Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1891-04-30
IN STRANGE ATTIRE.
Merry Maskers at the Masque.aoe
Ball-A Bright Epoch in Aoer-
deems Social History.


ing. between the gusts OF rain. mysterious
figures. mufiied and masked, hurried
along the wet sidewalks toward Judge
Keyes' brightly lighted house. whose
Unsuitable doors opened wide with Il
flood OF light and received "A motley crew
into their shelter.
The house was decorated with pots OF
blooming plants; beside the door leading
into the ladies' dressing room stood a
magnificent specimen OF pelargonum'
radiant in n glory of crimson blossoms
The large rooms on the lower iioor were
cleared of furniture and the carpets
covered with crash; upon TINS, To the
sound OF music, strange pantomimic
dance went forward.
In order to preserve the incognitos'
there was almost perfect silence; ana
there was something decidedly uncanny
in having ghost glide up and press your
hand with substantial little squeeze
and then silently glide away, only to
have her place taken by scarlet devil
who looked rs ii he might have been
peeled off of IL ham can and come alive
ON "A somewhat larger scale. Alter
several dances, the personality OF many
Of the maskers became apparent. For
instance, a very thick-set maiden, in
babv-bue, showed a curious persistence
in playing the mans part in the waltz,
and wanted to do all the leading, until
she became very unpopular with her
partners.
At about IL O'Clock the request came
to unmask, and at u word the secret OF all
the masks was revealed and Il burst OF
repressed talk gushed forth. The master
full Young woman in blue proved to be
C. w. Parnell, whose elcphantine CO.
quetry had aroused suspicion. Miss
Keyes was the ghost and G. Il.
Weatherwax the gentleman from a
warmer cline.
One OF the cleverest and mos. perfect
DISCUSSES was worn-or rather supported
by Fred Antrim, for no one suspected
who animated the gigantic lead pencil
that traced unreadabls. signs upon the
empty air The lily costume worn by
Miss Clara Wood was "A perfect success
and canno. be described, since who can
"Gild refined gold, or paint the lily?'
Another flower that was not ''born to blush
unseen" was Miss Green in daisy
dress. Mrs. Austin was a striking repre-
ssntation of remarkably starry night,
and Miss Arnold a graceful Greek maiden.
A very cleverly sustained part was played
by Ray Sherwood in the character Of
have become badly spoiled since Mrs.
Burnett parted company with him.
Much amusing confusion arose from the
duplicate Red Riding Hood costumes
worn by Miss Fern Wea herwax and
Miss Louise jackson. \ very pretty aud
charmingly becoming peasant costume
was Mrs. Fred Antrim's; it would have
melted the heart of Il Malta. p. G. Hus-
sey wore Il black domino with beads 1T
his side, which seemed to indicate u
monk, and horns which suggested the
devil apparently, he was intended t.
illustrate the old couplet:
'The devil was sick. the devil monk would be
The devil was well, the devil monk was he.
JAY Weatherwax's continental dress
was handsome, as was also gayer and
very becoming one worn by A. +. Morton.
third dress OF the George Washington
period was worn by the younger Cook,
while his elder brother made an admir-
able Jap. A. w. Middleton belonged te
the no-name series, which was repro
scented by several members. W. B.
Paine was disguised as "a negro minstrel
and Waldo Hart as a Turk. An ex-
tremely brightly worked out idea was the
absurd caricature by Will Redinger OF .
blooming blarsted 'blood. T" whose get-ul
was loud enough TO turn in Il fire. alarm
Mrs. Bert White, as baby, renewed he
infancy, - and its charm-while Free
Hart AZ Lord High Everything Flse con-
manded the attention. Mrs. Davis laugh
patriotism as the star-spangled banner
ms Thomas in pink costume recale,
Elaine with ''All her fair hair s,reamin,
down." Miss Ida JacEson gave zeal
lstic representation OF little girl Mis-
Maud Perry, in a Gretchen costume, wa
her own vivacious self: Mrs Mack wa
gay in scarlet and white; the two Greer
brothers seemed to be part of the Name
Bells crew, "The cook and the captain
bold 1t is impossible to enumerate al
of even the best costumes, and it is to
, little to say that the masquerade ball eS
ceeded even the brightest anticipations
/ and has afforded almost as much pleasur
and amusement in the retrospect as a
the time to all who enjoyed Mrs. Keyei
kind hospitality, assisted as it was by
number of her undisgnised friends.
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