Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-12-15
HIGHLY INTER- STING xNTEI.
llGENCE.
Something About the Latest Fash.
iOnable Dances.

| HIGHLY INTER ESr1N(s INTEL
| lIGENCE.
Something About the Latest Fash.
| iOnable Dances.
| Detroit Post.l
| What masks, what dances
10 wear away this long age OF three hours.
| There are about fifteen teachers of dancing
In Detroit and some half dozen schools and
academies where the science OF rythmetic mo-
ton Is expressed In chalked circles and heel and
tbrouVh auontes of hashSnnns wflS 60
| glued to their feet and their elbows balanced at
| right angles like the wings OF trussed fowl
IoG . dancing Is no longer mild and swaying
| whiriabout, In which the dancers pins Ike a
top The new dances demand an immense
amount OF energy. hard work, and disocation
or all the members, SO that good dancer OF
modern dances has all the accomplishments
! OF contortionist and the grace and fiexbity
OF Greco. Roman wrestler. Indeed, it is
only those who are elegant dancers OF the
| round dances who can acquire with any
degree of proficiency the new glide steps OF the
ripple, raquer, Sallie Waters, Rockaway, cradle
knlckerbocker and new glide. There Is pecu.
liar sWaylng 10 one side, which is caused by
| extending one foot sideways and balancing In
that direction, then recovering by bringing the
uuant loot back with step that is very hard
10 acquire, but when once acquired is the very
poetry OF motion. The much-taIked- of raGuet
| Is society dance that among round dances
taxes the lead. 1t Is very attractive TO the eye,
| ana those who dance it well form the best pic
lure ever seen on ballroom f1oor The move
ment, which is only to be described by The rock
ing motion Of cradle, Is the ideal of grace.
| but, naturally, cannot be acquired easily by
persons who are unable to bend sideways. The
| sWaylng motion Is continued through the Gu
ufe inquire, and the further the couple can lean
over and the quicker they can gain their eqll-
are.
The Sallie Waters is hop, skip, and iump
step, with jig attachment, and clog da ace
combination in The heel tap. IL derives It's name
rom nom recent song called Tine Babies In oar
tine, ana 1t is very pretty with waltz move
mebt and spriDglDg step, and Is slow or fast.
The song runs like this
Little, sallie Waters
Sitting in the Sun,
Trying and weeping
Oh! rise. sallie, rise.
That's sung by all the babies
That AZ e living in our block.
The cradle is one figure of the raquet the
sWayiGg motion like the rocking Of the cradle
and is as pretty and poetic as picture. The
knickerbocker is in 1884 step from side to
side, and is too tiresOme to last long.
A new quadrille is called THE Polo" and
ancing In quadrilles than has been the fashion
OF late years aI1 less stately walking about,
after the style OF the old minuets OF Washing
TONS DAY, but whether 1t is an improvement or
not would be hard TO say. The practice which
some young people seem to patrontze OF clasp
Ing each other round the waist or shoulders
with vigorous grip, In which the hands look
muscular and Obtruslve does not seem TO be
quite necessary, any more than 1t Is to clutch
the fabric Of the dress as If holding on for dear
Ire. IL Is noticeable among neophytes that
lhe gentlemen are more embarrassed than the
ladies', and what they lose In Self-poSSe55ion
they make up In vigor; but 1t Is the inelegant
dance s who pound the hardest and are tired
The Rockaway is a long Slide step heel and
toe, the old polka step with variations and the
conventional slide steps. The ripple calls for
special music. 1t is a very pretty dance and
less tireSome than any of the others: bllr it
feet.
Tile old polka has gone out, by name at
ieaSt: SO mas the redOWa and the maZurka, and
the Highland schottische, and the waltz as 1t
used 10 pe The walking step Is much faster
In the glide than formerly. Dancing. to be any
thing now, Is fast and furious, and not the
SLOW promenade 1t has been for some years.
The side motion is a decided innovation. Dan
GERS 90 not mop up and down with the sprlngy
when people went bobbng and courtesying
about like Dutch dolls, and the gentleman
ned his partner discreetly at a distance with
his extended arm. Now he and his partner are
one and indivisible as they whirl Ike teetotums
TO the music.
The prairie queen Is left of the Old quad
rifles, and the lancers are as popular as ever,
and SO also is the german. IL is the fashion
now for Influential ladies to get up class OF
young people who are all acquainted, and have
t u ma, attend dancing school under the name
dance the german. The great objection to
teaching this elegant dance Is that only persons
known to each other car enjoy 1t. For the ben
EN- OF the non danc1ng community we will give
brief description OF some OF the figures there
being at least a thousand different ones. One
OF the prettiest Is the Looking Glass. A lady
seats herself Ia the Dance and her maid hands
her mirror 10 which she sees, one by one, the
races OF the gentlemen who clme and lean over
ner cha1r-when she sees the right one she
turns the glass down. He leads her out and
dances with her, presenting her With favor"
when may be a fan. bNquet, or anything hehas
seiected--caDdy or ornament. Faith, Hope,
ana Charity" stars ard pyramids are all beau
tlful and attractive figures IN this medley of
beauty and grace.
1t Is not the young people only who are
learning to dance, but grandames and grand
S1res, who like the amusement, and think it is
not too late to learn. Occasionally some old
Widower, who Is going to marry society miss,
takes private lessons, but one turn st the
raquet usually gives his rheumatic old limbs
such Jolting that, with many an " OH and an
" ali, he Is forced to acknowledge with Solo
mon that There is a time to dance" and also
that he has outlived 1t. But for the supple
ltmbed girls and boys who can spin round on
their toes laughing defiance In the face of time.
that season seems long way off. Their motto
is
On with the dance. let Joy be unconfned.