Children's Fancy Dress Ball 1887 [B 7723] • Photograph
Program for the Children's Complimentary Return Ball
[General description] Program printed on silk for the Children's Complimentary Return Ball (to the Mayoress, Mrs E.T. Smith), held at the Adelaide Town Hall on Friday evening, 11 November 1887.
John Corbin
John Corbin 9 years old, dressed courtier to George IIICorbin.
Alan Cornish
Alan Cornish age 8, dressed as Page.
E. Cornish
E. Cornish age 17, dressed as a French peasant.
Hilda Cornish
Hilda Cornish, age 11, dressed as dresden China.
Phil Kelly
Phil Kelly 10 years old, dressed as Midshipman.
King Miller
King Miller 7 years old, dressed as King of Hearts.
Charles Cane
Charles Cane 14 years old, dressed as Page of Louis XIII.
Isabel Pile
Isabel Pile aged 12 years old, dressed as a Shop Hostess.
Leisa Lovely
Leisa Lovely aged 12 years old, dressed as Forget-Me-Not. According to a researcher, she was born 20 June 1875 in North Adelaide, South Australia. Her father was James Chapman Lovely and her mother was Annie Elizabeth (nee Cowie). Her father lived at Semaphore and was an Engineer/Surveyor, in partnership with George Dutton Green (of Green & Co). Leisa's father was involved in Local Government in the Le Fevre Peninsula, at one point chairman of the Le Fevre Peninsula District Council and later, serving as Councillor and at one point becoming becoming Mayor of the Semaphore Corporation. In 1887 Colonel Lovely was both the Mayor of Semaphore and President of the Semaphore Football Club. He was Chairman of the Lefevre Peninsula District Council and it was due to his efforts that the Proclamation of Semaphore as a municipality occurred in December, 1883. He represented Largs Ward in the initial Council for the following three years and then in 1887 he was elected the Mayor of Semaphore. He was a prominent Adelaide business man as well as one of the most well known and valuable military officers in Australia.
Alicia Short
Alicia Short aged 15 years old, dressed as a Vivandiere (woman attached to a military regiment as a canteen keeper). See newspaper article in the 'South Australian Weekly Chronicle', Saturday 1 October 1887, p.5.