The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-02-15

In this city the name Arion has be-
come synonymous with the brilliant. Its
social gatherings are treasured with
keen delight By the fortunate partla-
pants, and another gem was added to
the galaxy last night, when the socety
gave Its annual carnival and masked
ball.
Arlon hall was transformed for the
time being into a scene OF beauty aud
animated color never before seen in this
city. and q fitting description OF which
cold type is impossible to portray One
| OF the largest crowds ever In attendance
| was present, It was indeed, d merry as
semolage. and the costuming, especially
those OF the various groups, was superior
To anything witnessed In this vicinity.
Such mock array Of couriers, knights
and fair ladies, testers, Indians, and in
| fact, of representatives OF the known
world, was dazzling to the eye, under
the hundreds OF electric lights, and amid
the accomplishments Of music, decora-
lions and flowers.
From the entrance on Twentieth stree.
to the roof, the building was ablaze with
light, and every room reflected the ar
engagements made for the carnivals sue
cess. Carriages began to arrive at s
O'Clock, and one hour later the grand
march began. In the meantime, the
balcony and the space reserved for spec
tators filled up, and the first notes from
the Opera House orchestra reached the
ears Of an expectant throng. The or
chestra signaled the coming Of the Car
nivai Prince, followed by the various
committees, and the masked dancers,
and as the pagean: filed through the
ball room doors there was a breathless
admiration. followed by expressions of
delight from the spectators.
The Carnival Prince was Oswald
Schneider, who looked the prince In his
gorgeous costume OF lavender, pink and
yellow. with gold embroidery, enhanced
by the yellow curls that were hanging
down his back. On his arm was a beau
tifm princess. Next came the commit
tee on arrangements, attired as Don
Caesars. composed of the following: c..
w. Appenzeller, J. A. Hess, Theo Roller,
F. Riester. F. C. Driehorst, William Kir-
Riester. F. c. Driehorst, William Kir-
bach. Ed. w. Stifel, C. A! Schaefer,
Charles C. Schmidt, H. Bleberson.
Frank Diegmiller. George Hook. Paul o.
Reymann,C. +. Brandfass, F. II. Lange,
Rud. E. Schubert, Frank Stamm, W. C.
Welty, W. C. KreIter, Julius C. Jung,
F. Dittrich, H. c. Meyer, Jaques Front,
| Victor Weiss.
The floor committee, as Romeos, fol-
lowed. 1t was composed Of: William A.
Driehorst, Fred Velweg. P. Bonenberger,
William Bowers. Aug. Schneider,
Charles Ebeling. H. Paul, H. Bayha.
! Then came the committee on dancing,
in the handsome costumes Of Spanish
Troubadours. Comprising this commit
tee were: II. F. Behrens, jr., Max Hess,
Harry Trusche!, William Laue. William
G. schwertfeger George Truschel, Otto
Werner.
In the motley crew that completed
the gorgeous and complex train, were
types OF all nations There were cum
| mer girls and winter maids, IriShmen
and Swiss yodlers. Ethiopans and Hey
Rubes, clowns, tramps. nuns and wha;
not. And then there were others. When
the room was circled few times the
Prince of the Carnival was escorted to
his throne. where in neat address, he
babe his followers make merry, conclud-
Ing with asking, for three cheers for the
Arion. This ceremony concluded, all
| Joined in the may waltz, producing an
effect beautiful in the extreme. Over
| head and on the walls were countless
arc lights and fessoons OF magenta, blue
and green. In the centre, suspended
from the chandelier, the folds of the
draperies almost touched the dancers
heads, and the building seemed lost in
the fantasy OF color. Very gorgeous and
amusing were the masks and false faces
| that peered down from the side walls
Enhancing the decorations in their
| quiet relief were the potted plants that
| banked the stage, and the corners to
either side, and striking feature was
the Indian tepee in one corner OF the
room. This was well gotten up, and was
made especially realistic by tho elk
| horns. scalp of an Inflated Chinaman,
and the fire that burned inside. The
Indian group, too, was without deiract-
ing whatever from the general brilliancy,
one of the whole things. This group at
tracted sensation on the streets, prevl-
Gus to reaching the hall, and they were
true wielders OF the tomahawk. Their
dress was as alike the noble red mans
as possible, and the suit worn by Chief
Joe" Hoffman, was once owned by a
Sioux chief who met his death near Fl.
McHenry, in Nebraska, about seven
years ago. With this striking group was
white polar bear, who as wrestler
could hold his own with the most agile
bruin that ever Rugged another. When
he shed his hide, II was seen that George
! Lutz was inside.
This befeathered, war-palnted group
was composed OF the following bucks, In
addition to Chief Hofrmann:. Dave
kraus. Dave Morgan. Gus Franzhclm.
Carl Laue, George Ebelins and Walter
Rau. The Indian princess was Mrs.
James Riddle. and dressed as sQuaws
were: Miss Lettl Marsh, Flora Morgan,
Byrd. Schultz, Emma Schultz, Annie
Pfarr and Mrs. George II. Ebeling
The Indians rent the air with their war
whoops, and cut large figure In the
ghost dance. The crowd was kept
laughing between the dances with the
squad OF Tammanys finest These
bluecoats had along the Fulton patrol"
bluecoats hal along the Fulton patrol"
and succeeded In running several OF the
unwary In. They created no end Of
amusement. Chief Ritter's force con-
sisted Of Andy Seifert, Gus Schneider,
Ed Vaas, Charley Woeber, VIII Kuhn,
Joe kurtz. Fred w. Colmar, VIII Welty,
John Welty and Louis I.aue.
The majority Of the gentlemen's cos
tunes were furnished by A. T. Jones &:
Son. OF Baltimore, and the costumer.
w. a.; Jones has been coming here for
years, his good taste in selections giving
the best Of satisfaction. In addition to
the groups and costumes noted above,
some others particularly noticeable
were: G.. Stcnmctz, as Adonis; II.
Schmidt and T.. Il. Franzheim, as court
testers: II. Bieberson. cowboy; George
Stamm and II. W. Franzhe!m. as the
Two Johns" j. Russell, dude, Ed. Erb.
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