Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1882-02-14
Dancing as q Fine Art.
THERE SHOULD BE NO MORE CONTACT
OF THE PERSON THAN IN WALKING.
From an interview with New York
nanoinm Moafap

THERE SHOULD BE NO MORE CONTACT
OF THE PERSON THAN IN WALKING.
From an interview with New York
Dancing Master.
"What ia your idea Of the modern
mode of support in round dancing ?"
my idea is that as 1t is seen at public
balls and Long Branch hops it Is most
inelegant, ill-bred, immodest, and un-
necessary. A lady who dances we'll and
gracefully maintains her Independence
Of motion and perfect balance. The
moment she becomes clinging vine,
and allows her head to rest on q mans
sh0ulder, and his arm to embrace in.
stead of support her, she shows not only
q shocking lack of refinement, but of
good dancing, and impedes her part
ner's movements as well a. her own"
"What do you consider the proper
support ?'
1.-THE gentleman should take the lady's
| figtt hpnd In his left and she place her
left hand upon his shoulder, the fingers
appearing in front. The gentleman
should rest his right hand gently upon
the ladv's back near the waist, and both
should stand on parallel lines looking
oveI the others shoulder, the lady turn
ing her head slightly to the left. Both
should bend the upper portion of the
person slightly, so that the shoulders
should not be more than four inches
apart, and the hands that are clasped
should remain only a few inches from
the person, not allowing the wild stick
Ing out of arms recently adopted. In
this grouping there is no more contact
of person than lady taking u gentle
mi n 70 O - fOp mol nrrt To h
whole matter in nutshell, the vulgar
and vicious waltz vulgarly and vicious>
~, the refined in q refined and innocent
manner"
among what nation do you find the
best dancers ?"
Forty years observation and expert.
ence has led me to conclude that Amer
tcan women are the best dancers in the
world. The Germans are very correct
and easy, but not graceful; the English
put too much struggle into it; the
French are inclined to angularity !; but
the American woman is by nature sup
pie and graceful, learns with facility,
and has the vitality that takes the place
of strength"
HOUSEHOLD SCIENCE.-Oxafic acid
will sometimes remove stains from brass
which nothing else seems to effect.
Great care'must be observed in not al
lowing it to remain on long. Apply it
with q flannel cloth, and then polish
with chamois skin.
A very agreeable dentrifice for good
teeth is made from an ounce of myrrh
in fine powder and little powdered
green sage, mixed with two spoonfuls
of white honey. A druggist will make
up the compound, and the teeth should
be washed with it every night and
morning.
Before dipping new pen into ink,
thrust tt into fresh-cut potato. and the
iok will never cling. When the pen is
thickly gummed with dried ink a few
thrusts will clean it perfectly. When
not in use, some accountants leave their
pens sticking into potato kept on the
desk for the purpose.
Every cook who makes tea or coffee
in tin pots knows that after few
months her results are not the same as
when the pots are new. If she can
afford it, she throws them away and
buys new ones. They can be cleansed
in very simple manner, and 80 last a
longer time. Put enough water in to
nearly fill them, and then drop a few
live Goals in the water; gases are alb
sorbed, and the coffee or tea pot Is fresh
and almost as good as new.
To purify room, set pitcher of wa
ter in the apartment, and in few hours
it will have absorbed all the respired
gases in the room. the air of which will
have become purer, but the water utterly
filthy. The colder the water is, the great
er tie capacity to contain these gases
At ordinary temperature a pail of water
will absorb pint of csrbonic acid gas
and several pints of ammonia. The Ca
pacity is nearly doubled by reducing the
water to the temperature of ice. Hence,
water kept in room awhile Is unfit for
use. For the same reason water from a
pump should always be pumped out in
the morning before any of it is used
Impure water is more injurious than
impure air.