El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-15

The century will go out with great
pomp and circumstance all over the
land and with many reviews of achiev-
ments. The dawning of the new
year of the new century is a wonderful
moment and in the many long years
to come many will look back to 1t as
an epoch which they are proud to re-
member. Our country is entering IN
to a triumphant place among the great
est nations of the round world and we
of our little generation will witness
the very beginning of its new great
ness.
FL Paso like all other cities all over
the land will celebrate the ending of
the century and give a brilliant send
off to the old year and welcome to the
new. The Woman's club has a splen-
did program for it's ball and if Ell
Paso gives itself over to the carnival
spirit the city will take part in and
witness a brilliant spectacle.
Gossip is rife over the program,
the dancers, their partners and cos
TUNES, and there is still much uncer-
tainty about the different groups, but
the enthusiasm among the club wom-
en- and other society folk is sincere
and plans are crystalizing rapidly.
The plans of the evening as outlined
SO far by the committee in charge seem
to be about as follows:
don. The program includes grand
march in which groups of dancers
will represent the various striking
epochs of our national history from
the day of Columbus to the December
thirty-first of Mckinley. First will
come a Columbus group. Mrs. Raw
lings as president of the club will lead
in this march is an Isabella
costume, while there is some talk of
Major Loughborough acting as first
cavalier in a Columbus costume. Mrs.
Harry Carpenter has charge of this
group.
The second group will be dancers in
the costume of American Indians and
it is said that these costumes have all
been secured and this group is asSur-
ed. Mrs. NJ. w. Stanton is in charge
of it,
The third group will represent the
Huguenot settlers in the early history
who fled to the shores and were CRATE
full for the freedom and shelter of the
wilderness of the new land. Mrs.
Loughborough has charge of this
group.
Mrs futile has charge of the fourth
group-the Puritans-and will have
picturesque possibilities for the cos
tunes.
The Dutch settlers will be represent
ed and the early New Workers will be
led by Miss Logan.
Miss Beall has charge of the Colonial
period and has chosen Miss Trumbull
to represent Martha Washington. the
first Of the Colonial danes. julius
Krakauer will be her cavalier and will
wear George Washington costume.
A very charming part of the repre-
sentation of the Colonial days will be
the May pole dancers, a group of
children dressed in quaint costumes,
the girls in short wasted slim skirted
gowns who will wreathe and Irvine
May pole. Mrs. Chase has charge of
this feature of the evening. and it Is
said that Miss Halle Irwin will lead
the dance.
Mrs. John Akin is at the head of the
Quaker group, another one with much
possibility for the picturesque.
The next period. the Dolly Madison
days, is under the charge of Mrs.
Henry Ware Allen The costumes
will be picturesque.
The 1860 period will have the girls
in ringlets, and hoop skirts or crino
lines, the men in solemn black.
Mrs. Hyde has charge of a college
group which will represent the typi-
cal college girls and men.
The last group will be the up-to-date
period and modern evening dress the
prescribed costume. Mrs. Ramsey
about complete.
The grand march will begin at nine
o'clock and everybody in costume will
take part in it. After the march two
dances will be reserved for those in
costume, but inasmuch as modern cos
tunes are consistent with the last
epoch. it will be difficult to say who
shall dance then. Everybody in fancy
costumes will be assigned to one group
will nj 10
greatly and add greatly to the art Of
the spectacle if all persons who con-
template going in fancy dress will send
some note of the fact to one or other
of the ladies in charge. Also while
certain costumes will be assigned to
certain people among the club men,
bers and club acquaintance, this does
chooses and has the costume in which
to array himself or herself, joining
any Of the groups. 1t Is desired that
all who can should array themselves
In some special representative cos
tune.
Supper will be served by the Shell
don, the music will be Of the best, and
the old century will be danced out
and the new century danced in with
joining in the revelry.
The Dallas Library association held
a book reception last week when the
public was cordially invited to come
with whatever books it could bring, to
meet the librarian and donate litera-
ture.
BlouseS reign supreme among the
vanities both for the girl of wealth and
for the girl of economy The SWEETEST
of flannel blouses is a tailor made one