The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-10-19


with all this ending in blaxs Of political On.
fnnstasm q the municipal election todayl
So much for politics.
Now, to the society mutton Three topica have
held sway. bat the Kifmess was In the lead. q
regards interest among the young people, from
the start The marriage Of General John w.
sprague to his deceased wife's sister, Misa
Vance. Of Ohio. aud the victory in the courts Of
George Lewis Cover over Nine Lillian Nordica,
were the 0thera
And the Kirmessi What . success! What a
opportunity for the choice flowers Of the best
families of the city to display their grsces in the
pretty dances. And the dancers were dainty,
700, - dainty - fresh buttercups and pansies.
Mim Strauss, graceful and lithesome Louis
vine KY, Young lady. managed the
seccesaiul event 6ho knows Just how TO gel
the papss. mamas, the grandpas and grand
mas tnCrouGhly interested. and they turned
out heroically too. in the rain and mud Of
inursday evening. They came again last even
ing-when every seat In the Tacoma theater
was sold-and 1t matinee today they had TO
turn ont to bring the few wee children who
did mot participate in the dances
ABOUT everyone one met ct the theater or In
the foyer between acts, was surprised, And Il
was genuine surprise, too They did NOT
think there wers 20 many really pretty young
people In Tacoma: nor did they think there
were twenty-five per cent IS many % they sctu-
ally saw-sbout 200-upon the stage. who could
depor themselves with such grace and accu-
racy IN the maze Of the zig-zag. twisting, turn
Ing tread Of the pleasing movemsnts
eHangen too. werc surprised. They did not
dream that such large body Of refined and
pretty young people of the feminine gender
could De scfsped together on al Of the Pacific
coast
There were fourteen dances -snd every na-
ton that anybody knew anything about land Z
lew that were unknown TO man and woman
here and therej was represented in costumes.
pictnresque and spectacular, but always bealti-
ful-irom the year up to date.
The butterflies IN the Chinese dance were the
following little misses: Kate Tullis, Lucy Brad
ley, Saiite 6ayden, Anna Lemon, Ceta Bennett,
Josephine Hammond.
The boys IN this opening Chinese dance were:
DICK Wood, Nat Pritchard, Ralph Lawrence,
Eddie Dickson, Harry Wilson, johnny sprague,
Claire Giles, Ira Andrew Mann, Ashton l. Pres
sci. Harry Reynolds, Wynne Garlick. Ned Man
ley, Clyde Crandall. James Hoffer, Dixon Trip
pie, Eddie Hnnt. Dewey J. w. CLARK, Maunsell
Mitchell, Burt Redmond.
6Wedenss national dance was rendered by
Misses Merrill, Hatfield, Burke, Lithgrow, IL,
Roberts, Mcdonald, Hayden, Boardman. Alice
Boardman, Hewitt Hewitt, Barton. Brown,
Yeazen Copeland; Messrs woodruff. Higgins,
sherman. Bowen. Gibba Thompson. Taylor,
Thomas, Burns, Tucker, Howe, Yeaxal1, Stat
ford. Barton. Pritchard. Gray.
During the beautiful gyratious by the Nile
worshipeu Miss PAnsy Thomas and Miss Elvins
Ingerson executed some neat steps. and won
applause. and bouquets. too Here is q list Of
the Nile worshipers - they appeared in the
dance: Edna Hanscom, Bessie Lithgow, Bessie
Ycaxall, Mabel Higgins, Nellie Fulmer,
Lulu Glockuer, Ethel Stewart, Annie
Dryer, Mary Smith, Oracle Redmond.
Susie Mulkey, Leila Shaw. Josie KATE,
Carrie Prtchard, Nina Warrington, Flor
ence Stiles MabIe Kenhaw. Grace Owing, Cora
Wade, Beatrice Bamber. Maude Pevfnston, Viola
Box Minnie Lemon, Cora Jones, Mary searle,
Ethel Hollis, Fannie Cook. Eta Mertzsler. Julia
sprague.
