The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-01-24
THE JUNIOR PROMENADE
BEA UTIFUL SCENE ATTHE 4RM0RY
 LAST NIGHT.

of the Most BriIIiant and Successful
 Ever Given by a Junior Glass of the
 University-About Two Thousand
 Present-Some of Those Who Attended
 the Fun unction-Yesterday,s Teas.
 The promenade festivities of the
 class of 1901 came to most brilliant
 close last night with the beautiful
 promenade in the armory. The occa-
 sion, although the preparations for 1t
 were more quiet than in previous
 years, was probably one of the most
 enjoyable that has been held during the
 last decade, and in every particular 1t
 was a great success The armory was
 never in better dress and the gowns of
 the women were never more beautiful,
 making combination of beauty that
 has seldom been excelled anywhere.
 The scheme of drapery this year
 was complete innovation, nothing
 like 1t every having been tried in this city. certainly not at promenade, and probably never anywhere on so
 large scale as this years decorations,
 The members of the promenade conn mittee, and in fact every dancer in tho ball room, was simply delighted at the creation and expressed themselves as highly satisfied
 The idea of tine decorative scheme as designed and carried out by Roster was "a canopy with oval effect. The stripes running opposite to the usual deco rative plan. They extended entirely around the oval which covers only the | dancing portion of the hall. The colors were gold and white, the stripes of each being of equal width. All connecting points had deep f1ounces which panel the canopy into beveled oblongs and triangles.
 The walls at the sides were hung with lace curtains with a background of the same material and colors that the can- opy is composed of. The curtains were flanked by silk curtains in gold and bronze. Between the bronze and gold curtains were sixteen tapestry paint ings by famous artists or copies of them. The number included the fol- lowing: Marguerite" '"The Morning Glory" Partisan Girl" .The Love Iet- ter" "The Bride" and eleven others
 The tapestries formed panels between the windows and were draped with l Swiss flounce
 The cross bars that run from side to side of the armory supporting the roof, were hung with Alabama smilax. the work being done by Champion. Heavy cypress boughs covered the stairways at the further end of the armory The musicians at either side the band at the right and the orchestra at the left, were seated on raised platforms bank ed with ferns and cypress
 l For the galleries Roster designed | scheme of decorations in the hall prop CT. The gold and white drapery ex. l tended from side to side, being caught up in the middle and connected with l the semi-circular turn at the girders. | Altogether the decorations took about l 5000 yards of material, and surpassed anything heretofore seen in the ar- l'mory.
 The dancers began to arrive about 8:20 o'clock, and from then on a stream of hacks was rolling up to the armory until as late as 9:30. The first dance, a two-step, "1901," was struck up by Lander's band of New York, and about 9:20, and from then on the interior of the ar7nory presented the appearance of lake of brilliant colors, white, of, course, prevailing. The dancing con-l tinued until about o'clock this morn ling when the tired promenade girls went to their hotels declaring, as they always do, that the promenade, the con- cert and the germans and teas were the most delightful affairs they had ever attended and, if any were lucky enough to have attended the festivities of year ago these same would unanimous- ly declare that last years events, while nice were not nearly so pleasant as this years.
 Anyway the promenade girls of 1900 were royalty entertained by the college friends and the memory of the events will long remain in their hearts. The souvenirs gathered at the concert Mon- day night and at the germans on the same day and night will hold promi- nent places in the promenade girls room, and will be cherished as the best of souvenirs.
 The music at last nights promenade was simply exquisite, the dreamy waltzes played by the orchestra being enough to make a mummy feel like getting out on the floor and gliding over the smooth surface. The two-steps were played by the band and were very spirited. The programme selected was popular and nearly every one on the floor danced all the regular and all the intermissions, making in all thir- ty-six dances.
 Mazetti of New York catered and served a delightful supper.
 The grand march started shortly after nine o'clock. H. Stiles Curtiss of Cleve- land led, accompanied by Miss Winifred Ely of that city. Following the couple came F. l.. Mitchell, chairman of the committee, with Miss Ethel Benton of Cincinnati. The music. was splendid, the two bands playing as one, and it was but short time before the largest part Of the young dancers were in line. The scene was brilliant beyond descrlp- tion, and it may truly be said that all the hustle and annoyance of prepara- tion undergone by the dance committee and the wistful longings of the prome- made girl were then fully compensated for The long line of promenaders when ,t- rIx