The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-06-12
In Billings.

Carnival was given in the opera house
on Tuesday evening by the ladies of
the Methodist church. The pretty lit
tie heater was crowded to its utmost
capacity, as every one had peen in ex-
p~ectation of a spectacle of more tina
usual attractiveness, and so it proved
to be. About 60 young ladies o part
and their costumes were beautiful.
varied Inc ingenious. Mrs. Tompkins
was accompanist n performed her
part admirably. The programme
opened with a soft prelude, when the
curtain rose, and the representatives Of
the business house came in n by
one and marched around the stage, so
that the audience had every opportu-
nifty to inspect h costumes. The rep
resentatives in their order were: Miss
Mary Towne. Billings Meat company;
Miss Pruitt. Iceberg, Holmes & Cal
houn; Miss Ida Lamport, Ch1pple Drug
company; Miss Maud Boyle, Billings
Mercantile company: Miss Alice Walk.
The Fashion; Miss Norman, Donovan
& Spear: Miss Dolphas. Linton Cloth
ing company; Miss Tessie Fisch. Jo-
seph Zimmerman; Mrs. Driscoll. Mrs.
Driscoll millinery; Miss Crawford.
John d. Losekamp: Miss Rademaker,
Yellowstone National bank; Miss Lau-
~ lNCSus IFS 80 las
Lamb. Cottage Inn; Miss Blanche
Mickey. w. b. Ten Eyck; Miss Alice
Mccormick. Paul Mccormick company;
Miss MAJ Toole. Toole & Vaughan;
Miss Marion Goss. j. r. Goss; Miss
MCDANIEL. Humphrey the jeweler;
Miss Mabel Salisbury, ]. w. Appleman;
Miss Tompkins. Sam Lee; Miss Sophy
Bennighofr, TX Dairy: Miss Edith
Walk, Babcock Hardware company;
Miss Beuiah S~teinhauser, Billings Best;
Miss Talbot. Forester a Frizelle; Miss
Norman, Billings Steam laundry: Miss
Winnie Jones. Mrs. Jones millinery;
Miss Austin, Charles Overn; Miss Gus
sic Jones. Billings Gazette: Miss Lillian
Allen, Allen Lumbe company, Miss
Ellen Stebbins. Vienna bakery; MISS
Josie Terrell, N. p. lunch counter: Miss
freshman, George Soule: Miss Winnie
Burton, DR.. W. A. Allen; Miss Hoe,
Burlington Route; Miss Maud Hart.
Dark Horse livery; Miss Helene O'Don-
nell, Hesper Farm; Miss Harriet Steb-
bins, The Times: Miss Grace McWhirk,
Billings Telephone company: Miss
Mills, A. j. Gilsdorf: Miss Clark. j.. A.
Benjamin: Miss Maggie Wolf, A. b.
Rumsey; Miss May Steele, N. p. Ry.;
Miss Marion Thumb. Billings green
house: Miss Lora Goddard. q. #. God
dard; Miss Jennie Grove, j. G.. Sperry;
six little girls, viz: Lizzie McWhirk.
Pearl Owens, Birdie Szitnick, Edna
era wford, Gertrude Murphy, Minnie
Huckleberry, Yesen Bros. The several
drills given were intricate and h tab
leaux were exceedingly pretty. The
young lady representing the Electric
Light company, Miss Wallace, was
ablaze with ~incandescent lights and the
were given by George Soule. Billings
Mercantile company. Yegen Bros. the
fire department, Babcock Hardware
company and Donovan & Spear. Mrs.
C. II. Barstow charmingly rendered q
song, as did Miss Alice Walk. Lee
Mains sang a comic ditty and was en-
cored. The programme ended with an
artistically arranged patriotic tableau
in which were the following characters:
Goddess of Liberty. Miss Chapple; Gu
ba, Miss Alice Walk; Troop NJ. Miss
Edith Walk: Hawaii. Pearl Laurens;
Uncle Sam, S. r.. Schad; Spain, WILL
lam Rixon.
The hospitable home Of County Com
missioner o. N. Newman on the river
was filled with a merry party from
Billings and the neighborhood on FRI
day evening. Dancing was enjoyed I'M
til after midnight and refreshments
were served. All those present report
a most enjoyable time.
Rathbone lodge No. 2S, Knights OF
Pythias. on Friday night elected the
following officers for the ensuing term
Chancellor commander, II. F. McFar-
lin; vice chancellor, w. h. George: pre-
late. w. W. Sperry; master of work.
c.. L. Sawyer: keeper of records and
seal, w. L. Collins; master of finance.
+. ]. Mashaw: master of exchequer,
n. q. Carwile; master at arms, F. II.
Hathhorn: inner guard. K. G. Funk;
outer guard, B. Schneider.
Mrs. G.. w. woodson and two grand
children. Woodson and kula Moss. de-