Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-12-05
THANKSGIVING FESTIVITIES
A Brilliant Subscription Ball at Turner
Opera House-Severa1 Minor Events.

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joyable dancing parties ever arranged
in Watertown was the subscription
affair given on Thanksgiving night al
Turner Opera house. Elaborate pre-
parations were made for the event and
in no detail was it disappointing
The hall was attractive in it's decor
ations, which consisted of pink stream
ers clustering from the center-piece o1
the ceiling to large circle suspended
mid way between the floor and cell
ing, and Of old rose and apple green
bunting entwiued about the sides OF
the hall below the balcony ratings.
The reception corner was set with
palms, rugs and:easy chairs. Nitschke' s
orchestra. of Madison, furnished
music for the program of twenty
numbers ard three extras, and the
excellence of their playing was a de-
cided feature, several Of the popular
selections being encored. Mr.. aud
Mrs. John G. Conway, Mrs. Lila l..
Parks. Miss Selm& Schempf and j.
Fred Prentiss served on the reception
committee, while the arrangements
committee was composed Of
the Misses Bertha Habhegger
Veina Sleeper, Lydia Broenniman
and Meta Schempf Oscar Vert
heimer and John w. Schempf. The
refreshment table was presided over
by the Misses Elsa Schempf
and Virgie Hoffman,, the for
mer serving punch and the latter
lemonade. The scene presented by
the merry dancers in the brightly
lighted hall was most engaging
one. and the brilliancy of it all was
enhanced by the handsome toilet es of
the ladies. We give below Gescrip-
tion of the costumes:
MRS. BUCHHEIT- White India silk, lace
bOlero. panDe velvet.
MRS. FRIEDRICH White satin.
MISS THRONE-Pink grenadine white lace.
MISS SELMA SCHEMPF.White organdie
trimmed with black lace; decollete.
MISS WERTHEIMER-Pin silk. white silk
overdress.
MISS SEIBEL-BIue organdie. white lace
guimpe.
MRS. SOLLIDAY-white satin trimmed with
cerise velvet and white lace.
MISS WHITE-White satin. gold gauze over
dress; deuollete.
MISS BRETT-Blue organdie
MISS HARTIG-Blue organdie
MISS LOTTIE HARTIG-White organdie
MISS CLARA WEBER-white organt,ie
MISS WIGGENHORN-Rlu cashmere and
black velvet; decollete
MISS sLEEPER-Old rose crepe, white lace
bolero
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MISS EATON-Rainbow silk black lace
MISS POOLER-W White organdie.
MISS JENNIE SPROESSER- Blue organdie,
white lace.
MISS HABHEGGER-Pin organdie, black
lace.
MISS NOwACK-Old rose silk, green panne
velvet. white lace.
MI S IRMA SCHEMPF- Black silk, white
lace bolero.
NJ lSS CURTIS-White organdie: decollete.
MISS STRAUSS-Blue silk, trimmed with
ermine. ecru bolero decollete.
MISS MINNA WEBER-Yellow organde.
MISS RACEK-Biack satin. decollete.
MISS CH > aPMAN-Black satin; decolete.
M rs HAHN-Pearl brocaded tin. with +, Sc
Oanne velvet.
M S WILKOWSKI--Blu organdie
MISS NACKAY-YeiIow organdie.
NJ
MISS FREDA HOERMANN-Pink silk null
MISS HATTIE HABHEGGER-Bl organdie,
black lace; decollete
MISS ANNA HARHEGGER-Blu organdie.
trimmed with white.
MISS PARKS-Grey silk trimmed with white
lace.
MISS SCHWIEGER-Pin silk null
MISS SMITH-Pink and black silk
MRS. MEYER-White silk crepe
MISS GRUBE-Blue chiffon, trimmed with
black velvet.
MISS WATKINS-Black silk null.
MISS META SCHEMPF Pink silk
MISS BROENNIMAN-Pi chiffon.
MISS EMMA sHASKY-Blue organdie, white
null trimmings; decollete.
MISS CLARA SHAsKY-Blue and white
organdie, black velvet trimmings; decollete
MISS MONA SHA-KY-Pink dimity.
| MISS BERTRAM-Figured organdie blue
panne velvet; d. collete.
| MISS SCHMUTZLER-Gr and white foul
ard
Following is list of the guests:
Messrs. and Mines. Gus Buchheit.
o. E. Meyer, A. F. Solliday, A. Fred
rich, A. Roy Vaughan, O. G. Hahn.
Misses Bessie Throne, Selma
Schempf, Z yda Wertheimer, Gertrude
| Seibel- Lottie Hartig, Margaret Har-
tig, Clara Weber, Elsa Wiggenhorn
Veina Sleeper, Pearl Eaton, Grace
Pooler, Jennie Sproesser, Bertha
Habhegger, Hattie Habhegger, An
na Habhegger, Emma Nowack, Irma
| Schempf, Ida Strauss, Minna Weber,
Helen Rack. Agnes Chapman. Emma
Wilkowski, Jessie Mackay, Hedwig
Hoermann, Freda Hoermann, Olive
Parks, Mamie Schwieger, Maggie
Smith. Zayda CRUDE, Meta Schempf,
Lydia Broenniman, Clara Shasky,
Emma ShaskY Lulu Bertram, Lena
Schmutzler; Marion White, Olive
Watkins, Milwaukee; Nellie Brett
Lizzie Curtis, Fort Atkinson; Mona
! Shasky, Jefferson.
Messrs. j. F. Prentiss. Edward
Schempf, Oscar Weber, William
Brandt, Fred Weber. A. j. Hilgen-
dorf, John Chapman, L. H. Kusel
Joseph Mullen, Lee C. Mendenhall
Edward F. Knaak, Harry Beurhaus
George Lehman, Charles K'ilkowski
Joseph Harvey, Harry Krier, DAME
| Throne. Constance WigpenhOrn. Ma,