The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-02-17
THE ATHLETIC CLUBS BALL
LAST NIGHT.
A Brilliant Affair, Preceded by an
Athletic Entertainment OF
High Order.

previous occasions. fulfy Low PeoPiS
were present, either as maskers OF
spectators, and they all voted 1t
great success. The hall was decorated
with the flags of all nations, While over
the orchestra stand was the f1ylng ,,
the club emblem, on yellow ground.
The orchestra stand was hidden be-
hind palms and potted plants, while in
the bower thus formed Hands Orches-
ira discoursed enhancing music that
kept ones feet on the move.
The evening was opened with fine
programme given by the club. First
came figure marching by the Juveniles,
who did some excellent work under the
supervision of their efficient instructor,
Mr. Schenk. Then came bag punch
ing by j. Pendergast, who beat lively
tatto on it until With final right
swing he broke the string and sent II
flying amongst the audience. The
brother act" by york, Newbert and
Schenk was q fine one, and was loudly
applauded. The banner act of the even
ing was that on the trapeZe by little
Bob Schenk. who is only > years old.
but who did some things that would
have done credit TO much older persons.
He captured all the ladies in the audi
ence Then came "cestus fighting" an
imitation of the old Grecian games
where the boxing gloves were made OF
rawhide strips and loaded with lead
| to give more weight to the blow. Pro-
fessor johnson and j. w. Gray We're the
contestants, and it ended disastrously
for the latter, his opponent placing his
foot on his PROSTATE body in token or
victory Next followed a fake bout be-
tween j. Pendergast and J. Jacobs that
was full of lively punching, and ended
with a simulated knockout. The pyra-
mid by the big eight-G. york A.
york, Newbert, Strobel, Cox, Wisse-
man, Schenk and Billon-was fine
act and showed excellent training, and
great strength on the part of Mr..
york. The wire performance of j.
Erickson was an excellent one, and one
that professional might not need to be
ashamed Of He took off his clothes
while balancing on the wire. Nor must
the Chinese pyramid be forgotten.
A number of the club members dressed
as Cinnamon, acted as ushers early in
the evening, and after the fake bout
donned the gloves and had most
laughable prize-fight. After the pyra-
mid by york and the others, the CHI
namen proceeded to a burlesque pyra-
mid act that brought down the house.
The pantomime by juveniles was ex-
cellently done and there have been a
number of professional trapeZe per-
formers here who did not do as good
an act as Cox and Wisseman did, they
performing some very difficult feats.
| The programme wound up with the
great Chinese dragon act in which was
represented a fight to the death be-
tween highbinders and the lamenting
over the slain, who was dragged away
by his sorrowing confreres to slow
music. Many of the acts were done
under double calcium lights, which
added much to their attractiveness.
After the entertainment was conclud
ed came the second part of the enter
tainment
When the entertainment had ended
the merry maskers got the floor, and
they filled it. There were 1o2 couples
in line to say nothing of a number of
individual masks, and the persons and
things re presented ran the gamut from
the well-known pink domino to the hod-
carriers dream, and from Louie XI. to
Wandering Willie. who showed up more
woebegone and down at heel than US
ual
There We're dominoes of all descrip-
tions, from the polkadot, which repre-
scented nothing in particular. to the
fiery red, which smacked of the in
ferno. slJs4fsU
There We're a vast number of the
latest editions of Two Little Girls in
Blue" and the Man in Black" and
ha al
resented.
Maternity was represented by a lone
woman who industriously trundled a
baby carriage and several publications.
more or less popular, also had repre-
sentatiVes in the march, who flared
with lurid copies of selected editions.
Uncle Sans Weather Bureau was also
in line. and the cards of which his cos
tune was composed, promised every
thing from a day in June to hard
night in the Sierras-promised and
prophesied all the things a gullable
public are given day after day through
out the year.
Minstrelsy of the colored persuasion,
was out in force. and the worries and
general makeup would have turned an
original Georgia had not they all
been dead years ago-green with envy.
a group of harlequins cut antics which
were supposed to be funny, but which
as is the case with most clowns
failed riserabiy.
Crimnns and Gore We're on the floor
in life size. and that they came to grief
in the waltz which concluded the grand
march, was apparently no fault OF
theirs The I'VE Give Green Trading
Stamps" man was also represented. and
the character representing the Phoenix
Touring mills was reminder of the
popular patches worn in the days of
10.
The man on the Klondke carried with
him a banner which those who ran
might read. On one side it read: "E.
X A. Gone but not forgotten and
on the other the legend mo More Real
Estate No More Building and Loan. l
Have Feathered My Nest. Let Others
Work.
Then there was a group which after
following the intricate turnings of the
grand march took an individual waltz
to the north end of the hall, where they
spent some time in giving lesson on
Masonry. Pat Spain was there. and
his whskers would have given Bill Nye
kinS in the back. He proved to be
an adept at striking a match in the
teeth of a breeze, and the man who
carried the hod-the more mort" had
made a close study of the situation, II
he had not been there.
There were chevaliers in doublet and
hose: there were dudes with great canes
and the darlingest moustaches; there
We're priests and preachers: there was