San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-15
MASQUERADE BALL.
The Beethoven Maennerchor Spend
the Evening in Dancing and
Eeaating


The most beautiful decorations ever
seen in ball room in this city were seen
Saturday evening at the Mission Garden
hall. The occasion was the annual grand
carnival of the Beethoven singing
society. In the center Of the room hang
Ing from the ceiling was large Japanese
umbrella from every rib OF which hui 6
an incandescent light. A slipper with a
light in the toe Of 1t and with the figures
1892 painted on the toe, depended from it.
From the umbrella to the wall was
hung many streamers about a foot wide
and of all the colOrs of the rainbow. In
candescent lights were placed in the CEN
ter of these streamers about two feet
apart Bunting was stretched in grace
full folds all over the walls. Comic pic
lures, life sized, were hung against the
walls. All of it making scene most
beautiful to behold. Some 100 incandes-
cents were used in the decorating and
in lighting the hall. The crowd was a
large one and many gorgeous and comical
costumes were seen. Two negro boot
blacks created considerable mirth by their
antics and adeptnesS in shooting craps.
They were Messrs. Gus Schneider and
VIM. Wurzbach.
A group of school children, three girls
and two boys, were good; they y were
Messrs. A., G. and l.. Seidel and Mes
Mr.. Furgeson was German peasant.
Miss Tillie hitting the press.
Miss Lizzie Miller, rainbow.
Mrs. K. Seebe, Queen OF Peru.
Mrs. A. l.. Sartor, vegetable woman.
An old woman with three sons and Two
daughters were there. direct from Ger
many: Their names could not be OBJ
tanned.
Miss Mollie Voechting, Italian fruit
vender.
Mrs. A. Stoves, Spanish lady.
Q. OttesOn, an archer.
Chas. Elmendorf, snake charmer.
Miss Kate Stricken, Grecian costume.
Miss E. Staffel. rainbow.
Miss Agnes Junck, fairy tale.
Mrs. E. H. Tips, Grecian lady.
B. Wild, domino.
II. Clemens, Turk.
Mrs. F. Hensel, Queen of Egypt.
Miss TilIie Loeffier and Miss Josefa
Wild, English tourists.
Ed. Schunke. clown.
G. j. Rosy, Jr., domino.
Jim Mudd, domino.
Mrs. Lecroix. domino.
Mrs. +. Guenther, Oriental lady.
Miss Schneider, peasant girl.
Miss Kate Wurzbach, domino.
Miss Heuermann. domino.
Mrs. Lassner and Miss Tillie Lassner,
Miss Lottie Harniscb, charming school
girl
Miss Mary CalIsen, pink domino.
Miss Stieren, tamborine girl. rs.
C. A. Garth, clown.
Charles Miller, Charles Hummel, Mrs
Lacroix, Miss Rummel, Callsen, ID. and j..
Wagner were group OF devils.
Miss Minnie Schriener was a pretty
tamborine girl.
Miss Schunke, tamborine girl.
Miss Helen Emendorf, Scottish lady.
Walter Junell, Turk.
Gus Elmendorf clown.
Paul Wagner, kings fool.
Mrs. Kotula. candy girl.
Albert Stoves and M. Baitz, Mexican
caballeros. Many Others were present
with costumes, but 1T was Impossible TO
obtain their names.
Messrs. Borriam and Callsen two OF the
Kings guards were at the door to see
that no Objectionable characters passed
through.
Messrs. R. Seebe and Cba'. Miller were
the gentlemen that decorated the hall
so grandly. At 1880 O'Clock masks
were removed and the ball begar
but contrary to the expectations Of the
gentlemen 1t was turned into a leap year
ball.
At IL o'clock a grand march was
formed and all marched to the supper
room, where was spread a magnificent
array of the choicestviaDds OF the season,
furnished by Messrs. Rheiner Il Gaul.