Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-05-04

M0St notable among lHe BOCla
events of this week was Miss Louis,
Cronise's May day dancing party OF
Thursday cOmplimenting her clas.
pupils and their invited friends. A
more beautiful setting could hardly bC
arranged than the elaborately decor.
ated hall used for this event. The
room divided in half, gave charming
effect with one part entirely in dainty
pink and the other showing a delicate
green. Covering the ceiling and con-
tinuing for q space on the walls were
garlands of twisted crepe paper quiv-
erlng with air set in motion by the
dancers. In the center of each hall
were baskets of flowers in color of the
canopy and hooded lights. Again in
the bower where punch was served, a
May pole divided the pink and the
green, and the young girls who pre-
sided over the bowls, Miss Caroline
Dick and Miss Madeline Schreiher,
wore gowns Of pink and of green with
furnishings and wreaths of roses and
hyacinths, combined with smilax.
Miss Schneider in green and Miss
Dick in pink opened the dance pro-
gram, leading with grand march and
carrying May baskets filled with pro-
grams in their CUlors Miss Cronise
wore green with corsage OF pink roses.
Sixty-five couples danced to beHuti-
full music of the Peerless orchestra.
"'his chs trming affair closed tile sea-
sons most successful WORK.
Miss CrCniSe will probably open
with classes next fall.
Mr. and Mrs. John McNary enter
tanned their club the Merry Go
Round" Tuesday evening, when prizes
were won by Mrs. Thomas Kay and
Mr.. r. P. Boise. Guests besides the
club were Mr.. and Mrs, Henry Meyers,
Mr.. and Mrs. William G. Knighton and
Mr.. and Mrs. s. G. Sargent,
$50
The r. B. Houstons are passing the
week end with friends in Eugene,
ah&
A club among high school girls, Of
which Miss Barbara Steiner is mem
Der, met at her home last Saturday
evening, asking the boys club as
guests. In rooms with added beauty
of lilacs, scotch broom and apple
blossoms, the delightfully."- informal
hours passed with music and games.
$50
A most elaborate church entertain
ment offered for the public's enjoy
ment filled First Congregational aud
ltorium and lecture room on Tuesday
and Wednesday evenings with sur
prised and delighted audiences. The
affair was perfectly arranged paper
fete, and represented many hours of
labor. There were thousands of Car
oline Testout roses, beautifully made.
Miss Priscilla Fleming as mistress of
ceremonies, represented small girl
in white frock, pink hair bow and
slippers without heels, and recited all
her explanations and announcements
in verse.
As opening entertainment a number
of pretty young women and grave lads
in costumes appropriate for the sub
jects they represented, were shown in
a picture frame, each tableau vivant.
Following these pictures were little
paper dolls. The curtain was drawn
disclosing Robert Chauncey Bishop, a
mechanical boy doll which had been
wound for the occasion and while
running down delighted the audience
who demanded encore-and received
it, The girl dolls, Lucille Anderson
Constance Yantis, Catherine Hartley
Elizabeth Fairchild and Francis Dick
were dainty and sweet in wonderful
rrocks of colored crepe paper
When the pictures had been pre-
scented, the raising of the lecture room
partition disclosed a beautiful view
The ceiling and walls were hung
with twisted strands of white crepe
paper and decorated with great ropes
Of the beautiful pink roses. High in
the center of this canopy hung an inn
mense golden basket filled to over
flowing with the roses and floating
from its edge were pink and white
streamers ending with rose; to be
used in the May dance About the
sides Of the room booths had been
placed, each in white with garlands
of roses.
Mrs. William G. East and her daugh-
ter Miss LaRue announced with "Fes-
tiyal March" q piano duet, the coming
Of dancers, young women who pre-
sided over the several booths, Japan
ese maidens in their dainty kimonas
and mincing gait, the Misses Helen
Farrar Ruth Staley, Margaret Poisal,
Bernice Clark, Adelta Nye and Ber-
tha Clark Miss Isobel McGilchrist
and Miss Lucille Staley gowned in
red, who served red punch at bow
er Of the same color, built in the
choir loft, and the fortune tellers
most artistically costumed to repre-
sent big white daisies Miss Ruth
Manning and Miss Jennie Pearce
The paper dolls followed seating
themselves in tiny chairs.
Miss Olive Beckley, Miss Ruth Har-
bord, Miss Gertrude East, Miss Irma
Botsford, Miss Margaret Garrison
Miss Letha Weiss, Miss Esther Cop
ley and Miss Harriet Rigdon, gowned
In white and carrying rose arches
formed an aisle for the young women
and little girls and presented a fan
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