The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-01-25
BAUERN
BALL ATTRACTS
TWO THOUSAND
Third Annual Gathering Is
FroehIiches Affair For All
Who Attended.

Nearly 1000 persons attended ena
third annual German Bauern ball I'M
der the auspices OF the German Amer
| lean Alliance at the Casino rink last
might. making merry with a spirit that
was both refined and directed IN an
| inteIligently entertaining manner.
Had the Casino been adequate IN
size 70 comfortably accommodate the
great number which early in the eve
ming sought the seating enclosure the
affair would have added even greater
pleasure to the host of well dressed
and happy men and women VINO par
ticipated as spectators and performers
at the function.
well rendered program OF enter
tainnent opened the ball and was in
terspersed throughout the dancing
numbers principal among which We're
the opening march, a drill by the moor
committee in fancy dress costume Of
the -17vrolean Alps and Southern Ger
manv and an exhibition of fancy dan
cling by couples in the Hungarian ma
tiona1 costumes.
Probably the most sensational drill
executed in Bridgeport was that IN
which an equal number of womenTof
the floor committee with their male
partners, under the leadership of An
ton Wagner, exemp1ifed, to the march
music of the Wheeler & Wilson band.
This march, executed in columns OF
four. eight, IL and "a, introducing the
most intricate right abouts, wheels,
omen and closed formation was per
formed without a single misstep and.
goes far to show that women have
faculty for military methods far be-
yond the ordinary conception It Is
said that great pains and effort was
expended in making every feature OF
the program perfect.
Another feature of the affair was an
exhibition of fancy dancing by Carl
Berger and Miss Wanda Barker. which7
drew well deserved applause from all
sides.
divorce court and payment Of fine I'M
der police observance by any person
alleged to be violating the rules of
courtesy, or guilty of other unseern1y
conduct is a feature Of the Bauern
ball. s
Altogether an early view of the big
ball lends the impression that it to-
da,y sets the pace for fun, frivoIfty and
pleasure and will go down in the rec
ords of 1916 as a ball that will not be
beaten in arrangement, harmony OF
color entertainment and restrained
conviviallty.
six German societies Of Bridgeport
as vel as two Hungarian societies
were represented and those in charge
were:
Burgomastkr, Anton Wagner; VIII
1age ParSOn, Ju1uS BrauH5 Night
watchnnan, George Reichert; Jai1er,
Angus Seth; Justice. Joseph Weller;
Town Register, Charles Sacks; Village
Doctor. Peter Hun1mel; Town Counsel,
Joseph Metzger, Henry Engelhart, c.
KausIey and Frederick Schempp.
Floor committee, participating in
drill, John H. Koestner, floor man.
ager; J. Metzger, R. Brandt, C. Mar
tin H Jahreis, R. Meyer, C. Wagner,
o. shoenrock, R. Shoenrock, P. Miller,
c. Winner H. Bender, w. G. LEM,
Elizabeth Kausler, Frances E. Stein
metz, Bertha 3. Ja.hreis, Margaret C.
French, Mamie Smith, Nina Ficher,
Margaret Winner, Mine Brkel, Mar.
garet HorchIer, Emma Er1eI and Mar
garet Kost.
Committee of arrangements. Jacob
Heiriman, chairman; Charles Berger,
Charles Axnan, Charles Keller, Will
liam L. Zepp, Charles Ham, Gottlieb
LuippoId, Peter Hummel, Louis
SchwerdtIe, Ernest Ortlepp, WenzeI
SteigIer, William B1ersch, Paul
Schultz, Charles Sachs, Anton Waw-
ner, Joseph Metzgar, Jr., E. Parthe-
noy, Charles Amman, Ernest Ort1epp,
Wenzel SteigIer and William B1ersch.