The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-26
UPON IN THE MOZART HALL
BALL.
HADN'T HEARD OF IT AT ALL
HE DECIDED TO LET
IT co.
HOUSES REQUESTED TO CLOSE
An Event Which Furnished Food for
Conversation I'm st. Paul
Ycsterduy.

The French bal masQue," given by
"a certain three" at Mozart hall a re-
port Of which appeared in the G o b z
of yesterday. continued for several
hours after the morning papers went to
press amid a higher degree of revelry
than marked the earlier part of the
evening. Along toward 4 O'Clock the
company presented a decidedly ''mussy"
appearance and the congeniaHty became
more unrestrained. Perched upon a
table or occupying two chairs, with
feet elevated, the women drank deeper
and deeper, while some of their male
companions drifted from the gay scene
in uneasy slumber, induced by an over
estimated capacity for the refreshments
of the evening. Occasionally some of
the women or man and his tipsy COM
panion would engage in an ill-humored
conversation, which threatened to Gull
inmate in a fisticuff The large number
Of policemen present, however, kept the
company fairly under control, and when
a fight seemed in sight the officers sim
ply separated the beillgerents and hus-
tied them out Of the building. AS day
light began to streak the eastern horl-
zon, the orchestra played, no one knew
Just why, Home Sweet Home" and
the hackmen began plotting very much
intoxicated women and weakened
men to waiting carriages.
The ball was yesterday topic of
general conversation in public quarters,
for many officials attended the affair,
and much comment was heard Of May
or DOran's course in giving the ball
his official sanction. For such an affair
to have been surreptitiously arranged,
it was held, was bad enough, but that
it should have received the official sane
ton Of the city's chief executive, it was
remarked, was to be sadly deprecated.
Without Mayor Dorans permission,
through the columns of the administra-
tons evening paper, it was comment
ed, many persons would have remained
away from the ball. The mayors
course licensed the affair and insured
the public that there was no danger
of police interference and consequent
possible undesirable notoriety.
But In the general structures some
delved deeper into the conditions I'M
der which the ball was given and init
mated that the securing of Mayor
Doran's sanction was a snap affair
1t was a matter of general knowledge
place. The police all knew it. This
being the case it was asked why Mayor
Doran had not passed upon the matter
before the evening Of the event Why
had Chief Goss waited until the last
moment to inform the mayor Of the
proposed event, and why shouldn't he
have acted in the matter himself?
Has Mayor Doran got a chief of police
who cannot regulate even the question
Of holding a ball without placing the
mayor in the position where he must
take all the blame? These were some
of the questions people asked each
other.
Anent the closing Of all of the ques-
tfonable resorts for the ball it was
marveled that the proprietors of these
places who are obliged to pay a fine
Of $100 a month and 5000 or $500 a
month rent could have been induced
to close up for the whole night It
was generally conceded that none Of
the certain three" promoters Of the
ball possessed sufficient influence to
force the inmates of these places to
attend the affair and to expend their
money so lavishly 1t was learned
yesterday that the landlords of some
Of the resorts had requested" them to
attend the ball. Why they should
make such requests nobody could fig
ure out.