El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-03-18

grand mask Dall last night which was
attended by nearly eight hundred per.
dred tickets of admission were cold
emitting the holder to take ladies with
him. About two hundred maskers
ook part in the dance.
The bail was q brilliant success not
only In point of numbers of masquerade
ers but on account of the excellent
name in which the whole thing vas
managed.
1t Is true that the ball room was q
little OvercrOwded but the floor man
ayers were viRilant and kept the spec
tatOrs from gatheriog in the space re-
served for dancers.
The names OF those to whom credit is
due for,the smooth and orderly man
ner in which The great affair passed off
follow:
Messrs. j. w. Magcfin. h. A. Car
penter, Robert Krakauer,D d. w. Reck-
hart. W. H. Burgess. r: G. Lyons,
Brown and w. M. Mccoy.
The costumes worn by many were
elegant and costly, while others who
fancied the grOtesgue had gotten them
selves up in q manner to excite mirth.
The spectators who surrounded the
room and looked down from the bal
cony above amused themselves by trying
to penetrate the DISCUSSES with but
small success.
There were court ladies dancing
with clowns, monkeys with princesses
and charming little dairy maids in
short skirts with Survivors of the
Name"
The ball room floor presented a
splendid spectacle and the grand mask
ball was ar unrivald success which
furnished boundless amusement for
old and young alike: for spectators as
we'll as participants.
The names of comparatively few of
those present could be obtained, owing
to the great pressure and constant
movement on the ball room floor.
Such as were p~rocurable follow:
Miss Sweeney, Night" Mrs. MAJ
Weber, George Saner, Mrs. j. P.
Dieter, Mrs. Mueller, Messrs. j. P.
Dieter. VIM. Breme, r. Silkamp,
Wannan and Susen' German sailors
and l~assies; Judge 7. A: Fslvey,'
c. Farmer, cake walkers; Mrs. Charles
Krause, Holland dame; Miss Camille
Geomeiz, Times; Mrs. D. w. Reck-
hart. Spanish flag; Miss Hilopert,
United States flag; DR.. Mcconnell, of
Las Cruces, student: Mrs. P. II. Cur
ran, Mrs. Christy and Miss French, of
Las Cruces, flower girls; H. II. Bor-
cherding, Uncle Sam; Miss
Cockrell, Goddess of Liberty;
Miss Long and Mrs. Walter
Long, Red Cross Sisters of Charity:
Miss Lane, fairy; Mrs. l.. w. Canady,
folly; Mrs. w. Gingles, geranium; j..
S.sVicas. Chinaman; Mrs. VIM. Graves.
Queen of Hearts: Miss Edna Hammonds,
Cuban flag; Mics Arch Hammonds, U.
S. flag; G.. b. Hartley, Black Prince;
Mrs. G. B. Hartley, empire girl. w. B..
Bergman. the two-face man: Mrs. D.
Klein, night; Charles A. Fox and
D. W. Reckhart, students: Miss Pels,
Dutch lady; Mrs Falconer, sailor las
sic: Miss Matte Barlow, catching: Ed
O'Connor, sailor; F. II. Kline, foot
ball player; ]. E. Nelson. country girl;
w. @. McGown, Chiuaman.
Miss Georgia Gorbut, "Morning
Starr Mrs. G. w. Huffman Evening
Starr Mrs Rossetter. eighteenth cen
fury, maiden: George Huffman, monk;
j. J. Connors, count; Miss Canady,
jockey Miss Fernie Sullivan, "Even-
ing HERALD" and sMiss James tam
b~Ourine'girl.
Unmaskiug took place promptly at
eleven o'clock, after which many per-
sous who lac been mere spectators
joined in the dance.
Governor Ahumsda led Mrs. Max
Weber through the mazes of q waltz
and afterwards continued dancing
with other ladies'. The jewellers did
not dispense until al early hour this
morning.
The Kiug's Daughters served supper
in the hall of the first floor and were
accorded a liberal patronage. 1t is es-
timated that the receipts from the ball
will easily pay the entire expense of
the celebration incurred by the execu
tive committee.
CELEBRATION NOTES,
The Masonic ceremony at the laying
of the corner stone was worth travelling
miles to witness.
The procession WAS a mile and a
quarter long and it tool it fully a half
hour to pass a given point.
DR.. Yandell says the only thing he
claims credit for yesterday is that he
had a right to speak and old not do it.
The receipts from the sale of mask
bail tickets will likely be sufficient to
defray the expense of the entire cele-
bration.
Many people mistook the Red Men,
attlred as wild Indians, for some of the
Mescaleros dressed in war costume.
Red Men made a great hit.
The district court room was decorat-
ed for the mask ball by the veteran