New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1918-02-13
MASQUERADE BALLS
DRAW HUGE CROWDS

Monday evenings Masquerade Ball
at Turner Hall was one Of the biggest
successes of the kind in recent years.
Nearly 500 were present and the number
of maskers was unusually large. Tie
spectators seats were filled way back in
tie balcony. Several large groups had
been prepared, some, Of them containing
more than 80 people and there were
scores of couples and singles. The first
prize was awarded to the Liberty Girls
with Miss Elfrieda Toberer as the Statue
Of Liberty and the Misses Remnant, Eel
Ter, Mueller, Kral, Backer, Hauenstein
and Mrs. Elmer Backer and Mrs: Joseph
Groebner. Tie Bohemian wedding group
drew second money and was the largest
of all the groups and carried its own
orchestra. Tie Soldiers of the Soil was
Ia very clever idea and if all of Uncle
Sans soldiers work as hard as they did
the war would be won in month. They
were awarded third prize. There were
more than thirty in tie, group. TIE
Milk Maids, Mrs. R. R. Kemski, Mrs.
P. J. Ritsckell, Mrs. George CASTER,
Mrs. Geo. Hogen, Mrs. John Nagel,
Mrs. F. P. Zschunke and daughter
Gretchen and Mrs. Otto Pullman took
the fourth group prize. Fhe elephant
composed of Willard Vogel, Jimmy
Pfaender and a pair of ears and a tail
that Tapped as the great pachyderm was
led about by Mahout, Armin Koehler,
came in for special group prize. and
deserved it. The prize for character
couple went to Mr.. and Mrs. A. J. Alvin
of Mound, Mimi, in costumes of George
and Martha Washington. Mrs. Alfred
Marti and Miss Elsa Marti as the
Dutch girl and boy drew the comic
couple prize. Miss Louise Fritsche as
a Spanish girl was awarded the ladies'
character prize and George CASTER as
the Indian took the gentlemen's char
acter prize. Mrs. Joseph Bianchi as
the old maid received the comic single
prize for ladies and H. o. Schleuder ss
the Dutchman, the comic gentlemen's
prize. ~. -
The masquerade ball at the Armory
Monday evening proved to be big
success in spite Of the fact that one had
been given there but couple of weeks
preceding this one. An unusually large
crowd gathered to. dance and there was
an equally large number Of spectators.
Many groups had prepared and there
were great many comic couples and
singles. TIE first prize was awarded
to tie Red Cross nurses who were
Jennie Bartel, Prisca Zieska, Bertha
Getting, Hilda Niemann, Elsie Niemann
Caroline Tauer, Ella Hamann, Louisa
Witt, Bertha Witt, Marie Witt, Olga
Kause, Olivia Klause. -....
The second Ia special prize), went to a
comic group, Mrs. John Vosel, Mrs.
John Able, Mrs. Hy. Bolsch, Mrs. Ed.
Farington and the Misses Cecilia Macho,
Dora Schreier, Francis Lameker and
Meta Decker. ..
Tie other second prize was awarded to
The Dixie group who were the Mesdames
R. Pollei, Frank Marks, Tony Kopetski,
Jos. Keckstein, Ckas. Brust Sr. and Wen
sci Penkert. ..
Mr.. and Mrs. Pearson were conside-e
tie best dressed couple and tEey, we-e
given TIE third prize. John KALI and
John Richter formed a very comic
couple. They received the fourth prize.
TIE fifth prize was given to tie bet
individual, the Liberty-Lady, Miss Their
e=a Tauer. ~.
Otto Spellbrink as a prince took TIE
sixth prize and Mrs. Ed. Rerndt as tt e
most comic lady the seventh prize.