The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-01-02
THE new YEARS MASQUERADE
Mob Hill Fire Company's Annual
Social Event Ar Enjoyable and
Profitable Affair

day decorations of festooning of
green, with occasional punches of
holly berries and numbers of red bells
hung throughout the hall. and with
the greeting, "A Happy New Year."
suspended across the stage. was the
scene of an unusually large and fan
tastically arrayed gathering of young
and old who were there to usher the
Old Year out and the New Year in at
the Mob Hill Fire Company's mas
querade ball Thursday evening.
With the Nostrosa orchestra of
four pieces rendering the music, the
grand march was formed shortly
after 9 o'clock with Uncle 81" and
Aunt Sally" leading. The carnival
parade was particularly pleasing,
many good characters being repre-
sented in modern and antique COS
tunes. Everybody was there for
| pleasure and merriment ruled. Fol-
lowing an old-time quadrille. a good
many in the gallery went down and
joined in the dance, observing the
rule of wearing a mask until IL
O'Clock, when the masks were re-
moved and the prizes awarded.
A committee of five ladies con-
sisting of Mesdames Ed Bergman,
T. A. Burdick. T. H. Hicks. C. H.
HUI. E. A.. Skillman, we're selected
as the judges, and the two prizes,
one to the best sustained lady char
acter and one to the best sustained
gentleman character, were awarded
to The Liberty Bell" represented
by Miss Mary Romano, an engraved
vanity purse, and to "A 1914 Euro
pean Soldier" represented by Vim
cent Merialdo, a gentleman's COM
bination shaving set.
AS there was some controversy
about the character, "A European
Soldier of 1914" the SENTINEL in
terviewed young Merialdo regarding
it, and was informed that this char
acter was a take-off of an old wound
ed European soldier of 1914, as was
| pictured in a recent issue of the To-
ledo Blade.
Before dancing was continued after
the supper intermission, E. j. Ander-
son and'G w. Ham did some clever
swinging of the Indian Clubs to hu-
morous vocal selections rendered by
w. R. Reynolds, with Merrill Fetch
err presiding at the piano. All those
taking part were members of the
Mob Hill Fire Company, and their
vaudeville selectionwas well received.
Following is a list of those in cos
tune and the character they repre-
sented as given to the SENTINEL for
publication by the committee:
List of Lady Characters
Mrs. Claude R. Ford-Dame of 1S47.
Mrs. Mary Fine-Frost.
Mrs. Nettie Overton - Red Cross
Nurse.
Mrs. f. J. Brossemer-Uncle 81.
Mrs. A. d. Crofut-Little Red Riding
| Hood.
Miss Myra Harris-Beautiful Lady.
Miss Clorinda Palmer-Evening Dress.
Miss Rose Tognoni-Princess Of Night.
Miss Gladys Hicks-An Old Fashioned
Girl.
Miss Frances Pastorino = Evening
Dress.
Miss Sarah ImObersteg-Pink Lady.
Miss Sophia MISUNDERSTANDING Dress
Miss Addie Merialdo-Christmas Tree.
Miss Annie Lucey - Old Dutch
Cleanser.
Miss Maud Porch-Evening Dress.
Miss Rose Curto-Kornelia Kinks
Miss Mary Romano-Liberty Bell.
Miss Charlotte Laird - Old Dutch
Cleanser.
Miss Mary Burdick-The Busy Seam
stress
Miss Mildred Laird-Indian Maid.
Misses Maud Harris and Stella Gia-
noh-Schoolgirls.
Misses Velma and Yula Reynolds
The Twins.
Miss Vevia Brown and Mrs Rudolph
Zadow-The Colonial Maids.
Miss Margaret Kitchen and Charles
Martin-The Gold Dust Twins.
Miss Nevada Fine and Will Martin
The Nurse and her Patient.
Miss Elizabeth Kitchen and Joseph
Kitchen-The Gamblers.
Miss L Snyder. Miss M. Townsend,
Miss M. De Flon, Ray Broy, Will Zadow
IA Deck of Cards,