The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1914-02-21
MILITARY BALL
BRILLIANT AFFAIR
BEAUTY AND CHIVALRY GATHER
ED TO MINGLE IN GAY
REVELRY.
Decorations of Ball Room of Patriotic
Hue-Music and Dancing Enjoyed
BY Hundreds Last Night.

That the traditional popularity OF
the annual military ball has suffered
no diminution was evident last eve
ming when, under a canopy of stars
and stripes, in a room made brilliant
by the full dress uniforms of the of
ficers of the battalion and the many
handsome new gowns of the ladies.
hundreds OF happy guests danced to
the strains of stirring music until the
early hours of the morning. Shortly
after s o'clock the receiving line, COM
posed of Captain Carlson, Mrs. Car
! lyle, Miss French, Miss Lucas, Miss
Stevens, Lieutenant Fooks and Lieu
tenant Bennett of Pullman, began to
greet the early arrivals. BY the time
the bugle call was sounded for the
forming of the line for the grand
march, which was led by Lieutenant
Fooks and Miss Stevens, the huge hall
was filled.
Seldom has a dance program at the
university shown more variety or
freshness in the choice of selections
and seldom has the orchestra played
in better time or with greater spirit
Those numbers which were especially
suited to the new steps were the most
popular and received repeated and in
sistent encores from the many persons
who enjoyed them more than they did |
the older and more familiar two-steps |
and .waltzes.
Special praise should be given to the |
decorators who handled so cleverly |
the problem of converting the vast |
armory into a handsome ballroom.
By skillful disposition OF two huge |
flags and bands of stars -and-stripes
bunting, false ceiling was con-
;tructed over the entire room; rows Of
Dine trees concealed the gymnasium
apparatus on the side walls, and the
;orner for the patronesses was rend-
,red especially effective by the back
ground of battalion flags. For the
irst time in many years there was
light to make the scene bril-
liant. 1t is the ordinary habit of those
Who manage university dances to use
subdued light and to make of
oom, which is at all times rather Il
loomy and depressing, sort of twi- !
light scene. Bathrooms of all places
hould be flooded with light and :
hould be as gay as generous lighting
nd bright decorations can make them. G
erhaps the unusual enjoyment of the c
uests last evening was due as much, f
s to anything else, to the fact the n
reat arc lights above were turned =
n and shed sufficient light to make
unnecessary for those present to n
Iirly grope about to find their seats n
: partners. r,
In addition to the students, those n
'esent We're: Mr.. and Mrs. Howard
avid, Homer David, Angel. Frevert,
hite, Hutton Mrs. Carlyle; the Of
isses Lucas, Mix, Broman, Stevens,
rench, Redway, Cameron, Sexton. in
i'd the Messrs. Jessup, Wodsadalek, N
arson, Smith, Butterfield, Bennett fo
)oks, Fem and Marsh. lii
A great many persons came over a6
pm Pullman, chief of whom were
e commandant at the Washington
ate College and the various officers
battalion there.
The Misses Frantz and Soulen serv- ''n
punch u"
At late hour the guests began to ~
se their leave, after expressing to ua
) popular commandant their sin as
-e appreciation of all the efforts
ich had been expended to insure
all present so delightful an eve
lg. ce