The herald., 1896-12-01

brilliant frieze to the fourth floor, ,whers
Is the armory filled with lockers con-
tanning the uniforms and equipments
of the knights. Other rooms on this same
floor were found to be locked, which
made the curious throng wish more for
sight of their interior than for any
thing else in the building.
The locked doors gave rise to deep
suspicious of imprisoned goats and
guarded implements used for entertain
ing candidates for admission. Wives
begged their husbands to exhibit the
goat. but the requests were refused, at
what peril will never be generally
known.
Up and down the decorated stairways
the 700 people surged until they found
themselves upon the ground floor where
the ball room was discovered This at
tractive department of the building is
to be public and available for the use
of whomsoever will rent 1t. 1t forms the
rear half of the ground floor, the front
half of the building being occupied by
store rooms.
The ball room is so large that when 1t
is euuipped with chairs for concert or
lecture it will seat fully 1900 people. AT
one end is the orchestra platform. with
dressing room on either side. At the OPP
posite end is a balcony. The floor
proprely waXed. is smooth enough to
suit the most exacting dancer. The room
last evening was tastefully decorated
with potted plants, ropes and festoons
of green, interspersed with clumps of
bright hued flowers. The columns were
concealed with date palm leaves, and
from the balcony hung festoons of smi-
lax.
THE BALL.
At 9 p. m. the orchestra in the ball
room played an overture, and ten min
utes later the grand march begun, led
by Mr.. and Mrs. Hervey Lindley. So
many participated in the march that
the people completely encircled the
room, and while they were upon the
floor others came in and occupied every
available chair. This crowded the ball
room, but yet there was room for the
dancing. which began with the lancers,
and kept up quite merrly to late hour.
Many beautiful gowns were seen among
the fair dancers, but as the affair was
made by stipulation an informal one,
few of the gentlemen were in evening
dress. William Downey was floor man
ager. and he was ably assisted by A. S.
Perry. W. G. Spence, w. P. Jeffries and
John Pavkovitch.
Among the guests were Mr. and Mrs.
Frank RAIDER, Mr.. and Mrs. Hervey Lind
ley, Mr.. and Mrs. Walter S. Moore, Mr..
and Mrs. S. X. Lindley, Mr.. and Mrs
Henry Glass and Miss Glass: Mr.. and
Mrs. j. c. Buchanan, Major Donnell and
Miss Donnell, Mr. and Mrs ]. II. Braly,
Mr.. and Mrs. w. c. Patterson. Mr. and
Mrs p. A. Howard, Mr.. and Mrs F. X
Pfaffinger. Mr.. and Mrs. John L. Pavko-
vich, Mr.. and Mrs Florin L. Jones, Mr..
and Mrs. J. c. Cunningham, Mr.. and
Mrs. A. p. Johnson, Mr.. and Mrs e. A
Forester Mr.. and Mrs. c. Forester,
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Steckel Mr. and Mrs.
G. e. Valiant, Mr.. and Mrs. A. F. Ander-
son, Mr. and Mrs. John c. Matheson. Mr..
and Mrs. Gottschalk, Mr.. and Mrs.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Camp
bell, Mr.. and Mrs. T. j. Kennard, Mr. and
Mrs Frank Prescott Mr.. and Mrs. ST.
mon Cohen, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Frank
Burns, Mr.. and Mrs. c. W. Blake, Mr..
and Mrs Sherman Pease, Mr.. and Mrs.
Bodman, Mr.. and Mrs. T. w. Smith, Mr.
and Mrs c. Warrington, Mr. and Mrs
Henry, DR.. Dora Fugard.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. Langdon, Mr.. and Mrs
Gray and Miss Gray. Mr.. and Mrs. s.
Ccnradi. Mr.. and Mrs. Alex Mcmillan,
Mr. and Mrs. Sutherland, Mr.and Mrs. Lo-
gan, DR.. and Mrs. Pritchard, Mr. and
Mrs Henderson. Mr. and Mrs. c. ]. HUI
bach, Mr.. and Mrs. Garretson, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. ]. Patterson, Mr.. and Mrs Ed
win Strassburg Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Bas-
serman, Mr.. and Mrs Duncan, Dr. and
Mrs. Walter Lindley, Mr.. and Mrs. Mark
Jones, Mr.. and Mrs. Boswell, DR.. and
Mrs. Jones. Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Veasy.
Misses Emma Noble. Sophie Springer,
Cora Getchell, Alice Kimball Palmer,
Springer Dorsey, Bell, Harber, Sinsa-