The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-11-23

Social Notes.
The Amateur Musical Club on Fri
day gave to its members programme
of fifteen numbers, at Mrs. Cameron's
rooms, made up OF selections from
Handel, Gluck and Haydn, the musl-
cal programme being introduced by
sketches of each of the authors by Mrs.
Baldwin. The selections were repre-
sentative pieces, showing the style
and characteristics of each OF the cam
pOsers studied, and consisted OF Doth
vocal selections by Mrs. Ryburn, MISS
Griffith and Miss HOssack, as well as
violin selections by Mrs. DIR. Weis, the
other members of the club performing
on the piano. At the next meeting
with Mrs. DR.. Weis) the club Will
study Mozart, and at the following
meeting Beethoven, with Mrs. +. u.
Allen. Mozart's career will be inter-
esting, perhaps, at this time as study
of precocious musical development, as
two contemporary youthful prodigies"
are now performing in this country,
Otto Hegner and Josef Hoffman. Both
these youth are marvellous players and
at each performance astonish their au-
diences. Yet marvels, as they no
doubt are, as players they still fall
short of the more marvellous power OF
Mozart. who did more difficult work
in public at 8, and composed with IA
cility at II, dying with his work COM
pleted at an age when men usually are
but entering on a career. List also
appeared in public at nine years of age
and could name any note struck on
N;,, nt hn
imprOvised at his first public concert,
given when nine years OF age.
The missionary tea party, al MIS-
Uriah Miller's, east side, this week
was notable success, the house being
crowded. A fine program OF singing,
recitations, &c, was rendered. ihere
were quite number from OUTSIDE OF
Ottawa present, and the evening was
pleasantly enjoyed. :,
The Golden wedding of MIR. l.
Abrams of Peru, was the social event
of the west end this week. All Peru
was there, and Mrs. Bushnell, +. Nj
Sapp, and Hon. Chas. Blanchard, with
their wives, of this city. A magnlfl,
cent gold-bOund bible was presented
by the ladies of Peru and a gold-headed
cane by the gentlemen.
The married peoples Whist Clul
meets this week.
The Firemen's Thanksgiving Bal
grows in interest among the young
people especially as Thanksgiving Eve
drar nearer.
The list of dances which are likely
to be seen in society this winter, says
a posted New Yorker, is longer than
most people would imagine. 1t EN-
braces some the names of which are
familiar to the "old boys" of this city,
who learned "the steps" twenty years
ago. but which are somewhat out OF
date" in these latter days of lie Rere
Here is list;
OUADRILLEs. Standard, sociable
basket, coquette, jig, star, march
waltz, lanciers, Saratoga lanciers, min
uet, minuet lanciers. CaledonianS
Prince Imperial, Partisan varieties, oc
tagon and diamond.
ROUND DANCES.-WaltZ, hop waltz
five step waltz Knckerbocker waltz
polka, polka mazurka, redowa, York
schottsche, galop, military schot
tische. deuX temps, Danish dance, Els
meralda, Bohemian, varSOuvienne
duchess, Berlin, double caprice, militia
ry polka, gavotte and La Reve.
Then there are the German, Span
ish dance, Sicilian circle, Virginia rec
and breakdown.
1t is little peculiar that the popu
lar dances had their origin not in
France, Italy or Spain, but in Germa
ny, Poland and Bohemia. France
gave us the quadrille and cOtillion
but Germany the waltz. The name is
derived from ,calzen, to revolve, and is
believed to be of Slavic origin. lmag
inc what pretty picture a German
couple shod in sabots must have cut
waltzing on the green when the dance
was first invented. But they waltz in
wooden shoes yet, and often in the
country the only music to dance by is
the clatter Of the shoes upon the floor
or the ground. The polka came from
Bohemia, the mazurka from POLAND
and the jig from Ireland.