Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1851-04-09
DO YOU POLK?

The introduction of bearded beaux to gentle
bells in the saloons nf fa>hion-and accord
ing to the eager answer or reluctant denial
does the aspirant rise or fall in fashionable
estimation. The"poetry ofmoton,' the slo "
gliding step Of the quadriIIe. and the may
windings Of the wal z, both yield the pal;n
-ay. and the waiSt-,o the ruthless grasp
of The anectIonate polka.
Polka now may be aposirophised in the
language which ,ha, passee gentleman By
RON, applied TO waltz on lis first inlronclion:
Seductive Polka to thy more melting tune,
Bow ancient jig and Irish rigadeon-
and now nightly may the bells and beaux
be seen hopping frantica!y up and down
in pairs like agile canary birds in their cages
or peas upon hot shovel. Talk Of hard
iro,'ing horses 10 cure dyspepsia! why the
exercise is no, comparable 10 that TAX en- on
surface NOT larger than the area of horses
circle in mill, in the Course Of all evening
by aspiring beanX, gvra,ing and revolving.
tall and short, fal and lean, heavy and frisky,
old and young, with race-horse rapiIily
over the narrow space, until The room seems
filed with Siamese twins of dlflrren, sexes.
afflicted with ST. Vi,us' dance.
Objections were orig gnally made 10 the
waliz By BYRON, Moore, and other such
severe moralIsts, on the score Of the propin-
guilty Of the per!ormers-lhey regarded it
as too touching and accordingly pelied ii
most p'iIessIy with poetic maledicrions.-
Bu, the mesmeric attractions Of The dance
proved too potent for poelry-or even lns
preaching, The pulpit also having Illuminated
Intellectually against il-snd other STEPS have
been taken, until it is Impossible 10 carry
innovation much farther. The waltz is
danced (by good waIlzers) on Independent,
principles BY each party; with The excep-
ion of the support given the lady. The
polka establishes quality between the dan
cers-who are drawn closer together by the
rapid evoIutinns and changes which accom-
pany lis progress from "Iively 10 severe
from The sweep of the gale to the arrowy
rush of the tempest, as the mIrih and music
grow fas, and furious"
And now there comes from Bavaria. 10
avenge upon The Polka the slight offered the
discarded Wallz-a new rival for the throne
Of fashinn-erecled, not like Tamerlane's
Oh skulls, bu, on toer The Schoische. Our
own powers of fdescripiion are utterly made
quale to do justice to this variation Of The
dances ofpropinquiy las they may be term
cd) and we therefore draw upon The descrip-
tive powers of a New York correspondent
Of Western paper who has seen that ee-
pllant and had il TO tread on his toe. We
also have seen the performance, and can
testify 10 the accuracy of the description
Before talking Of The hal, must ask you
do you dance? Do you ever indulge in
the aBararian Schoiische 2" hIeIodous
title. isn't il? If you don'l know it; lei
Mr.. Xaupi vacinae you Immediately, and
lake j, in the orthodox manner. picked
it up in the irregular way. and NAV be con-
sidered in The nefarinus light Of Terpsich-
orean swindler. How ! ever commenced,
or when, does not remain in nv memory,
but recolect a, different times, performing
some most extraordinary acts of inspired
lunacy, with a very tall mysterious female
in another blue shroud, and voice like an
infant troubled wrh chronic bronchius-
This heard people afterwards say was the
Schotische. Perhaps il was, or if il wasn't,
havn't the most remote conception of what
ii was.
The style Of Schoische is full Of grace
ful positions, and has the combined beauties
of The 81. Vuus and Indian war dances, with
a strong insinua,ion of the poetic action of
an afflicted cal upon hot building materials.
The most popular, elegant. in fact The only
acknowledged fashion of executing Schois-
che is lhls
As The music leads of, plunge suddenly
forward with your partner. make four short
jumps with abrupt jerks of The hand to keep
time, then IS suddenly dart back again with
The same jumps and jerks. Then stand on
one leg, as much like lame duck as you
can, change to the other quickly and hop
round four times. In this YOU must take
care 10 ifl up your legs, as if, for instance,
something heavy had fallen on all your
sof. corns q. one time, or if boiling cobber's