Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 January 1912 — ODD SOCIETY DANCES [ARTICLE]

ODD SOCIETY DANCES

Philadelphia’s Elite Perform x Daring Numbers at Cotillion. Mrs. Jackson Fouraud Uses Snake— New York Entertainment Includes All Kinds of Terpsichoran Varieties. I 111 I ■ —I New York. —If elite and exclusive Philadelphia society people could have seen their two favorite cotillon leaders, Charles Gilpin and George Lee Thompson, the recently divorced husband of the beautiful Julie Phillips, escort Nance Gwyn, the actress, Titian haired an <8 from Australia, to an entertainmein given by Mrs. Jackson Gouraud a short time ago, they would have opened wide their eyes. But if they could have seen Miss Gwyn dance the dance of the seven veils a little later they might have gotten their eyelashes tangled up with their eyebrows. Miss Gwyn’s alluring figure and her startling Salome dance were both more orless revealed at a Soiree de la danse excentrique (quoted from the program) given by Mrs. Gouraud. Everybody was in masquerade costume. Mrs. Gouaud arrayed as “The Night Has a Thousand Ey?s,” and in pearls that would clothe a baby and rapsom a king, received her guests at the staircase landing. The program included La Mazurka Russe, danced by M. Agrioff and M. Maurice; the Hawaiian Kui, danced by natives; Le Whirl, by Kathleen Clifford and Harry Pilcer and La Harem slide, by the whole company. A native Igorrote In his native costume, mostly beads, electrified the company in La Danse des igorrotes. Mrs. Gouraud herself Appeared in. La Danse de Cobra, and with M. Agarloff

danced Le Marllena, and Nance Gwyn did the Le Tango Argentin. But this was too much like a hymn at Christmas to suit Miss Gwyn. The company cheered her as she started her greatest dance, and veil by veil, unwound the seven veils. The last veil was just whirling in the wind of Chopin’s music when Miss Gwyn espied a reporter. With a shriek she fled into the dining room. Garbed like another Helen in the classic robes of Greece, Mrs. Gouraud delighted the company when she danced Le Madrllena with M. Agarloff. A little later Mrs. Gouraud twined round her neck a twelve foot living cobra and danced and danced. Frankly the guests were afraid of the-cobra, even if Mrs. Gouraud was not They backed away from its emerald eyes and its darting flrelike tongue. But when the lady of the house patted the cobra on the head and told it to behave they drew near and asked questions. “It’s as gentle as a powder puff,” exclaimed Mrs. Gouraud.