The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-02
FOLK DANCE PLEASES.
Those Present Decide Fairgrounds
Are Worth While.

Though the audience was not a
large one, the folk dance fete at the
auditorium was adjudged success on
account of the clever execution of the
dances. Those present went away
from the hall feeling that well or
ganized playground is worth while.
Miss Lulu Mckee, in charge of the
East side Fairgrounds. and ]. L.
Montgomery, physical director of the
Central Y. NJ. c. A. had been instruct
ing the youngsters for some time.
DR.. C. B. Van Horn, president of
the playground association, prior to
the entertainment, traced the history
of the playground movement and ap-
pealed to those present to aid in CIV
ing the children ample playground ac-
Communications. According to the
speaker, these are a necessity and not
luxury.
Thirty kindergarteners captivated
the onlookerS by dancing the English
LOBBY Loo dance, the Danish dance of
greeting, and the Irish jig. The funny
smiles and glances that the children
gave one another evoked considerable
merriment.
The Swedish Kull Danzen, the Ger
man Knapp dance, and the Swedish
washing clothes dance, were given in
excellent style by the intermediate
children, and the grammar school
girls gave the Danish dance of greet
ing, the Danish shoemaker's dance,
and played a fascinating IT See You
game.
Swedish and Bohemian dances were
given with precision by a number of
high school girls. One of the most
clever numbers on the program was a
Highland fling danced by a number
of the Y. M. c. A. members.
A military drill by sixteen women
of drill team No. of the Knights and
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of E. d. McKirnan was one of the in
teresting features of the entertain
ment.
Piano accomplishments for the
dancing were played by Mrs. L. c.
Hodge, Miss Dorothy Zanditon, and
ground committee in general charge
was composed of Mrs. c. ]. Evans,
Mrs. A. A. GODDARD, Mrs. Frank p
MacLennan. Mrs. B. F. Shumate and
superintendent L. d. Whittemore.
Below is a list of those who partici-
pated in the dances:
Hazel Senior. Gatwood Wagner,
Marguerite Nicols, Anna Alley, Bernice
Moner, Lena Geitz. Bernice Bozarth,
Nellie Cooper, Fay Hollat, Sylvia Hol-
lat, Lucille tombstone, Octavia Green
wood, Marjorie Hodge, Hazel Nichols,
Pendleton Lois Stricken. Patricia
Evans, Richard Nahle, Helen Roude-
bush, Bertha McDermott Edna Nc
Dermott, Alatea Reaser, Dorothy
Jones, Ethel Baker. Miriam Sheldon.
Martha Marsh. Sicily Allison. Louise
Allison, Frances Allison. Irene Lynch,
Irene Early, Hazel Sherman, Ruth
Sherman, Josephine Berry. Vera Lowe,
Blanche Darby, Lois Linn. Gertrude
Hickox, Elliott Cline. Glenn Anderson,
Margaret Anderson. John Arthur,
Louise Arthur. Elizabeth Arthur. Hen
rietta Lungstrum, Ruth Brown, Louise
Magaw, Octavia O'Neil. Willie Semple,
Emma Semple, Helen Wilson, Lucille
Johnston, Marguerite Allen, Marguer-
lite Wagner, Lillian Mosier, Isabel
Wilson, Florence Fair. Mabel Jones,
Ermina Platt. Lois Conran. Ruth
Wood, Lillian Martin. Marjorie Crit
tenden Mildred Quinton. Lillian Nc
Clatchey, Blanche Hopkins, Agnes
Wohler, Eloise Sargent, Christina
Ward, Marguerite Allen. Mabel Nc
Knight, Marguerite Thrapp, Lillian
McFadden, Isabelle Wilson. Mildred
Spencer, Margaret Wagner, Ruth
Wood, William Bennett. John Nealy,
Arthur Schlemer. Harold Cav. Max
McSpadden, Churchill Sargent. Alden
Weightman, Reed Morrison, Marshall
Crawford, Fred Dodge, Frances Lind
say, Grace Ward, Evelyn Miller, May
Tomlinson, Emma Tomlinson. Isabel
Zanditon, Josephine Mckee. Fay Ken
nedy.