FANCY DRESS BALL.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2275, 21 August 1908, Page 2

FANCY DRESS BALL.

A SUCCESSFUL FUNCTION. The Poverty Bay Rowing Club’s plain and fancy dress lull, nfiieh v- as held in His Majesty’s Theatre last evening, was a great suicns f:<un every point of view. The l! ior presented a very bright aid an'mated appearance. Nearly all l bo dancers Mere in fancy cost line, and there were some pretty and original dingus. Chinamen Mere to be seen unifying with dainty fairies, liieek-Je.oking clergymen with gaily-:,.-assed gipsies, while among the more consp'tnous dancers ivere cooks, nurses, Red Indians, clowns, niggers, uar.equms. Columbines, firemen, ' highwaymen' naval officers, sailors, jest era, , v. itcbes, curiously-dressed old won on, at d a number of poster carriers. Pome of the capers cut by ibe dancers were exceedingly funny, and itept the onlookers in the dress circle in roars of laughter. The committee uw nded prizes for the best-dressed lady and best-dressed gentleman, and 1.1 e genoral keeping of tlio characters was so high that the task of judging was a difficult one. This was especially so in judging the ladies, but nt-lset tho number was narrowed down to the following six: Miss L. C. I.euis, as “Sweet Noll of Old Drury”; Miss Neilson, “A Hungarian Brigand” • Miss Briggs, poster for the Poverty Bay Co-operative Stores ;Miss Moore, as a Vivandierre; Miss A. Jones, “Lady Jane Grey” ; and Mrs. Nock, “Chicftainness.” These names were then submitted to a draw, and ALss Jones proved the lucky lady. She was declared the winner, and'received a handsome pearl necklace. Mr. Lewis Mils awarded the gentleman's ..prize, a gold watch-guard, for his got up as a Red Indian. Messrs C. Morse, Lowndes, and Harvey acted as judges, and .Messrs T. Holds worth, Sawyer, and H. Miller acted as Al-C.’s. Miss Moore’s orchestra supplied the music, and Mr. Wootteu provided an excellent supper. The following wore the best characters at the ball: —Miss Attwood, “Stars and Stripes”; Miss Bean, poster; Mies Briggs, poster; Miss D. Clark, “grandmother”; Miss Doran, “Lizzie Stofcl”; Miss Campbell, “Pink China”: Miss Ferguson, “Forget me not gild”; Mrs. Hallam, “Gilded Troy”; Misses Livingstone and Ferguson, “Two little girls in blue”; Miss O’Dwyer, “Queen of the Roses”; Miss Rice, nurse; Miss Havcock, sailor hiss; Miss 'Hollis, Spanish dancer: Miss Jones, “Lady Jane Grey”; Miss Lewis, “Sweet Nell” ;Miss McGonigal, “Britannia”; Miss Munn, Pmg-pong girl”; Miss Moore. Vivandierre; Miss J. Smith, “Colleen Basra”; Miss Moore, “Daughter of the Regiment” ;Miss Alone, “Spanish Lady”; Miss Noble, “Fairy Queen”; Mi's. Nock, “Chieftailless” ; Miss Thompson Spanish dancer; .Miss Wood, “Swiss Girl”; Mrs. West, nurse; Miss Wilson, brigand. Messrs W. Brett, poster; Briscoe, negro ;Cantell, coon ;L. Clark. King’s jester; AA 7 . Carroll, Maori chief; Fletcher, butterman; Fenton, “Baroness Bounder”; Gallagher, grocer; Hefferiian, Chinese mandarin; Holloway, poster; Lewis, Red Indian; o' Miller, an imp; J. McConnell, Mephietoplieles ; AV, Ogdon, &tud-

out; Porter, Chinaman; J- Nicolas, Irishman; Toun, nigger; Teesdale, poster, representing Alessrs Common, Shelton and Co.; and Air. iayloi, clown.