The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-11
A NIGHT WITH MUMMERS
MAENNERCHOR CARNIVAL a COR
GEOUs AND BRILLIANT SUCCESS.
some Novel Scenic Effects in the Hall
Costumes Worn by the
Women.


costumes were more elaborate than they
had been at any of the similar occasions
The hall was brilliantly lighted with red
white and blue incandescent lamps on the
ceiling and walls The stage was set with
a woods scene and the orchestra sat be-
tween the trees. Along the front of the
stage potted plants were arranged and steps
led down to the floor, where there was
strip of garden wherein bloomed more red,
white and blue incandescent lamps. Against
the west wall of the hall was a scene pic
ture which extended out about two feet,
but was so skillfully built that it looked as
if one might ramble far through the forest
aisles Evergreen entwined the supports of
the balcony on the east side of the hall
and great fantastic heads grinned down at
the floor. At the head of the stairs a Lord
Dundreary-made of pasteboard and other
unromantic stuff-received the guests, and
stretch the imagination just a lttle-be-
tween the lips which smiled so fixedly the
words, "Chawmed, so glad you came, my
lady; you ah entrawncingly beautiful, be-
lieve mi" Issued, but were lost in the hub
bub of laughing voices.
At the door downstairs members of the
reception committee, composed of Messrs.
o. N. Frenzel, F. p. Rush, Louis Hollweg,
William Haerle, Gottfried Rocker. Joseph
Keller, f. j. Scholz, A. M. Kuhn, Christian
]. Weiss, J. A Lemcke, Henry SEVERN, jr.,
A. c. Ayers Alfred BurdsaI, George A.
Gay, Nathan Norris Julius Keller George
Richards and Henry w. Lawrence, were
clustered. The members wore dress suits,
with carnival caps of red and gold and
broad ribbons fastened at the shoulder with
a ieur-de-lis. At an early hour the maskers
hao %o Z tI,o
door to the dressing rooms was an embodi-
ment of types of all nations, all mythologies
and range of unique ideas. The crowd
did not go up to the hall until the floor COM
mittee appeared 1t was composed of
Messrs. Paul II. Krauss, Armin Koehne,
Joseph Schneider, George Dorst, Thornton
NJ Goodloe, Julius Burckhardt, Frank
Kotteman and W. A. Greyer. These gem
tlemen wore the court dress of Charles /,
consisting of a black suit of velvet, with
tights, low shoes, with gilt buckles, red
satin puff in the slashed coat and a red
satin lining to the velvet cape. A plumed
hat completed the dress.
1t was after o'clock when the floor COM
mttee called the grand march The pageant
extended up and down the hall several
times. A band of plantation darkies, ar
rayed as no real darkies ever dared to be,
did the steps of the ca Ike walk with ex-
hilarating abandon. John p. FrenZel, as
Bacchus, was crowned with gilt cham
payne bottle. "Rubes," with whiskers that
looked as If they were some dread maladY,
capped at the crowd and from the ever
shifting mass of figures and color new char
acters were constantly being revealed; The
pretty women could not, or did not, hide the
fact that they We're pretty behind masks
and the young men who thought they were
most winning in military or court costumes
were as unbending as the fierce mustache
or the one who STROBE ma jestically through
the throng and frowned when some one
tn Zinc Mr. iO11a nd
Lteber.
UNMASKED AT MIDNIGHT.
At midnight the climax of the hilarity
was reached by the unmasking. If the
burnt cork or grease paint did not come off
entirely it made no difference, because the
features of Mr.. Goodfelow or Miss Pretty
girl were well known. The ball lasted to a
sufficiently late hour for some to wish that
to-day were Sunday. Some of the distinc-
tive characters represented by men were:
Uncle Sam. B. E. Bellnger; farmer Cwho
grinned horribly and winked one eye when
string was pulled, Adolph Rentsch; con-
tinentI gentleman. DR.. w. ]. Quick;
eIownf william ta LePPert Charles K1tte
sey, Edward Hoffmeier and Sig Armstrong;
policemen, Otto Busching. Frank Paden,
Oscar Jose. George Schmidt and Ernest
Zegler. These elbowed with bewhiskered
monks dOmnoS of great number and II
don't knows" of still greater number. Some
were masked so skillfully and knew it so
well that they would not even whisper their
real names, being determined to lose moth
ing of the delightful mystery that surround
ed them
THE LADIES' COSTUMES.
