The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-11-30
THE LIGHT FANTASTIC.
New York Professor OF Dancing Waitzes
for seven Consecutive Hours.

Iron the New York Times)
Prof. Paul Valleau Cartier began, mt
$50 last evening. the unparalleled feat
of waltzing for seven consecutive hours
without pause. The music to which
the Professor kept his hghtly-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 lively waltz,
and Prof. Cartier led Miss Sarah Leo
boldh, his sister-in-law, upon the floor
and began the dance. Miss Leoboldh
kept up for twenty-seven minutes, till
three minutes of z; when her place was
taken by Mr.. Edward Harley, one OF
Prof. Carriers pupils. Mr.. Harley IN
35 minutes, at 1882, relinquished his
place to Mrs. Cartier, the dancers wife.
This lady kept the floor for 3S 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 $780, 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 16 minutes, bringing the
time to 800.
At 1913, 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
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
exertion.
At 80, Cartier gave decided signs of
fatigue. His eyes looked heavy, and
the hgbtness of his stepping seemed to
be giving way to heaviness of the feet.
His constant use of ice was looked upon
by his friends as a bad sign, but they
still persisted in their belief that he
would succeed.
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 a
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 500, was
succeeded by Mrs. Cartier again. The
dancers wife kept up for forty-fve 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 10:16, apparently completely
exhausted. He was succeeded by Miss
Arnemsn, who danced for twenty-nine
minutes, till 10:45, when Mr. James III.
Smith, an excellent and easy dancer,
took best place and kept it without diff
Guilty for forty-one minutes, till 1l:26.
At IL AS 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 IN
favorable to the dancer than even bets
were offered.
Miss Lucy Furman followed Mr.. Smith
as Prof. Carriers partner. Keeping the
floor for forty minutes, she was then re-
heved by Mr.. Abram Dubois, who sue
cumbed in fourteen minutes. Miss Sarah
Leoboldh again accompanied the dancer
for thirty minutes, and then, at 12:45,
Mrs. Cartier joined her husband. When
1890 was reached, completing six hours,
the Professor was loudly app'auded and
was presented with handsome bouquet.
At o'clock, when it was announced that
six hours and half had passed, the dam
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 100,
announced Prof. CaTtier's success, the
applause was long and loud. He was
fresh as q rose.