Camden Daily Courier, November 1, 1912View transcription
EAGLE BALL WAS GRAND SUCCESS
Maskers Over-ran Dance Hall and Completely Filled Big Building
MANY FINE PRIZES WERE AWARDED
JOHN J. LLOYD, Floor Manager.
Clowns, witches, ghosts and fairies rubbed shoulders with tramps, knights, courtly gentlemen and pages at the fourth annual grand mass ball held last evening by the Camden Eagles at their aerie on Broadway. Many attempts were made to estimate the crowd of dancing maskers, but as guests kept going and coming throughout the entire evening the effort was finally abandoned and a conservative estimate of 2,000 persons was placed as the figures.
The Eagles, always good hosts, outdid themselves last evening both as to decorations and open house generosity. The big dance hall on the second floor was elaborately decorated in appropriate trappings. The Hallowe'en colors were everywhere found next the national colors, while the big stage at the west end of the hall was gotten up to represent a corn field with its shocks of corn and here and there a rosy pumpkin peeping out from behind the fodder. The crowd, however, overran the ball room and filled all the big rooms of the building to overflowing.
Early in the evening the crowds began arriving and Chairman Charles F. Sattler and other members of the committee on arrangements were kept on the jump greeting the influx of arrivals and caring for their needs. By the time that Prof. Anthony J. Oberst's orchestra struck up the strains of "The Enchantress" the first waltz of the evening, the big dance hall was well filled with masked couples.
A two-step, a polka and two waltzes were danced before the hour set for the grand march, the feature of the evening. When the floor had finally been cleared for this event John Everham and Mrs. W. A. Curlis, in full costume, took the head of the column and led the dancers through the rather intricate mazes of the march and two-step that followed.
Some time after the march, the judges of the evening began their work. The judges, Dr. E. J. McConaghy, William Buck and Thomas Edwards, had a difficult task because of the many beautiful fancy and comic costumes seen on the floor. They finally weeded out the winners, however, and presented the long list of valuable prizes. The $5 prize for the most comical pair was won by Mrs. W. A. Curlis and her escort, John Everham; the $5 prize for the fancy dress couple was won by Miss Alice Davis and her escort. The ladies' prizes were as follows: Picture, Edith Johnson; chocolate set, Rose Marino; picture, Florence Williams; Umbrella, William Gormley; berry set, Bessie Haines; blue clock, Francis Lenz; berry bowl, Alice Parrish and sugar bowl, Mrs. Howard Smith.
The prizes for gentlemen were as follows: Large picture, John Blendewald; pillow, Columbo Marino; picture, Peter J. Carey, of the Aquinas Social Club; umbrella, Allen Marris; box of cigars, Clarence Marris; stein, William Miller, and pillow, Edward C. Jacobs.
The work of judging completed the dancing was once more in full swing and the fun ran high. During the course of the evening Floor Manager John J. Lloyd and his corps of assistants were kept on the jump caring for the arrangements and keeping the crowded dance floor in good order. Too much credit cannot be given the hard-working members of the various committees that arranged the affair, for the thorough manner in which they performed their duties.
The full dance program was as follows: 1, waltz, "The Enchantress;" 2, caprice, "Oh! You Little Bear;" 3, quadrille, plain, "Happy Time;" 4, two-step, "I Want to Be in Dixie."
INTERMISSION.
5, waltz, "Take Me Back to the Garden of Love;" 6, polka, "Waiting for the Robert E. Lee;" 7 Grand March, "Spirit of Independence;" 8, two-step, "Ray Time Soldier Man."
INTERMISSION.
9, waltz, "Island of Roses and Love;" 10, two-step, "Rag Time Goblin Man;" 11, Jack-O'-Lantern Dance, "Just a Dream of You, Dear;" 12, two-step, "Baboon Baby Dance."
INTERMISSION.
13, waltz, "That's How I Need You;" 14, polka, "My Little Persian Rose;" 14, quadrille, lancers, "Remick's Operatic;" 16, two-step, "Rum-Tum-Tiddle."
INTERMISSION.
17, waltz, "I'd Like to Live in Loveland;" 18, caprice, "I'm the Guy;" 19, quadrille, polka, "Marion;" 20, two-step, "Wonderful Boy."
INTERMISSION.
21, Waltz, "My Palace of Dreams;" 22, polka, "I've Got the Finest Man;" 23, two-step, "Mellow Melody;" 24, "Good Morning." Good Bye Everybody. Music by Prof. Anthony J. Oberst.
The committee in charge consisted of the following gentlemen: Charles F. Sattler, chairman; John J. Lloyd, secretary; James F. Cleary, Atlie F. Hoover, Michael Durkin, Ralph R. Reynolds, Harry M. Dey, William S. VanBlunk, William Rudolph, J. Kessler Jenkins, John M. Gray, Arthur M. Gray, George W. Garton, Herbert J. Tidd, William J. Vander-Straeten, James Carr, James O'Hara, E. Vanderslice, Frank S. Devereaux, Anthony J. Oberst, George Lezenby, William F. Sheer, William M. Petzelt, George S. Dilmore, John Freeman, Frank Applegate, M. Marino, Michael Caulgeld, Harry Antrim, Samuel C. Fisler, Samuel Curlis, James Kennedy, Sylvester McGrath, John H. Riddle and Charles W. Gingenbach.
The floor managers were John J. Lloyd, Chairman; Herbert J. Tidd, Arthur Gray, William Cleary, Michael Durkin, Garry Miller, Claude Chew and James Cahill.
