The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-06-24
.SWEDES ENJOY
A DAYS OUTING
National Dance the Feature Of the
Celebration at the Lagoon.
PARTICIPANTS IN COSTUME
GIRLS AND WOMEN ENGAGE IN
AQUATIC AND FIELD SPORTS.

The Swedes of Utah. but more paTticu-
larry those of Salt Lake. had an outing
yesterday at the Lagoon and it was esti-
mated that at least 2,0o0 were present to
enjoy the festivities. 1t was the tenth
annual outing of the Norden Literary
society. and members come from every
stake in Utah to celebrate the occasion
Before going to the resort a bus filled
with musicians and young women who
were TO take part in the national dance
went through the streets of the city
and stirred up enthusiasm to that extent
that all the trains during the afternoon
were laden to their capacity.
The principal feature at the Lagoon
was the national dance, known as Dial
ecaTlia-POlSka-' Eight couples Of young
folks engaged in this dance and they
were dressed in the festival costume of
their country The young men wore
knlCkerbOckers and waistcOats, the latter
sleeveless, OF orange color trimmed with
scarlet braid, white stockings supported
by scarlet cOiOred garterS. pOmps with
scarlet COlOred ties and rOSetteS- Fedora
hats with scarlet ribbons and white
shirts. The young women were dttiTCd
in an even more picturesque manner.
Each wore a blue skirt over which was
laid an apron OF green. yellow and red.
black and white bars. with alternating
stripes of the same cOloTs- Then Cach
had a red ribbon belt with white waist
and low cut outside green corset and
shoulder straps Each wore black con
| zeal shaped hat with red stTeamerS. red
/ stockings and to complete the costume
each carried a p0TtmaHte8U. the face OF
| which was Feplete with green and. white
/ hearts .-
Enjoy the National Dance.
The dance took place at ? O'Clock and
was repeated at o'clock in the big
/ pavilion In some respects 1t resembled
{ the old fashioned quadrille. but IL DIFF
I fered from that in the sequence move
mentS. These consisted in the man kneel-
/ ing on one knee at a certain measure in
the music and the girls would then step
I lightly on the Blended knee for a moment
and the next instant both would he WhiTl-
/ ing around to the strains Of waltz
J movement Then would come the COuT-
/ teSieS. similar to those of the miuuet Of
oldcn time TO he broken suddenly by
4 the whirling of arms. and then the couples
/ would dart out again into the mazes OF
| the waltz
! Next in popular favor among the crowd
: were the athletic sports The Swedish
4 band led the way Each member. as we'll
/ national colors of their native land-blue
I and NeilOw-aud the members 81 - the
I kmmItta OF arrangements wore bd9ges
/ with the cross on a field OF blue This
committee was com prfSed Of otto RVd-
! man. A n RosCI T. JanSOn. J R I'D
holm. g J. Gylenswan and c J. Lind
/ strom.
The field sports were run off or time
The greatest interest Of the day : sports
was conferred in the boat race between
| women. It was only a short pull. about
| 100 yards. and the contestants got off or
even terms The winner was Mrs Olga
| LiDdcTberE. with Miss SigTid NoreIl Z
close second and Mrs Gus Backmar
/ third. The winner in the mems division
! was Gus Backman with A Carlton sec
Und and John Anderson third.
! There was a band concert at o clOck
| a repetition of the national dance at
/ and q performance Of 4 play in Swedish
! in the theatre at s. The evening trains
| took out large crowds. 50 much 50 that
II became necessary 10 run a special from
the Lagoon at midnight