, 1892-11-19
MERRY DANGERS.
A Delightful Time at the ArmOry
Last Night.
The Hall Handsomely Decorated
with the EmbIems of War.
SPIendidIV managed-Names of
Those Present.

EhOSe present.
The social season was opened last night
by the ball of Company A, at the armory.
The beauty and gallantry of the gay capi-
tai city met and danced the night away,
and "Just as the gray dawn came stealing
and stealing, the last of those wild Weber
waltzes began" There was a sparkle Of
mirth and good fellowship that arose like
a rare perfume. The stars and stripes on
the walls, the uniforms of the cavaliers
the rare costumes of their fair companions
blending and mingling and whirling in
the glow of the electric light, and the witch
cry of the music as it rose and fell with
the movement of the dancers, made
scene not unlike the balls given at the
nations capital. A unique but effective
feature was the appearance of arms cleY
erly stacked in different parts of the hall.
The success of the ball was due, in a
large measure, to the admirable selection
Of committees, as follows:
Reception committee - General r.. G.
O'Brien, Major @. H. Aver, Captain G. S.
Reinhart, Lieutenant M. e. Reed, Lieuten-
ant w. J. Milroy.
Floor committee-Sergeant H. D. Cowles,
Corporal S. q. Woodruff, Corporal b. B.
Smith, PriYates O. A. Burr, w. P. Henry,
T. A. Crisman.
The music of the occasion was furnished
by the Capital City orchestra.
AMONG THE DANCERS.
Those who participated in the enjoyment
of the occasion we're: Mr.. and Mrs. o. A.
Bowen, Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Farquhar, DR..
and Mrs. g. S. Armstrong, Mr.. and Mrs.
7. M. Reed, DR.. and Mrs. Watt, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. A. BOtkin, Mr.. and Mrs. A. q.
Cummings Mr.. and Mrs. H. II. Van Eaton,
Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. G. Tustin, Mr.. and Mrs.
Davis, Mrs. }. Il. GOwey,s Mrs. w. A. Lang,
Miss Emma Reed, Miss Louise Aver, Miss
Lulu Brown, Miss Kitty Randolph, Miss
Katie Eugeley, Miss Stella Fitch, Miss Lou
SaYidge, Miss Lizzie Savidge, Miss Stamps,
Miss Anna Tarbell, Miss Edith Burntrager,
Miss June Burr, Miss Bessie Lee, the Miss
es Prince, Miss Claudine Springer, Miss
Alice Strohm, Miss Williams, Miss Brace,
the Misses Laughlin, Miss Hildebrandt,
General r. G. O'Brien, Captain G. s. Rein
hart, Lieutenant M. e. Reed, Lieutenant
w. ]. Milroy, S. @. Woodruff, @. II. Aver,
III. d. Cowles, r. L. Blankenship, Nathan
Kaufman, @. 7. Whitney, Gus. Harris,
Alex. Drysdale, Mr.. Billings, Gus. Rosen-
thai, j W. Willis, T. A. Crisman l. Kauf-
man, s. G. Kaufman, Geo. Wolf, w. P.
Henry, r. G. Hartshorn, DR.. Gentle, w.
w. LanghOrne, A. /. Campbell, @. A. Burr,
G. W. Alternately, Fred Whitney, E. l..
Melton, +. M. Convey, Grant Talcott, q. E.
Leighton, DR.. Jento, DR.. Ingham, Burt
Prince, Emery Vaut, Clarence Brown,
Henry OFT, @. e. Robinson. i. M. Atkins,
d. r. McQuarry, E. A. McClarty, II. A
Hagin, Mr.. Blauvett, Otis Hawthorne, and
John Robinson and f. L. Baker, of Port
Townsend
AFTER THE BALL.
The fine appearance of the Armory of
Company A and its occupants last night
brought back to the memory of one of the
members who was at the ball for a short
time last evening, a couple of pretty verses
read many years ago, but very descriptive
of the above enjoyable occasion:
"There were flashing of jewels and iutter
of laces
Tropical odors sweeter than musk;
Men and women with beautiful faces
And eyes of tropical dusk"
(The above described ball given by the
khedive of Egypt to the corps diplo-
matique.)
Here is another verse:
"And just as the dawn came stealing and
stealing,
The last of these wild Weber waltzes be-
gan;
l can hear its low notes now appealing,
now pleading,
l can catch the sweet scent of her sandal
wood fan,
AS it lay in her hand her hand on his
shoulder,
And down the long hall, away and away,
Ali under the flags and under the arches,
They danced and they danced till the
dawn of the day" J.