Evening star., 1915-12-19
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to a central court, with a fountain AND
stone seats, and the .srraced sides are
topped by great stone 3ardinieres a.
palms. Supper is to be served thsss-
Since out-of-door suppers have ce-
come so much the fashion there is
rush for evening cloaks to wear ipto
the cool night air from the ballroom
All of the women wore cloaks at the
week, and at the Crocker ball in BuTe
lingame. where supper tables were
set on the terrace women donned their
cloaks for supper NJ
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Skating is not modern fad by any
means. for there are many allusions
to the sport In
Historical Side of history. says =. =.
Skating Fad. nal As far back
as 1850. in Fitz Stephens Description
of London" he tells us quantity that
When the great femme or moore
(Which watereth the walls of the cisie
on the north side) is frozen mary
young men play on the yce-sonse
striding as wide they may doe slide
swiftlie: some tye bones to their feet
and under their heels and showing
themselves with a little picked staike
do slide as swiftlie as a bird hysth
in the aire or an arrow out of a cross.
bowe." es,S
But farther back than this there,sjs
mention of skating. That the spsst
has had such a long life argues for Its
healthfulness and interest. 90
In Europe there is said 10 be "a
strong distinction between the two
schools of figure skating, the Eng
lfoy,s
lish regard skating as very easy, but
it isn't always found so. as many will
testify. "Valsing on the ice," regarded
| as the most fascinating movement on
| skates. requires a great deal OF prac-
| tice to make perfect. 50
| The present ice valse form originated
| in 1894. in the Palais de Glace, in the
| Champs Elysees. From there 1t went
| to London. and later spread to Berlin,
Petrograd. Vienna, Brussels. Stock
holm. ST. Moritz. Davos and other
places. 1t is popularly called the Eng
| lish valse."
Those who imagine this to be like
| waltzing on shoes on floor viii md.
when they try, that there is little sim
| ilarity. In fact, 1t is said that this
| notion has to be gotten over entirely
before there is progress in ice valsing
| on the part Of the pupil. The English
| ''three-step." however, is not to be
l iucHtlHcu iii lHc NAhS NSagSs
the "Jackson-Haines' valse. the "Swsd-
| ish" and other movements. These are
described as two-footed movements.
unlike the ''three-step in speed, swing
or abandon, nor in the scope II offers
| for the rhythmic and sinuous grace
| which most enchants US"
| One of this sweetest of the seasons
buds bloomed at one Of the prettiest
and most in pressive of the debutantes
teas yesterday when Miss CytendAle
Baird, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Wti-
| liam J. Baird, was presented by her
| grandmother Mrs. Matthew Baird, fol-
| lowing the ancient Philadelphia fash
| ion of having the introduction made by
the grandpsrent OF the little debutante,
says the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
| The tea was particularly attractive
because Of the charm OF its hostesses.
| the beauty OF
Fo1Ioruad hnc;ant its floral set
ting and the
Fashion at Debut. fact that Il vss
a the dansant, and therefore afforded
80 much more entertainment than the
cut-and-dried reception that 30 often
launches the debutante on the SOCIAL
sea.
Miss Baird wore a white faille frock
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