Helena weekly herald., 1889-09-05
THE FAIR HOP.
A Brilliant Social Event at the Ho ell
Broadwater.

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The fourth annual fair hop given by the
young gentlemen of Helena took place at
the Hotel Broadwater last evening, and
never before was Helena party held in
the midst of such delightful surroundings
The elegant dining room of the hotel was
turned into ball room, and the smooth
floor formed an excellent surface for dane
ing. The whole first floor of the hotel,
barring private rooms, was placed at the
disposal of the guests, who made good use
of its elegant parlors and corridors. Be-
sides cloak rooms for ladies and gentlemen
there were dressing rooms for each, where
polite attendants assisted in the laying off
of wraps and adjusting of toilets.
The guests began to arrive about halfpast
eight and an hour later over three hundred
people in evening dress enlivened the
scene. Some came by motor, some by car
riage and large number by the special
train over the Montana Central, which had
been chartered for the occasion. Before
the grand march was called peopleen-
joyed themselves by promenading on the
sheltered porticos, where the cool night air
was enjoyed by all. The brilliantly light
ed parlOrs were also favorite resorts and
were continually thronged. Music for the
occasion was furnished by Yaeger's orches-
ira for the dance. and the Capital City band
for the promenades. Both played we'll and
gave beautiful selections. A new feature
of the dance music was that the twelve
pieces were unaccompanied by piano, and
the change was, if anything, for the better.
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filled, and from that on to the end Of the
programme there was never lack of merry
couples to keep time to the enthusing
strains of the orchestra. In the early part
of the evening, indeed, there were so many
dancers that the sets for the lancers had to
be duvbled to give all an opportunity to
enjoy them.
The affair " as in charge of the following
committees, who acquitted themselves
most creditebly and left nothing to be de-
sired:
Reception committee-A. j. Seligman,
VIM. Wallace, Jr., Stephen Carpenter, M.
A. Meyendorff, Hervey Barbour, Joseph P.
Reed.
Floor committee-W. C. Child, Geo. II.
Hill, A. J. Davidson, Geo. B. Child, T. h..
Kleinschmidt, E. w. Knight, Jr.
A little before midnight, when the pro-
gramme was half finished, supper was an
nounced. It was served in the ladies' 0rdi-
nary and was a bountiful repast, including
bouillon, oysters, cold meats. salads, ice
cream, fruits, cakes and coffee, each
deliciously prepared and invitingly served
The supper room was crowded until
o'clock and each guest sang the praises OF
the toothsome refreshments
Dancing continued until even later
hour and it was not until we'll on in the
new day that the last group Of jewellers
forsook the scene of gaiety.
The party was marked by full enjoy
ment that was flashed from the face OF
every participant at every moment during
the happy evening. The toilets of the
ladies were superb and added to the bril-
liancy of the scene. Costly costumes and
glittering gems of precious jewels were
noted on many Of the fair attendants. The
guests comprised the elite of Helena and a
goodly number of visitors from other Mon
tana towns.
Manager Carroll and his obliging hotel
force left nothing undone to promote the
comfort and convenience of all, and there
was nothing in any way to detract from
perfect enjoyment of the evening.