Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1906-09-08


Dance-Fall the Time for House
Warmings-Key Souvenirs Signify
Hospitality IAN Ideal House"
Contest.
september Is a bit early for a dance,
and yet for the younger sets the
limo to dance" is any time the OPP
portunity affords, no matter what the
temperature records. In June we al
ranged a reunion party for the col
lege boys and girls. In September a
farewell party for those same boys and
girls would give quite as much pleas
ure, for everyone is getting in readi-.
ness Tor the winters separation. With
them the dance is the thing, so why
not arrange hop" party?
II ever it has been your good for
tunet TO be in the northwest states just at
the hop season, it will be easy for you
to realize how beautiful this hop"
party may be made. The north
west is the hop country. In some Sec
tons of Washington during August
and September as far as the eye can
reach, it rests upon great draperies OF
the hop vines-field after field of
latticework bearing the green leaves
and The fruit of the vine like a man.
moth drapery.
For the northwestern hostess, there
fore, this hop" party will be particu-
larly easy-if she can persuade the
hop merchant to part with his wares
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portions Of the country where hops are
not as plentiful as in the northwest
may find some good country woman
who still clings to hop-raising for the
making of her own bread yeast.
The invitations to the hop party may
be the regular dancing invitations or
they may assume the more informal and
mystical form Of the following:
won't you come to my hop party,
All your good friends will be there.
Come to feast your eyes on beauty,
To say 'good-by' to friends and care"
Underneath write the date and place
Of the party.
Fer the decorations, use hops only
The rooms may be draped throughout
the house in this vine, for nothing Is
more beautiful as a decoration. The
walls may be draped, the ceilings can
opted, the doorways curtained with the
hop vines and the house may be COLI
verted into the proverbial bower. The
hostess and her assistants should wear
gowns Of delicate green; in fact, every
detail should be carried out in this
color as nearly as possible.
If the house in which the party is
given possesses a ballroom, one end
of the room should be set aside Cor
the after-supper fancy dance, when
will take the place Of the usual cotil-
lion. For this erect an old-fashioned
hop pole and arrange long strands of
the vine as 1t would cling to the pole,
naturally. When the time comes for
the dance these strands will be found
to take the place of the ribbons on a
May pole, and a sort of May-pole dance
may be danced. Otherwise let the
dance programme be the regular
hop"
be served in buffet fashion about the
dining-table, use the hop pole as a
central decoration for the table, allow
ing the vines to wander out over the
board and fall from the sides in nat
ural draperies. II the affair Is to be
given a formal and very elaborate
touch, seat the guests at small tables.
each bearing its own decoration Of
the central hop pole, the four strands
wandering to the covers and bearing
the place cards on the end. Tie menu,
carried out in green, should be in
trusted to the caterer and Is guided by
the formality Of the affair.
During the dance serve lemonade or
the ordinary punch. The young wom-
en- assistants may alternate in presid-
ing over the punch bowl. which should
be sunk in a nest OF the hops. The
booth where the punch is served should
be hung with the hop vines and
gowned in dainty green, so attractive
a picture will she make that it will,
not be difficult to persuade the young
woman to forego a few dances for the
privilege Of being mistress of this
green bower.
For the Close vi tue evening nave
the musicians play familiar airs, clos
ing with Aud Lang Syne, and asking
the young people to pledge each others
health with the lemonade or punch. as
they sing. A college stein song would
please the young guests for this part
of >ae programme, also.
cone Evening House Party"
With the close Of September come
the housewarmings. The young folk
who have been married during the
summer months are throwing open
new homes. and the folk who have a
number of welded years to their credit
are often doing the same or are just
getting settled after another fall fit
ting.
Ordinarily a housewarming may be
nothing more than the giving Of the
new home over to the possession Of
friends for an evening. closing with
dance but II can be made uuita orig.