The recent masquerades suffered greatly from the fact that undesirables among persons of both sexes. At the dance of the Turnverein Vorwarts, people had to be warned against pickpockets; at the South Chicago Turnverein the half-world of State Street was represented. Of course things like that are to be expected. But what is outright impudence is when well-known Americans, who with the assistance of German votes were elected to high offices, come to these dances with women of loose morals. They would not think nor attempt to do likewise at American dances.

We hope that from now on tickets will be sold only by members to people they know and that these tickets will not be transferable.