The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-19

contents of which were occasionally. spilled
upon the floor. There was a large-siZed
boa constructor in this valise and some
times his snakeship got away in the most
Solemn moments of the armys services
When the drummer was duly converted the
army sang such war songs as 'Hurrah,
Hurrah, Well Shout the Jubilee" and "Du
bist verruckt mein kind"
= The curfeW performance was also some
thing rich Eight or ten nlaskers dressed
as boys with a bicycle dog cart, backing
cases and dice and an Irish policeman
made up the personnel of the party While
the boys were gambling and playing leap
frog the man in the orchestra blew the cur
few whistle and the policeman made a
grand effort toward fulfilling his duty.
Samuel OF Posen, numerous Cinnamon,
some colored gentlemen and the Siamese
twins who We're the fetching bellies of the
evening and a hundred other notable and
strange characters made the whole night
merry. Masks were taken off by midnight,
and the supper was served in the Walhalla.
on the first floor, which was decorated with
plants and made bower of beauty.
DRAMATIC TRUST ARRIVES.
With fools caps and bells on their heads
and gay sashes hanging from their coat
lapels Messrs Frederick Bachman, Oscar
Frenzel, Bement Lyman, Albert Cooper
and Christian Weiss, members of the recep-
ton committee, stood at the grand entrance
greeting the maskers and directing them
to the dressing rooms. Among those to
rive early were the characters in the "dra-
matte trust" group of mummers made up
in burlesque of the trust that controls, or
tries to control, dramatic affairs in this
country. The characters and those repre-
senting them were as follows:
"El Captain" J. P. Frenzel; ''Mikado."
f. BengeE ,Gladiator" Mack Bal
Frenzel; Prize Fighter" Albert Off; Josh
Whitcomb," F. Kotteman; Ballet" F.
to- J. BurcEhart; rip var Van W Wrinkle. II.
Duden; E"Othelo," Henry Roepke; Chris
+ II. KrIaauss; Lena, p H. Rrausg, jr,;
VIM. Grieb; Samuel of Posen, E. Stein
hilbeEs ;, Spanish matador."' a ziegler;
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'Pantaloon," William Strebel; Harlequin
c. Sander Arab. r. Mueller; Athlete
54iigGs Am caesar w" Gaed 6EfssfE
"Dromio,'' Q. Busching; "Dromio," William
Mueller: Buffalo Bill,'' f. Reissner.
Prince CARNIVAL was represented by
Otto Levinson. The two baby elephants
drawing prince CarnivaPs'' chariot were
w. Gierke and George E. Schmitt. AS the
maskers came upstairs they observed
Messrs. Gustave Mueller, Robert Martin
dale, Charles Prinzler, H. j. Graham, S. A.
Morrison, Gustave Keevers, George A. Gay
and Ray Van Camp, who constituted the
coats, white satin vests, black satin knick-
erbockers, black hose bucked shoes and
white wigs and hats of French courtiers of
the latter end of. the eighteenth century.
Among the maskers were several Mephistos
blood red hooded and horned, represented
by DR.. c. H. Green, E. G. Robbins and w.
d. Shreve. 1t was after the grand march
began that the "curfew boys began bur-
lesquing the curfew law. arrived. They
were dressed in the abbreviated costumes
of schoolboys, wore towsled wigs and were
armed with toys, backing kits, little
wagons wagons al. AND other boyish playthings. The
curfew kids were represented by Will
Off, Fred Krauss, Henry Balls Otto Kipp,
Carl Walk. Charles Kotteman, Edward
Honmeyer, Anthony Balls and Will Leppert.
The grotesque policeman to keep them in
order was Eugene Dollmetsch.
Another unique group was the Saliva
ton Army, the ladies, and gentlemen of
which were dressed in the familiar blue and
with ribbons on hats and bonnets engraved
with the words Salvation Army" The Ia
Miss Louise Frenzel, Mrs. G. G. Weiss Mrs.
Christian Off, Miss Josephine Gintz, Mrs.
as Emms Baman MT Mrs W vi BallT Rn
meyer and Mrs. Hutz; the men of the army
We're William Kiemeyer. Mr. Gintz, j.
lin, Oliver Dicks and Jacob Loeper
Beside the various groups there were
many OF the maskers alone OF in couples.
Prince. Rudolph DR.. A. E. Buchanan;
Don Carlos, Fred Monninger; Gam
brinus H." Karl schriver, of Germany;
Court Fool" Werner Amiet: hermit" A.
c.. Ayers; Mexican grandee,'' w. p. Com
mingor; coon" Frank Mulnmenhoff; "ec-
centric old man." Eugene Pfaffiin; ''cadet
in fatigue uniform" S. A. Green; ken
lucky edarky," w: I. Brosse. Maysville,
KY; "Spaniard,' ]. w. Neumann; "Rube
Kid" Ed J.; Rauch; umbrella member
dude" W c. Gardner; monk" Conrad
Miller; "Frenchman,'' George Alig; "China-
men" VIII Adam, Emil Deluse and e.
Keller; Jap" Bert Fitzgerald; ''scorcher"
Fred Bachman; Continental guard" A. III.
Balls, jr..: summer boy" Viii Brk; ma
chinists,' George H Chapman and j. d.
Thompson
Among those in dominoes were: Nathan
Charles r; Bake, Emil Fertig. w. A Van
Buren, Charles Ferger, jr., John S. Lag
arus, H.. N. Span, H. E. Span. F. A.
Gan; VIII Bowersmith, George E. Marvin,
Wallace krag, L. s. Dow, George E. Mar
vim, w. W. Krag, s. ]. Van Camp, W. B.
Holton. A. L. Guthiel Of Winchester. Ind
II. n. Rogers, 0. f. Brandt, J. A. Barnard
Harry Purviance,> Fred A. Miller, Percy r.
Brodbeck, George Henry, G. Russell Leon
ard, William Knight, jr.