Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-08-28
/ Mask Ball the Social
Event Of Week.
wednesday Tennis Tournament
By Eighteen Couples.
,..aheon and Bridge Party ct the
Yacht Club thursday.

u;neo Moosehead Lake, August 81
r,e last week in August brings th'
climax of the season at this charming
Mace, and this year is gong 10 surpass
aoa;ne summers in the amount OF
things going on to interest the visitors
- ,yos a week so full as this with
.oo;a, affairs and sports of varying
kind.
Saturday afternoon comes the an
=, raoatta of the MooSehead Lake
vaobt Cub when all The boats in the
49, anter handicap contest over a
Efourteen mile course lor suit GA
xremely handsome trophies. Inc SAINT
law brings a ball game between some
dunc college men staying at the MI
r5neo House and the regular klnec
VA while the evening winds up will
huge masquerade in the large hote
5ven by the workers around the note
I'd q snectacle for the summer guests
For this the latter contribute substan-
tial prizes for the exhibition.
Just now the annual golf handlcap Il
IN progress on the links, which Will
mt be completed until next week, and
several tennis tournaments nave the
bright of way on the courts.
The greatest social success yet given
under the auspices of the Moosehead
Lake Yacht Club and one of the pleas
ATTEST affairs ever given at kineo, Was
the fancy dress masked ball at the
clubhouse last Saturday night. About
$50 people attended, of which nearly Al
masked, and the ingenuity displayed on
some of the costumes was striking
Dancing commenced at $50 p. NJ. with
The Mt KineO house orchestra furnish
Ing music, and the assembly room
could scarcely contain the maskers and
those enjoying the spectacle. For
Hizes for the most elaborate costumes
the committee selected Miss Ruth
hamilton of Baltimore, wlo wore q
handsome Salome costume, and Mr.
Francis West of Boston whose artistic
talent was finely displayed in a most
Elaborate Indian chiefs representation.
Dainty refreshments were served in
HE grill room Immediately after the
naskers had disclosed their Identity
and that disclosure brought many gen.
Euine surprises. Following the luncheon
Mr. A. r. Bartlett and Mr.. f. w. Mar
tin who are spending the summer at
Camp Porcupine on BraSSua Lake
both having been prominent members
Of the Mask and Wig" Club of Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania, gave an i'm
promptu exhibition of fancy dancing
THAT was truly remarkable. Then Mr..
West much of whose life has been Civ
len t0ithe study of Indian customs, gave
an indian dance that elected great APP
bause.
Among those masking We're: Miss De
Coll, Spanish Carmen; Miss Jessie
Page Turk; Miss Carstairs. Turkish
COSTUME; Mrs. Hayward, Miss Eliza
eth Smith, Yama Yama girls; Mrs
Thomas Wistar. Turkish lady; Miss
hamilton, Salome; Mrs. w. A. Gibbon
Mrs. M. d. Paterson, Pierrot costumes
YRS c. A. Judkins, Gypsy dancer;
Ass Clarice Paterson, Spanish maid
.; Mrs John Reilly, costly Japanese
pwn; Mrs. West, Indian Princess
~ ]. X. Clarke, original Greek gown
pecially elegant; Mrs. S. MacCuer
NTH Red Cross nurse: Mrs. Winni-
ed H. Cooley. Directoire gown; Mrs
vain, Domino; Miss O'Shaughnessy
&ty Oriental dress; Mr.. A. B. War
" comic yacntsman; Mr.. Irving Ad-
ns, Cow girl; Mr.. G. E. Cooley
night Templar; Mr.. Robert Holmes
ase, Chinaman; w. F. Martin. Baby;
T. A. r. Bartlett, French jester; Pau
achtwanger, Dutch maid; Mr.. How
Colby, Chef: Mr.. John Reilly
panese court official: Dr. s. Mac Gu.
smith, Cow boy; A. B. Butler, Jr.
mary officer: Mr.. Francis West, In.
Warrior: Henry Sheafer, costly
0Nian costume from Cairo; &c. AL.
Smith sailor; Mr.. j. X. Clarke
ugh rider.
oae of the enjoyable functions o
we given at the Yacht club Thurs
ysby Mrs. Thomas Upham Coe o
asor. Especially beautiful table dec
suons graced the occasion. Thos'
sent Were Mrs. w. ii. Dougherty
0klyn; Mrs. Henry Lea. Mis-
aselwright Miss Mabel Thompson,
- Oetioll. New York: Mrs. H. NJ
ans Mrs. T. Sedjwick Steele, Mrs
Thornton, Pawtucket; Mis-
Pottsville. Pa; Mrs. Henri
w. e.a.'wanger, Madison, n. J.; Mrs. J
Miley' Mrs. Il. Frank Clapp. Phila
paa' Miss Katherine O'Shaughnes
Y Gotham, Eng.