The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-01-12

There is a mystery about e masquerade
ball which. though frequently disapproVed
OF by their elders, Is always fascinating 70
young people.
Nothing delights the Bttle girl as much
as 20 be allowed to dress Up and psay lazy.
And to make believe" anything under me
sun is the 10y OF any child's heart, from
the babe In asms 10 the 12-year-oid. A boy
shows innate characteristic when hs
plays bear" or 'choo-choos" ais mag
mary train Of cars. The little girl VINO -
not permitted 20 give outward expression
10 her natural love for nasquerading be-
comes dreamer, and perhaps reads uIi~
wholesome stories when no enc Is BY IL
Is cruel 20 rfdiCule the innocent mffHicry
OF child. and yet there are many who
thoughtlessly do IT, IL youngster Of
or s chooses 10 think a row OF chairs N
train OF cars there Is no harm In 1t No
more Is IL Objectionable for o boy or girl
of from IL TO Is TO crafty a fancy that ia
a part OF the childish imagination not yet
lost. Children grow old fast enough, ss1d
IL they want 10 make believe" al % II ie
a sign that their hearts are stlll fresh and
young, and should be encouraged.
College students as a rule manage TO
include a good many costume parties in
their curriculum. and they are especially
well fitted 70 take part, as taere is wide
field OF literature and history with which
from.
The Art League in New York usually
gives about four costume parties during
the season, and the art students utilize
their technical knowledge Of ancient and
modern costumsry TO its utmost.
One OF the funniest college costumes
ever concocted was an enormous black
bottle. with place in the neck OF ft for
the face, which looked very much like a
poison label without the crossbones. The
bottle looked particularly well Whea
Waiting which It did with considerable
grace. but the individual who thus bot
tied himself up found It the warmest
clothing he hal ever worn, although 1t
was made OF nothing but pasteboard.
Some OF his chums were curious 10 know
how he got Info IL, and on examination
found that there vas no bottom to the
bottle, and-it was a very simple matter to
drop IL over the head.
Two other college chums dressed as twin
babies with rag dolls about Which they
continually quarreied.
The more serious minded choose real his
torical or dramatic characters. such as
tho kings and queens Of France and Eng
land. Elizabeth and Mary Queen OF Scots
are fayoritcs. and by going together and
treating each other With mutual scorn
they can make things very lively.
4 Twelfth Night party offers fine oppor-
Night, as you know Is January s-thkt
was last Monday. this year, and a certain
fashionable woman made the night mem
orabie by ono of the most unique eater
tainments ever given
Her invitations were cosched i'm old Eng
lish and read something like this: eye
shul be right welcusn at We lodgings of
Mistress JQaaes on ye eve OF Twelfth
Night at ye ryngrga OF We Curfewe."
\ "wassaH bospl" Of fiafb'a wool - was
provided. and a page announced the guests
IA they arrived. The evening opened with
the execution 'df the morris dance. which
IL a good deal Ike a grand march done
With hep, skip and Jump, or more pro-
fusely sort cot polka step. Maid Marion
nd Robln Hood were the leaders OF the
lance and clowns and testers In ribbons
and bells gave the sceae a very STACEY
effect
Everything was done in good old Eng
iish style evea TO the refreshments
The costumes. represented all sorts -
historical persenaees There was King
Arthur, and King J@hh. and Louis this
and Louis that OF France, Hamlet ard
King Lear steppcd olfi 81 picture books
and trippe3 the und en!fie5i u,orris-dance
as lively qs any. Mary Tudor. Queen ~
England. sent In an immense card with
a Eilded tobacco seal pasted on IL as an
enhlemo OF royalty. There was n scene
from Midsummer Nights Dream" whsr-
Boftom and his ffenii as guests OF the
evening ense3e1 the tragic story OF P,--
ramus and Thshcs IanceIoi and the LADY
OF the Lake. Elaine Guinevcre Marie An
tosnette. NJ .ries the Wlfe of Louis Ky
and her hated Gival. Madame Pompadour.
ell passed the evefFsITg Hmirably Together
without regard TO the anachronisns they
were perpetratlsE
Costumes OF the time OF Louis XIV. and
XVI. are especially N.e4 adapted 10 youth-
fui masqueradeYs. .-s..-.s
A French m5atste OF Mltie Antoinette's
time wears fin gor&1 skirt az fiawared
silk-just such silks as Is displayed in the.
windows nowadays ahe bodice has a run
basque and vsst with six fancy buttons.
a soft drapery ~ white muslin goes arouud
the meek and IS gathered IN az tire ter 81 the
vest With the exception az the tight vel
Vet sleeves this costume differs VERY little
from what we are wcsrirg now. 9he high
crowned hat has n wider hrim than those
IN fashion now, hut the feather "a correct
The apron and She box ~ sowing materials
are the badges Of her trade.
more elaborate costume g. that OF the
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