National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-04-24


their boxes and form 10 ball. The price
the privilege of dancing after the
exercises have been concluded. Arrange
ments have been made with the railroad
company to sell those who present q s. K.r-
mes ticket at the New York office q round
trip ticket for 1919, good for fifteen days,
and the hotels here Will make n reduction
Of 25 per cent. from usual rates TO Kirmes
visitors. il 800 persons come from New
York round trip tickets will be sol for
$3.50 on presentation OF Kirmcs tickets.
Similar arrangements have been made at
Philadelphia and Boston, and large party
is coming from Warrenton, Va.
Tickets are for sale by Mrs. @. V. Pope nc
100 Fourteenth street, and later they will
be placed nj MetZerotts. They can also be
procured from any member OF the commit
tees.
The parquet OF the New National Theater
viii be boarded over, extending the stage.
A flower booth, lemonade grotto, and gyp-
sy encnmpment, with gay trapplngs, will
contribute the picturesque feature OF tho
setting for the dances.
Those who dance the stately minuet
willibe dressed as lords and ladesof the court
Of Louis XVI, the latter wearing the high
, couture OF Nine. Pompadour, which is be-
coming to most faces. The very stateli-
ness OF the dance is the poetry OF motion,
and is full Of graceful bowling aud posing.
Mrs. Senator Cockrell Is chairman OF the
dance, and has associated with her ma aids
the Countess Esterhazy, Mrs. Cosby,
Mrs. Mckee, Mr.. Mcpherson, Mrs. La
mont, Mrs. Field, Mrs. John Rodgers,
Mrs, Van Wyck, and Mrs. Page The
dancers are Mr.. Hal Delaney, Mrs.
Lc0ry. Mr. Mason, Miss Victoria Emory,
Miss Williams, Lieut.. Denny, Lieut.. Col
well, Mics Viola Myer, Mr.. Gresham, Miss
Heap, Mr.. Elliott, Miss Verdi, Mr.. sprIgg,
Miss Cullom, Mr.. Becerra, Miss Rebecca
Dodge, Mr.. Gelsy, Mrs. Leiber, MIR. Boiler
Dulaney, Mrs. Gilmore, Mr.. Frank Heath,
Mr.. Chew, Mrs. Chew, Mrs. Stacy, DR..
DeaDe, Miss Whecloek, Mr.. Moffatt, Mics
Wilcox, Mr.. Earle, Miss Taylor, Mr.. and
Miss pnrant, Miss McDougal, Mr.; Erdmann,
Mr.. Hubbell, Miss Roselle, Mr.. Owen, Miss
MunsoD, Mr.. Butler, and Miss Blouut.
The flower dance will be executed by
thirty.two young ladies representing pink
roses, purple violets, white daisies, ana
scarlet peoples, and twelve attendant bees.
The spectacle is copied from one Prof.
Marwig conducted in Vienna, aud so in
Germany, and Holland, and is particularly
apropos, as the latter country is celebrated
for IFS beautiful flowers. The dance will be
marshaled In four wings. The bees will
be distinguished by their position OF
lowering over the flowers, their
gauze wings attenne. Mrs. Jessie
Benton Fremont 10 the chairman of the
1ower dance, and the aids are Miss Alice
Thornton Jenkins, Mrs. John Stockton,
Mrs. Admiral Lee, Mrs. ID. p. Heap, Mrs.
Gen. Emory, Mrs j. @. Fremont, IT,, Mrs.
Col Harris, and Mrs. Condit Smith. The
flowers are, the Misses Eastman (2), Jen-
kius (2), Tyson, Brown, Fillebrown (2),
Roy t2), Mack, Mechlin, Garland (a,, Jones,
Wilsop, LoTery (2( sprlgg, Hughes, Verdi,
Bailey, Huntington, Baggett, Burrows,
| Blucker, Pauldiug, Long, Taylor, Hester,
| Hayden, Keyworth, Mann, Washburn, Gro
gans, stearns, Weaver, Thompson, and
Taylor. .-
< band of wandering zlngarI, popularity
known as gypsles, will be represented by a
merry party OF young people In rich cos
tunes, shaking tambourines above their
heads and dancing with an abandon that
their Bohemian born namesakes might covet.
Mrs. G. V. Pope is the chairman of the
dance, with staff OF aids composed OF Mrs.
! Villas, Madame Romero, Mrs. Vance, Mrs.
