The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-02-19
VALENTINE coTILLIoN

thronged with young people, Ind
from the opening march to Home,
Sweet Home" the merry dancers en-
jCyed every figure of this pretty Val
cessfully by Mr.. E. E. Robinson and
Mr.. ]. H. Bell, who had as their part
ners Miss Carrie Williams and Miss
Pauline Sullivan.
The Fisher orchestra played as de-
| lightfully as ever and the decorations
arranged for this occasion conspicu-
ously introduced the emblems of the
Valentine season. Ropes of smilax,
alternating with streamers of green
and white hid almost the entire cell
| ing They were caught together in
the center with a bunch of big red
hearts, and overhead a number of
small incandescent lights twinkled
across one end of the hall near the pi-
anO was string of hearts, and On
white background to the rear of the
favor table was numberless hearts of
varying sizes.
Misses Sara Davis and Elizabeth
Newsom presided at the favor table
and also served the punch. There
were many favors, some very attrac-
tive ones-hot air horns for the men
and fans for the ladies, and several
other novelties. For each lady 8s
souvenir favor there was also a pref
ty silver or gold hatpin, and for the
gentlemen red and blue bandana
handkerchiefs.
The figures were all new ones and
were just as clever as they could be,
and the two leaders distinguished
themselves for the ease with which
they led and the novelty of their fig
ures, which were all spirited and de-
lightful
The opening march was led by Mr.
Robinson and Miss Williams and all
were masked, which gave an added
spice to the march.
One of the most attractive figures
was the "four-in-hand," in which the
ladies drove four men and the men
four ladies, driving towards each 9th
er and dancing with opposites. An
other was the wheel figure A wheel,
decorated with ribbon bows, was ar
ranged on a stand and each gentle
man gave it a spin, and whichever
ribbon was nearest him when the
wheel stopped he danced with the
lady having a corresponding color
Another cute figure was the vegeta-
bic figure. There were many different
vegetables in a pot on a hanging
crane, and they had to be fished out
with a big fork, and those having sim
liar vegetables danced together.
Another attractive figure was the
paddock. The hands of the ladies
were tied together and padlocked the
gentleman dancing with the lady
whose paddock his key would mfas-
ten.
There were several other figures,
and this German was the browning
event of the winter social season. The
hard rain in the afternoon cooled the
atmosphere and the bad weather kept
none of the young people away.
a number of attractive visiting
girls were at this German, which adj
ded much to the pleasure Of the even
ing.
Those who attended the German
were the following: Mr. Robinson
with Miss Williams, Mr.. Bell with Miss
Sullivan. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Taylor,
Mr.. and Mrs. c. H. Lloyd, Miss Lutte
Mote Hansbrough of Tampa with Mr..
o. B. Howse, Miss Hope Robinson
with Mr.. James Taylor. Miss Emily
Askew of Savannah with Mr. Alfred
Beck. Miss Annie Davis with Mr.. H.
A. Waterman, Miss Anna MiXsOn
with Mr.. Robert Mathews, Miss Annie
Atkinson with Mr. Howard Walters,
Miss Valeta Potter with Mr.. Z. J.
Crook. Miss Willie Bell Martin of
Newberry with Mr.. Harry Palmer,
Miss Annie Land of KinstOn. n c.,
with Mr. w. d. Taylor and Miss
Grace Hatchell with Mr.. Leon Fishel.
Miss Hansbrough was very lovely
in a red dancing frock, trimmed with
gilt hearts, and was herself a pretty
Valentine.
Miss Land wore a lovely blue satin.
Miss Martin in white over blue looked
very sweet. and Miss Askew wore
very dainty dancing frock Of laven-
der All of the visiting girls, as we'll
IS the home girls. looked very lovely
indeed.
The Florida House. which is lCcat-