The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1900-02-21
HE REDWOOD GAZETTE.
eY AIKEN Z sCHmAHL.
WEDNESDAY, FEB. q, 1900.
ANNUAL MASQUE.
a Bio Crowd Attended the Ball
Last Wednesday Evening.

-
Redwood Camp, Modern Woodmen
OF America, occurred at the opera
house last Wednesday evening.
The crowd of spectators was larger
than the crowd of masqueraders,
although the latter was out in good
force. The former filled the gallery,
the stage and about one-quarter of
the floor on the south side of the
hall, leaving just room enough for
all of the dancers up to the hour Of
tearing off the masks.
From the standpoint of compari
son with previous masque balls,
aside from the lack of numbers,
there we're not SO many rich cos
tunes, or costumes that would nat
urally attract general attention as
being clever designs of the wear
ers. Indeed, there were but few OF
the latter, while there were many
costumes that were secured from
the costumer that visited this
city for the OCCASION William Brad
ley of Oshkosh, Wis, who has made
this his home off and on at different
times, appeared in a crazy patch
outfit, walking web-footed, and'dur-
ing the evening did many clever
turns, and he was properly award
ed the first prize for gentlemen. It
was a handsome toilet set Miss
Iva Gale made complete hit that
evening, appearing in a costume
that set her off as the gayest of
darby cake walkers, wearing a hat
that was simply stunning. Her
character was strictly comic, but
there being only one prize for lady
as well as for gentleman, she car
ried off the prize-a handsome par
lor lamp.
There we're the usual number of
princes and princesses. ofcourtesans
and clowns. Something entirely
original were two Boer characters.
They were excellent make-ups-in
strict fighting costumes, with the
word "Transvaal" across their
shirt fronts and 'sBoer' on the back
of their hats. The appearance Of
these two characters kept John
Bull out Of the hall, and England
was not represented, it being
claimed that that the British defeat
at Rensburg kept the boys from
typyfing that nation.
THE GAZETTE was represented by
a couply of masqueraders. One
was Miss Bessie Mead, whose cos
tune was made entirely from GA
zErTEs. The skirt was triple founce
affair The belt was a band with a
large G at the center front, from
which ran either way the letters
"azette. The sleeves of the waist
were triple pulled with the headings
OF the paper serving as bands di-
viding the puffs, The hood was
also made of paper with headings Of
THE GAZETTE running over it many
times. From the standpoint of work
and original design this costume out
shone others. The secondclev GA
ZETTE costume was that of Miss Irez
Vaughn, whose costume was Of
yellow cloth with the four inside
pages of last weeks GAZETTE print
ed over it, the waist band and
hat band being the heading of the
paper printed on cloth. Both young
ladies carried huge bouquets of
natural flowers furnished especially
for the occasion by Christ. Book.
the New Ulm florist, who is rapidly
securing control of the cut flower
business of this section of Mime.
sofa, on account of the beauty Of
his displays and the reasonable
prices for his goods.
The Redwood Falls Concert Or
chestra furnished music for the
occasion, and it goes without say
ing that the music was finer than
ever rendered at previous affairs of
the kind. J. A. McGettrick acted
as prompter and did excellent work.
Supper was served at the CONNER
cial House and those who partici-
pated are highly complimentary in
their expressions regarding the
menu.
In the neighborhood of $50 tickets
were sold for the masquerade spec
tators and dancers, and the mem
bers of the Camp feel that while the