The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-28
FIREMEN'S MASK BALL
A DECIDED SUCCESS

The elite of the east mingled with
! the Drawn Of the west, courteous
southern chivalry rubbed elbows with
the orient, old world costumes and
| clothes of modern but past days were
! cOmmandeered for the Firemen's mask
| ball in Turner Opera house Saturday
| evening Everybody knows the story
which has been handed down from the
| earliest peoples as heritage Of joy to
| the present day. Aladdin and his won
! deTful lamp presided for the brief
space of one evening Of unlimited joy
in this, the century of activities.
| Both lower floor and balcony were
crowded to capacity The grand march
| played by the Weber-Stube orchestra
started promptly at $3.50 O'Clock and
was led by Jack Glaser and Jack
Kuenzi. The judges, Charles w. Harte,
Frank P. McAdams, Emil Creuz, Mrs
Harry Stube and Miss Gertrude Schatz
| then picked the winners as they
passed in review
The first prize Of $25 was won by
"Old Glory group" composed of six
| girls dressed in red, white and blue
with white stars. The Misses Hattie
Kruger, Alma Sterwald, Hilda Sic
bert, Bertha FIeuter, Josie Loukota
| and Jeanette Hoeffner made up the
group.
The second best cOstumed group
prize Of $18 was awarded the fairies,
comprising Misses Josephine and
Grace Collins, Margaret Nellins and
Meta Buske, dressed in ballet cos
tunes.
Five coons COPIED the comic group
prize Of $40. The color scheme con-
sisted of red, green and black. Messrs.
! Leonard Johnson, Max Schultz, Hugo
! Vogel, EWald Radtke and Lawrence
| Brown made up this group
| Misses Zayda Weber and Elsie
Schwendke, dressed in colonial cos
tunes, were awarded the $40 prize for
the best dressed couple.
| Fatty Arbuckie and wife, Ray
Schmedel and Lorraine OFT, won the
| Sc prize for the best comic couple.
! Misses Ella Knoll and Helen Hoeff-
ner were awarded SIS for the second
best dressed couple. They wore colon
| ial costumes.
Edward Buske was given S. for the
best Uncle Sam.
August Henschel of Oconomowoc
received $5 for the gents best cos
tune
Herbert Schatz and Miss Martha
Knoll won the S. special prize offered
for the best tango by Cruel & Glaser,
and Ernst Leschinger and Miss Wini-
fred Lange won the S. special waltz
prize offered by Mig" Preusse.
! Paul Borchert and Walter Weihert
won the So prize for second best comic
I costumes.
| Miss Tillie Kaercher was awarded
81 with a jockey costume.
Roy Dittmann took a 81 prize for
| carrying the best electrical outfit.
Clarence Peters and Miss Pearl
| O'Brien won 81 in the turkey fox trot.
The following were awarded mer-
chandise prizes:
| Elmer Donner and Viola Buege,
best American couple; Mrs Edward
Buske, flower girl; Ernest Brill, best
original makeup; E. Kruger, fireman;
Ruth Johnson, best school girl; J.
Weihert, Happy Hooligan; Minnie
| Rebahn, Goddess of Liberty; Howard
krueger, best workingman; Ferd.
Dittmann, hod carrier; Walter Potter,
painter; Norman Glatzel, Jew; Rich
ard Hilgendorf, Chinaman; Fred
Block, clown; Gust Boehm, clown:
Edward Kehoe, Irishman; William
'Aohls, clown; Harry Davenport, cook;
Meta Korff, best chaffeur; Pat Riley.
| policeman; Della Johnson, schoolboy;
Hugo Zillmer, farmer; Max Wolff.
tEamp; S. NJ. Lerd, negro; R. Bude-
witz, yellow kid; A. R. Bahr, tramp.