The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1899-01-26
THE JOLLY SIX DANCE
ANNUAL SOCIAL EVENT AT PARK
CITY HALL A GREAT SUCCESS
GREAT CROWD IN ATTENDANCE
Friends From Racine and Milwaukee Swell
The crowd And the Evening Was
Spent in a Very July Man
ner-Prizes and Winners

The jolly Six Masquerade has come
and gone and now the north side can
again settle down to normal tempera-
ture after having one of the warmest
nights which it ever experienced.
The great annual event occurred
Monday evening at Park City Hall,
and of all the dances ever given on
that side of the river the jolly Six
dance must be given the palm.
Fully 600 people pushed and jostled
into the little hall during the evening
and everybody seemed to be masked.
The center of the floor, reserved for the
guests attired il fantastic gowns, was
literally packed. The costumes were
novel, beautiful and in many cases
magnificent. For the young ladies
short dresses seemed to be the rage,
and no matter what character the
young lady sought to represent she
seemed to think that the character was
better portrayed if she displayed pair
of shapely ankles creeping out from
under her skirt of many cOlors.
The boys having the dance in charge
were Mat Moder, Frank HOlderness,
Chas. Boyer, Will Schend, Tony Writ
and Mat Peters and they surely did
everything in their power to make their
guests enjoy themselves. Prof. Stemm
and an orchestra of five pieces fur
nished the music and so excellent was
it that every dance called forth a
hearty encore.
The grand march occurred at IL
o'clock and following this $50 was
given away in cash prizes. Thejudges
were Aid. German, FRANKIE and Con
hermann and ex- Chief of Police Stemm.
The first ladies' prize was won by
Mrs. Davis attired as bride in a
beautiful pink suit. But it was con-
sidered that the bride won her laurels
more by the sweet smiles she lavished
upon the aldermen than for elegance of
her costume. As token of her thanks
Mrs. Davis presented Aid. German
with a lovely bunch of brides roses.
Of course Jim had never been very
closely connected with bride and
didn't know what to do with them, so
he in turn presented them to the
musicians,
Thomas Smader, of Racine, was
given the prize for being the best
dressed gentleman. He was made up
up to represent Lafayette.
The best group prize for gentlemen
was awarded to the Lakeside Pleasure
Club, who were dressed as band of
Irish police with little George Thomas
as chief.
The best comic group was German
band, represented by the Primrose
Pleasure Club.
The best ladies' group was a crowd
! of girls from Racine consisting OF
Misses Miller, Boight, Warner, Fleigel,
James and Howard.
The judges, in designating them as
prize winners; called them the black
fairies, and the boys who made their
acquaintance later in the evening say
the nomenclature OF the judges was
most fitting.
The $40 gold piece, which was raf-
fed off, was won by Mrs. Frank Will
liams, and Allie Sharp and Miss Kate
Miller carried off the honors in the
cake walk.
Beer was sold in the ante rooms dur
ing the evening and the boys had a
lively patronage, and the evenings en-
tertainment proved great financial
success.
A large number of guests were pres
ent from Racine, Milwaukee, Chicago
and Waukegan and many new faces
gave added pleasure to the great
annual carnival.