The Alaska citizen., 1916-01-03
PROSPERITY AND YEAR 1916 WE'D
 AT A. B. BALL
SEVERAL HUNDRED PEOPLE AT TENDED ANNUAL BALL OF
 ARCTIC BROTHERHOOD

With all of the solemnity of d real wedding mock marriage was | held at the Arctic Brntherhood's New | Years ball Friday evening. in winch the year 1916 and Prosperity enter
 ed the holy bonds of matrimony
 Prince 1916 was represented oy | Donald Gordon. the son of MT and
 Mrs. Frank S. Gordon, while little Miss Margery Martin. daughter Of Mrs. Lillian Martin, represented Princess Prosperity And to say
 that the two fouryear-od tots car
 ried off the honors of the occasion in a manner which would have done
 credit to much older folks, is put
 ting it mildly.
 The wedding took place at few moments before midnight All ar engagements had previously been made
 for the affair and at the appointed hour the wedding procession filed from the entrance to the dancing hall at the Auditorium to the stage. where the ceremony was performed
 Rows of masquers formed an aisle.
 being held in their places by
 streamers of ribbon of white aud
 purple, colors of the Arctic Brother
 hood.
 On the stage the words binding
 Prince 1916 and Princess ProspcrI-
 ty together were said by George W
 Pennington. And in performing his
 ministerial duty Mr. Pennington aG
 monished the contracting parties to
 be playmates for the ensuing yea
 until their mothers did them part" To his questions the Prince re- sponded In loud voice "you bet" while the diminutive bride said ''I will" in tone which made all pessimistically inclined people who witnessed the ceremony feel much better
 Father Time represented by Dick Thorne, gave the year 1916, to the iNSN pms ol IooptlllS, r ldIlh n. Hall representing the year 1915. giving Prosperity to 1916. Others on the stage at the time the cero- mony was performed and who were members of the wedding party woro the bridesmaids, Misses Frances Boclen. Hazel Pauli and Hazel Cooper. and the groomsmen, Messrs. Harrv Abercrombie, Roy Judkins and Stan ley R. Hess. all in conventional even ing dress.
 The dance itself was one of the biggest successes of the season, from every point of view. going far to show that but few towns of it's size in the United States have any thing on Fairbanks In a social way There were more than 200 paid ad missions to the dance, indicating there were at least 200 couples of dancers in attendance, while it Is estimated that there were more than 100 extra ladies, who were admitted free
 And the costumes,
 It can safely be said that they never were more varied nor more beautiful, considering the number of people who were on the dancing floor Small crowds of people were in evidence with costumes all alike while in numerous instances pairs and trios of costumes, made to order and exactly alike could be seen.
 In the matter of costumes John Kelly easily carried off the honors, as far as the men on the floor were He has made an envi- able reputation in Fairbanks as the originator of costumes particularly to himself as nature made him and, his Omar Khayyam" of the Arctic New Years dance of a year ago, and John Bull" of the Belgian relief ball, were but little better carried out than his charac- lCl lLotloll O1 It hlllS Ol bItttt Friday evening. The robe he wore was regal in it's splendor. On his head was a crown which bore the word Rex" In large letters, while in smaller letter were the words Leaf Lard" Across his chest was a ribbon, his insignia of royalty | bearing the words The King of Greece" In fact, it Is not too much to say that, if the costume Were tc ta appreciated Mi. Kelly should | be seen in it.
 Costumes worn by ladies, worthy | of mention by reason of the fact that they were made particularly | for the occasion only with a great | deal of trouble and expense, Were those of Mrs. Frank M. Scott and | Miss Hazel Wattles and Misses | Frances Boelen and Hazel Pauli. | Those of the two former were similar | except in coloring and it was prac-