Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-01-30
Fashions In Dancing.

Fashions In Dancing.
"There has been great improvement
in the style of dancing in England dur
ing the last three or four years." says
the London Graphic. "The fashion of
mad gallops and waltzing which resem-
bles the charges Of football players, has
temporarily gone out, and the valse a
trois temps has come back into favor.
Shall we ever see q. resurrection of the
old minuet, which SO perfectly conveyed
the poetry of motion? It is rather GER
monious dance for these times, but
little cultivation Of that courtliness of
demeanor which first gave rise to the
.term~"ba1l room manners would per-
hapsldo some of our English youth no
harm. Beau Nash would have been
scandalized at the style in which many
of our young gentlemen bobtheir heads
instead of bowling, and we doubt wheth
er the curtesys Of our best-trained
young ladies would muster before his
critical eye, There is cubbishness In
some Youngsters which makes
them ashamed to be graceful in deport-
ment before ladies. They are graceful
enough in their athletic sports, thar
riding, rowing and cricket. for in these
pursuits grace is called "fornl;" but no
form has yet been set up as & standard
to he attained in ball rooms. So we
see young fellows who are very Apollos
with their ze.shyrs, on shrink up into
slouching figures when they put on
their dress-coats and s:lamble forward
with awkward gaits to ask q girl 10
dance just as if they were afraid Of be-
ing laughed at. Yet wo have never
heard Of q really wcll-mannered and
graceful dancer being laughed at even
by the most gawkish co2tomner of So
ciety pastilnes. Perhaps il the fashion
of slow dancing is kept up for e few
years longer it will lead naturally to q
revival Of the grace which comes from
CAREFUL executed movements, and the
result viii be seen III a greater polish ct
manners outside the bathrooms as we'll
as in then1.''
Mccullough and His 1dan Cob"
'*'That is Fob Pricharu better known
as 'NcCullough's Bob lie is the GOV
ernors' dresser end has been with
him for thirteen years. Bob has a weak
ness for the ardent, and sometimes gets
q little too much On board, when the
governor will discharge him. But he Is
: always taken back, for lie knows Mr.
McCullougi's Why's 50 we'll. il :,
: thoroughly familiar with his v.r,lr,I>".
and is really such a valuable dresser
that his occasional shortcomings ;tr'; To-:
given AN instance OF lis value vas
I shown last year.
i You remember Mr.. MrC1;:ouch
played InGomar at the Boston thr%trrtr
Mary Anderson 8 'partI,enia. WE'LL die
| morning OF the day on which tho gov
/ er1lor was TO leave New York for the
, Hub Bob turned up rather the worse
for wear; ald the governor s1zmmariiy
; dismissed him; told HIM to 80 off and
never snow his fare again. B"I, veat
away and imIn adiatelv sought Billy
! Conner, to whom he l,laLed his misfoI~
tune. I'm fred for good now, said he
! with trars in his eyes 'Ihp governors
awful mad Bonner knew better and
so lo told Bob to 90 home and sleep
sec him.
I'm the meantime the governor had
started for Boston, without taking "a bit
! Of wardrobe, aud was in q horrible stew
! to know what he should do Miss An
| dcrsCn. who WAS on the train, suggested
that The next day they could get up
early and go to some co3tlmnr's in Bos-
i ton, and get something that would do.
This didn't please Mac much, for he is
! not al easy man to fit, vou know, out
! he thought that was the best thing that
could be done He re;sciled Boston: i'll
an unenriahln frnmn Of mind. AMI
put up at tie Trenton House.
"Where was Bob Ill this tinc?'
"Hold on and III tell YOU. Bob went
home and :lert, aud went to see Conner
| in the afternoon all right. Conner toll
him to get t<>gcther every thing TIE gov
crnor' would WAIT III 'In"om.s: ana -
go to Boston on tho night train. End go
to tho governor at his hotel III the
morning rs though nothing bad hap
pencil Boil, did SO, and when the gov
ernor' cama down cac7:: the noxt morn
ing there WIS Bob sitting at the foot Of
the stairs. Hello, Bob, said Mr.. Me-
Cullough, have YOU got everything all
right for "lugomar"
! Eyes, sir replied lie, Just as you
] told me, sir
*You ought to hear the governor.
tell the story. When | saw Bob sitting
there that morning. says he, I felt What
I could have put my arms around hin'
and Rugged the Scotch cnss '"-Natlon
III Republican.