The Philipsburg mail., 1899-01-27
THE GRANITE MASQUERADE.
A Large Attendance and An Excellent
Time-Characters Represented.

The efforts of the Granite social
club to make this masquerade ball the
most enjoyable affair of the season
were amply rewarded by the large at
tendance that congregated at Miners
Union hall last Friday evening. Over
fifty couples en- masque were present
to join in the grand march, and danc-
ing commenced about 8 80 O'Clock.
Prof. Westphal,s orchestra furnished
excellent music for the occasion, and
the merry maskers, whose handsome
and original costumes provided much
merrimeut for the spectators, enjoyed
several hours Of uninterrupted pleas
ure. A board of judges, composed Of
Messrs. George Westphal, A. j. Gillis,
Charles Tabor, Alex Boyd and Owen
Boyle, had been appointed, and about
II 30 O'Clock the prize winners were
announced. Mrs. j. G. Duffy was
awarded the lady's prize for the hand
somest costume, a silk parasol Mrs.
Edward Ryan. lady's prize for most
original character represented. cut
glass atomizer; Mr.. S. E. McClees,
tune. silk umbrella; Mr.. H. A. Dodds.
gentlemon's prize for best sustained
character, silver shaving cup. The
decision of the judges was accepted as
very fair and impartial and altogether
satisfactory. After the prizes had
been awarded all present repaired to
the Metropolitan hotel, where an ex-
cellent ball supper was served. Dan
cling was resumed after midnight and
continued until the early hours of
the morning. Following is a list of
those present, together with the char
acters represented
Ladies - Leila Sbearer. Columbia; i;
Estella Viol. bluebird Mrs. H. T.
Cumming, hard time bike suit; Lottie
Mcleod, yellow rose; Mrs. K. H. Nc
Leod, queen of roses; Agnes Gird.
bride; Florence Mcleod, highland las
sic; Lille Robbins, school girl: Annie
| Weigenstein, sailoress; Lizzie Nixon,
Granite bike rider; Bridget Brennan,
geranium; Mary Nixon, yachting girl;
Nell Brennan, Italian girl; Mrs. James
Robinson, highland lass Gertie Shear
er, school girl; Mrs. Bob Wrightson,
school girl; Flora Mclean, summer !;
Stella Viol, May queen Maggie Blev-
ems. night; Mrs. P. McGurk, Shandon
bells; Mrs. George Moore. Mary. Mary,
very contrary; Mrs. Daniel Arms, fan
cy dress; Maggie Graham, queen of
flowers; Mrs. A. B. Ringeling, fancy
dress; Miss S. Johnson, fancy dress ;
Grace Bussey, fairy; Lottie Graham,
Mary, Mary, very contrary Ethel
Bussey, demon; Annie Dyer school
girl Mrs. E. Nevlin. Queen Isabella ;
Linnie Nevlin, folly ); Mrs. j. c.
Duffy, silver mine; Maude Penrose,
Dolly Warden; Mrs Ed. Ryan, free
silver; Mrs. A. Kyle, SNOWFALL; Mrs.
N. Bresnahan. sunshine.
Gentlemen j. Mcdonald, the old
man; H. T. Cumming, the venerable !;
James McGurk, George Washington !;
Dick Davis, mask; Pete Nelson, Bos
ton dude; John Burns, coon; DOM
mick Byrne, clown; Fred Lauer, yell
thur Northey, Pawnee Bill; Clarence
Callow, VIM. Price. McGinty's twins !;
Dan Arms, domino; A. Rehn. cava-
lier; Ed Page, clown: A. B. Ringe-
ling, domino; Harry Kent, clown; Ed
Ryan, warmest baby in the bunch J.
Page, clown; James G. Duffy, silver
king Don Ray, clown; J. Corbe,t,
clog dancer; S. E McClees, page ;
Neal Mcpherson. any old thing; Ed
Brennan, gold king; H. Holding, Pat
Hedding, gentlemen of leisure Harry
Bussey, Spanish cavalier; al Schroler,
clown; Harry Dodds, Hans Howen-
blowen August Johnston, colored gen.
tleman VIM. Scott, out for a lark
VIM. Sanell, English policeman Thos.
Donovan, coon; George Hamm. James
Harris, George Moore, P. Swanson,
baseball Andy Mcdonald. clown; a.
Mcdonald, trans Atlantic seaman Neal
Bresnahan, continental soldier; Will
Ryan, waiter Mike Joseph, fancy
dress; Archie Thibault, hobo; Watts
Page. salvation army; NJ. Mcdonald.
clown.