Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1906-02-10
House Party.

Mrs. II. Tilghman Brice, of st. Mar
garet's has been entertaining the fol-
lowing house party at her home at
Linwood
Miss Brewer, of Montgomery county,
Miss Mary Collinson, of South River,
daughter of Dr. Collinson, and Miss
Lidie Joyce.
to speaks anything but praise of the
men who must have worked hard to
make it success, still there is no
gainsaying the fact that it was not
brilliantly led. Almost the first prin-
cpals of german leading are that the
figures shall move in tiJue to the
music, and that practically every
figure known TO german leaders shall
be led, not formed, from the column
of couples. These two principals, real.
ly resolve themselves into one To
be in time to the music, which is
march music, the figures must be lead
swiftly, absolutely there must be no
long waits, and if the leader begins
TO lead his figure. from the simple old
| column of couples formation at the
very blast of the whistle, the time
naturally takes care of itself, hence
| it may be said that tie column of
| couples is the foundation for the ger.
man. The figures last night were
effective, and several times drew ap-
plau Sc from the audience. just as the
climax of a play by itself would be
effective, and draw applause, but
every single one of the figures present
ed would have been more effective had
| the play before it been produced
The guns in the lower end of the
armoTy might easily have been moved
back to the rear wall and in the
sword and crook figure, for example,
| the leader after one turn of the room
might have alternated his couples,
sending half to the lower end and half
| back toward the entrance. Part way
to these destinations the ouples
should have separated. This would
have shaped the figure iuto four lines,
/ two of midshipmen, two of girls
| each marching toward a corner of
| the room, in cash of which attend
ants with swords aud crooks could
have armed the dancers for the climax
| TO the fiugre without even so much as
| a pause, as each dancer filed past
| The couples then should have Joined,
| marched down and met at the center
| of the hall. men inside, where the
/ cross of swords and after il the cross
/ of crooks could have been carried to
| it's beautiful finish Tie same may
be said of the horse-show figure, the
| lantern figure, and every figure led
| which depended upon, in the tbeatri-
cal sense, properties. The lantern
| figure particularly, could have been
| increased in effectiveness many
/ times. Not more than 230 lighted
/ lanterns, at the outside. were required
| for this figure 1t could have been
started in precisely the same way as
l described above-four lines, headed for
the four corners Of the room. dozen
| or twenty marines or sailors, three to
| five stationed in each corner sh ould
/ Suddenly have appeared, each with
| the proper number of lighted lanterns.
and just as the line leaders arrived
at the corners, the electric lights
| should have gone out In the dark
ened armory the unfolding from the
four clusters OF light, of the four long
| lines OF lanterns would have been to
/ add 20 the end of the figure all the
strength which a skillful introduction
and working up gives to the climax of
a strong story.
1t may be said in criticism of this
suggestion that to carry out the figures
| in this way requires too much prepa-
ration, but such n criticism would be
without foundation, the preparation,
| which would have been necessary for
all of these figures put together, CON-
pared with the work aud preparation
actually spent for the production of
/ the perfectly handled confetti shower,
with which the evening closed, sinks
into the class of mere foresight.