escort
was the subject of considerable IN
dignation as ne strolled across the
floor at the conclusion of a dance
with his arm still around her waist.
The strains Of home sweet home,
effectually cleared the ball room AZ
few minutes past three o'clock, but
half an hour later the stairs from the
corridors were occupied by several
persons, Of whom two men and one
woman were conspicuous by their
weariness which had resulted IN
their falling fast asleep III anything
but Conventional attitudes
\ miscellaneous throng Of all sorts
and conditions Of people had enter
Ell the Opera House after half past
one o'clock Tickets were offered
for sale on the street q: fifty cents
apiece through the doorkecpers and
spectators. This. If true would ac-
count for the appearance Of many
disreputahle women. and curious
looking men attIred in ordinary
street garb, bat 1t was not these peo
pie who originated the scenes IN the
supper room, although they may
have joined in them
When l asked Sergeant Schmitt
/ berger what he thought of the scene
/ he remarked that 1t was about on n
( par with the French ball, while Cap
I tam Reilly remarked that he had
never before seen SO many drunken
men at any ball. Il suppose, said
| he, chat the free wine was too much
for such very young men as were
many OF the guests
As for Mr. Stuvvesant Fish, whom
l encountered near the supper-room
while the election scene was in full
progress, he apologeticslly laid the
blame on few drunken waters"
Annual Meeting of The w. &.
L. Us Of Juniata 10.
/ The Annual npetinp Of tho WD.