Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1910-05-14 | Page 11 | Bogus Girl Attends Dance Where No Boys Are Allowed

I Bogus Girl Attends Dance I S Where no n Boys are Allowed I iT copious gobs goba fell last night at the high school gym gymnasium gymnasium in the midst of ot the girls i annual masquerade dancing party when U a t was discovered that Howard Cand and one of or the liveliest students at att attie t tie be ie high school was not only disguised is s a girl but ha hat hast i been dancing with real girls for three hours One lone boy among a romping army of girls caused so much of a shock that w wien wL en the perfidy was discovered a great calm settled over the maskers only to be broken by a burst of laugh ter wren wIen the girls thought It was bet ter to take a Joke than to get mad about It The masquerade dancing party was given by the high school athletic girls and these thesa girls are not required to display their athletic prowess to prove that It is exclusively a girlish affair No Na boys are allowed allowe The nearest thing to a real boy on the dancing floor was Miss Vera Taft who won first prize for the best character dress She was rigged up as a country countr lad which in Itself is a vague description Miss liss Elsie J Ward director of ot girls physical education and oral expression was general chaperone of the ade and the characters passed under her supervision Outside Out it is said was Principal George A Eaton and others who felt It their particular duty to see that no boys entered the gymnasium either eith r en masque or otherwise Passing Into Inta the hall ball with the oth others others ers Howard Candland disguised as a fair country maiden at a May dance with a sunbonnet simple frock and apron escaped detection He didn t talk much for his voice might have be betrayed betrayed his sex but he did dance In Instinct Instinct told some one that he was not really and truly a girl and the plot was uncovered he was forced to unmask and there In the center of the floor where for last evening at least mere man was barred the Interloper was exposed He was ushered from the hall hail with no tenderness and escorted through the door into the campus across which he engaged In a Marathon with some of ot the male attaches of the high school building Aside from this exhilarating experience experience experience ence the affair was one of the most pleasant ever ever given at the high school The school colors colars predominated in the hall Peanuts were strung about the building and cozy corners were happily arranged There Th re were over persons present and the awarding of the prize to Miss Taft for best character was wasa a popular selection I