The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-12-31
BRILLIANT DANCE
CIVIC LEAGUE
ARE HOSTS
Large Attendance at Ball Tues
day Evening
NEW DANCES WERE BARRED
Or. Ross, as Floor Director, Gave
Notice That No Faacy Steps
Were Wanted

The ball given at Foreste-s Aall
last evening under the auspices o.
the Civic league was undoubtedly the
most brilliant social event of the sea
| son.
The scheme of decoration was TN
! usually effective and the hall has sell
dom appeared TO better advantage.
The cclors predominatlng in the
decorations were green and red and
SO in keeping with the season. The
walls were draped with red bunting
and long ropes OF electric bulbs
which appeared Ike large incandes-
cent roses extended from the walls &c
the centre Of the hail. where .iey
met, From the centre was suspend
! ed a large red Christmas bell. In each
corner of the hall was a small pine
tree draped with incandescents of
many colcrs The walls Of both hall
| and reception room were decorated
| with festoons Of spruce and pine
| branches. In the latter room large
Christmas tree stood in the centre,
and was made gay with strings Of
multi-colored electric bulbs.
Nearly two hundred tickets had
been sold and there were over 60
couples in line when the grand
march led by. DR. and Mrs. L. u.
Ross began ut $50. Seldom mas been
seen as brilliant coterie present as
that OF last evening. The pretty
| gowns OF the women and tho exquisite
liehtinn decorations combined to
make us brilliant social spectacle
as Bennington has witnessed in re-
cent years.
The fayors distributed were toy
whistles for the men and fans for The
| wcmen and were donated BY Mrs
| George +. Graves OF the fayors com.
mlttee. Punch and fancy cakes were
served during the evening. Donnel-
leys orchestra played.
The Civic league was fortunate in
donations and courtesies Among Tie
donations being the use of electric
fixtures provided by the Twin State
Gas & Electric company. c. W. Pc
! tersen permitted the use Of his rooms
fer the ladies.
! The committees in charge we're:
| General chairman, Mrs, Thornton
IF. Turner.
| Refreshments, Mrs. ]. NJ. Ayres
| and Mrs. C. w. Thatche,
| Floor committee. Dr. and Mrs.
Ross, Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur ]. Holden.
| Decorations, Miss Edith Van SAM.
voord.
| Favors, Mrs George F. Graves.
| Tickets, Mrs. George F. Graves and
Misses Frances Ernst, Janet Shurt-
left, jeanette Perkins. Martha Pratt
and Elizabeth Keller. and Mrs.
George e. Donnelk. Mrs. R. e. Hea.
| ly, Mrs. Harry S. Moses.
II was announced by Dr. Ross At
The opening Of the first dance that
the hail had been hired with the con-
dillon that none Of the fancy dances
should be danced. The music Was
stopped during one of the early dane.
es to enforce this rule against one
couple.
| Officers Hurley and Griffin were
! present under orders OF Village Presi.
dent d. A. Ward and shortly after 10
o'clock officer Hurley took up his
place near the orchestra TO observe
| PROCEEDINGS.
| President Ward sent them. no, in
any way to embarrass the party or
the league. but to treat all alike and
not TO show favoritism to any one
Organization.
The girls OF the Civic league who
have worked hard Tor clean recrea
ton in Bennington. welcomed the Of
ioers and invited them to seats
where they could see all the proceed
ings. The girls took the ground thai
inasmuch as theirs was a public
dance the presence OF the police was
proper and desirable.
The presence Of the officers. how
eve-. got on the nerves OF some o.
the male guests. They thought I
was a reflection on the Young iasle.
OF the league and demonstrated wild
Officer Hurley Griffin having left
J Air. Hurley sgreed with them that hil
presence there was unnecessary. bu
; said that he had been sent by Presi
dent Ward and he felt obliged 6,
stay for a while. which he did an,
then left
/ After Dr. Ross announcement
+ that none OF the questionable dance
! would be permitted only one coupl