The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-01-28
TURNER MASQUERADE BALL
Largely Attended Last Night in thC
Seventh Street Hall.
FROLlC or OLD AND YOUNG
II Was Great and Pleasant Midwintcr
German Family Picnic -Beautiful Dec.
oratiOns. Splendid Music and Novel
and Very Pretty Costumes.

| Turner Hall, on Seventh street was
the sceIfe of loud but decorous revelry
from $40 O'Clock last night until after
o'clock this morning The occasion
was the twenty ninth annual masquer-
ade ball of the Turn-Verein. and il
mirth. .romping, pleasant dancing. novel
| and artistic costuminS, bountiful deco
rations. good music. good lunch and
intermingling of children and older
Germans-if all these count for any
! thing, they counted for Il right royal
| good time last night.
For many years the Turner's mas
| querade has been one of the most an
ticipated events among the German ele-
ment, and last nights affair seemed to
be as productive of fun and pleasure
| as was it's average predecessor. In
! the hall there were possibly four hun
| dred persons. the ages ranging as
| would those in family Perhaps the
majority of those present We're young
| ladies and young men, but there We're
scores of children of from or Z to Is
years of age and a prOportionate num-
ber of parents.
TO the unintiated onlooker the ball
| was large family picnic in winter
| time, in which dancing. masks, cos
| tunes and all that went with them
conspired to make a vast amount of
| fun and frolic in which old and young
seemed to derive an equal amount OF
| pleasure and amusement.
Mnskcrs in the Grand March.
At $50 o'clock began the grand
| march, which contained only costumcd
| and masked dancers, excepting the
| four following, who led the march and
| whose insignia consisted of colonial
| wigs and knot of vari-colored ribbons
| attached to the left shoulder: Edmund
| A. Bartl Nelson Teets. Carl Staiber and
! Frederick Brauer. The large floor space
was taxed to its utmost by the evolu-
! tions of the marchers whose many col
Ored and as variously styled costumes
presented a charming scene as the lines
| wound and interwound about the hall.
| Above them and on the walls We're
| hundreds of flags and streamers and a
mass of bunting. the stars and stripes
| predominating and the red, white and
| black of the Fatherland being second
in profusion
Then was begun a dancing pro-
gramme OF twenty-six numbers which
included several leap year round
| dances.
After the fifth number there was
given under Prof. Staiber's direction a
gypsy song and dance tableau by Misses
Marie Porcher. Emma. Macarthur, Car
rie and Mary Neuffer. Mena Woelltcr
Lilly Hauk, Violet Fahrenheit and
Louisa Blatter. and Edward IIisele.
Timothy Quinnan, Mr. Huber, Henry
| and William Vockroth, Carl Neufrer
William hammer and Victor Moth.
These eight young men and Professor
Staiber. all active Turner's. later gave
an exhibition of tumbling.
Between l. and o'clock lunch was
served upstairs.
Members of the Committee.
Nelson Teets, Charles A. Bechtold
and Fred Brauer. We're the floor COM
mittee. The committee of arrange
ments consisted of Louis Moth, Carl
Neuffer, Victor Moth, l.. Gescheidle
f.. a. Bartl, Professor Staiber and w.
w. Ross. Music was furnished by
Guth's orchestra of ten pieces.