The San Francisco call., 1897-02-27
THIS WILL MAKE
SOCIAL HISTORY
Greenway's A Weary of
the Dance and May
Lead No More.
The Quiet Passing of the Popular
Friday Night Cotillon
Club.
Not Enough Animation Left to
Appoint His Worthy
Successor.

The dissolution of the fashionable FRI
day Night Cotillon Club is imminent.
E. NJ. Greenway, the dictator of the
swell set, is suffering. according to his
own diagnosis, from a severe cold and the
many evils that overtake man enjoying
his lucrative position.
Sucoinctly he says: "Thers is a lot of
money in my business. but it kills a
man." And what with thinking OF his
cold and his business that kills and his
rheumatic knee, he does not even care if
the slowly dying Friday cotillon ever re.
wives again or not.
The leader is a-weary. With his own
hand he proposes to remove from his
fevered and aching brow the dicta tor s
crown, and is not even interested enough
in the social destiny to appoint a sue
cessor.
This lingering death of the fashionable
organization will neither shock nor sur
prise the smart set, for it was itself that
dealt the fatal blow.
Little by little the attendance at
the cotillon has fallen off until at
the last meeting there were only
fif.y-fve couples on the floor, against
nearly $50 couples the year previous.
Greenway sought 10 account for the lack
Of interest in every way. 1t could not b.
hard times. At last the disagreeable truth
had to be acknowledged. Society, cold
cruel, ungrateiul, ana above all tickle
gave the .ever-fathful friend the go-by.
The cotillon arranged to take place lust
before the Lenten Sc ason had for lack of
application to be postpon d, and it is ex-
tremely doubtful If the usual Easter cotil-
Ion will take place.
1t is more than probable that the two
dancing classes, the Friday FortnlghtIy
and the Monday Night class, have usurped
the exclusive patronage of the Friday
nights. The Monday night dances have
been extremely popular and the Friday
fortnightiys, with their extremely small
dues, are financially away ahead, and the
attendance is so large that.Gt the last two
dances invitations had 10 be limited.
However, in spite of all the distressing
circums stances attending the last hours of
the Friday Night Club, Greenway is chary
about promising the solemn 'rest in
peace" Like careful doctor he stands,
and with his finger on the pulse, counts
the last throbs and wisely shakes his head.
In spite of his lack OF interest in all
social matters, the self-deposed leader
predicts that the Terrsichoreans is 10 be
the coming swell organization. And
though he sighs and protests he is weary
and wants 10 rest, II would like to man
age the Terpsichoreans," he says
The Friday Night Cotillon Club was
organized some fourteen years ago.
Its first leader was E. II. Sheldon. The
initial cotillon was he'd ut the B. B. Hall
on Eddy street, Sheldon leading with
Miss Louise Tevis, now Mrs. Fred Sharon.
For Two years Sheldon directed the des-
tiny of the club, and then Allen st. John
Bowie assumed controi. Bowie looked
after the welfare of the club but for
one season. He led his first cotiIlon with
Mrs. Latham as his partner.
After Bowies brief reign came Green
way, who has ever since directed the for
tunes of the club. At the first Greenway
cotillon Miss Tessie Fair, now Mrs. Her
man Oelrichs, was the leaders, vis-a-vis.