To the strains of music rendered by a string band from Lafayette, over half a hundred couples “tripped the light fantastic toe” in the W.O.W. hall last night from 8 oblock until after the midnight hour — the occasion being the initial masquerade ball of the 1913 Mardi Gras season, and it proved a most delightful event, a real treat to the many young ladies and gentlemen who participated in the pleasures of the evening. The ball was given under the auspices of Meneau Tribe No 24 Improved Order of Red Men.