Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-24
DRIVE DULL CARE AWAY
TURNVEREINERS GIVE THEIR
MERRY MASK BALL.
Handsome Prizes Awarded Groups
and individuals for the Best
Fancy Dress Make-U

Columbia Turnverein turned out IN
force to play havoc with melancholy at
the old Masonic Temple last night. and
succeeded admirably. 1t was masked
ball that was chosen to rout any SEM
blance OF gloom that may have been
suspected of existence, and the ranks Of
the maskers got busy promptly at
o clock with a hundred varieties of fancy
makeup.
The first two hours Of the evening were
dress and masks. A march around the
wives" led motley procession of clowns.
troubadors. Spanish senoritas. cowboys.
Indians, princes. kings. tramps and all
sorts of comic supplement- characters,
furnished an impromptu picture of fun.
After an hour of this sort Of fun the
bugIer sounded a call. the stage curtain
seemed to disappear in the ceiling and
the stage presented a splendid tableau of
hitherto hidden costumed Turnveretners
and their young woman friends. Led by
Julius Duehring. these maskers marched
down to the floor and went through an
intricate series of marches and dance
steps.
Lucky Prize Winners
prizes and every one unmasked and the
crowd started in to do justice to the
tweIt! -four dances on the program
The winners of prizes We're:
First group tharem Of ex-sultan)--Au-
gust Schwarz, J. f. Schwarz and Mes
DANES William Hanneman, ]. T. Schaf-
fert, j. Colignon, T. Sampson, E.
SchVarz A. Schwar1 f. C. Lutz and CHI
Hick.
Second group "a bunch of clownslH.
Schmidt. Hans August and c. HALTER.
Ladies fancy costumes-First prize,
Miss Mary Fink Oiles of the Valley
second prize. Miss Mary Stolz turkish
beauty: third prize. Miss E. Alexander
tblack and yellow butterfly.
Gentlemens fancy costumes First
prize. Gus Duehring, ir (Mexican>; third
prize, w. n. Pauls Hanlet).
Ladies' comic costumes-Ffrst prize,
Mrs. r. A Joyce Pierette): second prize:
F. NJ. Brinkley Carrie Nation); third
prize, Mrs. F. NJ. Brinckley told maid).
Gentlemen's comic costumes First
prize. George Fink tclown). second prize,
Mr.. Preussner tVather Jahn); third prize,
A. Buehlcr tMephistopheles).
Most original masks-First prize, two
Hipp (Spanish fiddler.
The arrangements for the ball were
made by committee under Robert
Pluym, consisting of Kurt Richter, Julius
Duehring. Paul HALTER, Ernst Gersten-
berg, Frank Faust. s. Scharbau, Gustav
Bender, e. F. Jurgensen and Alv. r.
Meissner.
The Reception Committee.
The reception committee was composed
of Commissioner Cuno H. Rudolph, Rich
ard Bartholdt, Gustav Kustermann. A.
F. E. Mann. z. F.
Abner, Anton Lerch, W. F. GUIDE, a. F..
Jorss. August Plugge. II. H. Bergman,
John Windolph. John Mergner, William
Hahn, Fred NJ. Geyer. Werner Koch, A.
G. Beauvard. George W. Spier, William
Nordhoff. Fred Kramer. e. @. Schaefer.
w. Ruckdaeschel, William Brodt. Carl
Hennige, G. J. Bessler, II. G. Albrecht,
Oscar Lange, II. Freitag. Chr. Heinrich.
Rud. Saur, Andrew Loff1er, Con. Grieb,
+. Brinkmann. Ernst Gichner. W. C.
Zimmermann. John Hansen, Charles Dis
mer, William Engel, Karl Heurich. l..
Sobel, s. Guggenheim and Carl Dueh-
ring.
Refreshment committee-Ernst Gersten-
berg. chairman; Max E. kahler. Ferd
Preissner. August W. Herrler, George
Fink. Fred Laux, ]. Mckeon, Fred Volz,
3. Schwartz and August Link
Floor committee-Erank Faust. chair
man: Julius DuehrikA Paul Arndt l..
Roesch. Walter T. Austin. Joseph Zelenka,
Carl F. Brodt and E F. Jurgensen.