Duncan Campbell, Mrs. j. w. Foster, and
Miss Lola Campbell. The dance VIM be led
by Mr.. Lucas and Miss Nellie Williams Of
first wing, and DR.. Shearer aud Miss Mary
| Butterworth, Of the second wing. The
others are the Misses Campbell, Wilson,
Cox, Money, Lawson, Blackjack, Richards,
Addie, Beach, Sears, Mack, Wheeler, Git
| bluEb, anu n1Cutt, 01tASTS. UOuUluil,
McBlair, Hartley, Mitchell, Money, Whit
ing, Warner, j. NJ. Henry, Henry, Madison,
Hoy, DR.. Hoover, Knott, and Forest.
The dancers from the Tyrol will charm
all hearts as they trip down the stage to the
music Of the redowa steps. They will keep
time to their striking and bewitching steps
with bells and mountain horns, with which
they call to their lovers, who answer them
on the either and join them IN response to
the call, and together they execute a village
dance out on the green. The costumes
will be copied from the present dress of the
Tyroles.
Mrs. Senator Miller is assisted in chaper-
oning the young ladies OF the dance by
Mrs. Benton McMillln, Mrs. II. d. Cooke,
Mrs. Gordon Wilcox. The dancers are the
Misses Campbell, Miss Hyatt, Miss Boe-
main, Miss Wheeler, Mics Cox, Miss Clark,
Miss Loring, Miss Hastings, Misses Hester,
Hardee, Koons,. Roome, Williamson,
sehafer, Frederick, sprigg, Hamilton,
Chip, Mrs. Smith, Misses Townsend,
MyaTd, Campbell, Msttison (2), Weber
Denver, Lusk (2l, Smith, Chesdney,
Simons, Hall, and Jennings.
The Indian, dance from which idea Prof.
Marwig has determined to evolve the
American national figure, which be inter
prets as classical plastic maneuver Mrs.
Gen. Black is chairman Of the committee,
with Mrs. VIM. Springer, Mrs. Jules Guth-
ridge. Mrs, A. W. Cochran, Mr.. John
oberly, Mrs. James Stevenson, Mrs. ]. N.
Carly, and Mrs. Mott-Smith. The dancers
are the Misses Stearns icy, Houston, May
Wilson, Fanny Wilson, May King, Carrie
Mcclellan, Francis johnson, May Garfield,
My5a M o,S oberly ssl, Carrie Bor'
Barnard, Barry, Mollie Owens, Reatch,
Mabel Colman, Butcher, Reagan, and Jose
ph!ne Seabrook, Messrs. Ralph Blsbey, w
II. Horton, u. W. Birney. j. w. Dudley,
Bartlett, Wilkinson, I. f. Dennis, Lewis
Clephane, Mulliken, John Writ, Down, II.
O. Merrill, Thorton Chesley, Stephen Cas-.
sin, Harry M. Smith, G. b. Cory, Ralph
Upton, Town, Burden, Mitchell, Moore
and Fitch.
tention. The quaint and curious costumes
are oriental, but the gorgeous steps of the
marionettes, pulled by strings, are orig
inul with Prof. Merwig. Mrs. A. A. Birney
is the chairman of the committee, and the
aids are Mrs. John L. Ellis, Mrs. 7. w
Palmer, Mrs. VIM. Dudley, Mrs. B. Butter
worth, Mrs. G. II. Wilcox, Mrs. Mander
who dance are Misses Bradford, Beardsley
Clark, Grosvenor, Mr.. Thompson, Mis-
Pearson, the Misses Spalding, De Ronceray
Genesi, Freeman, McGowen, Reading, Cox
Towson, Scidmore, Ramsburg, Grlgsby
Noble, Mottsmith, Smith Rodgers. Messrs
Ellis, Gunion, Dudley, Lapham, Braskett
Heron, Spalding, Chapman, Jones, Blrney
Elmar, Vail, Page, Gaines, Broyn, ant
johnson.
The flower booth will be presided over b.
Countess Esterhazy, Mrs. Whitney, Mrs
Lamont, Mrs. Laughton, and assisted b.
Miss Camille Berghmanns, Miss Dolph, Mis-
Ricketts,, Miss Burrows, MISS Jennie Sher
rlll, Miss Stockton, Miss Meyer, Miss Lem
! Porter, Miss Armstrong, and Miss Byrne
At the Oriental booth will be Mrs. Gen
| Beale, Mrs. Queen, Mrs. Schley, Mrs. Mack