Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-09-10
POINTERS ON DANCING.
Aprepos to the Now Opening
Season.
New Dances Coming in and Old Ones
Going 0ut-ReformatiON in Hours
Wheeling Dancers Nat
uraIIy Graceful.

Early yesterday morning after the REGTS-
TER had gone to press, the police reporter
aud society editor sat together in the office,
swapping lies on matters and things in
general. The police reporter said;
This thing of chasing around after moth
ing is mighty tiresome, let NE tell you.
Police business is all fired dull. Not even
liyened matters up and I'm getting des-
perate."
We'll my time is just beginning. You
can bet I'm glad to change picnics and
fetes for balls and parties There's some
style about a reception, or even first
class German, but picnics and lawn parties
IRE barren idt a'ities.'
II don't krow much about receptions
n 10 ned the friend Of SyiviS, except
Judge Jetiers morning drawing rooms.
SJuety's a siam and a fraud, where people
sIniIk at your face and tell lies about yOu
behind your back. But what's going on in
H. any how"
Well, sir, said the carpet knight, brac-
irg up. and feeling on his native heath,
'lhe st ason is going to be exceedingly pro-
litiC of society events, and the undeISl signed
Will fly high, and don't you forget 1t. Two
OF three weddings will come off this week
one at Bethany and TWO at Pleasant Valley
and there will be parties, balls, dances,
hops and Germans until you can, rest
Will the German reorganize"
al hardly think so. It's ranks have
been so thinned down by Cupid that
Terpsichore hasn't half a chance
That's good. Say that over again and
I'll paralyize Bennett with that tonight.
bid YOU know the police were thinking
about giving ball? Fact. They re going
to give a German in the city building and
Scott Liston is going to lead. OF course
I'll be stag and they've asked me to call
figures. I'm little rusty, but can yell
ont swing your partners and promenade
down the center, with the best OF them.
Those dances are becoming obsolete,
my dear boy. The Ripple and the Rae
quel are the proper capers now. \ new
thing is the Society, but il don't take
well-there isn't enough squeezing in it.
These are all danced 10 waltz music. The
KnicksrbOcker is simply another move
ment in connection with the Society the
Racquet is two.side movement, ending
with the Society movement, while the
Giissdale is the Redowa with the graceful
slide OF the Society Aside f,0m these
there has been nothing changed in dancing
III years except the manner OF dancing
What 90 you mean by that
ELL the style OF dancing 10 day is III
Opposition to az movements ten years ago.
Then dancing was done on the toes; now it
is done fattooted. There was great deal
of hopping ten years ago; now there Is
none more finished and elegant, and it is by
TO means so fatiguing The consequence
is that dancing is now resorted to as a
source of exercise"
81 oil
OF it. 1t was about o'clock when YOU
came home here the other morning."
Yes, sill" said the man Of dances, set
ting back in his chair, there should be
reformation in regard TO hours and mid.
night should stop all parties. In this re-
spect the German of last season excelled.
Falls begin now at 10 and IL o'clock, when
they should begin two hours earlier. There
is no sense in prolonging the opening oil
ball to such late hour. II it we're begun
at the reasonably late hour Of but it
should be earlierl dancers could 90 houe
at midnight and not be inclpacitatcd for
the next days duties. This thing of pro-
Logging balls away into the morning hours
is reprehensible. II it should be con-
demned and made to be understood as very
b. taste by only few sensible leaders Of
society, this would soon remedy the evil"
What do you think OF our Wheeling
people as dancers
They take to it naturally" was the en-
thusiastic reply. 81 believe there are more
good dancers in Wheeling than in any
other city of its size and population in the
United States. That is my opinion,
founded on my observations in this aDd
other places"
1T is pretty hard for an adult to learn to
dance gracefully, isn't it,
1T depends upon the natural ability OF
the learner, of course. The most import
ant thing is to have full confidence in your
self In waltzing one should not cling to
ones partner like grim death. There is no
need Of this vulgar cliuging so much seen
in some cities. Fortunately, there is not
much of it in Wheeling, and | think, b" with
a smile of professional pride, that efforts
here will in time do away with it alto
gether."
At this moment drunken gang raised a
racket on Market street and the police re-
porter shot out to see about it and be in at
the death.