The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-10-13

September is bit early for dance,
and yet for the younger sets the
"tlmo to dance is any time the OBJ
portunity affords, no matter what the
temperature records. In June we ar
ranged 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 a "hop" party?
If ever it has been your good for
tuneto 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 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
to her-but even the hostesses of the
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:
Wont 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
opieG, the doOrways curtained with. the
hop vines and the house may be COLI
verified 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.
II the house in which the party is
given possesses a ballroom, one end
of Tue room should be set aside for
the after-supper fancy dance, which
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 it would cling to the pole,
naturally. When the time comes Tor
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
chop"
II the supper is informal, and is to
be served in buffet fashion about the
djning-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. If the affair is to be
given a formal and very elaborate
touch, seat the guests at small tables,
! each bearing it's own decoration of
the central hop pole, the four strands
wandering to the covers and bearing
the place cards on the end. The menu,
carried out, in green, should be in
! trusted to the caterer, and is guided 10y
the formality of the affair.
During the dance serve lemonade or
| the ordinary punch. The young WON
] en- assistants may alternate in presid-
ing over the punch bowl, which should
be sunk in nest of the hops. The
! booth where the punch is served should
| be hung with the hor 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 of the evening have
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, a.
they sing. A college stein song would
please the young guests for this par
of the programme, Also III: = s.l., ID.
Gone Evening House Party" |z5
with: the close Of September com.
/ the REPRESENTATIVES,. The young. foil
who have been married during Ill,
Esummer, months are throwing rs 2, opel J.
! new homes, and the folk who have |:
number sof welded years to their scredl
are cften#d Ding the same 81 are JUS
getting settled after another fall fit
ting: Zs 81 $4 . 5. ss Il.
!1 rdinarily holsewarming may b
nothing more than the giving ofH I'll,
;HneW= home over Is the possession "a
friends for an SeYeningg losing win,
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