Omaha daily bee., 1894-02-25
Eastern Star Ball.

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day Vesta Chapter No, 6, Order of the East
ern Star, gave a brilliantly successful ball
Thursday evening of last week in Chambers
hall, Seventeenth and Douglas streets, repre-
sentative Masons and their wives being pres
ent from Council Bluffs and South Omaha.
The ball room was made particularly pretty
through the aid of pleasing decorations, a
fine artistic sense being shown in the ar
rangement and blending of colors.
Mr.. John e. Simpson and Miss Dollie Pray,
assisted by Mr.. and Mrs. Frank P. Thornton,
led the grand march, followed by fifty
couples, who tripped away the remaining
seventeen numbers on the program in a very
enjoyable manner.
Delicious punch served throughout the
evening with other refreshments aided in
giving the dancers renewed life for each
number.
Mrs. Frank p. Thornton appeared in a
handsome costume of black crepe with old
rose trimming
Miss Dollie Pray, a most attractive young
woman, wore a pretty toilet Of red trimmed
with passementerie.
Miss Lulu Hornberger was in a sweet cos
tune of blue crepe and carried la France
roses.
Miss Newcomb appeared in black silk and
lace.
Miss Schwab wore an elegant costume of
pink silk trimmed with dainty lace. 90
Miss Heinboltz was neatly gowned in white
silk and carried a handsome bouquet of
flowers.
Miss Mable Hake, a rosebud in a garden of
flowers, wore a very becoming dress of ashes
of roses and lace.
Miss Stella Beecher, an attractive brunette,
was in a sweet costume of red crepe.
Miss Piel wore one of the becoming toilets
OF the evening, a white silk neatly trimmed
with lace.
Miss Hattie Reed, blue crepe and white
lace.
Miss Lulu Powell, nile green with white
lace.
Miss Cora Sayre looked particularly we'll
in a costume of nile green and pink roses.
Mrs. G. S. Powell was regal in black silk
and lace.
Mrs. Sayre was attired in neat black silk
trimmed with handsome lace.
Miss Carrie Erickson wore a neat gown of
green silk and white lace trimmings.
Miss Annie Steabin, old rose silk.
Miss A. Scott, a pretty costume Of lilac
Miss Belle Scott, a neat dress of blue
crepe.
Mrs. NJ. Scott, black lace.
Miss 10. Geist, a corn colored silk and Miss
Emma light blue silk.
Miss Wilde looked well in a costume of
Shella.
Lulu WorrelI, cream colored merino with
lace trimming.
The several committees on arrangements
anu thUse WHO Hdu Dell appointed TO receive
ana entertain the guests proved equal to the
emergency and they deserve due credit for
the social success of the bali, which was also
a grand success flnanCi ally.
The following named persons composed the
respective committees, viz: Reception COM
mittee-Miss Dollie Pray, Mrs. Ed l.. Sayre,
Mrs. DR.. Il. S. Daley, Mrs. George Powell,
Miss Emma Wilde. Floor committee-Mr.
Frank p. Thornton, Mr.. Will r. Vaughn,
Mr.; John o., Simpson, Mr.. Ed l.. Sayre, Mr..
G. win Baker.
Among the large number present were no.
ticed: Mr.. and Mrs. T. c. Livingston, Mr..
and Mrs. Frank p. Thornton, Mr.. and Mrs.
II. l.. Whitney. Mr.. and Mrs. c. b. Horton,
Mr., and Mrs, G. w. Poynton, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Adams, Mr., and Mrs. G. T. Ander-
son, Mr.. and Mrs. r.. l.. Sayre, Mr.. and Mrs.
w. A. King, Mr.. and Mrs. d.. o. McEwan,
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Piel, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. ]
Burr.
Msesrs. w. H.. Wigman. A. f. STUNT,
M, NJ. Robertson, Henry Rix, c.. A. Kline,
w. S. Becher, Claud Stockham. b. Bohan-
nan, M. G. Berglen, r. II. Walker, jr.,
Frank Canning, Horace Helfrick, Henry
Windheim. Q. w. Butler, VIII Baxter, j.
M. Jensen, Il. A. Krebbs, C. w. Baker, H.
c, Stafford, G. f. Hackenberg. w. b. Betty,
w. r. Vaughan, Arthur II. Briggs, Albert
Olson, w. G. Bouk, j. 70, Simpson, w. S.
Felker, L. c.. Brayton, +. II, Gosney, Frank
Spangle, NJ, A. Sawyer. j. NJ. Guild, 4. N.
Wandain, jr., w. j, Mack, p. Carlton, II.
b. Morse.
Mesdames Hornberger. Tower. Peterson,
HaVerly, Becker, Cuny, Hallam, Wagner.
Tibbens. jenkins, S~chwaab, Sharp, Hake,
Van Brunt, Suder, Scott. SUIT, Sayre, New
comb, Reed, Wiley, Wearne, Hlgleon. An
derson, Loech, White, Gatewood, Briden-
becker, Krug, Larson. Wilde, ConnelI,
Shields, Pray, Gaiest, Hackenberg. Meri-
deth, Briggs, Gilmore, Wearne. Savage.
korty. Hake, Skinner, Korty, Allen. CREST.
Powell. Miss Melins and Miss Voc from
Chicago.
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