Gay and aasy In ribbons and frills was the
May-pols dance. The participants were:
Sadie Bennett Matte Baker. Jennie Whipple,
Mary Garretson, Madge Ouimette, Mary Lister,
Maude Peake, Sue Ward. Mabel Roe, Mabel
Moore. Kate Hayden. - Sherman. Dell Young,
H DeWolf, Everett Babcock. Barle Hayes, Sid
ney Pummer. + J. Boles, Sidney Moore, Hal
Copeland, George E Sumner, CLIFFORD Babcock.
Fred Thompson, Willie Hanna.
Captain Hills and his Mason Zousves won
laundering applause Here is the roster:
Captain. E. L Hills; first lieutenant, I. L.
Drill team-Right guide, r. z. Gleason; left
guide. A. b Howe; DuBHisson, Mattingly,
1Gans Hayward. Yeazell. Tversop, Compton,
BurnSs Crosby, Reed, Utter. Eastman. Andrus,
Barton, Hall, Wynkoop. Tucker, Gibbs.
The Neapolitan fishers delighted the parents
Of the future presidents who took pam in the
company drill. etc The names Of the fishers
are:
Emma Bronson and Fred Thompson, Dana
Taylor and Halle Tucker, IT,, Daisy Murry and
Arthur Copeland. Eva salmson and Clyffe
Crsndall. Jessie Cunningham and Dick Wood,
Sylvia Void and Dixon Triple, Gertrude Bres-
mann and VIII Hanna, Edna Stewart and
Albert Browne, Bertha Penfecost and Chandler
Sloane. Grace Berry and James Hotter, Myrtle
Page and wynne Garlick, Ivy Hovey and Nat
Pritchard.
err of applause. Their names follow: Misses
Thompson, Rief Catlin. Catlin. IT,. Merrill,
0Neii.A Copeland, Whipple, Page, Morgan,
Lister; Messn Bevins. Thompson, Sherman,
Bracket, Griggs, Stafford, Pritchard, smyzer,
Clement, Miller.
S0lo-Miss Robertson.
In the Hungarian dance the following took
part: Mary Caughran, Clara Hewitt, Fannie
Yeazell. Mabel Macfarlane, Cornelia Lawrence.
Kate Hoffer, Laura Bassford, Gertrude Manley,
Carrie Bolt. Celia Burgess Avis Ingersoil, Edna
Durgin. Lizzie Casper. Grace Garretson. Edna
Lewis Katie Burke, Grace Ranstead. Annie Hall
Stella Harrington, Helen Nixon.
6olo-Miss Clara Hewitt and Edna Durgin.
The Misses Bennett, Baker, Onimette, Peake,
Moore. Sherman. Garrets0n and Roe executed
the tarantela or Mexican dance, with prettily-
In the HIGHLAND fling Miss Julia Sprague
seemed well-ftted. and the little miss was called
before the curtain.
The well-managed affair ended with the
stately and graceful minuet There was COR
geous display of lace and fine costuming in this
finale, the following participating:
Mesdames Turrell, listed. Simpson. Livermore,
shank: Misses Ouimette Evans. Holt, Gertrude
Holt Hall, Norah Hall, Alice Hail, Ferris Fitch,
Dr.. Hicks. Blackwell, Pritchard, Ayrault. Wal
lace, Holbrook, O'Neil. McElroy, Fralt, Halstead,
Egan, Bowen, Lvermore, Seymour.
The Gower-Nordica topic reads like romance
and indeed ID good enough to keep for another
week. However. Mr.. George Lewis Cover plays
no other part in the story than defending his
property In business-like manner, and pre-
venting his former sister-in.1aw, Mime. Nordics.
from gaining title to the same under the plea
that her husband transferred some of his funds
to his brother which rightfuily belonged to her.
Suffice it to say the court ruled that Nine. Nor
dics utterly failed to prove any right. title or
interest in the Cover property. The romance
will keep till next Sunday. BETSY BLIM.
Chautauqua Propaganda.
Dr. J. II. Vincent, bishop of the Methodist
Episcopal church and originator of the Chsu-
tauqua movement. will deliver five or six lee
lures on the Sound in December, under the
auspices of the Puget Sound Chaufauqua Assoc
citation. DR.. Vincent organized the first normal
literary class in August. 1874 and the first circle
in May. 1878, at ChaHtauqua. New York. Now
there are over forty large assemblies scattered
all over the world.
CLEAN BALANCE SHEET