A large number of the ladies' costumes
were unusually handsome Mrs. John p
Frenzel was an evening star, the upper part
of her dress being a gauze star. Mrs. Henry
w. Lawrence was Marguerite, in a perfect
character dress. with all of the accessor-
les. Mrs. Thornton NJ Goodloe was poppy,
the petals forming the skirt, and the bodice
being of green velvet.
A party of ladies appeared in Mother
Goose characters. Mrs Adolf Scherrer was
Mamie Netticoat, in unique gown of
white, and on her head was a large silver
candlestick and candle with a curtain of
white to hide her figure and a long red nose
standing out IN front; Mrs. Paul H. Krauss
was Mistress Mary; Miss Alice Mueller was
the Maid in the Garden; Mrs. julius Keller
was the Old Woman in the Shoe; Mrs
Joseph Schneider, the Old Woman who went
70 Market; Mrs. Herman Adam, Bo-Peep;.
Mrs. McAvenue, Little Red Riding Hood;
Mrs. j. G. Burkhardt, the milkmaid and
Mrs. Christian Weiss Daffydowndilly. All
of the dresses were especially fashioned for
the characters and were complete in every
detail
"A party OF lduleS ana gentlemen formed
the Pickaninny Band, and the costumes
We're of the eXtravagant style. Master John
Hood led the band, the men playing kazoo
Instruments The party included DIR. Emil
Reyer, Messrs. Adolph Meyer, Victor Jose,
Charles Adam, r, NJ. Mueller, Ferdinand
A. Mueller, j. w. Rhodehamel and Emil
Steinhilber and Mrs. A. Meyer. Mrs. Jose,
Mrs. Steinhilber,. Mrs. Adam, Mrs. r. M.
and Mrs. f. A. Mueller, Mrs. Rhodehamel
and Miss Caruthers. Mrs. H. r. Hearsay
was a colonial girl; Mrs. George A Gay,
vlolets; Misses Jessie Speake and Laura
Ginz were sixteenth century girls in silver
gauze gowns; Misses Title Seifert, Carrie
Mack, Sophie Frenk and Clara Baumann
were Marguerites; Miss Laura Ramsey, of
Cincinnati, was La Tosca; Mrs William
NJ. Birk, a Corsican lady; Mrs. John Auf-
derheide flower girl Miss Winifred
Hawkey folly in red and black suit;
MRS john Weinman, Martha Washington;
Mrs. r.; Heyer a Spartan; Miss Emmy Mar
TIN and Mrs e. Keller wore the handsome
costumes of the huntress; Miss Julia Reiss-
ner, summer girl; Miss Freda Noelke, a
colonial dame; Miss Nellie Samues, a red
domino; Miss Laura Nicholson, a blue dom
inc; Miss Edna Kuhn. poppy. and Mrs.
Albert Cooper, sunt1ower costumes. Mrs.
Cooper carried sunfioWer parasol; Miss
Nellie Nicholson was the yellow kid; Mrs.
q. A. Rocker, the pink rose: Miss Florence
Rogers was dressed as a flag and Miss Anna
Louise Rogers wore an ingenious double girl
costume Mrs. John Rauch had one Of the
noueeaole costumes bowling dress. of
black velvet decorated with nine pins; Mrs.
Charles Bake, French peasant; Miss
Edna Lindeman was a Dutch girl; Mrs T.
NJ. Weis was another eccentric character,
the proverbial old maid, with corkscrew
curls, bonnet box and bag Miss Cecile
Clune, blue domino; Miss Laura Fitzgerald.
yellow domino; Mrs. Frank n. Fitzgerald,
ord nd I ala