The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-03-02

can look back with pleasure and pride
upon the carnlvals and masquerade
balls of past years, but the glory of the
past functions wanes beside that OF last
night
Brilliant Nominations, beautiful dec
orations, gorgeous costumes. and tune
ful music enhanced the effcrvescent en-
joyment OF an event that will llnger long
In the memory OF It's participants, and
no less was the enjoyment to those who
witnessed the beautiful spectacle the
ball room presented, where all was light
and color. Love for the picturesque is
AS keen as 1t was In the ollen days, and
c0urtly cavaliers and fair ladies' OF book
lore lived again In the mn1es OF the
dance. More modern but equally as
rich In Garb, and pretty In design, were
the other costumes, and all blended into
one grand labyrinth. dazzling in It's ef-
feet.
Arion hall was a blaze OF light from
top to bottom. and canopy stretched
across the pavement on Twentieth street
was the entrance 10 an interior that
seemed prettier by turns until the cli-
max was reached in the ball room. Car
riages began to arrive at o'clock. and
the grand march began at 9 o'clock.
Nearly all the members with their wives
and sweethearts were present, and two
hundred maskers took part in the ball.
The ball room was perfect dream OF
color, the decorations OF pea green and
magenta being everywhere, and the
stage, where the Opera House orches-
ira dScoursed its sweet music. was al
most hidden In bank OF ported palms,
ferns and lilies.
The grand march was a brilliant
feature OF carnival and ball
that was striking in It's brillIancy.
| The march was headed by the prince
Of the carnival. After him came the
committees, dressed almost uniformly
and formed In platoons. Behind these
| came the merry jewellers in fantastic
| costumes. all keeping step to the tune
ful march played by the orchestra.
| After the bali room was circled few
times. the prince Of the carnival, Mr..
| Victor Weiss. accompanied by his train,
/ reviewed the march, and at Its finale,
| delivered his address from the throne.
| His address was In German, and spark
ling with wit He said that 1t was COM
| mon pastime for fools 10 cOngregAte ana
| enjoy themselves, so he bade them make
| merry The orchestra then struck up
the opening bars OF a waltz. and the
room became an animated scene OF
beauty. 1t was n pleasing panorama
| to the eye as Vari-cOlored velvets and
| satins gold and silver spangies, piumes
| OF helmets, and head dresses, kept
whIrlinG in endless maGcs.
The success and brilllancy OF the az
fair was never dreamed OF BY Its most
ardent antlcipatorS TO costumer a. y.
/ Jones, OF Baltimore, Is due great credit
for his good taste. There were attract
i've costumes, however, tina: were the
property OF those donning them. But
| such an RrraJ' has never been displayed
In Wheeling before, and the Bradley
Martin ball was rivalled on n minta.
tllre scale. Masks were removed at IL
O'Clock, at which hour all repaired TO
the elegant dining room. which was
tastcfully decorated in tho dominant
| tints of peR-grcen and magenta. The
table decorations consisted OF green and
| yellow lamp shades. and hyacinths
formed the sole floral adornment An
able corps OF ladies' dispensed tooth.
some refreshments until midnight, and
from then until an early hour this MORN
| Inr, the waxen surface OF the ball room
was in constant vogue. With masks on
the ball was no less charming.
An the costumes were creations OF
skill and taste. Those furnished by MT.
Jones were chiefly Shakespearcan In
their design. In tho committees an
Othcllo costume was worn by McssrS.
Ed StIfcl, II. F. Behrens, Jr.' Bowers,
George II. EbelinE, William Schwertte-
ger. Chris. Vieweg. Charles KirbacE,
DIR. BurdRttB and DR.. Baguley.
Mcssrs. Lang and II. Scabrlght typl-
fed Romeo.
Thomas Fox, Fred Drlehorst and II.
Blcberson we're members OF the French
DIrectoIre. for the time being.
Mr.. +. j. DIeEmlller represented lago.
Mr.. +. II. AppenZelier represented a
lieutenant OF United States navy.
Mr., Victor Weiss. as Prince OF the
Carnival. had a blonde wig, princes cap,
mink and blue satin tunic trimmed with
roId, and lavender cOlored tights.
Mrs, Weiss was handsomely costumed
rs Cleopatra. A. w.,
Yum OF Mikado.
tune, silver armor body trimmed With
cSncIves, silver helmet, and grey skirt.
Mr, II. Muhn was dressed as Hamlet.
Mir. Conrad HIrsch represented Latay-
cite. ,,,
Hung Chang with yellow jacket, pea
cock feathers, pig tail, etc.
MIR. ii. G. StifeI. AZ George Washing
ton, had an extremely rich costume.
Mr.. c. Hess was Don Caesar
Mr.. steInmetz had "A King Fool cos
| tutnp
The costumes worn by the ladies' were
prctty, as might be expected. There
were pretty Cuban maids, fair Column
bns. flower girls. and others too nu-
mcrous to mention" Clowns, Hey
Rubcs," Indians Uncle Sans, school
boys, military officers, and others too
numerous to mention" were also there.
n was q beautiful assortment OF cos
tunes. and there was no monotony OF
design. A group Of Bowery boys and
gIrIs was one OF the comic features.
Ii was a delightful affair, and future
entertainments by the ArlOn OF similar
nature, VIII excel II with difficulty,