The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-10-09
Chicago,s Swell Dancers.

When Ralph Seymour, of the North
Side, walks across the floor OF a ball
room, accompanied or unaccompanied
by a lady, there is an instant hush.
The violins fall to trembling and the
cello breaks out into a minor key.
Mr.. Seymour is a young man of o
than ordinarily symmetrical figure,
and he is addicted to having his dress
coat built with very long tails, which
apparently add somewhat to his
height. Mr.. Seymour is, however,
the possessor of a luxuriant mustache,
which he is in the habit of pensively
pulling while waiting for the dance to
begin. Once under way, however,
and the music in full blast. Mr..
Seymour bids the pensive and idyllic
adieu, and infuses into his movements
an allied grace and vigor that attract
all eyes. He is one of the best dancers
known to regular party goers, and
rather prides himself on his excellence
in the art. A bright North Side girl
was once heard to remark concerning
Mr.. Seymour and his dancing that she
only just wished she herself didn't
know know to dance a bit, in order
that she might get this gifted young
man to instruct her. Whether this
particularly agreeable speech was
meant in praise of Mr.. Seymour's
numerous other excellent qualities or
simply of his terpsichorean abilities
to this day remains unrevealed. She
is a charming girl, however, and her
words would be a compliment in
either
About as accomplished a dancer as
may be found among the young ladies
of the South side is Miss Arethusa
| Murphy, a tall, lissome, curly headed
maid, who resides on Prairie avenue,
not a hundred miles from Twenty
| ninth street. She is blessed with a
| sunny disposition that renders her in
tensely popular with such South side
young men as are sensible enough to
appreciate q really pretty brunette
when they see N Miss Murphy's
| favorite dance, of course, is the waltz,
| and she has rarely attended a dancing
party without having all the waltzes
on her programme claimed ten sec
onds after she entered the room, to
say nothing of a score Of applicants
frenziedly clamoring for extras"
The young lady waltzes divinely,
and also possesses the rare accomplish
ment of an ability TO keep up a lively
conversation with her partner with
out in the slightest degree marring
the perfect rhythm of her footsteps.
There will be few young ladies more
sought after during the coming season
than she.
With the mention of Miss Murphy's
name ones thoughts naturally revert
to her inseparable chum and com
panion, Miss Annie Wood, who lives
near enough to her to be called her
next-door neighbor. Miss Wood, who
is diminutive in stature, and also o
brunette, claims to be a confirmed
devotee of square dances, but to see
her whirling along at race horse speed
in a galop or undulating in a polka is
to dream of runaway locomotives and
curying tennis balls. Miss Wood has
just returned from a European trip.
She and Miss Murphy have in past
seasons been in the habit of going out
a great deal together, and it goes
without saying that a ballroom that
is graced by the pair of them stimuli.
taneously is, as the boys would say,
playing in great luck.-Chieagt
Herald.
Experience ofa school Teacher.
A student at of the medical col
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