Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-02-11
THE TURNER'S.
Their Annual Masquerade
Ball q Great Success.
A LIST OF THOSE PRESENT.
Original Costumes and Well Sus-
tained Characteristic
Prize-Winners.

Tho annual D8l Oh the 1uEnoIb ~
their hall on Spring street on Saturday
night, was, as stated in yesterday morn
ing's HERALD, q glorious success, and
there has probably never been better
attended masquerade in the city. At an
early hour it was evident that there
would be big rush, sol rope was drawn
across the end of the hall 80 as to leave
the floor to the dancers, and this proved
to be q good idea for by IL o'clock such a
number of spectators had arrived that
all the galleries were crowded and every
available foot of space on the floor occu-
pied. The scene was very lively one.
Letter-carriers, Tyroleans, princes, peas
ants, historic personages, Cinderellas
and tramps paraded about arm-in arm,
all 80 carefully masked that even to one
we'll acquainted with those present
it was impossible to discover the
identity of the participators. An incen..
tive had been offered in the shape of
handsome prizes for the hest and most
original costumes, and this accounted
for some of the striking attires that at
tracted attention. The individual who
arranged himself as Sam Jones made q
happy hit, and enhanced his score still
further by enacting his part as he moved
about, thus creating a good deal OF
amusement. Indeed, most OF the num-
mers made good impression in this re-
gard. 1t has always been noticed that
the individuals who attire themselves in
the most ridiculous costumes are gener-
ally the tamest characters in the shows,
clowns being anything but funny. and
impersonators of noted personages doing
nothing beyond the costuming to convey
an idea of their representations. But the
Turner's did none of this. The letter
carriers distributed documents, the me-
groes affected an Ethiopian dialect, the
kamps walked about and appeared the
very pictures of distress, while the mobiles
and monarchs assumed naughty mien,
asi If to the manner born. Agood deal OF
excitement ran rife when the hour Tor
unmasking arrived, for probably some OF
the male maskers feared they were fiirt-
ing with their sweethearts or wives,
while on the other hand, the ladies were
anxious to discover whether their part.
ners in the promenade and dance were
individuals whom they had hitherto held
ct arms length in the social swim. As
q prelude to the great event, the curtain
rolled up and disclosed a tableaux
depicting number of students in the act
Of thoroughly enjoying themselves, for
they formed human ladder, which, as
the tints of red fire were thrown on it,
produced a very striking effect. Then
Mr.. J. Kuhrts, the President of the So
ciety, announced the winners of the
prizes, aud hum of applause went up
as he gave the first reward to Miss Bertha
Narsch, who, as mail-carrier, carried
off the palm for the best sustained lady
character. Mr.. Theodore Lohman, as
Sam Jones, took the prize for the best
sustained gentleman character; Miss
Mary Schmidt, as German pc easant girl,
for the finest lady's costume, and Mr.. B.
Schmidt, as George Washington, for the
finest gentleman's costume.
The order to unmask was then given,
and as the face-covers were removed
exclamations of surprise could be heard
from all directions, and it was evident
that goodly number had been COM
pletely astounded. The strains of a
lively waltz struck up almost immediate
ly, however, and then the grotesque
scene became maze of bewilderment
again and King Momus reigned supreme.
The fun was kept I'D until long past mid
night, and judging by the expressions of
satisfaction that could be heard on every
side, there was not one individual swho
left the hall dissatisfied with the even
ing's entertainment.
THE MAsKERs.
The following is as near a complete
list of the maskers and the characters
they sustained as could be obtained, the
crowded condition of the hall rendering
it almost impossible to get every ybody:
Mrs. F. Hamin, Lady Washington !;
Miss A. Lindenfeld, jolly jockey; L. J.
Llewellyn, coon P. D. Lehart, baseball !;
Mrs. P. d. Lehart, evening star; Mrs. A.
Adolf, Columbia; Mrs. A. Cordez,
queen; Miss Lohman, waitress; E. Ru-
dolph, Japanese; Miss M. Warner, COL
ored dude; Mrs. Gross, evening star
Mrs. F. Schumt, vivandiere; Mrs. q.
Schmidt, night; Miss E. Osborne, Wes-
tern girl; Mrs. A. N. Feldschan, oriental
dancer; Miss L. Boege, Swiss girl; A.
Miller, German officer; ]. Zobelein, sal
vation; Miss L. Nei.zke, morning; Theo-
dore N. Mersch, money to lend Mrs. T.
N. Merich, Red Ridinghood B. G. Sepul-
veda, the devil; Mrs. M. H. Hyer, joe
NY uls6 II. 0llS, pchSduC girl mlSo M
Ball, peasant girl Miss L. s. Ball, flower
girl; Miss Beisel, Fanchon; ]. Allgern,
Indian chief j. Lerluth, cavalry officer;
L. E. Stickney, lawn tennis; M. G.
Neuner, devil; H. A. Gerdes, lawn
tennis; ]. III. Wolfrom, clown; Mrs. J.
Hauerwaas, red riding hood; Miss L.
Goeppinger, card player; Misses Zobe-
lein, flower girls Miss H. Rich, Tyrolean
singer; Mrs. w. Sewell, Diana; Mrs.
Ruff, sailor girl; Mrs. Pickel, gypsy
fortune teller; Misses M. Herman, A.
Brauer and II. Breudel, Faith, Hope and
Charity; Miss N. Schubert, school girl
Henry Ocer, clown; R. Homer, clown
Miss L. Schmidt, flower girl; Miss Nc.
Coy. Lady Lynn; Mrs. Brown, Lady
Elizabeth, George Kirchmeier, Japanese
and Irishman; Miss Julia Neis, Wild
West; Mrs. Stremer, Autumn; S. Paul,
dude; II. Greygraufe, peasant; Mrs. A.
G. Gilman, jockey; Miss Ida Schmidt,
sailor girl; Miss A. Phillip, Canada
Mrs. Morse, flower girl; w. Hupert,
clown; Mrs. G. Kreugel, Rococo dress
William VESSEL, Germania; Miss Elisa
Heussler, huntress; Miss M. Brady,
morning; Miss A. Macarthur, German
peasant girl; Miss R. Fisher, fisher girl
Miss III. Andrews, jockey; Sam johnson,
Sunday School boy; Miss E. Cook, belle
uf tho hall. " Srhrnidf Goor0o Wash