The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-26
THE MARION CLUB BALL
A BRILLIANT EVENT AT TOMLINsoN
HALL LAST NIGHT.
Large Number of Pretty Young Wom-
en- in Attendance-The Decora-
lions and Costuming.

bT1lliancy even the sanguine expectations of
Thomas E. Potter, and when a ball goes
beyond what the chairman of the entertain
ment committee believed it would be it GER
tainly must be put down as a grand sue
cess. And so it was. In the first place, the
hall was decorated very prettily; in the sec
end place, the attendance was neither too
large nor too small, there being something
over three hundred couples; in the third
place, the arrangements and the music were
excellent and in the fourth place, seldom
has there been SO many pretty young
women gathered together in Indianapolis
at one time The members of the Marion
Club were elated over the success they had
scored.
The hall was enlivened by the bright COL
ors of the national flag, while the hand
some purple banner Of the club occupied the
most conspicuous place in the hall, being
hung high up over the stage. Ferns were
placed around the platform, which was oc-
cupied by an orchestra of fourteen pieces
while plants also fringed the stage, hiding
from view the tables on which supper was
served. But the most prominent features
Of the decorations perhaps were two large
oil paintings of President Mckinley and
ex-President Harrison which stood on easels
on the stage.
The people began to arrive about o'clock
hack after hack driving up to the entrance
from that time until nearly 10 o'clock. The
young men at the checking counter in the
west corridor had all they could do and
the dressing room was a busy scene for sew
eral hours. About two hundred people came
to enact the role Of spectators, and occu-
pied the balcony, from which they looked
down upon the gay scene below. But the
great majority came to dance. The young
men, with their dress suits and pumps,
and the young ladies, attired in light and
airy ballroom costumes, congregated on the
spacious floor or sat in the chairs that lined
the hall. The reception, entertainment and
floor committees, which comprised a large
everywhere.
THE GRAND MARCH.
The grand march was scheduled to begin
at $3.50 sharp, but as a matter of history,
it was 1886 when the music started and the
long procession began to be formed. The
manipulation of the march was an arduous
task, or so the floor committee found it.
Still, all things considered, it was a we'll
executed march. The line was too long
and had to lap over when stretched around
the hall, thereby giving rise to little con-
fusionN but Thomas +. Potter, who was the
mead OF the floor committee, as well as of
the entertainment committee, soon extri-
Gated matters, and when the couples came
eight abreast down the center OF the hall
tnere was great applause from the gallery.
schuyler "A. Haas, the president of the club,
and Mrs. Haas led the march, being fol-
lowed in the order named by l.. c. koths-
child and Mrs. John G. Owens, Charles A.
Bookwalter and Mrs. BookWalter, George
=. Elliott and Miss Lulu Morris, Charles
$. Wiltse and Mrs Wiltsie and Alfred A.
Hovey and Mrs. Hoyey. The gentlemen just
named are the eX-presidents of the club
the only ex-president not in the march be-
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Following the ex-presidents and their
partners came over two hundred couples by
actual count. They encircled the han sew
eral times, and the scene presented was a
goodly che to the eye. There were eighteen
numbers on the dancing programme and
three extras. Two-steps had the call, and
there was but one quadrille, If waltz
Guadrille is to be excepted. The dancing
continued until a late hour.
THE COSTUMES.
Among the ladies who attended were the
following, with d brief description of their
gowns:
Misses Linnie Phelps. gray silk made up
with red ribbon; Mayme Beissenherz, pale
blue silk; Anna Beissenherz, red silk with
black mousseiaine de sole; Anna Smith, fig
ured organdie; Mayme Smith, yellow or
gandle; Flora Fisher, blue silk; Therese
Fry, green accordion: Ella Phillips, figured
organize over pink silk Viola Peulgo, white
grenadine over pink silk; Bertha McClel-
land green silk; Belle McCleland white
dimity trimmed with blue ribbon; Eleanor
Minor, White organdie; Adah Serviss, or
candle over pink silk; Margaret Hamilton,
Pearl Davidson, blue organdie over pink;
Clara Ludore, blue oTgandie; Ida Foudray,
white organde with American Beauty
roses; Halle Joyce. white brocaded satin;
Bonnie Beauchamp, Upton, Ind, silk gren-
adine with American Beauty roses;
Frances Weaver, blue silk; Jane GlossBren-
ner pink organdie over pink silk; Jeanette
Osborn, cream organdie over lavender silk;
Pearl Hamilton, tinsef de sole over pink
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die; Maud Ober, white organdie over shaded
lining; Sadie McClosky, white silk; Ada
Newpy, MORE velour with white chiffon;
Caroline Goodheart, yellow silk with
chiffon; Minnie Steiert, white organdie;
June May Schofield, blue organdie with
American Beauty roses; Florence McCon-
ME Carlton, Bedford, Ind, white organdie
over blue silk; Nellie Burke, white organdie
with carnations; Mary Alice Sloan, white
satin with chiffon and lavender ribbon;
Susan Pursell white organize over cerise;
Florence Webster, white organdie over
white silk; Elizabeth Edwards, SheIbyville,
Ind, blue silk made up with garnet velvet;
Grace Hess, violet silk; Catherine Mcbride,
white batiste; Anna Moriarity, white or
candle; Adelaide Killer. white organdie;
Lillian Walsh, Detroit, Mich, white organ
die over blue silk; Rose Kennedy, red Grape
trimmed with ribbon; Yuba Wager, white
organdie over blue silk; Hattie Akin, blue
organdie; Fronie Kickoff, white organdie
over Nile green silk; Elizabeth Fife pink
null over blue silk; Estelle Hover, organ
die over red silk; Pauline Beatrice Reich
vein, white organdie over red silk; Josie
Fox, brown silk Estelle Fox, pink silk;
Mabel Heller, blue organdie over satin;
Clara Horuff white organdie over yellow
silk Lille Rasmussen, blue silk; Christine
Sheets, yellow silk grenadine over green
silk, duchess lace; Jeanette Davis, pink
Grape and black velvet; Nellie Lampard,
white Grape; Hattie Allen, Mapleton, black
satin; Amelia Humphrey, black satin Jane
York. white organdie; Minnie Thompson,
pink organdie over pink silk; Edna Davis,
white organdie over yellow silk; Marguerite
silk with pink roses; Minnie Mer-
rift, garnet grenadine with pink roses;
Mesdames William j. Galloway white
organdie over light green taffeta: Alfred
menterie and silk net; Charles Witsie, gren-
adine over cerise silk; w. H. Hart, pink
silk with chiffon; p. B. Trone, black silk;
Horace H. Mosier, black satin with light
blue silk: B. H. Prather, green accordion
skirt with white. taffeta waist Edward
Gerber black silk; A. w. Moore black
satin; c. Jocelyn Smyth, blue organdie over
white taffeta: j. c.. Patton, white organdie
over yellow silk; Charles Forgy. Shelby
vile. Ind, figured silk made up with en-
silk; Elizabeth Cogar, black velvet and
silk; John +. Wood, black silk and Jet; Rus
sci Eckman, blue silk; II. d. Tutewiler,
black silk with American beauty velvet and
Ter Haas, white null over white silk j. f.
Owen, Benton Harbor, Mich, blue silk; o.
p Ensley, red silk null over red silk II.
B. Holloway white organdie over violet
silk; Charles Buschman; white organdie
over white satin with silk and point lace;
A. r. Hovey, pink brocaded silk; w. II.
Small black silk; Charles E. Park, gray
silk with American beauty velvet Frank
McCray, novelty cloth made up with velvet
and green silk; John H. Baker. maroon
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