The San Francisco call., 1909-08-08

dancing men following that edict? Not
even Greenway with his penchant for
the modern and popular innovations
would consider such state of affairs
for his cotillons this winter But then
you never can tell and if Greenway
did not consider it some enterprising
woman might who desired novelty.
However, this is the story as it comes
from London:
Young men in London society hear
far too much of their delinquencies in
the matter of ballroom etiquette. They
are accused Of not caring to dance, of
merely looking for supper. or of spend
ing their time in the smoking room in
stead of dancing. 1t is said that the
young men of today in London can not
dance. There may be some truth in
this, but their lack of dancing capacity
is not the only reason they linger in
the smoking rooms or merely go in for
supper.
What can your young men do?" quer-
led a young German, when his opinion
pose a man happens to arrive late at
dance. or if he is stranger and
knows very few people, he finds all the
ladies he would like to dance with
have their programs filled up. 1t has
happened to myself more than once. "
he went on, plaintively. las / am a
stranger l often get invited to dances
where L do not know people. find all
the programs filled and l can only get
the chance of dancing with the young
ladies-well" l"-and politeness made
him hesitate-"with those who do not
dance very WELL at least whose pro-
grams are not filed up, and these are
the very ones l would rather not dance
with SO 1 go on to the next dance or
to supper. What will you?
I'm Germany" he said. lit is alto
gether different. We do not dance
through a whole waltz with one per-
son. The ladies who dance we'll the
beauties, promise as many as 20 men
to dance the same waltz with them. A
beauty floats lightly around the room
with one fellow and then she smiles
and bows to him and one of the other
90 who are all watching, comes on and
has perhaps one or more turns round
the room. Then she is not obliged to
sit out between dances with the man
with whom she has danced She can
send him about his business, very po-
litely, of course, and sit out few min
utes with one and a few more with
another It is not at all that Germans
dance better than Englishmen; it is
merely that there are far more oppor-
tunities for dancing and far more trou-
BILE taken to secure novelty and attrac-
tions for dances"
Mrs NJ. NJ. Macdonald, who is visit
ing here from Reno, caused a pleasant
commotion one afternoon last week
when she announced the engagement of
Miss May Kerwin and William Wood
burn, the district attorney of Reno.
The young couple have host of friends
and their family friends are numerous
in two states. since Miss Kerwin is a
daughter of the late P. c. Kerwin the
well known mining man, and Woodburn
is the clever son of Congressman Wood
burn of Nevada. Miss Kerwin was the
guest of Mrs. Macdonald in Reno when
she met Woodburn and the interesting
news was told by her hostess who has
a pride in the outcome of the delightful
friendship begun in her attractive
home Miss Kerwin has been carefully
educated and is a clever girl with a
winning personality. She has travelled
great deal with her mother. Mrs.
Minnie C. Kerwin, and her education
has had the advantage of European in
fuence. The wedding will take place
this month. but the exact date is not
to be announced for few days. The
Kerwins are passing the summer in
Alameda. and it is probable that the
ceremony will take place in that city,
although the details nave not been fully
decided.
We read in reports from Paris that