The Washington herald., 1912-03-18
FOREIGN DANCES.

| ~ uho pecofne Ino CHIC buAn8 70 oo ~
centiy-I regret to have to confess IT.
for the British bride to take her pet
dog with her on the honeymoon. This
has become known through the refusal OF
a Mrs. Newlywed to spend her honey
moon in the South OF France in the time
honored fashion Of all winter brides. be-
cause she could not have brought her
dog back. owing TO the quarantine regu-
lations, had she taken It. Modern mar
riages over there seem TO be very much
a question of love me, love my dog"
(How about our Sown ltra-fashlonable
Jennie MarieesTC II this sort Of thing
Is to go on, were It not time for bride
grooms TO insist upon taking q pet or
diversion Of their own to keep them COM
pany upon the nuptIal tour?
| AS far as dances go the spring season
in London high life despite Lenten or
court restriction, has been opened fairly
satisfactorily. People Of an old-fashion-
ed turn Of mind spend their time nova
days decrying the modern modes Of dane
ing. Yet, however much one may dis
approve OF such performances as the
Grizzly Bear" the Turkey Trot," the
| 'Shiver Dance" and similar ''huggy-
wiggly" dances, as they are called at
London society functions. there Is no
doubt that they have largely resuscitated
that craze for DANCES which. during the
latter years Of last century, had sunk
to comparatively languid degree Of
interest.
All the things which then were the
worst Of bad form In England are now
practiced even in the very best houses
Of the "elite." Reversing no longer
is tabooed and the most favored dances
OF the moment are those which remind
one most irresistibIy OF the coon" or
Apache" variety.
However, though criticism may rage,
from the mothers and hostesses' point
OF view. the modern glide and slide and
cuddle movement Is AL to the good"
Why? Because the dancing man is not
half so difficult to get hold of as when
he only waltzed and only in moments
OF extreme exhilaration INDUCED in. the
Kitchen lancers"
The end Of February and the beginning
of March in London generally is a great
period for the giving OF dances on a
comparatively small scale-I mean those
that do not exceed an outlay of more
than. say, $500, as compared with those
OF the grand season." which can hardly
be done at less than $500. There are a
number OF peeresses and other society
hostesses on the horizon this year with
daughters to bring out
| Among them are the Duchess OF suth-
erland, who. besides marrying OF her
son and heir, IL again stated to be busy
TO have another niece, Lady Enid Fame,
daughter Of Lord westmoreIand, make
her bow to society as soon as Lord Ross
lyn's daughter Is safely married and on
her hands.
BY the way. this indefatigable duchess.
despite her manifold duties to society, Is
finding time to write another play. And
Lady Angela Forbes. her sister, Is also
writing a play and a third sister, Lady
Warwick (society leader and social list,
who is so well known to Americans from
her lectures on sociology. and equal right
always has some sort Of literary work on
hand.
| Other weli-known hostessss who did
and will entertain this season on the oc-
casion of the bringing out of their
daughters are Lady Radnor. Of Grosve-
nor Place. for the second of her ten chill
dren, Lady Katherine Pleydell-Bouverie.
Lady Mabel Egerton. Lady Lathom (for
Lady Barbara weIbraham). Lady Bin
|
Helen Baillie-Hamilton), Lady Jessel,
the Duchess OF Somerset (for her nieces);
Mrs. Cecil Bingham (for her daughter,
| Miss Chauncey. and her stepdaughter
Miss Bingham, one of Lady RosabeIIe St
| Clair Erskine's bridesmaids), and Lady
! Selkirk, who will give a dance for her
niece. Miss Grey Egerton, whose fathers
Sir Philip Grey Egerton's seat, in Ches-
| hire Is one OF the most beautiful in the
country. Her mother. Of course, is now
Mrs. McCreery.
Some hairbrained society reporter has
sent an account abroad stating that New
port Is all agag over the expected visit
Of Prince Adalbert of Prussia, the sailor
son OF the German Kaiser. to these
shores Cwhere he is to spend a good deal
Of his time during this summer as sec
ond in command OF one Of the war ships
Of the German North Atlantic squadron),
because he is coming incognito," which
means that he IS on the lookout for an
American heiress to wed"
Such an absurdity! Not that some of
our girls are not good enough for any
prince, even Kaiser's son, but the lad
is coming strictly on business and un-
der the tutelage OF one of the strictest
disciplinarians OF the German feet.
picked by the Emperor on purpose to
make a thorough and accomplished sea-
man Of his son. who is destined one day
to become admiral OF the feet.
The Kaiser has shown his usual good
sense by decreeing that the young prince
should avoid the pOmp and obligations
Of official receptions by going on his
cruise as Count Won Hermsteln. As such
he may, when on shore leave, visit New
port, or New York. or even Washington
| without ado and be entertained in some
Of the American houses the members Of
which have enjoyed the Kaiser's hospi-
| tality on his yacht at Eiel or at Pots
| dam and who are more than anxious to
reciprocate
Prince Adalbert has met Americans be-
fore, but he is as yet unacquainted with
their conception of etiquette. This he
demonstrated last autumn, at st. Montz,
in Switzerland. He made a number of
acquaintance among the American So
journers at that Alpine resort. He was
\ staying there under the same incognito,
but gave expression to his displeasure
when his American acquaintance took
his incognito too seriously, and. instead
| Of conceding to him the Difference paid
in Europe to a prince OF the blood, even
when incognito. treated him as a mere
ordinary German noble of minor rank