Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1889-01-27
THE WICKED WALTZES
LEADER TELLS ALL ABOUTDANCING Tx
GERMAN.
How # IS Conducted in Well Regulated Society
A Novel Figure - Something on
the Subject Of FavoFS.

name originated or sees any reason Tor IT,
The dsnce was first known Is tie cetillion
ard that is its only propsr name, and IL Is
said that people ere returning to the use o.
that term instead Of the one now generally
accepted.
"To begin with" said one of thea lead
ere "ths german is largely made up o.
waiting. all the music being written IN
waltz time. 1t is, however, vastly uSllke
the waltz or any other dance, in that 1t
may take from three to FIVE hours TO COM
plete it. When people 60 10 dance the
German they do not look for any other
dance upon the programme. 1t has been
Kent a rather exclusive feature of enter
taiument mainly, think, for the reason
that it is not adapted to miscellaneous
or numerous gathering. l. should be
danced by only personal friends, and, IN
nv opinion not more than tlgnt OF Ten
couples should be engaged Ia 1t. It's cDaIn
lies in the continual novelty 1t presents,
for I think it may be safely said that no
two germans have ever been danced II e1-
actly the same way. That altogether de-
pends upon the success and Ingenuity OF
the leader. In some Of the most exclusive
circles. where the word "coullicn'
is used. il has become more precise than 1t
formerly was. AID the various figures st
Last have settled into kind of set routine,
90 that eventually there has developed a
spscial dance, taking two or three hours,
which will be the same this year and the
year after. But, those who extract the
most genuine fun from it are these wEo re-
lain mos of the old methods by which the
amusement is very largely dependent upon
novelties introduced each evening.
"In general, it may bs said that this
dance is succession of brief waitzes III
tersperstd with figure movement OF every
kind. The leader must know exactly
what he is going to do from one end OF The
evening to tie ether, but TO one In The
company need know what scoming unless
il possible the first four, 60 called; that IL,
the two couples who are selected 10 carry
out the leaders, Instructions before the
ethers take their turns, for except in the
general waltzes it IS seldom that all par
ties engaged in the dsrce are moving at
the same time. You must not imagine
that those who dance the german ara en-
Gagged for three or four hours suocessively
any more than those who 90 to mHcsi-
lane1us ball, where there is a card OF
eighteen or twenty numbers. Taere are
periods OF Test for all save, possibly the
musicians.
at ia impossible to lay down auy law
which will apply 10 all parties where the
german is danced, but the way it Is done
ia MY set can explain, and l thiak It Is
about the best way to extract the mos
genuine fun and recreation out OF the en-
tertainmeut. We will suppose that there
are twenty of us-ten gentlemen and ten
| ladies-wlth one added, who is the leader.
He may have a partner, but, as a rule, he
keeps in the background and devotes his
whole energy to helping along the enter
tainment of the others. With us the
selection OF partners is generally by lot.
Twenty novelties are prepared, in each OF
which is hutton. Ten of these novelties are
for the gentlemen and ten for the ladies.
When they have been taken hsphaz ird the
novelties are opened and each gentleman
| fnds his partner according to the button
which he secures. He has to walk about
the room until he finds the lady that ex-
actly corresponds to his own. Of course
there may be great variety of devices Of
this kind. Another very good one is to
nut in the poyelti6s divided notices, as,
for instance, Love me little, love me
long A gentleman will find ribbon or
an engraved card, or any other device Of
this kiad. on which is inscribed Love me
little His partner is the lady VINO has
similar ribbon or card inscribed Win
Love me long
after The first partners have been Sc
cured, however, it DOES not mean that
these two shall dance together throughout
the whole evening, because the figures are
such that thu partners are conetaItiy
changing The leader has usually little
little musical whistle which he blows as
signal for the movements, and, as rule,
four people take part in tie movements az
a time, although there are some when l
will explain that call for more than tnat
number. We will suppose the entert In-
ment has begun by general waltz IN
which all the parties present take part
With their first partners. Ihen al
the sound Of the whistle they take their
seats around the room. Then the
first figure may be what is Gale
The Candle, a very amusing device, whlch
is performed after this fashion: Inc lead
er places a chair in the middle OF the room
and calling a young lady from the hFst
four gives her lighted candle. She stands
upon the chair and the two gentlemen Of
the first four come fJrwa'd. she holds
the candle at any height she may ceoose
and the gentlemen Jump up in turn ard
try to blow il out. The one who succeeds
in blowing it cut becomes her partner for
the next wsl'z. In this figure, of course,
the lady hes every opportunity tc favor
the gentleman she likes. A very tall man
may be presented to her, for instance,
aed if she does not choose him,
she may hold the candle so high
that even he may not be able to reach 1t
to blow out the blsZe. On the other hand,
if he is short man whom she favors, size
may hold it down 50 low that he may be
able to do 60 All Determinations Of this
kind are accepted in the utmost good
nature, and from this alone you may see
how Advisable it is to limit the partici-
pants to these who are personally friendly.
When this figure has been performed by
the fist four a whistle il sounded and the
next four try it, and so on until every
lady has stood upon the chair aad every
gentleman has taken his turn at jumping
After that the whistle is sounded again,
and those who have found their partners
in this curious fashion waltz for few
moments. The waltzes are always brief
Just enough to give an exhilaEating flavor
to the entertainment.
"What about favois in the german ?"
''FavOrs are any kind of an article which
a lady presents her plrtuer OF gentleman
to a lady in some of the figures to indicate
that he has chosen her for the next wal
and they become thereby trophies of the
occasion. The fayors are always placed
| uror 40 IN cou,a mart of tba rO0n and