New Ulm review., 1894-01-24
CHARACTERS PICTURED.
The Masquerade Ball at Turner Hall
Presents Laughable Features.
Few Costly, but Many Good Character
Masks.
The Fliegende Blaetter and the Local
School War Furnish Much
Inspiration.

Inspiration.
1t was good masquerade. 1t was full
of fun. It told many stories that whole
newspaper couldn't tell. The audience
was large one. Gallery and hall were
we'll filled with lockers on and few there
who did not teel we'll paid for their at
tendance.
One of the first laughable sights to ap-
pear was the live idea found in the
Fliegende Blaetter. In as few words as
possible it can be described as follows:
A sheeny and corpulent German. Shee-
ny in habit Of taking life easy. Catches
idea from shape of German. Causes lat
ter to lie flat on floor, face downward.
Sheeny pillows and stretches himself on
top of German, back to back. Rotund
nature Of abdominal portion of German
creates an easy rocking motion. Sheeny
enjoys himself with quiet smoke. I'm
mcnse laughter throughout the hall.
Another excellent group was band
of colored minstrels. Seven young men
entered into the group, with blackened
faces, flashing diamonds and long linen
coats with capes. 1t was all interesting
season spent in watching them march
about the htll to regular negro minstrel
step, and playing tune that was as near
like Benn Sackett's Theatre Band as
drum major, three instruments, two
drums and pair of cymbals could make
it, Their rendition of the new song to
the old tune, which has been so popular
here the past few weeks, was such as to
bring forth round after round of ap-
plause. The programs too, which they
distributed, were inclined to be rather
humorous and particularly appropriate,
On the stage the groupings were of
an ingenious order. The two had boys
with their kite episode. excited consider
able merriment, particularly the scene
where one of the little urchins is lifted
by the flying kite across the stage and out
of sight.
The effort of the old woman to make
the sun revolve about the heart instead
of Wis versa, as is the natural order of
things, was taken up at once by the
audience in the proper spirit and started
ripples of laughter among the more per-
ceptive. Local application was necessary
to humorous understanding.
The take-off on the public school fight
was masterpiece of caricature and per-
feet representation. Words cannot pie
ture the scene. The characters were in
some instances evidences that the actors
had studied the originals with particular
c Everybody recognized the like
ness and all appreciated the truth of the
portrayal. The whole scene was like one.
OF those political caricatures of brilliant
Tom Mast. A column of editorial
matter could not express the idea half so
we'll.
Th> adventure of the patent tourists
who so cleverly bridged ayawning gap
in the mountain cliffs was equally anus
ing, while group of four old ladies de-
served attention throughout the hall in
their unique portrayal of an old fash
ioned "Coffee- -Klatsch." A group of
wandering gypsies, couple of English
tourists at the Worlds Fair, an equal
number of hod carriers, a happy colored
family of ten, dominoe groups, old men
old women and representatives of differ
ent nations added to number of masked
characters that called for notice and CON-
ment.
The music was delightful, the CON-
pany sociable and the affair on the whole
asp]endid one.