Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-05
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Dances.

The first annual masquerade cotillon of
the Washington Canoe Club took place
last Tuesday evening in the beautifully
decorated ballroom of the club. General
dancing was INDUCED in by the members
and their friends until II o'clock. when
the cotillon was started. Led by Mr..
and Mrs. David NJ. Lea in colonial cos
tune, many pleasing and intricate figures
were worked out. The last figure. danced
just before midnight, was favored with
noise-making apparatus of many kinds.
A buffet supper was followed by general
dancing until the party broke up, at 2
o'clock.
Among those present were Mr.. David
NJ Lea, colonial, and Mrs. Lea, colonial:
Mr.. L. F. Eberbach and Mrs. Eberbach
of Fort Wayne. Ind: Pierrot and
and Mrs whipp1e. Chinese girl; Mr..
Hammer. Chinese mandarin. and Miss
Forsbender, Chinese girl; Mr. Garrett.
colonial. and Miss McCallum. Spanish
dancer; Mr.. and Mrs. Wheeler, both
Pierrots; Mr.. sheetz highlander. and
Mrs Sheetz, tambourine girl; Mr.. and
Mrs. Johnson, Zouave; Mr.. De Lashmut,
Ku Klux, and Mrs De Lashmut. Span
ish dancer; Mr.. Camp, Pierrot, and Miss
Worthington, Indian girl: DR.. Pomeroy.
Pierce. minstrel. and Miss Murphy. In
dian girl; Dr. and Mrs. Wolff: Mr.. Smith,
bandit, and Mrs. Smith. colonial: Mr..
Hodges. French gentleman, and Mrs
clown, and Miss SWEET, Quaker girl; Mr.
Moore, countryman, and Miss Masterson.
Washington Canoe Club; Mr.. Pardoe.
baby. and Miss Prescott. Turkish lady;
clown. and Miss Durnin. Quaker lady;
Mr.. Burch, clown, and Miss Odell, Turk
ish lady; Mr.. Searle. devil. and Miss
Koechling, Yama Yama girl; Mr. Kay.
devil. and Miss McFall. country girl; Mr..
Rogers, sailor, and Mrs. Rogers; Mr..
SUNNY, zouave, and Miss Brett: DR..
Maddert. Ku Klux. and Miss Mellon:
Mr.. Watson, student. and Mrs. Watson.
Chinese girl: Mr.. Nottingham. student,
and Mrs Nottng Ugh Miss Rrett gr1
girl; Mrs Burch. Mrs. Moore. Miss Heit-
muller Mr. Smith. Mr.. Ansley. Mr.. Hunt
ing and Mr.. Hall.
The Amity Club gave its first dance at
a watch party at the home of Mr. Louis
Kaufman. Those present were Misses
Dorothy Oettinger, Jeanette Elseman'
Dorothy Stiefel Julia kohner. Elenor
Selinger, Juliet Lichtenstein. Beatrice
Kaufman. Esther Kahn. Jewel Wolf OF
Cleveland Ohio: Irma Goldshieder of Bal
| timore, and Arne Cohen of New York;
| Messrs. Mortimer King. Maurice kohner,
and Henry Colman, Erie Silverman. Louis
| Kaufman and Horace Rosenberg of Dem
| Yer. Col After dancing buffet supper
was served The giving of favors at mid
! night ended 4 pleasant evening
! Miss Elsie Picard was hostess at .
party given in honor OF Miss Sylvia Calm
| of Baltimore. Miss Lucille ART of Pitts
| b,lrgh and Miss Hortense DreyfuS. and
| number of other friends, including Han
nah Gichner Ruth Helbrun.. Brenice
| Rothschld. Fanny Rich, Lucille Louis,
| Sylvia Oppenheimer. Hilda Young. Mil
Florence Flor Giacer. Ruth Franc Ruth
Scbwab. Henrietta Schiffman, Ruth Kahn,
Anita sandero. Marion Ring, Dorothy
Somehow. Ruth Grosner. Camille
Schwab and Mildred Minister. The young
| folks INDUCED in games and prizes were
won by Lucille ART, Dorothy Somehow.
Camille Schwab and Ruth Kahn. Re-
| freshments were served. after which the
children danced until late hour in the
afternoon.
A watch night party was given by MIR.
and Mrs j. Houtman at their residence,
6l2 Virginia avenue southeast. Tuesday
evening From early in the evening until
the New Year was several hours old the
party enjoyed themselves dancing, play
ing old-fashioned games and singing.
buffet supper was served Among those
present were Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Crow
ley, MIS-. hdtCFcWS, WI Adyioi, MI
and Mrs w. A. Klinger. the Misses
| Emma Griffith. Dorothy Klinger. Eva
Matthews Florence and Helen Crowley.
! Messrs. Myers, Sweeney, M. Taylor. Boyle
and Master Kenneth klinger and r.
Griffith.
Mr.. and Mrs George Denegre. who are
so we'll known in this city. entertained
last week at barn dance and Christ
mas frolic in the spacious barn attached
to the residence in New Orleans of their
brother, Mr.. Walter D. Denegre, in honor
of their two sons. Mr.. Bayne Denegre
and Dr. Stanhope Bayne Jones, who We're
home for the holidays from their respec-
tive universities. The great building was
transformed into a fairylight scene with
huge incandescent lights that flooded
1t with dazzling radiance and brought
into relief the garlands of green
that were stretched across the cell
ing and fell in festoons on the side
walls Suspended from the garlands We're
hanging baskets filled with fern, holly
and scarlet poinsettias. At one end of
the great building was arranged a gold
and crimson throne, where the queen of
the evening held court with the king and
| received the homage of their mirthful
subjects. At a given signal during the
evening a huge gayly decorated English
plum pudding was brought in and passed
around. and from this were drawn the
| "pums' that decided the queen and her
maids of honor. The queen and maids in
turn selected the king and dukes from
the guests present, and when the cere-
| mony was completed the royal pair and
their attendants were escorted to the
throne with fanfare of drums and trum-