The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1893-02-07
THE FIREMEN,s BALL.
A Jolly Good Time with All---and
Boreas Deled.

| n Oolty G0O0 Time with All---and
Boreas DeGed.
Armory hall was never more joviaIly
filed than last night, the occasion being
the annual ball of jackson Engine com.
pany, which eclipsed all former attempts
of The Dalles fire department. to cater te
the wishes of the mass of its friends
Armory hall is the largest assembly
room we have in The Dalles, and is
capable of seating 600 people comfort
ably, but there were many more than
that number present last evening to
enjoy the masquerade ball of the fire.
men.
The department had arranged prizes
for the best sustained characters, ladies
and gents, and committee was APP
pointed from the guests as follows to
make the awards: Messrs.HH. j. AIaier,
K. E. Williams, D. c. Ireland, Mrs.
Chas. Hilton, Mrs. ]. 7. Peters and
Mrs. s. Klein. The committee had
very arduous duties to perform. The
floor was filled with nasqueraders in
various costumes, and where all did SO
well ''invidious comparison became
odious;'' but they must award four
prizes between seyenty-six consecutive
contestants. How to do it and avoid
censure was the immortal question
However, they met, consulted, and
finally took chances by deciding that
the first prize be awarded 10 the High
land Lassie,' which proved to be Miss
Maude Mowery. The second lady was
Miss Lizzie Ulrich, who represented
Pocahontas
The "first gen tleman" had to be de-
cided between four 4celestials John
Hampshire, Fletcher Faulkner, Ed
Williams and Malcolm jameson Jane
son walked away with the laurels by
drawing the longest straw. Young
Uirich, who carried the hod, walked
away with prize No. 2. The prizes
were awarded, and the committee is
justly deserving of commendation. "If
you don't belief it put yourself in dare
places"
1t was almost impossible to get a cor
rect list of the participants, but through
the indefatigable perseverance of Mr..
w Il. 0dii icSSOu we are tOlo 10 SLAlS
that julius Ulrich represented the hod
carrier perfectly; Emma Jacobsen was
the fsherman's daughter, within one of
the prize; Simple Simon was W. Roth,
and he got vote of thanks for his per-
feet felicity. Ben Ulrich was a suberb
barber, but he lacked shop. Presi-
dent Harrison, represented by Charlie
Frazier, got away with him on that
score. Miss Ulrich sustained the char
acter of Pocahontas admirably. but the
Scotch Lassie took all eyes, and as such
Miss Mowery took the first prize. II
would be impossible to enumerate all
the possible first prize characters pres
ent. The committee regret very much
that sex prevented awarding "special''
by the electrical effort of Mr.. Harry
Lonsdale, whose character would be
difficult to describe. Miss Smith as a
Japanese warrior, is. worthy of special
mention. Wenda Skibbe, in her charm
ing costume of gypsie, was up to the
idea in perfection, and if any one
wished a fortune' told, Wenda WAS
there to tell it. Mrs. DR.. Snedaker rep
resented d. c. Herrin's gallery, and il
your photo was not attached to her
costume tits your own fault"
We intended to give the name and
costume OF each one, but when we found
the list in Mr.. Sandrock's private mem
orandum, we had to give it up.