On This Date in Minnesota History: October 22

October 22, 1915 – Seventy bell boys of the Minneapolis hotels played hosts to the public tonight at their fourth annual ball at the Arcadia Dancing Pavilion, opposite the court house. Taxis lined the street in front of the hall until long after 1 a.m.

“A big crowd of boxing fans and friends were in attendance,” said Ted Fallon of the Dyckman Hotel staff, president of the bellman’s association.

Thirty-one dances were played by the orchestra. The shift between the night and day forces of bell hops came at 11 p.m., the taxis rushing one squad back to the hotels, while the other slipped into their “civilian” clothes and were hurried in the cars to the dancing palace.

The Minneapolis Morning Tribune; “Fourth Annual Ball by Bellboys, Success. ‘Patronage Liberal,’ President of Association Reports, When Affair Ends.”; Oct. 23, 1915; p. 1.

The Arcadia Dance Pavilion, 1918
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