Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-02-15
TIE ARI0N Carnival.
A Most Elaborate and Successful At
fair Given Last Night.

With His Followers Original and
| Handsome Costumes Some Fea-
lures of the Affai1-O her Enter
tainments Given in Social Circles.
/ /, Prince Cameval
! by the grace OF Jolly ArIon, the great,
! Command We to appear before me-
J Al w hnights Of Old and knights SO boiG,
4e lddles TAR, and 4 aon care
| Ae vassais ana serts ana all We fools Of
My foolish Court,
! Bring Wit, Satire Mlrth and Fun,
4e gallant Brave, Beautiful, Enchanting,
BeWItchlng, Grotesque and SO on,
! VI you less Charming, Come all on
AKRON 5 GREAT DAY,
OBITUARY 18th, 1885.
80 L bl0 you Welcome!
| In obedience to the above proclama-
! ton OF Prince Carnival, his loyal SUB
| jects assembled last night in the
! Arlon. Preparations had been made
| for royal reception. The carnival
colors-red, blue and green-were
everywhere conspicuous in the lavish
/ and tasteful decorations. They hung
in festoons upon the walls, suspended
/ from the ceiling to chandelier, and
| predOminated in the general scheme Of
| decoration ia the dining room and par
| lors. 1t was truly d festal occasion,
! and hundreds of members OF the Arion
and their lady friends, who did not
| actively participate in the festivities
! assembled in the lobby and balcony TO
watch the Kaleidoscope scene of
! beauty and animation which was pre-
sented during the early evening. 1t
| was perhaps the most notable enter
toi, Nf "a
/ we'll illustrating the comment of the
! Kings Fool. printed upon the pro
| gramme:
BY my troth, thou say'st true,
! For since the little wiz chat fools have
Was silenced, the lIttle fooiery that
Wise men have, makes q great show.
The spectators came early, and
when the time for the grand march
/ arrived, standing room was at a pre-
MUM in the hall The merry follow
! ers of the Prince assembled in the par
| lors between eight and nine O'Clock,
and at the latter hour, headed by the
| Opera House orchestra, took up the
march for the hall above. 1t was a
molly thrOng Of men and WOlnea, who
, entered the hall, including every race,
| color ana condition. The committees
| in charge, headed the procession IN
! costume, followed by the Carnival
Prince. impersonated by Mr. Oswald
| Schneider who was attired in mag
nificent satin costume He was at
| tended by Edward B. Franzheim, Har-
! ~ Killmeyer and Frank Schmidt.
/ The grand march terminated When
+ the Prince was escorted to his throne
! upon the stage He then made an
/ appropriate speech, welcoming his
subjects, and bidding them make mer-
ny. This formally opened the fes-
| tivities, which were at their height
until eleven o'clock, when the order
! of masks Off was given, followed by
/ the usual calculations Of surprise, and
! the almost Involuntary eXclamations
| of "I-told-you-sO, "l-nevet-would-
! have-known-you" tK'new-you-a ll-the
| time" etc The full Opera House or
! chestra made the music for dancing,
which is a sufficient guarantee Of its
/ excellence.
/ Some of the costumes were worthy
an extended description, and it is re-
! GREETED that lack of space prevents it..
! The costumes Of the ladies were near
! ~ all of very handsome design.
! Among the number were Mrs. Fred
/ >,
| who looked charming as valentine
girls" There were also dancing girls.
| and a very pretty Colonial group.
The features were the group of po-
licemen, and the group OF Indians,
who contributed no little to the merri-
ment of the occasion, both for the
participants and the spectators. The
! policemen were headed by Captain
! oe
men included Messrs. Will Welty, Joe
| Kurtz, Will Kuhn, Bert Welty, Chas.
! Woeber. Louis Laue, Fred. Colmar
! Andrew Seifert and Andrew Schneider
| The custodians of the peace winked at
petty violations Of the law, and show
| ed a remarkable Partially toward the
! fair sex. There was one unfortunate,
/ however, who, il he ever had any life,
| had it beaten out of him by the clubs
| Of the officers. On the slightest pro-
| vocation dummy" was pounded
| with maces, and they hauled it
away in the patrol wagon, which con-
sisted of an ordinary soap box on
wheels,
A group of Indians consisted Of
eight couples, namely: Misses Byrd
and Emma Schulz, Anna Pfarr, Mrs.
| Charles Aul, Mrs James Riddle, Misses
Flora Morgan and Letta Marsh, and
Mrs. Geo. Ebeling, and Messrs. Geo.
! Ebeling, David Kraus Dave Morgan,
/ Gus Franzheim, Charles Aul, Joe Hoif-
man. Walter Hall and Carl Lang. Joe
J Hoffman was the big chief, and he
made very formidable looking war
rior with his war paint and toys. The
/ Sioux dances executed by the tribe are
said to have been very faithful repre-
sensations Of "the real article. A
wigwam stood in one corner. and was
equipped with tomahawks and other
articles indispensable to the conven-
tional Indian camp. The squaws made
I'D very attractive group.
There were other representations
worthy Of mention, prominent among
| them the bear-Mr. George Lutz-who
| wore a decidedly ferocious looking
| costume, and went through some al
/ most incredible acrobatic perform
| ances. There were two buns, VIII
Loefler and Ed. Erb, who did not eX-
i plode themselves. but caused great ex-
| blossoms Of laughter in the audience
| through their antics Their make
up'' was decidedly true to nature.
After masks sysre ordered Of the
doors OF the dining hall We're thrown
| open and an excellent supper was
/ served bv the Arion caterer, Mr.. Jo-