Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1922-02-11
REBEkAH'S give
MOST SUCCESSFUL
PARTY OF SEASON
Comic Dress Costume Ball
With Old Time Music
Draws Crowd of Over 200
Merrymakers.

Friday evening the Rebekah's
gave their annual dancing party.
Owing to prevailing conditions the
party was given as hard time dress
up affair. At an early hour the Re-
bekah's and their invited friends as
sembled, and such a display of
styles, from the days of Queen VIC
toria, up to and including the pres
ent craze. There was ,the full cir
cular, sweeping skirt, from the
early sixties, when legs and femin-
inc anatomy were mere SUPPOSE
tion, and the paisley shawl. There
was the tight basque, the fifteen
gored skirt, sweeping foot behind,
with flower trimmed Merry Widow
hat, the red cashmere tight fitting
princess dress, and large fiat hat.
The tight fitting wrappers, germ
catcher length, of bright colors
were worn by the younger set with
the prevailing head gear of the
wrapper days. Also the red chec-
kered full skirt and tucked waist
and flower bedecked hat. The men
were as comically dressed. One
with tight fitting checkered pants
and long cutaway coat and rubber
collar, and red tie, his crown OF
glory adorned with a soft gray
Fedora, another young man repre-
sented character from a country
our boys almost put off the map.
Several in hob nails and sweaters,
looking for haying job.
After everybody got acquainted,
the Virginia reel and the quadrilles,
more commonly known as Cow
drills" were the main feature of the
evening, to the music furnished by
Norm Dawson and Chas. Larks A
nurse was present in uniform with
the ever ready watch and thermone-
tor in case casualty was caused
from laughing too much, after the
friends were recognized.
A grand march of all the dress
ups, and the judges, 0. E. Cannon,
w. w, Fountain and Arthur Stevens,
after celebrating decided on Mrs,
Joe Barrett and O. r. Herring as the
ones representing the most original
hard time characters.
Mrs. Barrett represented a poor
Irish scrub woman, and wore light
blue apron, brown sweater, full
of holes and patches with the lower
half of the sleeves missing, showing
long sleeved gray flannel under
shirt, also the worse for a long per-
iod of faithful service, half fingered,
one time white, silk gloves. The
remains of a strip of an old sheet
covered up all deficiencies between
the parting of the blue and the
brown. A kelly green chiffon vel
with a bow and streamer down the
back. white lace jabots, held in
place by large three link breast
pin, finished the back and front
view respectively. The hat was q
small poke affair with huge white
feather standing upright in the
back. A small brown bow swayed
neryously over the right eye. LONG
black dangling ear rings, and
smoked horned himmed glasses, q
folding fan added to the comfort
and was much in evidence. Thus
we have the prize winner.
Mr.. Herring represented Pa Corn
tassel, straight from Bungville, with
his long white hair, goatee, straw
berry nose and his frey red cheeks
from the long drive in the one horsf
shay. A linen duster hob nailed
shoes and unbreller under his arm
and the silver trimmed specs fin
ished the costume of the second prize
winner.
AS soon as the announcement was
made of the winners, everybody
shouted waltz" and presto thu
floor was cleared and the prize walt
was given. The fiddler and th'
guitar struck up an old familiar tune
and the two waltzed and bowed t
the encore. Mr. Cannon awarded
the prizes, to Mrs. Barrett a dimitl
handkerchief, with dainty Gro
cheted edge, and to Mr.. Herring
white linen handkerchief.
Refreshments were served in th'
Legion hall to about 200 guests
Returning to the dance hall tn
crowd danced until the dawn OF an
other day. Everybody had the tim
of their lives and hearty goot
laugh, all for the sum of two-bits
gate admission, the lunch was gratis