The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-16

full Masquerade Ball at the Sedgwick
Music Fall Which is a Brilliant Affair
Costumes Worn aud Representations
Characterized-Win Ford Gives a Leap
Year Dance Where the Young Ladies
Perform the Part of the GaIIant-Be-
trothaI Announcement Made.
If Saint Valentine was not otherwise
engaged with love affairs and other
affections of the heart and could have
beheld how his name and birth was
held in reverence by the beauty and
youth of Wichita Friday night, il is GER
tain that this celebrated person must
have felt himself highly hOnOred by
the charming sight TO be witnessed in
at least two ball rooms Of this city. In
past years the fourteenth day Of Feb
ruary has not been forgotten, but il is
certain that all classes, both old and
young, forgot care and gave them
selves up to the enjoyment Of the occa-
sion.
The valentine masquerade ball at
Sedgwick music hall Friday night was
one Of the happiest events Of the season.
In addition to the regular class the
hall was filled with visitors who look
ed upon the lovely scene Of the evening.
The grand march was led by Walter
Hess as a down south colored gentle
man, and Miss Bessie lines as a Span
ish senoreta, while twenty-five couple
followed the leaders in the beautiful
changes which followed. In the process
sion which passed before the musicians
there We're clowns and testers in bright
and gauZy costumes which could not
but interest and amuse the spectators,
dudes and dudeSSeS, princes and prIn-
cesSeS, heroes Of the centennial colonies
and mothers of the Revolution: monks
and phantOms, Japanese and Chinese,
morning, noon and night, wearing cos
tunes covered with suns, moons and
stars; pirates, gOndOliers, Italians
SpaniaTdS, and Of course there was the
never tO-be-fOrgJtten Topsy. With
valentines and sailors, soldiers and In
dams, Red Riding Hood and Queen Of
Hearts, and two GOddesses of Liberty,
while blind justice WAS led about by
kind friends but when the strains of
music began TO float out upon the per
fumed air, even blind justice could no
longer restrain and merely keep time
with the enchanting music. The dance
was kept up until a late hour and the
following were found TO be among the
dances of the evening.
Harry Simpson and Meble Magill won
the prizes for the prettiest costumes.
Miss Ollie Magill, Princess; Miss
Grace Hupp as Greek Maiden, Charley
Slower as Military Captain; Miss Will
son as Greek Maiden; Miss Jetta Camp
bell, Pink Domino; Miss Ollie Magill
as Pink Carnafion; Miss jessie pangler
AEdniglat; Lawrence Spangler, Saint
Valentine; Charley Barlow as Devil; |
Graham Campbell IS Charley the Dude:
George Majors as Sinb3d; Bessie Allen /
as Japanese; Bessie lines as Spanish !
Girl; Lucy Lewis as Priscilla; Ray
Nichols, Colonial Costume; Walter Hess |
and George Brown TrirDy Negro Dudes; /
Clarence Norris, Japanese Lady; Cordie /
Linell as Milkmaid; Marsh Jackson as |
Gentleman; Claude Larimer and Eu- 1
gene Calhoun as Twin Clowns; Daisy !
Wood rs Cinderella; Mr.. Dobson as the |
Smoking Dutctnan; Mable MagiH as |
Night; George LyrCi1 as Lieutenant in /
Venezuela army; Ray Campbell as /
Puck; Rob Norris as Coming Woman; |
Mary Biting as Queen Of Hearts; Ger !
trude Calhoun as Maid in the Moon: |
Park Imboden as New Woman; Louise |
Eewe1ling as Gypsy; Ralph Wonderly /
as Chinaman: Fay Allen a S Night: FL !
va Adele as Topsy; Ben Warren es Span /
lsh Gentleman; Daisy Lynch as French |
Mei1; Gambia Redfieid as SunfoWer;
Dick Hayes as Prince Ed Selover as
Geslti anan; Harry SdnsOn as Page:
Miss Gary as ToPsyJ Florence Reed as
Dcuinoe; Jim Willard as General: Jay
Cha ppel as a Dude; Marie Barry, Red
Riding Hood; Vera HILL, Dominoe;
Louis Biting, Cowboy; Clyde IsreaI as
Jrtshman; Ben Warren as Nexican; |
Faith Warren as TnInborine Girl: Ma
ME Downing as Grecian Maiden; Ed
gar Hess as Prince.
At GARFIELD HALL
This hall was the scene Of both a
valentine and leap year party where |
the ladies did the handsome thing and
gave the young men d lesson in playing
the part OF the gallant They did not
Inviting and called for the gents in
carriages and when all was over seen
them safely home. Professor Blu1ne's
band furnished the music for the even
ing and after the gents recovered from
their bashfulness and learned that for
the evening they must wait for an invi-
tation, and be forced to give their cards
even numbers were marked they gave
themselves up 10 the enjoyment of the
evening and only too quickly did the
happy hours fly by and they were taken
tn carriages home there to dream Of /
dropped to sleep trying to contemplate
what girl could not do if she had an !
even chance with the young men. The
following were present: Mr. and Mrs
Phil Alexander, Mr. and Mrs. Mark
Cossit. Mr.. and Mrs. Lee COrbett. Mt
and Mrs. Lon Denton. Mr. and Mrs
Kelchner, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Hart
man, Mr.. and Mrs. Tony Weisenshank.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam McNaghtan. Mr.. and
Mrs. Harrison, Messrs. Morris. Jones
Charlie Joseph. Charlie McLain. Char
ley knorr, Harry Dcckim. Wendan Nc
Iaughlin, John LeipUant, JOHN Acker-
man. Lew Sutton. VIII Berry. Henry
CanaSie, Frank Mcpherson. George
Gehring, George Sandlabach. Tosch.
Fred B5rkimeT, Jim Barkimer. sam
Mountain. Julius LulinC. BRYAN Shea
Joe Costello, Ardo WillmanS. Edgar
Worrell, David Nelchner. Nitcbnar !
VIII Burnett. Edgar Krailsheimar. New
ton Edwards. Frank WorreU. Orvi1Ia
Meyer. Harry Mosier. Charlie FlIio--.
Allen Hunt. Charlie Lease. Bruce Prid-
dy. Lou Van Ness Verne F~.zi--
Frank Jones. Luther Burns. W. II
Stice. Percy Bristow. Earl HlrtIe CLYDE
Drake. and VII Hays. with ar escort Of
Misses DunIing. COrrie Cog6elI. Katie
Cossitt. Mosceline Daisy. Pearl Reed.
Dora Martin. Imo Creditor. Na~v Ac-
herman, Eva Hawlsy, Stella Wo~~eu
Maggie Parker. May Edwards. Gene
We've Costello. Carrie Carpenter. Ethel
Noodcock. Mamie M3haney. Maud