Hi all, I wanted to show you this Newspaper article that I received when looking for information on an ancestor. I thought someone might recognize their ancestors name. My ancestors in this article are Kate Seitz and Josephine Plant. I was also wondering if anyone knew anything about Marini's dancing acadamy since it was around for quite some time. Lisa > The Rambler does not know when Marini came to Washington, but he knows that > there was a great May ball at Temperance Hall on May 9, 1865, and he knows > that there had been many Marini May balls before that date. But at the > particular May ball Kate Seitz was the goddess of Liberty, Jennie Montgomery > was Queen of May and her maids of honor were Sallie Duncan, Lilly Bruf, Hebe > Barney and Mary Morgan, while the crown bearer was Josephine Plant. > > "Marini was one of those old dancing masteres who taught the art of dancing > to thousands of children, many of whom now have gray hair or bald heads." He > evidently taught the children of the elite of the city at his dancing > academy. He held at least 17 May balls from 1859 to 1876. >