The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-19
TERRIFIC TWIRLS.
SOME NOVEL FEATS INVENTED
BY NOTED PROFESSORS.
The Chicago Glide, the Brooklyn
Plunge, the Wyoming Whirl
ard Other Jerks.

New York Star: 0uce year the
most prominent professors of dancing
from every large city in the country
come to this town to attend the an
nual meeting of the Society of Ameri-
can Dancing Masters, SAYS the New
York Morning JoWnd,. IL used to be
the case few years ego that when
New York young man, On his travels,
tried to dance with country belle in
Michigan he found that his fair psr,-
ner pIacticed an entire diff, rent step
from himself 1t is the ambition OF
the society to remedy all this ard TO
teach uniformity in dancing all over
the land.
During the summer the professors
practice new and difficult steps, which
are exhibited at the meeting Of the
convention at d adopted or rejected as
the majority may decide. As the pre-
f,ssors do not wish to give the new
ideas to the public free of charge,
they give their exhibitions in private
al d il was with much difficulty that
a Morning Journal reporter secured a
place of observation where he could
witaess their movements at yesterdays
meeting
Instead OF addi essing ons another
by their proper names, the proft ssors
adopted the senatorial plan, and al
luded to the professor from Hobo
KEN" etc.
The professor from Chicago, thin
man with big feet, secured the floor
and asked permission 10 introduce a
new feature which he had invented,
and which he termed the Chicago
glide" The thin man advanced to the
center of the hall, folded his arms,
smiled like ateraph, and glided around
the floor like fly on hot plate.
Unfortunately his feet struck the
toes of the professor from Poughktep
sic, and the Chicago man tumbled on
his head. He fastened to assert that
that movement was not feature OF
the glide, however. The members OF
the convention setmed to think favor
ably OF it, but intimated that the aver
age Chicago girl would be obliged to
hire vacant field in which to practice
it in.
The professor from Cincinnati then
took the floor and gave an exhibition
of the Cincinnati twirl." He said
that one twill around the ball room
would make a,glrl think that her Sun
day beau had treated her to gallon OF
ice cream and a pail OF red lemonade.
1t was boul d to be popular with the
young men, be, auee 1t made The ghls
feel so good that they never felt like
eating a So lunch after it. The con-
vention adopted the twirl, and it will
be seen at all the high toned society
balls during the coming season.
The professor from Brooklyn said
th6t he had invented new polka
which was certain to take. There was
a hop, skip and jump in II, and he
thought of introducing hurdles and
perhaps a balloon or two. He was of
the opinion that the SIGHT Of Brook
Ign belle leaping over hurdles would
lend piquancy to the poke, which
that dance now lacks. Inc Brooklyn
MAJ jumped through a hoop to show
how easy it was, but the pro essor
from st LOUIS said, with a knowing
smile, that the hoops would have to
be enlarged if Chicago girls were ex-
pected to Jump through Them.
The Denver Col representative
said that everybody in his State was
eager to learn new dancing steps. Ia
come towns out there the men persist
in wearing spurs while Waiting, put
the young ladies are beginning to OBJ
ject to the custom. He denied that
Denver's best citizens dance the ma
zourk 10 their cock feet, but admitted
that moccssine are more popular than
patent leather pumps out there.
A Wyoming Territory professor
gave an exhibition of the scalp watz,
SO popular am ong the elite OF the In
dian Irib,s, and advocated its adop
ton in the East. He also moved to
do away with the usual orchestra,
and allow each lady to play the bones
while dancing, while her partner
fires of his pistols, to give the affair
the ne stsary sparkle.
A professor from across the river
showed his fellows how TO dance the
Jersey City jerk" 1t is an inspirit.
ing affair, but the lsdy's back hair is
liable to tumble down while dancing
it, while the man who wears false
teeth runs ten 10 one. risk Of swal'
lowing them.
Young people who 20 TO dancing
school this sc. son will low know Just
what the professors are going 10 teach
them, and should prepare themselves
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