Carrie, G.G.8, Forsyth, H, C. Gulland, T. F. Longmair, D, MacDonald, E, F, Mackay, Dr, H. ©, Patrick, J. Prentice, C, W, Ure, G. L. Campbell (Hon. Secretary), Eric M. Ross (Hon, Treasurer), Srawanps:—Messre. A. 8. Bremner, W. 8, Barns, A. 8. Campbell, H. J. Clark, G. D. Courts, J. T. Disseldaf, I, Graham, J, Ingram, G. M. Jamieson, D. Landale, Dr, J. H, Murray, N. G. Maitland, R. Macgregor, C. G. Mackie, J. @. Mackeorié,, A. W. Macphail, Robt. Miller, W. D. B. Miller, E. A. Mackay, D. McGregor, ©. W. Porter, P. Peebles, J, M. Robb, John Rameay, H. Rutherford, N. H. Ratherford, J.D. Smart, Jas, D, Strang, K. D. Stewart, T. H. R. Shaw, J. ©. Thomson and D. Urqubart.
'Wednesday nights' ball was a great success from every point of view. Invitetions may not have been so numerous as on some previous occasions, and nothing novel was attempted in the way of decorations, bat neither of these facts marred the celebration of the day devoted to Scotland's patron Saint, and all who attended appeared to derive as much pleasure as could possibly be crowded into the space of " few hours, The scheme of decoration differed bat little from that adopted last year. The entrance and staircase of the Town Hall twere simply, bat ellectivaly, decorated with arches of bamboo foliage, coloured lamps and pot-plants, The corridor at the top of the stairs received somewhat more elaborate embellishment in the shape of British and flags, coloured bantiog and clan shields.
Inside the ball itself all was bright with colour. A giant St. Andrew's Cross composed of green foliage, among which nestled blue and white lamps, was suspended from the middle of the ceiling, An illuminated transparency of St. Andrew covered the gallery clock, as if to prevent the dancers from noticing how rapidly time was slipping away. The St, Andrew's Society's portrait of the immortal Burns ocoupied the place of honour on the North wall, facing the richly emblazoned Scottish arms on the South side. The band was accommodated upon s platform at the West and, in front of which the regalia of Scotland shone in brilliant colours. Festoonsof foliage and many-hued lamps hang from all points of the ceiling, tracery linking it up with the cornices of the walls. Escutcheons of Scottish clans adorned the wall panels, below them being bayonet and ster decorations, White curtains, over which hung slender screen of ivy, filled the window spaces, A maze of
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