The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-03-03
Art Wielpuetz as Ballet Girl,
Takes Mems First
Prize.
DARBY WEDDING ACT
GETS GROUP HONORS
More Than 400 Throngs West
End Hall-COmmittee
Thanks Tribune.

MaSQueS by the score, soldiers, IN
dians, hobOs, darkies, cowboy girls,
Buster Brown, ballet girls, and char
acters of virtually every description
last night crowded the floor at West
End hall at the annual masquerade
ball given by the Eagles lodge. 1t
was the biggest crowd that has attend
ed dance in the Cape in recent local
history.
The costumes were the most sumpt-
uOus and complete ever witnessed here
and the judges of the costumery
lodged out of the crowd as soon as
they finished making the announce
mcnt of the winners.
A six-piece orchestra play d
throughout the evening and the dane
ing began shortly after s o'clock when
the first masqueraders began to arrive.
BY 1870 o'clock the judges had an
n0unced their decision and the dancing
continued till long after midnight.
In addition to the regular prizes for
the best groups and in the competition
for the group prizes, several unique
and typical sketches were staged in
the middle of the dance floor while the
crowd thronged around.
There were more than 400 persons
in the hall and about half of the
crowd wore costumes. There were
face Mosques for everyone who at
tended the affair and wished to dance
Mosques were removed Immediately
after the decision of the Judges was
announced.
The women's prizes We're awarded
as follows: Mrs. Casey Ransom, first,
a $i5 kodak; Mrs. Ben Messmer, sec
ond, casserole, and women'S group
school composed of Mrs. A. 4. Bohan
non, Mrs. r. F. O'Connell, Mrs Bar
rett Cotner, Mrs. William Brunkhorst.
Mrs. Herbert Saktes, Miss Claire kas-
sci, large box Of candy.
The mems individual first prize was
given to Arthur Wielpuetz, as ballet
girl; Oscar Ruedigcr, second as Ro-
meO.
Wielpuctz was CARRIED in a pair Of
tights. short fuffy-ruffles skirt, low
neck waist and that's all. Ruediger
had on the heroic costume of a man
who lived three hundred years or more
ago.
The first mems group prize was
awarded to the Georgia Minstrel We'd
ding party. This party was preceded
by Simple Ruediger and William Wolf
as flower girls. Next came John NJ
Doyle, black as the ace Of spades, full
dress suit and plug-hat on one corner
Of his bean. He was the bridegroom.
and on his arm leaned Henry Muel-
bach, the bride. "She" looked like
she was ready to take in washing to
make a living for her man.
Scott Reed was the Father-m-law
and Roy Jaynes, the mother-in-law
Polly Ketterer wore the sables of the
parson, Fred Meyers was a deacon and
Ed Frenzel, Gus Hanny, Charles Hit.
Blick Cooper, Paul Robert and Joe
Kurre were the spectators.
The mems second group prize was
awarded to How's Hoboes, a gang of
eighteen, each one of whom looked
like the caricature from an humorous
magazine. They were r. Crosnoe,
Ray Oliver, Emil Hirsch, Manford
Krump, Everett Gibson, Paul Holmes,
Joe Campbell, Louis Lynch, w. Da-
wilson, Theodore Heiss, Curtis Beas-
ley, William Laughlin, Leo McLain,
Jennings Mcbride, Axel Kjer and John
Welsch.
The Judges also gave honorable
mention to the masqueraders who rig
ged up COW six feet in height, which
attracted much attention in the hall,
as we'll as band of Southern darky
cotton pickers.
The judges were J. w. Blakemore,
of Poplar Bluff, Smith Myers of St.
Louis and H. F. Owens of Minneapolis,
MINI.
The members of the Eagles commit
tee in charge of the ball, Louis Hopp,
Gus Hanny and Dr. J. C. Vorbeck, last
night thanked The Tribune for the
support given the masquerade and at
tributed in large measure the success
of the affair to the publicity given by
The Tribune.