The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-01-05
DANCE PROVES BIG EVENT.
One OF Largest and Best Dances ever
Given by Holiday Eve Club Was
That Last Night.

On Thursday night the annual New
Years dance Of the Holiday Eve Club
was held and proved one Of the larg-
est and best dances of the many dances
given in the history of the club,
There were nearly a hundred and
fifty dancers on the floor Of the old
ArmOry Hall and everybody seemed
in fine humor and everything pass
ed off as delightfully."- as any one
could wish. All who attended say
that the dance was by far the most
successful given in Sumter in recent
years.
Thcre were quite large number of
lVisitors In addition to the Sumter boys
and girls, men and women, who at
tended, the list of club members be-
Ing swelled by the large numbers of
lcollege boys at home who attended.
The dance started at 9.45 and Just be-
fore the time came for the forming
Of the line for the grand march the
Rex Orchestra struck fast tune for a
rollicking two-step before the for
NAL ceremonial formation ushered in
the beginning Of the card dances.
Many beautiful women elaborately
Jgowned for the occasion added to the
beauty Of the occasion. The hall was
decorated in Christmas and New Year
colors and presented a beautiful scene
Throughout the evening and until in
the morning when the dance came to
a close at 2.3O o'clock. @
The Rex Orchestra proved very re-
sponsive to the frequent and hearty
applause, and encores were given af-
ter almost every dance. Punch was
served during the evening and at
midnight supper was served in the
parlors Of the hall. This was one sof
the daintiest and most satisfying bills
of fare ever given the club at one of
their dances and was enjoyed by all.
A very unique and amusing fea-
ture Of the German, which was led by
Mr.. Perry M. Brown. was the favors.
The favors for the men were la
Charlie Chaplain and those for the la
dies In keeping. First the men were
given little Charlie Chaplain hats and
the ladies paper hats; the men were
next served Charlie Chaplain mustach-
es and the ladies paper whistles, then
to complete the Charlie Chaplain ef-
feet. the men were given canes and
the ladies were given driving reins
which they hitched to their partners
and the German closed with q grand
parade. There were about fifty couples
dancing with a large number of en-
tthusiastic stays on hand to keep
things lively.
1 lHsAmong the many visitors present at
tthe dance were: Miss Beulah Hall
Ocala, Fla.. Miss Jessie Williamson,
Darlington; Miss Minnie Williamson,
Columbia; Miss Patterson, Allendale;
Miss Brand, Wilmington; Miss Louise
king, Mayesville; Miss Edith Moore
ocala. Fla; Miss Edna Tobin, Philip
pine Islands; Marguerite Patterson,
Barnwell; Isabel Williamson. Darling
ton; Agnes Severance. Timmonsville
Miss Levy. Texas: Miss Johnson,
Hartsvilie; Miss Butler, Hartsvillc;
Miss Law, Georgetown. Messrs. Bub
Langston, Hasell Bristow, Geo.
Brown. Darlington; Archie Jeffords.
McFadden Gregg. j. l.. Barringer Jr.,
Lawrence Barringer, Furman Swails,
Jno. Burch. Joe Brunson, Stakleather,
Florence; Tom Brand, Augusta: Mint
er, Davidson, N. c.; Henry Moore, Or
|angeburg, r. H. Jennings, Jr., Orange
burg; Chas. Moore, Charleston; !;
"Mouse" Capers. Columbia; j. w.
Fogarty, F. B. Stanley. Harry Sanders.
j. c. Mcleod, K. E. Johnson, E. E.
Lucas, Florence. "#