Maskers Over-ran Dance Hall and Completely Filled Big Building
MANY FINE PRIZES WERE AWARDED
JOHN J. LLOYD, Floor Manager.
Clowns, witches, ghosts and fairies rubbed shoulders with tramps, knights, courtly gentlemen and pages at the fourth annual grand mass ball held last evening by the Camden Eagles at their aerie on Broadway. Many attempts were made to estimate the crowd of dancing maskers, but as guests kept going and coming throughout the entire evening the effort was finally abandoned and a conservative estimate of 2,000 persons was placed as the figures.
The Eagles, always good hosts, outdid themselves last evening both as to decorations and open house generosity. The big dance hall on the second floor was elaborately decorated in appropriate trappings. The Hallowe'en colors were everywhere found next the national colors, while the big stage at the west end of the hall was gotten up to represent a corn field with its shocks of corn and here and there a rosy pumpkin peeping out from behind the fodder. The crowd, however, overran the ball room and filled all the big rooms of the building to overflowing.
Early in the evening the crowds began arriving and Chairman Charles F. Sattler and other members of the committee on arrangements were kept on the jump greeting the influx of arrivals and caring for their needs. By the time that Prof. Anthony J. Oberst's orchestra struck up the strains of "The Enchantress" the first waltz of the evening, the big dance hall was well filled with masked couples.
A two-step, a polka and two waltzes were danced before the hour set for the grand march, the feature of the evening. When the floor had finally been cleared for this event John Everham and Mrs. W. A. Curlis, in full costume, took the head of the column and led the dancers through the rather intricate mazes of the march and two-step that followed.
Some time after the march, the judges of the evening began their work. The judges, Dr. E. J. McConaghy, William Buck and Thomas Edwards, had a difficult task because of the many beautiful fancy and comic costumes seen on the floor. They finally weeded out the winners, however, and presented the long list of valuable prizes. The $5 prize for the most comical pair was won by Mrs. W. A. Curlis and her escort, John Everham; the $5 prize for the fancy dress couple was won by Miss Alice Davis and her escort. The ladies' prizes were as follows: Picture, Edith Johnson; chocolate set, Rose Marino; picture, Florence Williams; Umbrella, William Gormley; berry set, Bessie Haines; blue clock, Francis Lenz; berry bowl, Alice Parrish and sugar bowl, Mrs. Howard Smith.
The prizes for gentlemen were as follows: Large picture, John Blendewald; pillow, Columbo Marino; picture, Peter J. Carey, of the Aquinas Social Club; umbrella, Allen Marris; box of cigars, Clarence Marris; stein, William Miller, and pillow, Edward C. Jacobs.
The work of judging completed the dancing was once more in full swing and the fun ran high. During the course of the evening Floor Manager John J. Lloyd and his corps of assistants were kept on the jump caring for the arrangements and keeping the crowded dance floor in good order. Too much credit cannot be given the hard-working members of the various committees that arranged the affair, for the thorough manner in which they performed their duties.
The full dance program was as follows: 1, waltz, "The Enchantress;" 2, caprice, "Oh! You Little Bear;" 3, quadrille, plain, "Happy Time;" 4, two-step, "I Want to Be in Dixie."
INTERMISSION.
5, waltz, "Take Me Back to the Garden of Love;" 6, polka, "Waiting for the Robert E. Lee;" 7 Grand March, "Spirit of Independence;" 8, two-step, "Ray Time Soldier Man."
INTERMISSION.
9, waltz, "Island of Roses and Love;" 10, two-step, "Rag Time Goblin Man;" 11, Jack-O'-Lantern Dance, "Just a Dream of You, Dear;" 12, two-step, "Baboon Baby Dance."
INTERMISSION.
13, waltz, "That's How I Need You;" 14, polka, "My Little Persian Rose;" 14, quadrille, lancers, "Remick's Operatic;" 16, two-step, "Rum-Tum-Tiddle."
INTERMISSION.
17, waltz, "I'd Like to Live in Loveland;" 18, caprice, "I'm the Guy;" 19, quadrille, polka, "Marion;" 20, two-step, "Wonderful Boy."
INTERMISSION.
21, Waltz, "My Palace of Dreams;" 22, polka, "I've Got the Finest Man;" 23, two-step, "Mellow Melody;" 24, "Good Morning." Good Bye Everybody. Music by Prof. Anthony J. Oberst.
The committee in charge consisted of the following gentlemen: Charles F. Sattler, chairman; John J. Lloyd, secretary; James F. Cleary, Atlie F. Hoover, Michael Durkin, Ralph R. Reynolds, Harry M. Dey, William S. VanBlunk, William Rudolph, J. Kessler Jenkins, John M. Gray, Arthur M. Gray, George W. Garton, Herbert J. Tidd, William J. Vander-Straeten, James Carr, James O'Hara, E. Vanderslice, Frank S. Devereaux, Anthony J. Oberst, George Lezenby, William F. Sheer, William M. Petzelt, George S. Dilmore, John Freeman, Frank Applegate, M. Marino, Michael Caulgeld, Harry Antrim, Samuel C. Fisler, Samuel Curlis, James Kennedy, Sylvester McGrath, John H. Riddle and Charles W. Gingenbach.
The floor managers were John J. Lloyd, Chairman; Herbert J. Tidd, Arthur Gray, William Cleary, Michael Durkin, Garry Miller, Claude Chew and James Cahill.
