Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1890-02-01
the GIDDY DANCE
And Some OF the Characters Who Help
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People who dance and many PEG.
who do not dance must have observed
whom in . ballroom the different
styles Of dancing. There 10 the grace
ful and easy dancer, who glides over
the floor with no seeming effort, and
then there is the violent dancer who
seems to have . spite against the
floor anil the ceiling. lilo jumps
high, comes down like . THOUSAND of
brick, AID then goes off in . mad
whirl that makes the onlooker dizzy.
Should he collide with the other
dancers, which he is always doing,
they are sent spinning across the hall,
lose their step aud confuse oil who
are on the floor. The graceful dancer
avoids all this. He does not
grasp his partner Is though she was
= straw and he . drowning man. He
dances in as little space as possible,
never lifts his feet from the floor, and
furnishes to the spectator = pleasant
figure to look At. Such dancing is
real pleasure, while tho bosterous
dancer is bound to tire himself aud
partner out and make the others feel
like leaving the floor until le has
finished his calisthenic exercise.
The Same characters are also me,
with in the quadrilles. Your bois
ferrous dancer has both hands aud
feet in motion to the terror OF all the
ladies. In tho changes he Rrasps
them Is though they were bale Of
hay, and the ladies never know where
they are going TO light when he lets
90 of them. The ladies know this
character too we'll, and never leave
home without . full and convenient
supply of pins and other articles
known to the feminine toilet. The
bumps and )olts that ono receives
and the corns that suffer from him are
legion, and many 4 poor woman is
laid ny the next day from having
danced in set where this dancing
windmill has taken a part.
But the bois,erous dancer has an
opposite in the enc who seems dead
on his feet" Suoh dancer is hard
to handle, especially it their svoir-
dupois runs up pretty we'll. When
an leo, pound man tackles one of this
kind in the opposite sex who tips thu
beam at 200 pounds, he usually gets u
surprise. And it is amusing to see
the boisterous dancer when he comes
to swing her. He of course tries his
bale of hay tactics on her aud al a,
once feels himself pulled up short aud
standing, like Mississippi river
steamboat going down stream and
striking q snag. He candy surveys
her and then walks through the figure,
as though no didn't care much to
dance, anyway.
Then there is the couple in the set
who do not know how to go through
the changes. In the grand right-and
left they usually start off in opposite
directions to which they should, and
the rest Of the set try to get them out
of the snarl. One gentleman grabs
the lady by the hand and tries to pull
her ono way, while another gentleman
has her by the other trying to pull her
in the opposite direction. They
finally succeed in hauling her half
way over the room and getting them.
selves and her more mixed-up than
ever, and then the change is finished.
Just here is where those pins she was
thoughtful to bring come in handy.
1t is unnecessary to state that the
ladies' have had about the same ex
perience with the ladys partner who
has now resumed his place and is
smiling to himself how much fun i.
was, and that next time he can go
through it all right. But, alas! when
the change is called again they make
the Same error. The rest OF the set
only smile and take it al in fun
and try again to teach them the
change.
These few remarks are intended to
be anything but personal. You may
20 into any ballroom in the land, at
any tune, and witness the same scenes
and manv mora n Fidiculous and