The Washington herald., 1909-03-09
CHILDREN IN REVELS
Purim Ball Given in the Ma
sonic Temple.
MASQUERADE MOST vIvACIOUs
United Jewish Congregations CeIe-
brate Annual Event with Greater
Variety and Picturesqueness Than
Ever BefOre-Wet and BedraEgIed
Inauguration Visitors Make Hit.

/ BY far the most successful children's
masquerade ball Of the season was held
at Masonic Temple last night, the United
Jewish congregations celebrating the an
nual children's Purim ball
/ The spacious hall was crowded all even.
ing with the little ones. their parents
and friends. The dance and promenad,
music was tuneful and added 10 the iov.
Of young and old. There was an endles.
variety of original, fancy. group. and
I grotesque costumes. representing al
clmes. every nationality. and all walk.
/ in life.
/ Every color in the rainbow had beer
used in the various make-ups. and added
picturesqueness TO the animated scene
/ All the boys and girls, no matter how
/ big or little. made an effort 10 appear tr
the best advantage as they marched and
danced and frollicked around. knowlpa
there would be prize in store for tbose
who found the approving eye Of the
judges
Variety Of MaNquerades.
Passing before their critical ewes were
diminutive cowboys. musketeers Indians
Dolly Vardens. soldiers. Irishmen. BIZ,
Possums, Teddy shooting at in7aeinar,
lions, George Washington in whita sin
and powdered wig, silk stockings. buc.
/ kled shoes and dignity; dancing Girl,
with fluffy dresses and pink stockings
/ Salome In all her barbaric splendor: Jan
/ anese. with chrysanthemum paper un.
/ brellas; nigger mammies, with red ban
danas wound around their woolly heads.
/ Carrie Nation. with a red. swollen nose
her hatchet and a suit case containing
inspiration
There were also Dutch girls. with stiff
fly starched frocks and wooden shoes.
ticker peddlers with the real tickler,
clowns with the circumference Of a bal
( loon. piratical looking Spaniards. with
stilettOs sticking out all over them; Span
ish dancing girls with swarthy complex
ion and brick-red cheeks and penciled
eyebrows; Martha Washington, Just as
natural as life: tin soldiers. with Tin
sword, tin gun, tin courage, and tin he'll
met
Visitors in Sorry shape.
Sis Hopkins was also there. with her
pigeon-toed walk and finger stuck IN her
mouth; a party OF Inauguration visitors.
covered with snow and bundled up in
warm clothing. and party Of Inauguration
visitors In 1913. when the date is sup
posed TO have been changed to a more
propitIous time Of the year, wearing straw
hats. hannels and muslin, and others.
The judges. Arthur Newmyer and Sam
uel W. Meek. assisted by Jacob Elseman.
made the following awards.
Prizes for bOys-"Billy 'POssum." to
Norris L Rich; Roosevelt" TO Alibury
Fischer; sis Hopkins" 10 Lena Kaban-
sky; Pink Salome.' TO Henry King.
Prizes for girlS--"Pink dancing girl 10
Lucille Wallerstein: "Auntv Drudge" 20
Sylvia Oppenheimer: Dutch girl" 20
Blanche Levy. Columbia" to Ruth
Frank
First group prize was awarded 20 the
Inauguration visitors" consisting Of
Dorothy Ettinger. Floraine Sommers. Jl-
la kohner, Elenor Selinger. Juliette Lich-
tenstein. David Blum. Morris Kohner.
Lester Steiner. and Percy Swartz.
Second group prize went 20 the 'Recep-
ton committee consisting OF Miriam
Frank. Sophia King. Selma Selinger,
Edna Oppenheimer, Carrie Oppenheimer,
Rosie Bresener. and Rita Schinman.
The Special Prizes.
Special prizes were awarded In the fol-
lowing girls: Hortense King, Ruth Kahn.
Miriam Kleeblatt. Bertha Wolf. Edna
Schwab. Ruth Grossner. and EIma Hol-
lander.
After the distribution Of the prizes
dancing was INDUCED in. and the follow
ing were the floor committee. Max
Fischer. chairman; David Oettinger. Nor
man Blum. Harold Strauss. Clarence
Eiseman, Norman Fischer. Harold I.ich-
tenstein. Louis Glasser, Morris Linshein-
er. i. Loeb, Phil Herman. and Harry
Sanger.