Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-10-29
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Cables DO THE DIZZY.
Give We rm Affair In the Terpsiah0resn
Line At Turner Hall.

Give W. rm Affair In tho Terpsiohoresn
L!ue at Turner Hall.
The hackmen gave dance at Tur-
ner hall last night 1t was the first
of a series which will be held dur
ing the cold weather. There was a
large attendance. It was a warm af-
fair. The spelling began ct 8 O'Clock.
Bleaer did it. The last note died
away about 2 p. m. Which, Capt.
Frank Eckard put the lights out. The
boys and girls were beginning to get
giddy and the officer told them all
to go home. They went.
The ball was in charge of a COM
mittee composed Of Harry Toher and
Charley Evans. Of this city. and
"Jocco" Manwaring, Of Davenport.
Evans was in the ticket office, while
Toher received at the door and saw
that no che crossed the threshold
| without first planking down four
bits. OF course the girls we're ad-
mitted free. Toher, who like his
pal, Evans. was dressed fit to kill.
also acted as manager o: the floor.
His word was law.
The guests began to arrive as early
as O'Clock. Most of them walked,
not because they did not have the
price to engage conveysnces, but bs-
cause the carriages were all in use,
and many of The "gur-rils" felt aw-
fully put out in being compelled to
foot it to the hall. The Davenport
contingent blew in at midnight.
They were mostly women. They all
came in carriages. All were dressed
in their best. They cut wide
swath.
The belle of the ball was o six
footer. She wore blonde hair. A
bunch of flowers was tackled on to
the left side of her Uranium, while
another cluster was tied on to her
watch charm. She had q gown of
1897 make. 1t was cross between
a green and blue, with black blocks.
She has been a favorite for nearly a
year hereabouts. She is southerner
by birth, and came north at the out
break of the civil war. The was
then Il. She is young, vivacious
and handsome. Then there were
other girls who were nicely dressed,
too. There were all kinds Of broad
trimmed hats-blue with yellow
bands, etc. Most OF the boys wore
boiled shirts. All behaved nicely,
only one Of the boys would oceas-
ionally forget to remove his hat or
cigarette while dancing. But that
was not 80 bad.
| One girl, who wore a broad
l TIM cd hot hn CO 40 90
and chewed gum, was called down
by Officer Archer.
"Oh, go-wan," she answered.
"Im not actin half as rough as her
nibs over there. Why don't you
go after her? I'm respectable,
am, an haint been in the BOBBY
hatch yet for Vaughn, either, like
she has. See?" And she threw out
her right palm, snickered, and
moved across the floor. Tho dane
ing was immense, particularly the
waltzing. This was artistic. All
the star pointers were there. When
the music would begin they would
take holds. Characterization was
the prevailing style. The girls
would lay their heads on the shoul.
ders Of their partners and close their
eyes. Each couple would make q
circle of the hall about once in 10
minutes.
Shortly after midnight a little
unpleasantness occurred. Maud
O'Brien (Big Maud) and Vada EN-.
merson, whom it appears had been
angry with one another for some
time, met in the bar room. Vada
who was accompanied by Minnie
Smith, sailed 8 beer glass at Maud
and cut a cash in her forehead, from
which gore flowed freely. Capt.
Eckard and Officer Archer locked the
three women up. Maud wept.
i But the daCce went on. A.
o'clock few Of the boys had q ego
on the floor. 1t ended in q free-for
all Then the police doused the
lights and ordered everyone from