Arizona silver belt., 1901-01-03
The Masquerade Ball.

The social event of the holiday sea- son was the masquerade ball given by Professor Lyman c. Woods on New Years eve, when Odd Fellows hall was thrOnged with merry jewellers. who threaded the mazes ut the dance unmindful of the flight of time which marked the close of q celtury and the opening of new vista Of years.
 Fully one-half of those present. more than enough to fill the floor were cn masque, and bewildering variety of disguiSeS were represented, some beautiful and elaborate, while others were comical and grotesque
 The grand march afforded an ex- cellent opportunity to view the various cOstumaS and impersonatiOns and it was certainly an interesting study. Among the best sustained characters were those representing Opper's cartoons, willie and His Pa," appearing in the Examiner. Joe Bandhauer imperSo mated "T he Trusts, R. J. Williams, "Hanna, tie Nurse" Harry Sultan, Willie" and Robt. Merritt, Teddy" :"
 Awarding the prizes among so many disguiseS which really merited notice was a difficult task and some dissati,- faction was inevitable. The first prize for the handsomeSt ladies costume was given to Miss Cassie Gilman, who was prettily dressed as a ballet dancer. The first gentlemanS prize went to Charles Delmar, representing Span ish Cavalier in a handsome costume of blue velvet and silver lace. There were several equally fine gentleman's costumes. we think, those that were noteworthy being, George Washington, by Floyd Blevins: Span ish cavalier, by W. T. W. Curl, and George Washington, by o. w. Miller. The prizes for the best sustained char acters were awarded to John Riser, an Indian medicine man, and Wm. Coehn, Indian squaw.
 Following is partial list of those in costume:
 Misses Ida Fanta, Ida Wilson and Lillian McCabe, three little girls in blue; Miss Bolton, icicle; Miss Mamie Shanley. Gypsy: Mrs. B. E. Calvin, GreciaD costume; Miss Fannie Fiske, colonial costume; Miss Fife Curtis, fancy dress; Mrs. H. H. Pratt, Miss Akers, Dinahs; Miss Huffer, q ueen of diamonds; Mrs. Glenn, empire; Mrs. !. R. Edwards, Miss Williams, stars; Mrs. C. A. Brown, dnacing girl; Mrs. E. L. Lee, red cross nurse; Miss Zuella Patterson, fancy dress; Mrs W. J. O'Brine, queen of hearts: Mrs. s. A. Pence, Turkish lady, Mrs. Ida DeCloss, tambourine girl; Mrs. Floyd Bleyins, crysanthemum; Mrs. J. Bowman, Columbia; Miss Laura Brookner, Japanese girl; Mrs. Walli- man, flower girl; Mrs. R. McBroom, fancy costume; Miss Mona Crawford, fancy costume; Mrs. J. H. Thompson, Turkish costume; Miss Flora Matter son, fairy; Mrs. D. S. Mcdonald, Span ish dancer; Miss Gumm, Grecian cos tune; Miss Fannie Davidson, and Miss Josie Kinney, bathers; Mrs. Harry Noel, tulip; Miss Mildred Trevillian, flower girl: Mrs. Heck, goddess of lib erty; Miss Daisy Oidield, Japanese costume; Mrs Gundelach, dancing girl; Richa'd Fleming, coloniil; Elm. met Reed, hunter; w. B. Fonda, gen tleman of the old school, Blu Frush and Arthur Jones, firemen; Victor B. Bloom, tramp; E. B. Scott, fancy cos tune; John Moloney, clown: George Sultan, coon; Oscar Kellner, clown: w. w. Temple, Turk: T. R. Whelan, drum major; E. T. Stewart, character; James Hall, clown; w. R. Anderson convict; Floyd Gravelle, clown; Joe Boughter, country lad; Ed Anderson clown.