The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-06
PERSONAL AND SOCIETY
THE VALENTINE DAY SPIRIT Is BE-
GINNING TO BE MANIFEST.
A Golf Party in Winter, with n CotiI-
lion Figure-NoveI Dinner at
Washington.


a week from tomorrow is st. Valentines
day. and the shops are showing the fanciful
love tokens. Some of them arc the same old
valentines that the grandiathe and grand
mothers of to-day used tc send each other
when they were sweethearts, the same lace
paper cupids, darts, doves and hearts They
were thought to be quite wonderful in olden
days, and special attention was paid TO the
words and meaning of the love couplet I'M
derneath all the decoration. The modern
man and maid may exchange valentines, but
they are of somewhat different character,
and any kind of a gift presented Feb IA is
a valentine. There have been and will be
valentine fairs and sales for charitable pur-
poses, but the real celebration will come
Monday. Any gathering is apt to be char
acterlzed by red, the valentine color, and
by all sorts of things in heart shs pc and the
old-fashioned valentines Tor favors. There
has been such a demand for appropriate
articles that one can find all kinds of china
dishes, glass dishes, cake pans, cookie tins.
baskets, powder boxes, candy boxes, fans,
cups and sauoers, plates, and, in fact, al
most anything in heart shape. The con-
fectioner will make candies and the caterer
cakes and ice cream in the designs. Even
sandwiches. are cut heart shape Flowers
for gifts are selected for their meaning,
and of all the days Of the year this is the
one when young man may express a ten
der sentiment for a girl whom he has not
dared to approach ION the heart side.'
There are invitations out for number of
parties for St Valentines day and evening.
A golf party just at present does not mean
that the ball is to be chased over the links
at the Country Club or any other place, but
it does mean an informal party, where there
is dancing and where the guests wear golf
costumes. The hall decorations are peril
nent to the game, and the supper is some
thing more substantial than ice cream and
cake. After supper there may bt. one cotil-
lon golf figure. The dancers take opposite
ends of the room and the girls in turn roll
the golf balls toward the men. The balls
are of various colors, and the men have
sticks of corresponding colors. The men
match the balls as they come rolling toward
them and dance with the girl whose ball
matches the stick. An ingenious leader Of
a cotillon may originate other features if
mere than one figure is desired Genuine
golf sticks, of which there is a great va
riety, may be given as favors or toy golf
sets.
indianapolis has had progressive dinners
and luncheons, but none has been con-
Quoted as was the progressive breakfast
given in Washington by the wife of Sem
ator Davis, of Minnesota, for the wife of
the Hawaiian President, Mrs. Dole. An ac-
count of it says: There were sixty covers
The guests were seated at small tables in
two rooms the main floor of the house
In the space between the rooms was
the table of honor, where the hostess was
seated. with Mrs. Dole at her right and
Mrs. sherman, wife of the secretary of
state, at her left. One place at this table
was vacant at the beginning of the break
fast, and just the first course was
brought in pretty young girl carried a
Iosette of ribbons in the Hawaiian celors to
one of the guests chosen by Mrs. Davis,
and the favored one took the vacant seat
at the table of honor, and had the pleasure
of sitting opposite to Mrs. Dole during the
time the course was in progress. At the
beginning of the next course the ribbons
were carried TO another guest, so that dur
ing the breakfast most of the guests en-
joyed the privilege of sitting with Mrs.
Dole Upon leaving the table of honor the
guest did not go back to her old seat, but
took the one left vacant by the guest who
took her place with Mrs. Dole, SO that be-
fore the affair was over the guests were
we'll shuffied. There were no flowers on
the tables They were only decorated with
American and Hawaiian colors, but at the
end of the feast a large basket containing
generous bouquets of violets was passed,
and each guest carried a bunch away. There
were souvenirs in the shape of gold pins
tied with red, white and blue ribbons
which were supposed to pin the napkins to
the gowns of the guests, so that in passing
from table to table there would not be Il
shuttle of napkins as of guests.