The Nome daily nugget., 1917-12-10
EAGLE MASQUERADE
 GREAN SUCCESS

radc ball was established as an an nual social function was a more sue icessful and enjoyable masque staged lby Nome Aerie No 75, than that held
 at the big Eagle Hall Saturday even ! ing First because everyone in town was there and, secondly, because there ray of maskers than trod the meas | ures of the dance program rendered Ibv the well balanced orchestra from l930 D. m. until the small hours of Sunday morning. As there arc not so many people in Nome :his winter than | is usual, the attendance was hardly | up 70 that of former years. but in this | respect only did the masque fall be- hind it's predecessors. But as said
 at the beginning, everyone in town 1 was there, and everyone enjoyed them l selves to ;hc full before the sweet strains of Home Sweet Home sounded on the slumberous hours of sunday 2 emorning. The costumes were diverse | and many of them handsome. Others displayed the grotesque aspect of hu- manity in a manner to tickle the heart
 of the vcrcst lover of buffoonelY In l the la:cr years Nome has been some 1 what chary about donning the tinsel and the dances of recent years have seldom been noticeable for greatly | diversified array of costumes. But l Saturday nights affair was more than unique as everyone seemed to have l gone to the grcates; pains to select costume that was unusual. Another l feature was that hy some happy chance 1 there were few Implications outside l the ranks of the ubiquitous picrrota 1 and pcrrot's, and even these were in l the dance was at it's height the spec l tators crowdine the galleries were re- l galed with as fine display of the mot 1 lev as has ever hocn seen in our little ice bound midway. Dainty maids from | the Celestial Kingdom. silk clad and dcmure. trod merry measures with
 frowsy Weary Wlillie and wild and ! woody Pee from the Bar Bell range; Mcphisto smiled his demoniacal lccr
 at the demurc seller of posies gay; a sprightly coryphec. crimson clad and light as a bit of down blown before the wind, hoated through the throng in the arms of a fat and puffy Dutchman. Fairy and fond Turk and trollop. Fortune teller and Harlequin swung down .hc long hall to the rytlmotic strains of waltz or two step, presenting as colorful a picture of life and Saiety as could be imagined. Space is to
 saont to describe the costumes at
 length but all were most pleasing to :hc eye and together formed a spec tacle worth seeing. The prizes were awarded by a committee of five per
 sons several of whom were ladies and the committee in charge left nothng undone that would add to the pleasure of those attending. The handsome
 lis: of prizes donated for the occasion hy the local business houses were awarded to the following. the choice
 of the committee being excellent in every case.
 Miss Ina Lyle. clad in the handsome
 silken gown of Chinese woman was awarded the first prize silk skirt 1 for being the best dressed lady $. A
 GrItfiths, as Chinese mandarin bore
 off the honors, a shaving set for heinz
 the best dressed gentlemen. As paper
 girl. adorned with numerous title head ings from the Industrial Worker. Miss Marie Travisti was well entitled to the prize, an electric toaster. for the
 most orginad lady character scr. geant Elfein. of For; Davis in t.u suit, easily carried off the honors for the most original character in tho ccn-
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 silver mounted cordial lottle Miss
 Annie Stpek, as Mablc Normand was
 awarded a hands 4uv cut glass jewel case for the best sustained lady char
 actor and Johnny Hearing was given
 ;hc prize, a toilet ease. for the best
 sustained gentlemen character The
 special couple prize a ten pound tur-
 key was awapiod 10 Mir Fred Peterson
 and Mrs. sam Larson. who represented l a Turkish couple. John olson was
 given the special prize offered for the
 best tramp character. Mrs Victor
 Anderson was awarded a special ladies character prize for presenting an old woman in skillful manner. Others re- l IcCiVing special prizes were: Private