The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-31
Brilliant Social Affair at Gibbons Hall
Last Evening Given by Iowa
Alpha, Phi Lambda
Epsilon.
BALL A GRAND AFFAIR
Nearly One Hundred Couples Tripped
Light Fantastic In Hall Which
Was Vision Of Much
Beauty.

Portrayfng a wealth Of beauty in
every appointment, with kaleide- |
scope Of exquisite gowns and mechant I
cal arrangement in harmonious setting
and introducing features new to Keo- /
kuk, the second annual party given /
by the Iowa Alpha, Phi Lambda
Epsilon, at Gibbons hall last evening,
easily eclipsed anything that the
4 city's younger elite has ever enjoyed.
Such a wondrous profusion of brilli-
ance, such radiance of blended
ealors and so many pretty young
misses and Immediately dressed es-
oorts all contributed to make the af.
4kir pronounced success. 1t was
. gay evening in Keokuk and even the
wee hours Of the morning failed to
detract from the enjoyment of the
merry couples as they tripped the light |
fantastic with ease and grace. The
fraternity pin in its dazzling beauty Of |
scarlet, gold and white, the long cher !
ished moon dance with it's luminous !
hue are features to be remembered
by the young people who graced the
tally of the young gentlemen enter
tanning made everyone enjoy the
party. The entertaining chapter is
composed of the following: A. Minor
Ozark, Earl F. Phillips, Clearance H.
hickey, Lewis D. Sheppard, Frank L.
Merrill, George C. Pechstein, ]. j..
Crimins. Frank N. Woolley, Milo
Phillips, Chester Wescott, Arthur
4 Horn, Eugene McGrath, Harry j.
Horn, Lester Salzer and Ross j.
Nichols. The evenings chaperones
were Mr.. and Mrs. Frank LeBron, Mr..
and Mrs. j. e. Collins, Mr. and Mrs.
H. NJ. Buchanan and Mr. and Mrs. j.
r. Irwin. The affair was enjoyed by
nearly one hundred couples, confined
mostly to Keokuk' s younger society
goers Among them We're many out
of-town guests, several OF whom have
been in the city during the past
week.
The Decorations.
The large hall was truly vision of
beauty in which the fraternity colors
we're blended artistically. The decor
alive feature was the large Phi Lamb
da pin placed on the orchestra stage
and banked in crepe paper of the
fraternity colors. The pin was illum'
mated by nearly one hundred inca.
descent lights and the scarlet, gold
and white shone beautifully through
out the spacious hall. In the center
was large pearl, represented by 9
pin were the fraternity letters "P L
E" and tx E A" in Greek. During
the evning the hall lights were turned
out and the dancers made merry II
the light eminating from the pin. The
hall proper was also decked in beauty
1t was spanned from the ends ant
sides to the center by crepe paper
of the fraternity colors and completed
the perfect setting.
The hours were from 9 to
o'clock and there were nearly ont
hundred couples in the hall when tn,
grand march started. 1t was lead b.
Miss Madeline McGrath and Mr. Levi
With this opening feature those pres
Cnt gained the first glimpse of tn
beauty of the party. The program
gaven out by Miss Alice Noble and Nj
Drank Merrill as the couples circle
9or the last time on the grand marcel
were very pretty ones. The cover d.
Uign was scarlet with small repr,
duction Of the fraternity pin abov
the center of the cover page and tn
Greek letters just below The insid
contained two sheets with the pr,
gram of dances, the name OF cha
erones and the fraternity personel.
Moon Dance Feature.
Iowa Alpha Chapter gained the di
tinction of being the first to intr
duce the real moon dance with nes
proximity to realalism. This featul
was introduced at the twelfth dane
when the excellent Agnes orchestl
played the Dream of Heaven" walt
The brilliancy of a strong arc pierce
the mechanical color sheets with Il
effect that the hall was flooded
soft blue hue, this being the on
light in the hall The dance was e
joyed more than any of the others al
was enchored several times. Lat
in the evening the demand for Sc
ond moon dance was strong and
was repeated, the dancers failing