The morning times., 1897-02-23
GAY REVELS OF MASKERS
The Germania Maennerch0r's Bal
Masque at Masonic Temple.
Not Even the Pouring Rain Could
Keep the Crowd Away Many
Original Characters.

Masonic Temple last night, for it was there
the Germania Maennerchor held is amt a.
masquerade ball Like all the entertain
ments given by this popular society, this
one was characterized by good manage
ment, good nature and good cheer. AS
consequence, all that attended, young and
old alike, enjoyed themselves to their
hearts content, and vowed and declared
that each and every one of the Maenner-
chor's balls would find them in the push
No attempt had been made TO decorate
thehall, and in this, too, good Judgment had
been shown, for the motley throng that
walked ana danced and jumped about fur
nished Kaleidoscope picture Of the great
est variety OF culoring The guests came
early and fast, and by 9 O'Clock the hail
was filled to its utmost capacity. The
strains Of the waltz floated on the air and
Mouus had Terpsichorc for his best girl
1t did not take long for the spirit OF the
revels to take possession Of the maskers,
and they whirled along, played pranks On
each other and on everybody else within
reach shrieked, laughed and sang and had
the best tine Imaginable.
1t was thoroughly Y democratic multitude,
ignoring all barriers Of rank and station.
Knights walked arm in arm with chime Y
sweeps, and Stephon and Phyllis didn' tcare
a copper whether he was bakers ap-
prentice or she an Indian squaw. The col
b0r wa tor in
SO was his sister, for that matter, and they
were not one whit behind the other races
in the attention they claimed. Pronlncnt
among these was group which, by II
banner carried by It's leader, made itself
known as The Black Macnnerchor, or
ganized befoh de wah.'' They were an
elegant aggregation of Gull t gemmen an'l
ladies' and dcServedly carried off the first
prize for groups, the second heing taken
by a group Of colored cake walkers.
Among the great throng OF maskers The
Times was fortunate enough to identify
the following: The Black Maennerchors,
Arthur Harbinger, leader; VIII iiarbinger
and Miss Gertie Lein; l.. F. Schippel and
| Miss Jennie Lein; George Gebhard and Miss
Minnie Kaiser, Fred Martin and Miss May
/ Parker, H. Il. Lein and Miss Lottie Fuller,
| W Stefel and Miss oneida Piggot. The
cake walkers were r. Jackson, c. Grove,
| h. Wagner, F. Saffell, C. IIeffner, and y.
| Christensen.
| Mrs. Theodore Lohmeyer was enveloped
| in costume of shavings, the most original
disguise in the han: Mrs. II. Ocke rshausen
was Morning Star: Mrs. Stewart, Evening
| Star; Miss Bertha Gundlach, Policeman:
! Miss Louisa Walbrecht, Schnee wittclien;
| Theodore Walhrecht, the German Flag:
! Miss ollie Bonavires, Liberty, with the
| motto OF Protection and Home Industry
| Miss Kittie Tollakson, Morning; Miss Dora
| Olson, Night; Miss Pauline Traulsen, School
| Girl; Miss Xander, Bavarian Peasant; Miss
| SeegeT, Alsatian Woman; Miss Minnie
! Moore, Tyrolean Girl; Mrs Rudolph G recian
Woman; Mrs. Murphy, RoSalind Miss Katie
| Kohler, Gypsy Queen: Charles and Harry
Rupertus. and William Baum, Colored
| Group; Miss Cuisine Brockhaus, Gypsy;
! William Rosenhusch, Indian Chief F Stlh-
mann, Turk; Miss Louise Eschinger, Flower
! Girl; Miss Meta Klages, Folly; Miss Joseph
inc Bahlmann, Joan of Arc.
At 1870 the signal was sounded for the
| unmasking and the distribution Of prizes
| and the maskers crowded toward the
| stage, where the judges made the an.
| nouncement. The first prize for groups
| So in cash, was awarded to the Black
Maennerchor; the second, SO, to the Cake
Walkers; first ladies' prize, a fan, Mrs
Theodore Lohmeyer, of the shavingS cos.
| tune; second, a perfume atomiZer, Mrs
Van Horn, McGinty's widow: third. q
toilet set, Miss Gundlach, Indian squaw
first gentlemen's prize, a mirror, Benja
min DreyfusS, convict; second, a beer
''stein' August SchwarZ, waiter; third
pair OF suSpenders, John Nau blind man
| faction.
The following committees had charge ol
| the affair:
Arrangements Commttee-W. Pohlmann
| Aug. Schwarz, B. F. Schubert, William
Escher, jr., Leon Pohlmann, and Georg
| Fischer.
Reception Committee-Rud. Sauer, Loui.
nmer. Charlie Rogier, sig. Rosenhaum
Oswald Popp, George Koch, Aug. Ouch
ring, and Fritz Bosse.
| Dancing Committee Nan, William
Escher. ir., w. Horning, F. Faust. anG
| Aug. Nau.
The music was furnished by Toense'
Orchestra.
The officers of the Maennerchor are
President. Charles Doell: vice president
| Conrad Richter; corresponding secretary
! Frank Ehuert; financial secretary Fred L
Aue; treasurer, August Schwarz; librarian
| August Voehl; standard bearer, w. Pohl
| mann; leader, Prof E Christiani