The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-11-29
THE LIGHT FANTASTIC.
Anew York Professor OF Dancing WaItzes
for Seven Consecutive Hours

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Anew York Professor OF Dancing Waltzes
for Seven Consecutive Hours.
: from the New York Times =. .a,td
Ii. $Prof. Paul Valleau Cartier began, at
$50 last evening, the unparalleled feat
OF waltzing for seven consecutive hours
without. pause. The music to which
the Professor kept his lightly-slippered
feet moving was piano and violin,
with relays OF musicians, for no per-
former could keep his fingers under
control long, enough to accompany the,
dancer without a rest. At precisely
$50 the music struck up a lively waltz,
and Prof. Cartier led Miss Sarah Leo
boldh, bis sister-in-law, upon the floor
and began the dance. Miss Leoboldh
kept up for twenty-seven minutes, till
three minutes Oft, when her place was
taken By Mr.. Edward Harley, one of
Prof. Carriers pupils Mr. Harley in
35. minutes, at 1852, relinquished his
place to Mrs Cartier, the dancers. wife.
This lady kept. the floor for SO minutes.
till $40, when her place was taken by
Mr.. O'Keefe, another of Prof. Carriers
pupils. Mr.. O'Keefe kept up bravely
for 40 minutes, or $50. When he sue
cumbed, his place was taken by Miss
Leoboldh, who danced this time only 16
minutes, till 9:06. Then Mr.. Thomas
took the floor with the Professor, and
danced for Is minutes, bringing the
time to 9:22. '' o. '''.. -
At 8:28, within two minutes of the
completion Of his second hour, Prof.
Cartier drank glass Of beer, the first
liquid tasted by him since the start. A
glass'of beef tea stood waiting for him,
bat he went through the first three
hours without tasting it. AT $50, just
as he was finishing his third hour. he
urged the pianist to play faster, saying
that he was going too, Slow His time
throughout was fully as fast as that of,
the ballroom, if not faster, and often
he went whirling about the room like q
whirlwind. At no time did he move
slower than the average Of waltzing
time. At the end of the third hour he
was apparently as fresh as at the start,
| not even being much overheated by the
,At11:30, Cartier gave decided signs of
fatigue. His eyes looked heavy, and
the Eghtness OF his stepping seemed to
be giving way to a heaviness of the feet.
His. constant use of ice was looked upon
/ by his friends as bad sign, but they
still persisted in their belief that he
would succeed. 4 49, Il: ~ ..'
The dancers only methed of relieving
his muscles was by dancing alternately
| with lady and gentleman, always taking
the 'lady's part when dancing with 9
gentleman. By this plan he could rest
much of his weight upon his gentleman
partner a portion of the time. Mr..
Thomas, who left the floor at 9:22, was
succeeded by Mrs. Cartier again. The
dancers wife Kept up for forty-five min
utes without showing the slightest signs
of fatigue, and at the end of that time,
at 1907, Mr.. J. Montross took her place.
Mr.. Montross managed to keep his
breath for just nine minutes, when he
retired, at 1915, apparently completely.
exhausted. He was. succeeded by Miss
Arnemsn, who. danced for: twenty-nine
minutes, till 1915, when Mr.. James II.
Smith, an excellent and easy dancer,
took best place and kept it without diff
Guilty fCr forty one minutes, till II: 26.
At 1l:45 Prof. Cartier had recovered
much Of his former spring and spirit,
and bounded about the floor almost as
lightly as at first. This soon changed
the betting again, and nothing more I'M
favorable to the dancer than even bets
were offered. '.,~+
Miss Lucy Farman followed Mr.. Smith
as Prof. Carriers partner. Keeping the
floor for forty minutes, she was then re-
ieved by Mr.. Abram Dubois, who sue
cumbed in fourteen minutes. Miss Sarah
Leoboldh again accompanied the dancer
for thirty minutes. and then, at 1915,
Mrs. Cartier joined her husband. When
1890 was reached, completing six hours,
the Professor was loudly applauded and
was presented with a handsome bouquet.
At o'clock, when it was announced that
six hours and half had passed, the dan
Ger again received tremendous applause
While dancing with his wife, Prof. Car
tier renewed all his activity of the early
evening, and elected more cheers by his
rapid evolutions. Mrs. Cartier remained
his partner to the end. When the hands
Of. the clock, moving around to 1:30,
announced Prof. Carriers success, the
applause was long and loud. He was
fresh as rose. H.. j.. ~. y r..
ENGLAND and Turkey.