St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-04-06
The Magnificent Ball to Be
Given by the Sir
Knights.
Thousands Of Lights and
Banks of Brilliant Bios
SONS Galore.
Company C's Ball at Armory
Hall Another Swell
Affair.

Easter is here, and with it, happy
faces, brilliant costumes, colOred eggs,
steaming viands and everything COM
plete to make the earth seem glad. The
bells ring out in merry peals, the Easter
bOnnetS are donned, and the streets are
filled with well dressed church-goerS,
some intent upon divine services, and
others going to hear the elaborate musl-
cal programmes that have been az
ranged. Affairs will he trimmed with
the choicest of cut flowers, and from the
doors the subtle perfume will be waited
out into the spring air, for is not Easter
promise of spring, and does it not
open up the heart with apromise OF bud
ding grasses, blowing blossoms, April
rains and spring house cleaning. Now
will restraint be thrown aside, the long
abstinence from pleasure is over, ana
reVelry and dance can be INDUCED IN
more heartily than ever, and the young
people will take advantage OF 1t to
loosen out their limbs on the slightest
provOcation, i'll the maZes Of the dance.
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OF course the greatest sub-Lenten
event that is to come. and probably one
of the grandest events of its kind ever
held in the Northwest, will be the grand
ball of Zion commandery Knights
Templar, in the new Masonic Temple,
Tuesday evening. To begin with, the
hall itself, together with the lodge
rooms, are said to be among the grandeSt
in the United States. In the large LOFTY
ball room. thousands of electric lights
will shed their blilliantrayS upon banks
of costly flowers, and light up the cos
tunes of the merry dancers. The ball
room is mammoth in its proportions,
but the probabilities are that it's capacity
will be taxed to tile utmost, for it is
understood that already 1900 tickets
have been sold. Danz's full orchestra
has been engaged, which inSureS the
sweetest of music for the occasion.
The Sir Knights will be in full uniform,
which will lend beauty to the effect,
by the waving of the many snowy
plumes. There will be a promenade
concert from $50 to 9:30, after which
the dancing will commence. After 10
O'Clock refreshments will be served in
Dorner'S most elaborate style. Sir
Knights will be present from Winnipeg,
Chicago and Omaha in large numbers,
and the affair promises to he one long
remembered in social circles. Follow
ing are the committees:
Committee of Arrangements-Sir T. f.
Mercer, chairman; Eminent Sir ]. W. Nash,
eX-ot1icio; Right Eminent Sir John A.
Srhlener, Eminent Sirs H. L. Daniels, Will
IAN Powell Sirs A. A. Keith, II. Is. Langdon,
f. c. Pillsbury, NJ, B. Koon, Fred Hooker,
A. N. Bailey, d. Ii. Gallagher, ". II. Lyon,
NJ. +. Lenox.
Committee on nvitations-Eminent Sir j.
3. Hudson, chairman: Sirs Henry Staples,
4 RrIIr fold Il.
eft. L. j. Davenport, C. T. Harris
reception Committee--Sir II. G.. Evans,
chairman; Sirs F. f. Davis. r. B. Langdon,
Hector Baxter, Z. NJ. Wilson, W. K. Morri
II. McEwen. E. A Hutchins, E. G. Babb, En-
lnent Sir John /. Black, Sir r.. d. Russell,
Right Eminent Sir A. NJ. Shuey, Sirs j. w.
Stone. George G. Farnham, E. G. Hay, W. II.
McWaters, Henry Doerr, Weed Munro.
Floor Committee-Eminent Sir j. w. Nash,
Schlener, Sirs W. Fl. Jacoby, E. a Sumner,
j. G. Wymond, F. Nj. Washburn, NJ. A.
James, II. l.. Daniels, Henry G. Carlisle, E.
+. DoDsop, c. L. Stephenson, John ". Laud-
erdale, Charles \. Parker.
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Another quite swell affair will be
given Oh Tuesday evening by Company
G. NJ. n. e., at the armory. 1t is I'M
fortunate that this should come upon
the same evening as the knights ball,
as there are many who would be glad
to be present at both. Company G, Off
GERS and members, will give grand
military ball and reception, at which
Thyle & Ringwald's orchestra will
furnish the music. The company has
been making elaborate preparations,
and if nothing interfereS a most en-
joyable and successful time will be the
result The following gentlemen CON-
prise the committee of arrangements:
Sergts. A. l.. johnson, George Chant,
r. b. Rowley and Private c. B. Bur-
dick.
On the whole. Easter week is opening
Ap on a scale of social magnificence and
splendOr that must tend to satisfy even
the most eXacting devotee of reception
and ball room. The past week has been
necessarily dull one, as is always the
case at the latter part of Lent, and so
quickly preceding Easter. sThere are
innumeraDle dresses to be made, and
bonnets to be trimmed, and that long
series of shopping expeditions to be
gone through with, until the average
society young lady is as worn out as her
papa's pocketbook. and she has not the
heart to indulge in any of the frivolities
of even so slight a thing as a formal
call. Now all this will he over and done
with, and there will be gigantic COM
pairing of notes, as to who has made the
best selection Of spring styles, and
whose outfit has cost the largest pile of
bank notes, and then comes the warm
spring days when they can be shown on
the streets, and then woman's joy is in
deed UupOnfiOp6