Birmingham Notes

Feilding Star, Volume XIV, Issue 49, 11 October 1892, Page 2

Birmingham Notes

— + . ;*_' : ■ [FROM OTTR OWN CORRESPONDENT, j The leap-year ball here last Friday night was a great success. There were over fifty couples present. There is no doubt that it was the premier ball eyer held here. The floor was fairly packed at every dance. The. provisions were firstclass, which speaks well for ;the ladies of Birmingham. The following is a list of fancy, dresses : — Miss Bicbardson, • Highland Mary ' ; Miss M. Richardson, ' Night ' ; Miss L. Richardson, * Yachting, Costume ' ; Miss Bromley, * Hospital; Nurse ' ; Miss Bell, • Flower Girl • ; Miss F. Bell, • Buttercup ' ; Miss Whishaw, ' Lily of France ' ; Miss Waugh, • Forget-me-not' ; Miss V. Waugh, 'Bed, White, and Blue ' ; Miss Fanthorpe, )• Red, White, and Blue ' ; ' Miss Churcher, 4 Peasant Girl * ; Miss Parr, • Staflight.' ; Among the ladies in evening dress were : Mesdames Guy, Mbffatt; Stokes, 1 Holland, Curreen, M.uriro, Biohardspn,' McNair, and Henderson ; Mieses Burne, Bliaard,

Stokes, Ki)gour, Lowes, James, Bilderbeck, and others. Several of the gentlemen were in fancy dress, and among the most coospicious were: Messrs H. Munro, • Pirate * ; J. Munro, • Volunteer ' ; J. London, ' King of Hearts ' ; James, • Sailor ' ; E. Bell, • Bosen * ; Stanley, • Huntsman • ; Wolf, • Jockey ' ; W. Beard,' 1 Quarter-master of H.M.S. Vie tory ; Jones and Mnnt, ' Clowns ' ; T. S. Guy, ' Insurance Agent."