The Nome nugget., 1921-12-17
EAGLE MAsQUERADE
BIG SUCCESS


 beautiful costumes, pretty girls and funny clowns. and an ever apparent atmosphere of mirth. blended in Q whirl of music and shifting forms that was the impression created by the big annual masquerade ball giv- en by the Fraternal Order of Eagles at Eagle Hall Saturday evening.
 Not in many moons has Nome witnessed a display of such kaleido- scopic character. or within wider diversity of costuming and more quaint and beautiful conceptions in the characters represented The dancing element was out in force and during the latter stages of the ball the big dance floor was a verti- able sea of color as the appr0xima- tely one hundred and fifty or more maskers whirled and glided under the brilliant glow of the lights. And not alone was the dance floor filled to almost the extreme of com fort. but the wide gallery was pack ed with spectators engaged in watch ing intently the colorful show spread out below. Owing to the local pen chant for late arrival, the dance did not get under way until after ten o'clock and eleven had passed be- fore the last of the maskers put in an appearance. But when the fun
 finally commenced 1t was well worth watching and kept the crowd of spectators glued to their seats until long after the midnight hour.
 Strange and interesting were the numerous characters presented The quaint, the wierd. the bizarre and ridiculous mingled with the beauti- full and sentimental in the spectaeu- lar motley whirl. A queen of hearts rubbed elbows with an ebon shinned, bare footed and becrownei cannibal king: a knight of the Klu Klux Klan glided to and fro with 2 dainty. silk clad Chinese maid. a bewhiskered miner smoked his pipe as he piled pick and pan in search of golden wealth. . hairy cave man. bare iimbed and yielding mighty bludgeen. whirled and turned with his fur clad mate. Skaters, danc- ing girls, Geshia's, cowboys. felons, Jews. tramps, clowns. jockeys, pier iott's and pieriettes. Dinah's. Sam hos and fine ladies intermingled in the ever changing throng There were even a few children, gaily cos tuned, to add a touch of fairyland to the scene. With the approach of midnight, expectancy became the keynote as the judges. assembled to commence their by no means easy task of selecting the winners of the fine array of prizes donated by var ious business houses.
 As the grand march proceeded. led by splendid group of four white clad maskers. representing the cardinal principles of the Fra ternal Order of Eagles. Liberty Truth, Justice and Equality. excite. ment became intense as, one by one. the maskers were drawn from the long moving line to await the prize distribution. The spectators in the gallery leaned forward and every one in the hall was figuratively on tip toes in their eagerness to learn the identity of the twenty odd maskers grouped before the judges. And applause and laughter rang in merry waves as masks were removed and the identity of the winners was revealed. The ball was a decided success. financially and otherwise. and it Is safe to say that from the standpoint of both dancers and spectators. a more pleasing or inter esting masquerade was never given in Nome. Excellent music waa provided by a three piece orchestra composed Of Mrs. Warthe, pianist; Alvin Bahlke. violin: and Earl War the, drums, and the F. o. E. con- mittee left nothing undone to add to the charm of the occasion. Tho prizes were awarded as follows:
 Best costumed lady. Mrs. Alta Ackley, skater; best sustained lady character, Mrs. Curtis Welch, Ges- hia; most original lady costume. Miss Bertha Carlson, cave woman; best dressed gents, Messrs. Ander- son and Erickson; best sustained gent character, Ivan C.. Ackley;
 most original gent costume, o. s. Weaver. cave man. The following won special prizes: Thomas Llye. Cannibal king; Mrs. Chas Lescher.