Show afternoon they are giving sunlight cotil lons in brooklyn nobody knows exactly how started and it is usually admitted could not possibly have gained a foothold in any other city but the cotil lons are a success and the wealth 0 good sense back of the idea is beginning to attract the attention of society matrona matrons in new york the propensity of the young girl to dance is recognized and if sho is stopped in her desire to keep bobbin gnp and down to music she feels that h er approach to womanhood ia a dismal and monotonous one if she must dance and she must it seems that saturday afternoon cotil lons in broad daylight are far more healthy and sensible than when dancing begins at midnight and ends at 4 in the morning the lancing begins at 3 i and ends at 6 the women wear light gowns and the men frock coats there is music a profusion of flowers light refreshments and then nearly all of the dancers go off to attend dinner parties i at half past 7 everybody sleeda I 1 latency sunday and there is a maximum nm to a minimum amount of discomfort new york letter |