New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-01-28
THE JOLLY MASQUERADERS.
Fun Behind the Mask at the Turner Hall
Dance.
A Large Humber of Beautiful Costumes
do Grace to the Occasion.

90 trace to the occasion. za-
As the soft strains of dreamy waltzes
f1oated through the various apartments
of Turner Hall last Saturday evening,
nearly three hundred masked forms
could be seen winding in and out
through the maze of the dance and
moving gracefully to the changing ca
dences of the orchestra s exquisite music.
The costumes were generally attractive
and pleasing to the eye, including not
only the tasty and beautiful, but the
ingenious and ridiculous. The groups
were unusually interesting. The first
to appear was a band of Amazons or
lady warriors, eight in number. Sedate-
ly they marched about the hall, and
with their becoming uniforms presented
a pretty appearance. Then came a
troop of western cowboys, ys,-excuse US,
we meant cow-girls,-no, no, pardon us
again, we should have Said wild girls of
the west,-dressed in true Buffalo Bill
style with pistols, knives, lassoos and
all the other necessary accoutrements.
They acted their parts we'll, as few
who became entangled in their lassoos
can testify, and for originality were as
good as any that appeared on the floor
The fruit girls also constituted an ad-
mired group. They were dressed in
neat and pleasing style, and their sing
ing and dancing elected much favorable
applause. The newsboys and news-g girls,
too, made quite an impression, par
ticularly the young girls in their pretty
white dresses decorated with newspaper
headings. The New Ul4n Review
came in for a due share of advertising,
and the young lady, who adorned her
costume with the name of the '.poor-
est" paper in Brown County, has the
compliments of its publishers.
The last group to appear and the one,
which was awarded the prize of the
evening, was that consisting of six Ia
dies in black apparel, characterizing
flying bats. The suits which they wore
were rich and handsome, and they
danced about the hall with noticeable
ease and grace. For a real laugh
able and fun-exciting group, how
ever the little Bavarian Orchestra,
consisting Of five pieces, was deserving
of a whole Glasgow bakery. The mem
bers of the band were logged out in
such supremely ridiculous costumes
and played such very popular airs, that
in wandering around the halls they
were always attended by an apptecia.
tive audience. They styled themselves
as the famous DR.. Koch's Lymph Con-
cert Company. and entertained those
present with such consumption-cu curing
strains as 'sLauterbach," annie Roo
ney' and the like. For comic group
it could hardly be excelled, and the
awarding to them of a prize for the
best character mask was certainly be-
fitting. - ......-
The prince and princess and their
retinue made a splendid sight, with
their elegant and gorgeous costumes,
glittering in the well lighted ball. They
contributed much to the success of the
masquerade, as did also the stage
groups, including the chimney sweepers
and DEVILS angels, under the direction
of Chas. Gebser. r
Of the individual masks, there were
too many to enunerate. All in all they
made up throng of faces that to look
er-on afforded a highly interesting study.
An old man in suit made of grain
bags, and carrying wood saw, styled
himself Farmers Alliance candidate
after election. A photographer fitted
from one place to another and with his
pranks spread a feeling of good humor
wherever he went. A party dressed as
a girl of sweet sixteen carried about a
weight of 900 pounds, and by her sire
gave every evidence that the seeds of
consumption had never been sown in
her frame. Others were eqnally laugh
able, while still Others were attractive
by the beauty of their costumes. The
prizes for the best comic masks were a.
warded to Mrs. Brey and Edward Fren-
sel. The former appeared as fortune
teller and the latter as aC Chinese laundry
man. Mrs. Frank Burg Jr., who rep
resented daisy, won the prize for the
best character mask. In making their
decisions, the judges met with consider
able trouble. The groups were all well
taken, and it was far from easy to de.
eide between them. The difficulty was
finally settled by q vote, which was very
close.