The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-20
AFTERWARDS rrM1D YoUxe HEN.
Afraia TO Act ne Escorts. They Advertise ror
Girls fer Their Dance.

dtfio Ter Thetr nnuce.
RIvERHEAD, L. l.. Jan. 19.--To-njght the TO.
ception and ball Of tho standard Athletic Club
Of this town is being held under circumstance
which render 1t n social innovation. The young
ladies were invited by public advertisement in
tho local press and on hRndbills scattered about
W This method. which was adopted owing
to the timidity of Riverhoad's boaux, has boon
criticised very sharply. Notwithstanding which
there Is n large crowd at the dance this evening,
and the proportion OF girls to mon is far better
balanced than on any other similar occasion
this winter.
During the present season tho Standard Ath.
letio Club has been giving fortnightly dances.
At all Of these tho walls have boon ornamonted
by available youths lacking partners, owing to
tho prevalent habit Of going stag" 1t was
fun for the girls. but 1t came TO be the banc Of
the reception committee. who finally rounded
up half q dozen Of the constant stays and de-
mended to know why they didn't brace up and
fellow blprted out: .-m
to e and ask q Eiri he don't know very well to
be HE company 70 4 dance"
"1M Rsa' I Ses' here Il Ss's you 'i ssllSTs.s s .hs 0 Sns q
sess s $ssos S $IsS them ,.%I -, s' s. sn' ' ,sn,n nor. s, ~,.
get 'sm here and we'i Do ioi the crest rest. '!op''' 'o''
The result Of this conference was the publish
Ing OF advertisements. These were Of the
Come one, como all" variety, and promised, IL
not explicitly, at least by inference, q good time
ems, Conformation and horror was the portion
OF, the more staid element Of the community
when these invitations were read. Estimable
persons of tho old-maid variety nagged their
whito.capped heads. and. being safe in their
hypothesis, declared:
"No daughter Of mine. II I had one. should go
to such q dance" &c.
But society in Rivorhead is not LARGELY made
UP Of old maids daughters. and the girls in gen.
eral expressed their intentions of going to tho
dance. In some cases parents refused their con-
sent. The Rev. J. Howard Hand of the Method
list Episcopal church came out strongly against
the DANCE and the club that gives II. Said he: -.
while I dislike very much to do SO, I feel
called upon to c%riticise the Athletic Club In this
the art Of showing q billiard cue and the devei-
opmento OF tho dancing muscles of their legs. In
giving q promiscuous dance the club goes far
beyond its legitimate sphere, and In requesting
the attendance Of ladies by
escorts 1t has committed an offence against tho
good manners and morals of this Village that
cannot go unnoticed; II is o gross impropriety
by q suitable escort. No lady would do it unless
she were very thoughtless or had little regard
for public opinion. Tho young ladies should
take this opportunity of showing that they arc
not tho kind to DO drawn into any such affair"
The ball is now in progress, and there are
fewcr bashful youths ornamenting- the walls
than have over been seen at a dance here. The
every girl has a partner, and as there are nearly
as many girls as men at the ball. an unprece-
denied thing here, tho affair is likely to rank as
the success OF the season.