Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-03-02

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Some OF the Costumes-The Com
mites in Charge.
Never in its history did Arion hall
present such a bright and animated APP
pearance as last night, when the an
nual carnival and masCue ball was Civ
en- The building was resplendent with
lights, and the fragrance of the flow
ers, the rhythm OF Jhe orchestra melo-
dies The beauty Of the decorations, and
the bTillianCy of the costumes, COM
bined TO make a picture which might
well have tempted the brush OF an ar
tist or the pen OF a poet. 1t was the
most elaborate entertainment On the
winter programme of the Arion, and
certainly the most enjoyable.
The decorations were both lavish and
tasteful Long streamers of cloth. in
light shades Of blue and pink, were
festooned upon the walls, and suspend
ed from the walls to the chandelier,
forming a beautiful canopy Of harmon
ling colors. Many OF the lights were
sOftcned by shades OF the same cOlOrs.
Evergreen hung from the balcony, and
from the stage The stage was banked
at the fOOtlights with palms and other
conservatory plants. and line or col
or marked the course Of the prOscenium
arch. Here the Opera House orchestra
was stationed, and rendered the eZ-
Quisite melodies which served rs an in
spirati0n to the merry dancers.
The members and guests arrived dur
ing the early evening, and assembled
in the parlors. On the stroke OF nine
the Ouera House orchestra started for
the ball room. followed by the Carnival
Prince and his subjects. The grand
march was very pretty. II was led by
DR.. Oscar Burdatts and Or. h. B. Bagu-
lev. They We're followed by the Car
nival Prince. Victor Weiss and the TWO
testers. After executing @ number OF
very pretty movements, the Prince was
escorted to his throne On the stage,
the music stopped and advancing to
the f01tlights he made an address IN
German welcoming his subjects. ana
bidding them be merry during his reign.
The regular dance programme followed
and was continued until after two
o'clock this morning. At eleven o'clock
the order masks Off were given, fol-
lowed by the usual EXPLANATIONS o.!
surprise. the "I-told--yOu-so's, and
"Why 49, never - would - have -
known-you'
supper was served from eleven
o'clock. i'm the commodiOus dining hall,
and the thrOng was so large that it was
not until one o'clock that the doors Of
the dining hall were closed The de-
corations here corresponded with those
in The ball room, pink and blue FREEDOM
mating in the coiors.
There We're less comic costumes than
heretofore. most members appearing IN
fancy dress The tendency at the an
nual Carnivals Of the ArlOn. has been
in that direction during recent years.
Some Of them are deserving of especial
mention. The Prince was attired in
a coat of pink and blue satin brocade,
and lavender tights, with long cape and
hat. DR.. Burdatts, Mr.. Stiel, Fred
Behrens. Chas Bowers and Geo. EDe-
ling were attircd in "Othello' costumes,
green. with yellow tights. Henry Bic
berson wore a green Sultan costume;
II. SteinmetZ. kings jester Chds.
Schmidt. Leo Reister, Mr.. GOetz and f..
RicstC~. French CiTrectOrie costumes,
i'm different colors Mrs Weiss. Cleo
patria." Mrs. Rolf. Yum Yum, "Mika-
do" costume: f. H. AppenZeller, United
States naval lieutenant; J.. 5. Stitel, re-
markedly handsome George Washing
ton costume. finely embroidered; Carl
Long and Clement Hess. court cos
tunes Of Elizabethan period, with
tights: r. c. H. Swertfeger. "lago;
Thos. Fox and Mr.. Driehorst, Marquis
La Fayette: Mrs. George Ebeling'
loan Of Are" with concave armor
body. gray skirt and leggins to match.
and plated helmet +. B. Franzhetm, Ill
Hung Chang" with yellow packet and
peacock feathers; Christ NieWig. court
costume: Herman Seabright, Richard
III" Harry MUM. Hamlet
The success of the carnival is largely
due 10 the work Of the committees IN
charge. namely:
Arrangements-Chas. Schambra. H..
+. Behrens. Thos Fox, Jr., VIM. Bow
ers. Glenn Hess. Vim. Wendell, Andr.
Seifert. +. J. DiegmilIer Louis c. Laue,
VIM. Welty, Chr Steinmetz, Jos. HoH-
man. Geo. w. Bremen, Jacques Front,
c. w. Kreiter. John Roth. r. J. Huebel
Louis Weibel, Con Hirsch. Fred. Vie
weg. Chas. Killmeyer, Peter MUM,
Chas. r. Goetze.
Dancing-Aug. c. Schneider, Dr. H.
3. Bagulev. Fred. Behrens Chas. Aul,
Otto Leonhart, d. G. Morgan. Jr, VIM.
Schwertfeger, Henry Hess, Adam Blum,
Mit Mabis, Harry Truschel Chas.