The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-02-04
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TERPsICROREAN PROFESSORS DANCE AROUND
CONTINUE UsLY FOR SIXTEEN HOURS.
fPhiladelphil Times. 3d.l

CON1lNCt USLl FOX SlAltEN HOthSs
GPhiladelphil Times 3d.l
DR., Tauner's AS OnishiDg victory over his
internal machinery, Professor Peer john
sens grand record Of twPDty.seven dried.
apulr pies devnurrd in fifty minutes. and
Professor Ahemtlech Bradiey's Justly cele.
bratC d oyster. Sucking feats. all dwinde INTO
inSieniticiuce whPU compared with The on.
ueriul ,erpsichorean performance or Pro.
le>>ois Constantine and Julian Carpenter,
who yesterday waltzed sixteen hours with
out stopping. AT e O'Clock in The morning
"a couple OF small boys and q colpred gentle.
man in a se1l>kin-trmmPd Oyerc0ai stood in
hall at Thirteenth and Chestnut streets
and SAN the professors begin he saiatory ef-
forts hat will make their names famous. TIE
daucer> were dressed in black knee brccche>,
white stockings, pumps, and sleeveless black
Smock frOcks. which mad them resemble
unusually aciiye and hilarOus stage peas
ants. Endurance being the object, the
waiting vas done IN gO-as.N please
sort Of u way. Sometimes. however, one Of
tue professors would gyrate and glide
around in rapid aud energetic manner for
half an nOur. after which splSm he would
II lapse into a Quieter and more methodicai
form VI waliZOg; bur neither nf the pro-
fessors stopped until sixteen hours went by.
People Dropped IN every feH minutes dur
ing toe day. 50 that iowa d. evening the
hail was wei tilcd with spectators, but by
ibis tjue the w1lizng bad degenerateG into
0Dpa'h,c kind Of a cahe-walk, which
wa not paricnlLry interesting 10 TIE au-
d. nee.
The WALKERS were joined by a brother
professor. Victor, during The al crno0n, IN d
the ,href exhibited Their grace aud agility
To The admiiing crowd OF people assembled
III one end Of the hall. Occasionally one oi
tne professors would single out an acQulii l.
auce IN the crowd ana invite him TO waltz.
such invitations were usually accepted, for
the cJurs Of the dance invariably led t., q
table ~ the other end of the room, winch
hcid choice collection ii those spril u0us
refres lmeniS SO necessary TO sustain male
wal'zer These terpNichOrean c uresWs
were conducted in TINS way: Professor,
shutting ui> feet around and recognizing
an Acquaintance VINO has 5uSt entered tie
room, "Hcllo. rom! come and nave ii
wai,zf" "No, thank you0 "Oh, unn.
sense; We keep sonnet blosgcod at the 'ail- "
Tom. seouced 10y the professors lat rem Il II,
hastily removes his OyerehOes, and IN asmO-
ment the pair arc-wclt, not eXcly glid-
table. where they bow and smile, wilhout
once .iolQing The peculiar fiit,feot shuttle
Necessary TO allow the water to run dow n
their thredis. These performances were
frequently repeated and never failed to eX-
cite tue Gost iutense interest among the
willing bGi uninviled Tpecta orr. Tue
dancers did not even stop to eat, ibut boltc o
the necessary nutrit:ye matter as they
went, and the process ~S- also deserved
with interest by the ladies and gentlemen
present AZ orchestra furnished good
music IN tue evening and lac proie ,sors
held OFT TO the end, WHEN they were con-
gfaiuiatt d by Il cir friends OBJ Accomplish
ing the grand :eai OF waIfZEg / hQtr
iIme than any @ her persons IN the would.
professor Cartict of New York. bad ihe
kest previous record. when IVES thlta,4n
aSd u baf hours.