The Columbus commercial., 1907-06-04
Social Happenings,
Personal Mention and
Bits of Interest.ss =
How Dances Were Named

The names OF the popular
dances, which add so much to
the enjoyment Of life, have, in
most cases.. a very interesting
origin or significance. The posi-
ton taken by the dancers gave
the name of the quadrille, which
is literal French for "a little
square, - while country dance
has no connection with rustic
gymnastics, but is simply a cor
luption of the French contre-
dance, which has reference to
the position of the couples oppo-
site to each other during the
dance. The Iancers derived its
name from the fact that the
variation of the quadrille was
originally improvised by a compa-
ny of Iancers for their own
amusement while seated in their
saddles. The polka is a polish
dance, and it's name comes from
the Bohemian word polka, mean
ing half, and refers to the half
step, which occurs in the lively
measure, of which the more
graceful schottische is a varia-
ton, both names, like that of
the national dance of Poland,
the mazourka, being native
terms. The short steps peculiar
to the oldtime favorite, the min
uet, gave the dance its name,
the Latin for small" being
minitis. The waltz again owes
its name to its characteristic
movement, the German waltzen
meaning to revolve-express-
ing the circling motion Of the
dancers. The evoIutions of the
dancer sufficiently explain the
term reel. Jig is from the
French gigae, and breakdown is
a term that began on this side
of the Atlantic.
T h e ChoctaWs gave their
annual dance to the college girls
and the visiting young ladies on
last Tuesday eve, which proved
delightful to the participants,
who were Miss Margie Hairs
ton, 7. B. Hardy; Miss Winn, R
P. Hairston; Miss Anita Terrell,
Charles Hopkins; NJ IS $ Alyda
Carr, Gaius Whitfield; Miss Kiz-
zie Hairston, L. E. Lide; Miss
Lucille Hardy, z. P, Blake; Miss
Pauline Owen, J. w. Carr; Miss
Monte Franks, E. E. Hopkins;
Miss Kelsey, John B. Patterson,
Miss Dakin, P. C. III. Cox; Miss
Bette White, r. P. Banks; Miss
Sue Foote, Hunter Walker; Miss
Sarah Sale, John B. Nelson; Miss
Lorraine Street, J. C. Cox, Jr.;
Mis- Mary Mcclure, Nelson
Hutchinson; Miss Cornelia Hud-
son, Captain E. G, Peyton.
Stags-R. I. Williams, H. P.
Sherrod; Mr.. a n d Mrs. Lee
Game, Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Erwin,
Mrs. T. W. Hardy, Mrs. w. B.
Hamilton, Mrs, Charles Frierson,
Mrs. George Frierson, Mrs. Mar
shall Morgan, Nashville.
Appropos the June weddings
we clip the f o 10 W n g-The
orange blossom, that most senti-
mental of all flowers, is seeing
days of adversity, for Dame
Fashion, who knows nothing
about sentiment and cares less,
has decreed that for a time at
least the up-to-date bride shall
wear as her chosen blossom the
lily of the valley. One wonders
how the orange blossom ever
came to rank as the symbol of
bridehood. 1t is hard to obtain
and not especially graceful, says
Woman's Life. At the same
time it will be hard to accept
any other blossom as the real
bridal token, for those little
white petals carry IN the sweet
scented, Waxy hearts much SEN
timent. And whether or not we
care to acknowledge the fact,
we are all sentimentalists at
heart.
Mrs. Eva E. Hills and daugh-
ters. Misses Alma and Gladys