The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-01
THEY ALL HAD FUN
NO MONOPOLY IN PLEASURE IN THE
PEERLESS PRINCESS.
New Years Ended With Everybody Happy
Great Social Event-Red Men Had De-
ightful New Years Hard Time Dance
There is Where Toll was Forgotten in
the Merry Whirl of the Danee-The
Growing Event, However, Was at the
German Ladies' Masquerade Ball,

Last night Wichita was the Peerless
Princess again. The great heart Of
the people was running it Good feel
ing and gaiety prevailed and there was
no Puritanical disturbances 10 mar
the happiness of the last night of 1885,
1t was an indication of what 1896 viii
be. The dancers. the merry-makers
and the maskers were abroad and they
all feel better for it. The great event,
Of course. from bon-ton standpoint,
was Miss Jessie dwellings German at
the Sedgwick Music hall, the great
dancing event was at the Red Mems
hall, the great amusing event was with
the Ladies Columbia club who gave a
grand masquerade at the Zininger hall
on North Market street.
A very select party was at Miss Lew
elling's event. The nall was profuse-
ly decorated with palms, plants and
flowers. The young gents were dan
dies and the young ladies were most
charming and they all said they had
great fun.
A German is, evidently, most charm
ing thing and no doubt very delightful
so far as fun is concerned. 1t is a
very cold night when Miss Jessie Lew
evenings entertainment.
The people at the Red Mems hall
were entirely different. That is, they
did not wear anything like such good
clothes They did not intend TO for it
was a hard times ball. Most of the
ladies were working girls and all the
gentlemen were working boys. People
who work can have their fun as was
evidenced last night by a visit 10 all
"a ann n r
have it is a mystery but they do. 1t
is evidently the divine plan and shows
up the good of life in a better light than
ever before. God is good, ally Eys, when
He can learn the people VINO work to
enjoy the sweat Of their labor There is
no more delightful thing than to see
an opportunity for the man who works
at the forge in daytime take a girl who
works in the kitchen on his arms at
night and carry her around in the terp-
Sicorean whirl when they forget their
days toll. The hard times ball was a
great event and everybody present felt
better for it.
Then there was the Columbian club
masquerade ball gotten up by Mrs.
Henry Schnizler and Mrs. Herman
Tatgenhorst. There is where the real
fun was. The two ladies made a great
success of the event and they are to
be congra tulated. All kinds of good
people met there under the level of the
mask and strange to say there was no
difference between the poor and the
rich until the masks were taken off.
Pleasure is free for all. There is no
monopoly on it-at least there was not
last night and an Eagle reporter saw
every event from one end Of the city
to the other.
There was more people happy al mid
night than at any time during the year
and as life is not worth living without
pleasure, joy and happiness, it is hoped
that 1896 will be full Of it for everybody.
Vain hope. Fathers and mothers and
children will die or go wrong in 1896 as
well as in every other year. 1t is too
bad, but they will The Irishman's
philosophy was all right when he said:
LET US have all the fun while we
live that we can for we will be long
time dead.
That it, at least. the rule everybody
went by last night.