Good Old Days: March 29, 2018

8 years ago

The Commoner

March 17, 1893

The members of the Colfax club and their wives and lady friends enjoyed a masquerade of their own at their club rooms in the Binnard block last Friday. There were thirty couples in mask, and some of the costumes were very pretty. The best sustained characters on the floor were “Uncle Tom” and “Topsy,” represented by Mr. and Mrs. R. L. McCroskey. The make-up in each case was almost perfect. Alf Cooledge created some consternation when he appeared as the “Wild Man of Borneo.” The majority of the maskers, however, contented themselves with the easy disgui...