Fancy Dress Ball

On Thursday Island

From Our Own Correspondent.

THURSDAY IS., October 15.

THE fancy dress ball held on September 25, in aid of the Roman Catholic Con vent building funds proved a great suc cess financially and socially, and it is evident that an entertainment of this sort, which was so happily inaugurated last year, has caught the public taste.

The attendance was very large and as most of the participants chose a humorous costume, more than the usual fun and gaiety was in evidence—and a very good thing in these days when we want something to cheer us up.

There seemed to be a wish on the part of many people to change their sex for the evening. Thus two ladies who went as Mack and Moran caused endless amusement during the evening, their acting being as comic as their appearance. The runners-up in this section were undoubtedly a bright pain of Garrison lads, who appeared in voluminous skirts, sashes, mittens and large hats but whose faces, gait and manners plainly indi cated that they were not genuine “Misses.”

The fancy sets were very striking, the prize going to a brightly clad octette of Pierrots and Pierrettes. The Sailor Set, which in cluded many of the prettiest island flappers, was a very charming one, while “Lavender and Violets,” though more quietly dressed, was most artistically turned out and con trasted well with the more flamboyant cos tumes in the hall.

A number of prizes were given, the two best dressed ladies (both very effective) tied, and the general opinion was that the deci sion of the judges could hardly have been bettered. A prize winner of last year added considerably to the amusement of the evening by actually living up to his representation of a popular corned an.

Space will not permit of mentioning the many other excellent costumes, but the popular verdict was that a jollier evening could hardly be imagined.

We commend this form of entertainment to any island community that wants livening up. Even the low price of copra would be forgotten in such cheerful surroundings.