The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-04-30
BEAUTIFUL SCENE AT
KEYSER AUDITORIUM
Lovely Girls, Veterans ir
Grey, Gallant Young Men
and Charming Matrons
CONFEDERACY COLOR
IN GREAT PROPULSION
Immense Crowd Gathers
for Ball Given for Benefit
of Vets.

fhe Ksyser auditorium presented "a
animated and beautiful scene last eve
ming, when the chArra % youth ane
beauty, iovely girls IN quaint ante
beilum costumes. veterans IN Ccnfed-
crate grey. toddling girls In friIiy
white dresses, with flower wreafheN In
their nunfy hair, gallant young man
and charming matrons. gathered on
the occasion - the Confederate ban
that viii 80 down In history as ons
o. the most beautiful aver held In tbs
south.
From end 20 end of the great hau
the coioFs OF tho confe.ieraey haa bees
carried. white and crimson. featooned
from galleries. blazing against pillars
and making q wonderful color effect
az the end az the hall
AZ the eastern end of the room greas
stands OF white and crimson ffowern
made = wonderful color effect, and az
a background 90 the throne the fiag q
the confederacy was used. with the
portraits OF Lee ana OF Jackson.
AS the strains Of Dixie sounded
thrCugh the room the great ASSEM-
blags gathered In the auditorium rose
as one. and the grand march formed.
e"& W hsWf &N@AE AFA"tH NNNE% anu
Gladys Turner. Mary Rogers Mitchell
and cornelia Edwards. each in a
dainty white gown with a fiowar
wreath on her pretty head. and bear
ing a basket OF choleaat biowsomn
which were scattered before the COM
Ing or tsse heroes Of the Southland
The hundreds who had gathered 10
do them honor burst into unrestrained
applause As the veterans entered. each
with q charming belle az Dixie Oh his
arr, and preceded by the dancers who
took their places before the throne
VETERANS HoNoREp.
Never were such quaint and i0'ei
costumes There were girls IN ~
gowns. with crimson wrsathea Ia
hair. and old-fashioned pantaleis
such "a our mothers used to utHf
Ions. iong ago. There we're wide
skirts. and poIonais~ puffed quantity
becoming 70. the wearerSl There wers
scoop bonnets. and Ions. bewstchlng
curis. and all the airs and graces. all
the charm and courtesy that the girls
OF Dixie know. But do not think for
moment that the charm and the
courtesy were peculiar 20 the maidens
who 50 gracefully played their pretty
part. for the southern soldier has all
ways been distinguished FOR his won-
derfui charm OF manner ana his court
~ bearing. and in the aea1tifti vir-
| ginia reel right well did they carry or
the honors Of the evening.
For the evening was theirs. For
them had this ball been planned, and
never for q moment were they allowed
TO forget that they were the guests of
honor
The Virginia reel. which was the
chief event OF the evening". was danced
by the veterans. erch having for hts
charming young pcsrtner a girl Of thu
South. was beautiful ass quaint, the
girls in their oldtimey gowns. the vet
Grams in thu Confederate grey. elicit
Ing round after round Of applause, az
they went through the figures Of tho
dance which il dear 20 every Southern
heart, the music for which was played
by Prof |. r.. Allen.
Miss Evelyn Maxwell. the lovely
daughter Of Judge and Mrs. Evelyn
Maxwell. and Mr.. A. r. Jones OF Ward
Camp. we're the prize winners in the
Virginia reel. and right well did they
deserve the honor. for they danced
with = grace and abandon that won
the pIaudits Of all. and Miss Maxwell
was presented with a huge old fash
ioneG bouquet Of white and crimson
roses and Niles. and the prize awarded
Mr. Jones was q pair Of gold cuff but
tons.
THE NAY POLE DANCE.
One Of the ioveltent Gestures Of the
evening was the Nav Pole dance. by
a number Of young girls and boys. the
| girls in pretty antn-1eiium gowns with
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