The St. Louis Republic., 1901-01-27
Large Hall in the Society's Build
ing Gorgerously Decorated for
the Occasion.
MANY BEAUTIFUL COSTUMES.
Mrs. Louis Hilfer the Twentieth
Century Queen-Ernst Fill
singer, Jr., as the Count
Won Waldersee.

There were zoo masqueraders on the floor
last night at the annual bah given by the
Liederkranz Society in it's hall on Thirteenth
street and Chouteau avenue.
They were garbed in such various raj
ment that the large ballroom seemed more
like an Illustration from the Arabian
Nights" than anything else. This affair Is
one Of the most notable Of the season on
the South Side.
The hall was gorseously decorated in pur-
pie. red. yellow. white, pink and green. In
the center there was a small pagoda, IN
which there was a figure of clown who
beat drum bearing the legend. king Of
the Merrymskers." From the arch radi-
ated eight arches and countless folds Of
streamers covered with colored incandes-
cent lights, which glowed when the grand
march began
Arc md the hall were thirty stands OF
Shields The balconies were hidden with
flowers and the stage was banked high
with plants. In the center OF the stage was
the throne of the Twentieth Century queen.
Mrs. Louis Hilfer.
The costumes of the masquers were often
unique. rich and humorous Two which
called forth most laughter were Louis Hil-
fer as a Zulu and Philip Burg Jr., as a
hat peddler. Robert Skinski as Aguinaldo,
walked captive between two maiden SOL
diers in the grand march. Ernst F1lsinger.
Jr.. made a striking Count Won Waldersee.
The grand march, in which all the ma
tions of the earth and many not OF the
earth Were represented. began at 1880
o'clock and ended with the impressive
crownilg of the queen of the Twentieth
Century. ali nations doing her homage.
Among those present and the costumes
they wore were: Misses Florence Newell.
eostumed as a Swiss peasant girl; Tile
Lang, cake walker: Luella Lang, daughter
OF the regiment; Wanda F1lsinger, Twsn-
Eberle, domino; Lenore Adams, French
maid; Emma Schubach, French maid;
Emma Hoppe. Cinderella; Edith Bausemer.
American Beauty rose; Amanda Rau, Eigh-
teentn Century girl: Jennie Rau gowned in
violet organdie; Adele Heirich, night: Laura
Herold, poppy; Mae Varger. blue domino;
queen OF the ball; George Bigot. Mephis-
topheles; Olga Tietjens. rococo; Alice
Muench. rococo; Natalie Geisel. daisy; Clara
domino; Rs E%ms schiossstein. se isnnsiii Frsnafi
mali; maia; Irma Mn,a koenls. queen Of the
Ga aGra sSbns Meta dng Bnsmeister siS1 sunburst
Lucke. Egyptian; Annie V. Ffnnigan, Lib
erty; Adele Endres. telephone girl; Frances
kaunmann. telegraph girl; Adele Kaminski,
cigar girl: Martha Kaminski. cigar girl;
Hulda Stoeffel, japanese; A Zimmerman,
rocco; Emma Doellner, spring; A Hole
kamp. huntress; Harriet Ordorf, French
Clara Hassendeubel. japanese: Elsa Oren-
dorff. sorceress; Adele Truscher. Dollie
Ward: Anna Tuescher. grandma; Ella
French maid; Amelia Biedenstein. violet:
Rose Klute, French doll; Julia Schroth.
night; Paula Schroth. schoolgirl: Amelia
Olga Klute. popcorn girl; Frieda s1mma,
court costume: Maria summa, daisy; Mous-
ie Dewerther, tamborine girl; Bernice Vas
quez. French doll; Ella Eberlein, gypsy;
k0hlh2-g
schoolgirl; Olga Koenig. gypsy: Laura
Schincke. Quakeress: Flora Schinke, nurse:
genhein. Italian dancing girl: Marie Schloss-
stein, coon piano player: Augusta Schloss-
STEIN. die lanterne: Carrie Conrad. charmer:
schmedffie. jockey: Linda Helmerich. % school, %
girl; Ella Helmerich. schoolgirl: Clara Hell
Perieh' ,i, schOolgirl; Nell Baker. Carmen:
Lulu Peasner. French peasant; Laura Bar-
ner. sailor.
girl K Goettler @ deminoe dS,ne1Rus Harsmann asase
japanese; Philip Hassendeubel, domino:
Frank Morrell domino; Tony Heliwig. Bow
sr
hearts: p. G. Schenck, domino; August
Dieckmann. domino; J. B. Newell. Marechal
eR4s
schoolgirl; Charles Heckel, German peas
ant; Matte Schand. dominoi August Goertz,
domino; ]. ONeil. sailor girl; Frank Griese-
dieck. costume of black silk; L Hitler,
queen Of the ball; C. H. Boehmer, peasant:
domino; Joe Griesedieck. domino; Paul
Schneider, Spanish costume; Theodore Ia
gemann, Swiss peasant; Charles (. Biume
schoolgirl; Ben J. Bloemker, schoolgirl.
Messrs. @. Cramer. J. Walder. II. W.
Poetz, Casper koehler, z. Halfensteller.
Phil Medsrt w Reinholt.- A. truth. Z.
Schlossstein, Lewis Hilfer, Emil Cramer,
Doctor Otto Kinner. F. Koelle. e. wagen-
er, Otto Herold, Andrew Bauer. Charles
Hagenal, 8. A. Weisenborn, r. Skinski,
Theo. Link, Ed Riessig. A. H. Fischer. Paul
Schneider, Henry Kort john, Lewis Schweig-
hoeffer. E. Fflsinger, August schmedtJe. 4.
Wagener. W. Wesseler. F. Haasendeubel,
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