Las Vegas optic., 1914-01-02
FIREMENS BALL
WAS A GREAT
SUCCESS
LARGE cRoWD{ WAS PRESENT
AND ENTERTAINMENT WAS
or HIGH CLASS

Success greeted the East Las
Vegas fire department Wednesday
light when its thirty-third annual
New Years Eve masquerade ball
was given at the Duncan opera house.
4slie naskeEs the audiences press
ent exceeded those present at any
of the former dances, while the cos
TUNES were numerous and handsome
With the opening Of the doors at
7:3O o'clock the spectators began to
arrive and by $3.50 O'Clock the house
was packed with3people. The crown
ing of the king and queen took place
at $50 o'clock and the grand march
began at o'clock. Mr.. and Mrs. p.
A. Linn were the king and queen of
the ball Dancing began with the
grand march and continued for the
maskers until 11:90s osqlock, when the
awarding of the prizes dtook place.
Following this the floor was open to
all. 9m
The music was furnished by the
Simison seven piece orchestra and
was pleasing. The program included
the latest of dance music and numer-
GUS extras were played for the bene-
e;f ~ tha dancarc,
The ffremen are pleased with the
way in which7the public attended their
dance. Their success is due to those
who -sttended, and contributed to the
prizes and purchased tickets.
The decorations were beautiful. A
huge star set on the stage back of the
throne of the king and queen was
prettily lighted with colored lights,
while many other decorative features,
evergreen and red predominating, add
ed to the prettiness of the occasion.
The inspection committee, which
passed on the eligibility of all mask
ers before they were admitted was
composed of Mrs Frank Strass, Miss
Nellie Mitchell, w. P. Southad and F.
o. Blood The judges who awarded
the prizes were Mrs. H. S. Van Pet
ten, Mrs. c. L. M. Baily, Mrs. F. M.
Lyon, John S. Clark and Charles Dan
ziger. The firemen having misplaced
the list of prize winners, it will not
be published until tomorrow night,
when It will be in the society column.
The list of maskers and the char
acters represented is as follows: Mr..
and Mrs. P. A. Linn, king and queen;
E. w. Hite, Dutchman; Clarence Hite,
clown; w. G. McKelyey, clown; Dan
Burks and Robert Hart, Mississippi
swells; Thomas Lamb, Dutchman
Linoel Ward, 4nennen's talcum boy;
Raymond Wright, alligator bait; w.
H. Coleman, Italian organ grinder
and monkey; Harry Kelly and Will
liam Hayden, Jocko and monk; Arthur
Rogers, colored groom; Helen Rogers,
fairy; Alfred Rogers, Happy Hooli-
gan; Homer Reed, cavalier; Edith
Wright and Goldie Oerline, Gold Dust
Twins; Elizabeth Wright, jello girl;
Sidney Regensburg, G. M. Anderson,
motion picture actor; Mrs. T. ]. Car
will, thistle; Mr.. t. J. Carvill, sun
flower; Viola Ground, Eibertyj Floyd
Jones, clown; Mrs. Rusby, nail girl;
Mrs. e. w. Welsh, Red Ridinghood; /;
Mr.. Keene, grandpa; Mrs. Keene,
grandma; Myrtle Keene,. Filipino;
Carl Regensburg, hay and grain; Yer
non Schloot, Grecian soldier; Alice
Regensburg, Il should worry; Bessie
Nilsson, girl of yesterday; Dewey Mis-
SON night: Fern Fitch, Goddess Of
Liberty; G. L. Jones. clown, SteveE
Elwood, Lii Arthur; Pete Tenorio,
devil; Fred Gephart and Palo Rosen-
thai, baseball kids; ]. +. Sackman,
painter and decorator; Isabel Cutler,
bathing girl Bessie Clark, Spanish
dancer; May Caldwell, Gypsy; Mrs.
Olive Langston, Domino; Miss May
Young, Domino; MRS. Charles Farley,
Madame Butterfly; Mildred Ward,
Colonial Lady; Charles Farley, mat
aaor; ,Adrian Farley, Colonial Gent;
o. M. Ward, Prtssian prince; Mrs.
o. M. Ward patchwork girl; G. F..
Watson, Uncle Sam; John Mcclure,
hack driver; Fred Lewis, Just a
COON" Mrs. F. Chance, French dane
er; Eva Cook, foxy kid; Frank Fitch,
Columbus; Mable Woehler, Mary
Jane; M. M. Hayward, Red Cross;
Loveta OBfien, gMary Jane; Mrs. Ed
O'Brien, Quakeress; Mrs. Rowe, Gyp-
sy; Mrs. J. Cook, Spanish dancer;
Mrs. owen, COW girl; F. M. Keller,
George Washington; Mrs. F. M. Kel-
Ter, The Optic; A. F. Blackburn. vel
low clown; Mrs. A. f. Blackburn,