The evening times., 1895-11-26
THANKSGIVING COTILLIONS
Newest Things in the "Dancc
of Figures"
PARTS FOR ALL THE FAMILY
Mysteries of Intricacy Mastered
i'll Time-Some Famous
Leaders.

The Thanksgiving house party ends witt
a cotillion on Thanksgiving night. Aftel
the dance is over the guests begin TO go
aud even before morning the special traiI
has borne many Lack TO the duties oi
| the town.
The Thanksgiving Day house party in
the city, the party that gathers for a day
| ends its twelve hours of festivity with q
| Thanksgiving dance liz whose joyous steps
| trip all the members of the family. from
| grandfather down TO the baby, and from
| the prettiest girl to the noblest young beau.
That is the glory Of the Thanksgiving
dance.
There is new cotillion this year. and
it Is one that casts aside the TriIby, the
syengali and the popular song ng-dances, and
puts in their place fresh, new things for
holiday mirth. IL is bright, prett s.
dance, and figures or it will be in many
a Thanksgiving home.
There are ten figures in the cotiIlion.
the first one being :" The House Party. Is
1t was planned by one Of the best young
leaders OF the cotillion in New York. ana
Will be danced for the first time Thank
giving, as VIII all the other figures of
this cotillion.
1.-THE HOUSE PARTY.
In the house party the music Is the two
STEP. The ladies all seat themselves around
the wall. The music begins. The gen.
tienen dance down the middle Of the room,
each stopping before lady. The lady rises
and dances with him. All join hands in the
center or the room and dance around q
table, which has been brought out by two
men In livery. All bow low around the
table, as though seating themselves. All
dance to seats.
u.-GRANDFATHER CHAIR.
For the second figure u big armchair is
placed in the middle OF the floor. 1t is
covered with flowers and vines fall from
its arms and back TO the floor. The ladies
stand around the room. The gentlemen
waltz TO them. The last gentleman IL
seek n partner is led by his lady to the
grancfathcr's chair. Grandmother leans
over the back OF ii, while the others dance
around it.
Grandfather is finally assisted from his
chair and dances with grandmother to
q seat. The figure should be danced prompt
II and even quickly.
III.-THE CHRYSANTHEMUM
> This being flower figure, there are
baskets for distributing the flowers. Three
OF the young ladies take the baskets and
dance with polka steps down the sides Of
the room, giving a red flower to every gen.
tieman and n white flower 20 every lady.
The couples next choose partners and polka
together around the Room, flowcred
parasoi being given To each as souvenir
OF the figure.
IV.-FOUR FLOWER POTS.
pretty figure danced by the ladies
alone. All dance to q long table al one side
OF The room, where the gentlemen present
small, pretty jar,iinieres of flowers 10 the
inL, rhAx tnt- fi, ..,,I
dance down the room, holding them high
above the head. The gentlemen take them
as the ladies return and place them In a
row. Each as lie receives n flower pot
dances with the lady who presents it tu
him, and thus a selection of partners is
made by the young ladies.
v.-THE WREATH
No flower figure is pretticr than this
The walls of the room and the chandeliers
are hung with vines. The ends of the vines
are caught In bunch at one side of the
room. The young ladies, each taking an end,
dance down the room, dragging the vines
over the heads OF the young men. They
reach for the strands and catch them gayly
as they pass. Turning quickly in the dance,
they twist the vines around themselves
When completely ensnared in the flowery
meshes of love they dance with their pretty
and the figure is ended.
vI-BABY DANCE.
For the buds OF the party. At family
house party tue children dance it. Each