The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-08
ANNUAL MASQUE BALL
MAENNERCHOR SOCIETY ENTER
TAINs MEMBERSHIP.
The Hall Presented n Beautiful Orien-
tai Pfcture-PersonaI and
Social Notes.

Weird. grotesque faces looked down and
greeted the merry maskers last night as
they crossed the entrance of Maennerchor
Hall. The occasion was the annual masque
ball. Tall palms, japanese lanterns and
soft Turkish rugs made the on-lookers feel
that they were truly on the Threshold of
a luxurious Oriental garden. The broad
stairway hung with Japanese parasols,
which twinkled with colored lights. led up
to where all the brilliancy and beauty of
an Eastern garden burst upon the view.
Suspended from the ceiling was a center
circle hung with lanterns and draped with
strands of Southern smilax, which gilt
tered with lights of red, green and white.
Strands of smilax stretched from this to
the corners of the room, forming a dense
canopy of green, dotted with hundreds of
lights.
The walls were painted to represent
Oriental scenery and were hung with fes-
ICONS of smilax interspersed will japanese
parasols, on each of which hung colored
lights.
The balcony was draped with smilax
and tiny lights of red, blue, green, purple
and yellow outlined the a~rchways. The
pillars bore japanese panel pictures framed
in colored lights. Above. the railing was
wound with smilax and held at intervals
big japanese baskets filled with flowers
and ferns. The stage where the musicians
were seated was a miniature japanese gar
den, lighted with dozens of Japanese Ian
terms, the entrance of which was guarded
by fierce dragons. In one corner was the
dance programme framed in bamboo, with
a border of hieroglyphicS.
The dining hall below was gay with
black and yellow decorations. The chande-
Tiers were wound with strands of black
and yellow, all of which presented a strik-
ing appearance. On the long table were
Easter lilies and other spring flowers. The
costumes were both wonderful and beauti-
full. The reception committee were not in
costumes, but were conspicuous by their
pointed caps. Most of their wives ap-
peared as colonial DANES. They were Mr..
and Mrs. o. n. Frenzel, Mr.. Fred Fahn-
ley, Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Muir, Mr.. and
Mrs. a. M: Kuhn, Mr.. and Mrs. George
Alig. Mr.. and Mrs. j. Sherer, Mr.. and Mrs.
Bookwalter, Mrs. wearing the
costume of a nurse maid; Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Bachman, Mr.. and Mrs. A. j. Meyer,
Mr.. b. Lyman, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. NJ. Leath-
ers, Mr.. Nathan Morris, DR.. and Mrs.
Jameson, the latter wearing Little Bo
Peep with her lamb and crook; Mr.. J. l..
Reach. Mr.. and Mrs. Philip Goetz Mrs.
Goetz appeared as a GYPSY, Mr.. and Mrs.
l.. Strause, Mr.. and Mrs. G. G.. Weise, Mr..
and Mrs. j. l.. Bieler. Mr.. and Mrs. John
Bertermann. Mr.. and Mrs. Julius Keller,
VII. ant MIS-. EQNdIu I1dWhllS ana MI.
and Mrs. Armin c. Koehne.
Early in the evening the Bostock wild
animals held forth in gay revelry. They
were later discovered to be Henry Balls. as
Bonavita; Charts Kotteman, the trainer;
Charles OF, lion, the untamable William
ON, tiger "Rajah;" Robert Case. bear;
William Leppert, spotted bear; Ed Hoff-
myer, wildcat; Paul II. Krauss, monkey,
Mrs. Murphy Otto Bushing. Abe -:
Henry t. Hearsey, donkey; Jake Martin,
lamb tone who survived the cold); Gus
Miller, lion; j. NJ. Armstrong. fox; r. Kot-
teman, bear. Later the Cornell football
team attracted the attention of all until
the police came out and arrested right and
left. Tn mayor was the first one seized.
A band of Spanish tOreadors had striking
costumes. These were Messrs. John Mill
ner. Bogardus, on. Adam. Schumacher.
Bertermann, Jungclaus, Schwartz. A pack
of cards was represented by Miss Bertha
Keller Hearts Miss Gintz. Clubs"
Miss Mack, Diamonds Miss Shafer.
Spades" Among the others whose cos
tunes were striking were: Miss Lena Fer
tig. as Autumn" Miss Amelia Prinzler. a
Gypsy Queen" Miss Amelia Umphrev.
Marguerite Miss Winter, 'Snowball:"
Miss Bertha Keller, as Queen of Hearts,"
Mrs. l.. Muir. an 1860 madam; Mrs. DR..
Pfaff1in. I'm a Gainsborough gown of white
satin; DR.. Pfaffiin, as Louis XIV; Miss
Kuhn, a chr-ysanthemum; Mir. Paul
Krause, jr, jockey; Miss Adams and Alice
Miller. students.
Supper was served at midnight and later
the dance continued until the early hours
of the morning.