Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-10-12


And 1t be dreary weather?
William clyde Fitch
All communications intended for this
| Department should be addressed to the
Society Editor, CAPITAL JOURNAL.
While the weather, during the
past week, has not been very favor.
able toward the society world, yet,
not few most pleasant events haye
occurred which are noted in the
columns of the CAPITAL JOURNAL
to-day.
Society events have started out
this fall under pleasing prospects for
"A splendid seasons pleasant social
happenings.
In hopes that the following from a
New York paper, regarding new
dances of the season, may prove Of
interest to readers of the CAPITAL
JoUNAL, we give it place:
! One Of the new things for the ball
room is lie Reve. This dance, as its
name implies, is dreamy to degree
1t is, of course, IA round dance, as
the waltz still reigns supreme, as it
doubtless always will. The move
ments in this dance are essentially
voluptuous, and with dreamy music
! the dancers may glide along into
soulful bliss to their hearts content.
| II starts OF with three g'ides, the
last made slowly to bewitchingly
| sweet half-measure note from the
orchestra. Then there follows Il
coupe or thrusting forward of the
fAnt aud rnsnUnFintr II ibIn,nIintN ~ 1.
behind the other foot. After that
there is the jete, or delicious little
mousy jump with t4e forward foot,
at the same time bringing the other
foot to p POSITION of rest. This posi-
ton of rest Is technically termed the
assemblee. That Is all there is to il,
and the dreamy dancers go on glid-
ing and gliding, now and then Civ
ing the suspicion of Il delicate lite
leap, as If the ecstasy were Just too
ravishing to endure without some
manifestation Of the ''too utterly
utter"
Some of the other new dances
which are expected to attain due
measure of popularity are Lies Cap
rices Double" the "Esmeralda, ~
illt OIk, lllc buNOttt, lllt
military Schottisch,' y the "Berln,"
the duchess the AN tary
Polk" the "Octagon" and the ''Dia-
mond." TAese last tIo belong to
,he catego. of square dances,
though the "Octagon," AS its name
indicates, is danced with the couples
arranged in octagonal form. 1t re
quires sixteen persons to dance it,
1t Is unnecessary here to describe
the various movements and figures,
as they bear n general resemblance
to the old square dances, with the
addition of extra figures and more
complicated movement. The mill
tary schottlsche is destined, probab-
ly, to n reasonably long life. 1t is IA
quadlille danced entirely with the
steps of the schottische, and its new
ness consits in the application of
schot ,ische steps to the square
dance. The movement is compara-
lively slow, three beats to II measure
and the tout ensemble of the dance
is picturesque.
One of the most ENJOYABLE events
OF the season thus far occurred on
Wednesday evening, of this week
in the handsome parlors of the Che
mekete hotel, in honor of Mrs. VIM.
Figgen, (nee Miss Daisy Taylor, of
Moscow, Idaho. Mr.. and Mrs. Fig
gen has been the esteemed guests of
Mrs. w. :. Boggs, of this city, dur
ing the past month, and during that
time she has renewed n large num- /
Der of her old acquaintances, and /
has been surrounded with admiring
friends. To show the esteem felt for /
the entertaining visitor, IL was de- |
cided by u number of her friends To /.
give social dance in honor of her +.
departure for her home, this week, /
Al fashionable hour quite mum |
ber of Salem's most refined society /
folks had gathered in the spacious /
parlors, and soon after some delight /
ful music was waiting in the air, .
produced by the celebrated Parsons
of Portland. Dahcing /
was begun, and when reporter
this gay dancing festival at
the hodr of ten, IL was all aglow
with pleasant conversation and
spirited couples dancing too and fro
TO the tune of some late musical pro
luctiou. 70 Judge of trilling notes
and tripping feet then aost eX-
luislte evening was had, AZ the
midnight honr supper WIS served,
II which all partOok and soon after
sometime was spent in bidding the
guest farewell aud wishing for many
more returns of such events as the
evening Just past bad afforded, aflor
which the gay parry separated for
heir several homes with many
/ cherished recollection OF the event.
SURPRISE Party.
\ surprise parry was tendcW in
lonor OF Misses ldaand Ella Eurlcy, ,
L the residence OF their parents, on
.iher,y stee, "Wednesday evening,
II this week, 10y their admiring
riends, \ general good time was
lad during the evening la games,
harades and popular plrlor p'.1-
inle, after which a most idviting
ud bouuti al lunch Was served.
'he happy young folks reAred To !
heir respective homes soon atter, |
selling much elaled over the even I
ng's eutert inmeut. The event \
ias one that will lonf be remem-
cred hY those who We're so tor,u- 4
ate as Ia he present on the occ ion. 1
he following named persons We're !
msepti Ns Ella Barlsy, Mis-