Evening journal., 1913-01-01
DUPONT CLUB DANCES
In THE NEW YEAR

The New Year was ushered In with a
Welcome royale last evening, when one
hundred and fifty or more. members
and guests OF the DUPONT Dancing
Club danced out the last hours of the
Old Year of 1912, into the wee sma
hours of the Happy New Year
lhc dancers were all i'm masquerade
stumc. and preceding the regular
nee numbers there was grand
march. which gave one chance to
see the costumes in detail, which was
hard TO do later ON. when the dancers
were whirling round i'm the merry
maze of waltz, two step, and rhe
newer dances. Il was great fun. and
the costumes-well. they were Just
inel And just too funny for any
thing.
Little Buster Brown" had come all
the way from Philadelphia. and
brought his little dog "Fido" with him.
and Fido kept scooting across the
floor aud gave poor Buster" such
lot of trouble Mary was there.
too. with her "little lamb which
would have followed her around an
evening. but Mary must have tired of
poor "lamhie' because later on he
was discovered suspended from cruel
hook In the wOmuns dressing room
Poor lambiel Hard-hearted Mary
One would have thought that the
stately presence of "pharohs daugh-
ter would have put a quietus upon the
hilarious spirit of the occasion--hut
not bit of &C. The funny part was
that she was just as "giddy" and
merry as the other dancers. and seem
ed TO enjoy the fun hugely Shades
of Pharohl Think of itl Some uif-
ference in this twentytieth century,
Prizes were given for the nnest and
funniest mans costume. ana also for
the finest and funniest costutned
women, and committee of the rep
resentatives of the newspapers THE
I EVENING JOURNAL. represented by
Miss Florence A. Maxwell the Morn
ing News. by Miss Eva X. Jones, and
the Every Evening by Sidney Brad
ford, acted as Judges.
Mrs. w. A. Joslyn. who was a quaint
little Dutch girl. won the best prize.
gold har pin set with pearls.
! The very funniest ever. was Miss
Muriel Collins. of Philadelphia. who
was model ala parisienne (and she
/ AN'tN'h us uH1 AiAfihfN a. ntl Ol kNtN
shirt waist studs as her reward.
A close second to Miss Collins was
another funniest ever" Any one
would have awarded that prize, oil a
gold scarf pin to him, after having
caught a glimpse OF that goatee ana
head OF hair which would have brand
ed him anywhere as being fresh from
Germany" And the great big In
dian chief-well r. w. Keithley was
we'll paid for tortures he endured with
his war paint (which was real, by the
wayl and gorgeous chiefs costume.
which must have weighed ton. He
was certainly splendid. and was pre-
sented with fine pair OF gold cuff
buttons. and well-he deserved them
The costumed dances we're 100
numerous to mention in entirety. but
few who were noticed we're Clinton
Dickinson, of Philadelphia, as little
Buster Brown: Homer Day, (Mexi-
cam Mrs. Bertha McKaig, Mary
with her little lamb Mrs. W. X
/ Handy (liarem Lady, Miss Jennie p
Hirst (Gypsy); c. Frank Lord.
/ (uncle Saml; Miss Margaret Cruss-
land, of Philadelphia. (Columbia) /:
Miss Adelaide Semple. OF SwarthmOre
I College. Colonial Dame) Mrs. W S.
/ Williams. puritan Maid) Miss Nan
Clarkon. (who was splendid as a
Yama Yama girD Miss Edna Smith.
( (Pharohs daughterl Mrs b. W.
Buck. Colonial Lady,; Mabel Leon
ard. Dutch Girl. who wore WOODEN