The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-02
HARMONY CLUB BALL
UNIQUE COSTUMES WORN BY MANY
 MAsKERs.
Brilliant ARair Given By selma Social Organization s-- First Prizes Awarded to Marcus sterne
 and Miss Gusdorf.
Advertiser Bureau.


 ters on Alabama street last night, prov ed to be one of the most brilliant and
 enjoyable sociey events in the history of the city. The affair was largely at tended. tn costumes of the masars were
 brilliant and rich. original and unique
 and the fun and merriment of the even
 Ing was thoroughly enjoyed by all pres ent.
 The handsome clubs rooms were beautifully and tastefully decorated TOT l the affair and made an appropriate background for the brilliantly tinted and elaborate costumes worn oy the maskers. The ball opened at S:So o'clock with the grand march which proved the most interesting feature of | the evening. In the march all the i, maskers participated while grouped all around the large dance hall there were many handsomely gownd ladies and 1 men who watched the fifty or more who were in the march parade around l the hall to the strains of sweet music l After the grand march the partici- 1 pants unmasked and the german was | danced until a late hour. For the best | costume, several prizes were awarded. l and the choice of selecting the winners l was made by a committee cornposd or I Tw-. l Mrs. Albert Thalheimer and Edgar Ull- man and Rudolph Richards
 l The matter of selecting the best cos | tunes proved a most difficult one TOT | the committee but after due considera-
 tion the gentleman's prize, silk hat.
 was awarded to MT. Marcus Sterne and the ladies prize. an elegant gold brooch, | studded with pearls, was awarded to l Miss Fannie Rose Gusdorf.
 The costume which was worn by MT. l Sterne and for which he was awarded 1 the prize. was portable electric | theatre. The theatre was designed and 1 built upon the most modern pattern | and was an exact counterpart on one | of the electric theatres now running on
 Broad street In the front small | ticket office could be, and the many
 scintillating electric lights. the mega
 phone of a photograph protuding from | the front wall of the entrance to the l theatre and from which there came the
 tune, of many songs as they were play
 ed on the photograph during the l march The costume was most unique 1 and the, power that caused the tiny | electric lights to burn in front of the moving theatre were caused by tiny | coil of wire which was attached to the central chandelier in the dance hall. l Perhaps the most original costume In
 the grand march was that of Greater l Selma" by Mir. Emile D. Karpe, ana | while there was no second prize offered
 Mir. Karpe was given special mention and came within one vote of being
 awarded the first prize. If patriotism
 had appealed to the judges instead of
 uniqueness he would have been award I cd the prize.
 The costume which MT. Karpe wore
 was a great padded suit and fora hat, he wore something that resembled the | tall standtower of the Selma Water Company upon which was printed, | Municipal Ownership" On his back,
 that was a large frame picture of the future building which the United States l government Is to erect here, while on a fan, which he carried, there was a photograph of Mayor Atkins. and on
 represented paving blocks with which
 the streets, of the city are to be paved with some day.
 l On the coat there wer emany pictures | of tall buildings which 1t is supposed will be erected here if the city contin-
 ues to grow. On the back of the coat | there was a railroad which was sup posed to be the future Selma, Cahaba
 Valley Railroad and on the other side of the coat, there were pictures of
 steamboats which represented the barge | line that would be operated in connec- | ton with the railroad when 1t is com pleted. Mir. Karpe was complimented veryi highly upon the originality of the get-up of the costume which he wore. The costume with which Miss Gus | dorf won the first prize, given to the
 ladies, was of very beautiful design. l She represented Fairy Soap queen. | and in one corner of the danc hall, had | a space partitioned off and on a seat there, was a great doll which represent | ed fairy. The young ladies costume
 was very elaborate and unique and it was the universal verdict of all, that she deserved the prize which was
 awarded to her.
 | The lady with the second best cos
 tume and who received special mention.
 was Miss Estelle Adler. This young
 ladys costume was also very original | in design. She represented a l doll in a box. With a great box
 with her feet protruding from it, and
 dressed in a dainty gown of red, and
 with flowing blonde hair. she was a. l splendid representation of a wax doll.
 The committee which awarded the
 the prizes. found 1t difficult to chose
 the prize winner between Miss Gusdorf | and Miss Adler.
 Another unique costume was that of | NJ. M. Rosenberg, who represented the Southern Railway Mir Rosenberg wore a suit Of oVeralIS and pushed
 around the hall dummy locomotive. and to the throng distributed a unique schedule Suddenly and often he would start his locomotive and would go but a few feet when a disastrous wreck would happen.
 Another costume which attracted considerable attention was that essay ed by Morris Bloch and Harry Mayer of Montgomery as the "23 Twins These young men gave away to those in the hall a paper entitled the skid doc News" This paper was a master piece of wit and was full of personal l hits, which caused a great deal of | amusement
 Miss Mathile Wolf as Hot Air Leg | islation." gave away quaintly worded bills which in future might probably be passed by the Legislature which Is now in session. On the skirt of her dress
 she had a large picture with a tram. l and upon it was printed No more free | passes for the newspapers"
 Miss Corrinne Leva as The Girl of l the Golden West" made one of the
 most attractive figures in the grand march. She was dressed in the regula-
 tion cowgirl art with a brown skirt and
 waist, and a large sombreror with her | hair flowing from beneath the hat. Among the other costumes worn by | the maskers were those of Miss Bertha Schuster as Liberty: Miss Adele Hoff-
 man as Carmen; Miss Blanche New as Lemon; Miss Dora Rosenberg as
 Summer Girl; Mrs. B, Yaretzky as
 Post Card Craze" Miss Jennette Mev-
 ar az 'The Mi Snelin". Miss EIOrrIp