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Show 'NINETY-THREE, sfff DANCES AND PLAYS GAMES. (New Itoehelle, Pa . Letter.) Mrs. Ann ilartholomew of New Itoehelle. N Y although tt yeara of age. Is one of the best dancers In tbla town In spite of her heavy weight of years Mrs Ilartholomew still trips the light fantastic and waltxea aa gracefully as any young miss She frequently attends Informal dances and only laat week at a danco III n private house waltzed three times dur Ing the evening Mrs. Ilartholomew la the daughter of the late Samuel Bhv son. a sea captain of Norfolk, Va., and waa born In New Haven In Jjne 1B0S During her childhood ahe ncrompanlel her father on many of his voyages She entered society early and became famed for her dancing and other no-compllahments no-compllahments t'pon her marrlago ahe came to Derby living here until the death of her husband twenty years ngo Since then ahe has llvvM with a son In Km ttrwhalta "I suppose I should havo relegated tho dreamy waits to oblivion long ngo," Mid Mrs Ilartholomew laying aside her embroidery, ' but, to tell tho truth, I cannot resist Ita spoil even though age has set Ita seal on my locks and limb I can look on unmoved at a two-step nnd the other new dances but the strain of a wnltx makes me a girl again and I find Its mates aa easy na ever I'm afraid I need a chaperon more now than I did when 1 waa a lass. ou mint not think becauso I am frivolous enough to danco und go out sailing nnd rldo the flying horses and swings, which I did at Olen Island not long ago, that I do nothing useful I havo stitched about thirty silk bed quilts, and I S MH8 ANN UAIlTIIOI)Ii:W mako aftreat many buttonholes for tho drtMBnkorn In New Itoehelle" MrsJPartholoni. w hat not tiled glasses for four years nd her hearing la unimpaired She recently Jour ncyed alone to Illinois to visit n son |