The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-06-14
TOTS DANCED
FOR SOCIETY
Mrs. Gum Gives Unique
Affair Last
Night.

Graceful little tots in pretty costum'
danced for the entertainment of som'
four hundred society people at Pro
gress Hall last evening. 1t was thu
fancy dress party given by the chill
| dren of Mrs. Gums dancing class anC
the young ladies acquitted themselve;
| very well. The hall was tastily dec
GRATED with palms and greens which
set off the vari-colored dresses of the
dancers to perfection.
The program was opened with the
march and class drill in which over
two score children participated. The
scarf dance was pretty affair, and the
| youngsters won hearty round of APP
plause. The dancers were, Grace Ro-
bertson, Henrie Smith, Myrtle Schu-
man, Ruth McChesney, Martha Nc
Chesney.
Little Thelma Murphy sang ASLEEP
in the Deep" very sweetly, and then
Baby Lindley danced the butterfly bal
let. Her black costume formed an eff
fective background for her golden
hair.
The Fishers Hornpipe was danced by
Ruth and Martha McChesney. They
were clad in dainty sailor costumes
and executed the difficult steps with
out a mistake.
Twenty-eight little girls gaily clad
in fancy costume danced the baby
dance, jangiing tiny bells and flashing
golden spangles in the faces of their
many admirers as they did So
Espanita was one of the prettiest
dances of the evening. Alice Brick
wood, Sybil McInerny and HenrIet
Smith, a trio of dark beauties in uAiE
que bright gypsy costume danced their
way right to the hearts of those pres
ent. They repeated the dance by re-
quest after Louise Mccarthy had
shown her agility and grace of move
ment in the Highland Fling. She
wore a Scottish plaid that matched the
dance.
Forty-six children, little tots barely
able to make the circuit of the hall
and tall and dignified but very young
ladies danced the lancers, and the in
tricate movements of the dance were
followed out with grace and preci-
sion. Twenty-eight of the youngsters
danced the gavotte in a manner which
won the approval and the plaudits of
the audience. Thelma Murphy and Ruth
McChesney sang "Wasserhall" in
pleasing manner, and then came one
of the cleverest numbers on the pro-
gram. This was the cake walk by All
leen Dowsett and Bertha LAM and the
youngsters kept the. hall in an uproar.
They had the darby walk and
Southern swagger down to perfection,
and they would have taken the prize
at any contest. There seemed to be
some difference of opinion between the
as to just how the last steps
of the dance were to be executed and
they introduced some new movements
which would make them fortune on
the stage.
The Dillingham; quartette sang Null |
ligan's Musketeers," in such a manner
as to win them an enthusiastic recall. |
They returned and sang Little |
Tommy"
The hit of the evening was prob |
ably the Florodora dance by a double |
sextette. The young ladies wore pink |
gowns trimmed in black, and large |
black picture hats. The boys" wore |
sailor costumes. The dance steps were |
with harmony and freedom |
Of movement. The young ladies sang
well also, and were recalled twice.
Those taking part were: Linaala
Smith, Daisy Colburn, Helen Brown,
Camille Raas, Muriel Campbell, Louise
Henrie Smith, Alice Brick
wood, Myrtle Schuman, Grace Robert
son, Sybil McInerny, Muriel Howatt.
The debutante's dance ended the
program for the children and they
we're then served with refreshments.
The dance hall was then given over to
he older folks, though the crowd did
lot remain long to see them dance.
Among those present in the early
'yening were the Governor and Mrs.
Dole, Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Parker.
'rince David and wife Many of the
ociety folk remained to dance. a
uintette club furnishing the music.
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