Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-11-04
SENSATIONAL DANCE.
AN INSTANTANEOUS PHOTOGRAPH OF A
DANCERS STARWARD-POINTBD TOES.
But This IS High Kicking Which Dies Not Offend
Gggd Tass-Nlss Rose NEWMAN, Of
LYDIA Thomgsols Company.
NelC York World.

TIE startling and sensational dance and
high kicking of Miss Rose Newman in the
bu,lesque Of Penelope" at the Star Thea
tire hiss beea the talk Of the town two week
now, althcu "a the metropolitan career OF
the bar,esqus ended Saturday night week
ago and Miss Newman then kicked her last
kick aud fJr the last tiGe pointed with her
toes 70 the flies with quite sS much eaSs
apparently and quite as psrpendiculafly as
the statue Of Liberty in New York HareOr
holds up the torch to heaven. Miss New
ham has been kicking in Baltimore during
thu past week, aud sf;er lsaying there will
continue 20 kick through the country for
the remainder Of the season.
Miss Nswm n, it may be remarked, tX
Ecutes the % c. in bays c'O.hes-thAt Is
to say, in IN )s!uns which was known
In the El zlbc hac period as 8 doub,et and
hCss, bat which has bsen Con>i isrAb y
moiif4d for the pUprses o: bu lssque.
The costume in IS c Sc consists OF a
quantity and filt astically cat waistd, en-
bellish I'd after the attractive manner OF
stage costumes, a1d par OF green silk
tights, terminated By shoes of the SINE
color. The absence of skirts, of coarse,
robs the dance OE any Questionable fel-
lures. TEe,e is nothing at all sug-
gestive in the highest Of high kick
lag aud nothing to offend the most
correct tista. The dance is SIMPLY G
full, fanciful, eccentric, sensational, and
ent rev startling, a1d it may be added
that Miss NEWMAN had not kicked very
many timts before she hit the public al
M ration square in the bulPs-eye and
stirred up any amount Of comment, gossip
AMI spscul alton.
IL is duIicg tis second act that chord
from the orchestra brings the dancer
down to the foOtl gIts. She is tall girl
and seems taller on the stage than she
really il Sle is slight Of figure, with
1.-THE o. d delicately mCu ded limbs and
decidedly noticeable licking. The;e Is a
certain is re sails quOi' air about her, as
the author Of The YecmAn OF
the Guard might remark, and her
d meanCr as chs stands there tOe
n moment before beginning her
dance ia curiouly quiet, confident and
Eelfcontaire1. Her sbundant gO,dsn ha'r
is parted on ore side and falls over her
forehead. Her features are daintily cat
AMI her eyes sparks and her lips are curved
into a smile as SIZE retire5 up the stage, and
here she stands for another Instant, until a
measure in the music is reached that suits
her and her feet start into motion. Ths
transformation from the qpiet manner Of
this slight aud graceful ghl to the wild
and eXtravagant movements of the dance
almost takes ones breath away. The
rapidly Of Ee- movements are well
nigh inconceivable aud cannot be
followed by the eye. Bsf,re one image O.!
those green tights il one potion can be
flushed to the retina, the nimb,e limbs
have cleaved the eirCumbient air IN q
wholly different direction. The result is
confusing and bewildtring in the extreme,
and vet not unrlea5ing. There is halo
about those green limbs all the time; q
delicate emerald nimbus that melt5 and
moves in harmony with the eccentricities
Of the dance, and does not disappear until
the limbs are at rest once more.
And then, welcomed by 3 mighty snd
let diminished seventh chord from the
rollins, c.ariorets sn1 qtssoors on the
Jther side of tbs foOt!iShts, and the high
ticking begins.
If the rapid mixing and minel ;ng up of
hose two shapeiy emerald limbs dazzled
he eyes and tCw:ldered the seusss the
spectacle of this girl kicking at the stars
and threatening at least TO succeed in dis
turbing the placid curve Of the proscenium
arch above plays tug with a mans ju6g
ment ard elopes with his consciousness.
The s7rroUndirgs disappear for the moment
and nothing is seen bat this 1.-THE, undu-
lsting and greenly tinted figure, half the
time with her knee resting on her own
shoulder and her toes pointed unhiuch-
ugly heayenWsd This is no halfway
kicking. When Miss Newham kicks there
is 8 ps'pandiculir line of emerald that
flashes from her hip upward, past her
shoulder, p1st her shell-lks ear ard ter
minated By a greea slipper waving tri-
umphaatly above her golden hair. For
moment she looks like human bsing
with enc leg. The other leg has disap-
pCared entirely from the place where it is
usually found, and then, as the dancing
becomes more fast aud furious aud it is
impossible to follow hsr movements with
any degree Of accuracy, she SEEMS to have
two limbs on one side Of her bcdy-one
over her kead AID the other, of a more
shadowy emerald, with the fOit still rest
ing on the door. The Optical deiusicn is
comp etc
Then the dance ceases as suddenly as il |
started in, and the audience see standing /
before them not q wildly eccentric figure |
shooting CLEANS Of emerald hue in all di
rscti ms, bat the same que', golden hair |
cd girl who had came down 10 the foot. ,
lights few moments before. She i
flushed little snd lightly painting, bat !
otherwise there are no indications of the !
violent exettion through which she ha' !
Just passed She acknowledges the thun- !
ders Of applause that sweep through the !
house, hesita es for moment, and then !
gracefully submitting to the demands Of !
her audience repeats the latter portion Of
The dance.