St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-02-02

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v men have re-
NAMED lonely bachelors during their
whole lives because just as the psyche
logical moment presented itself they
have missed their opportunity for want
of breathe"
"Why, you dear old goose" said
little blonde-haired st. Paul fairy
L know, addressing the veteran
composer across the several thousand
miles of land and water which separate
them-"1oud dear old goose, what on
earth can you know about the psychic
logical moment sitting there in your
great easy chair in that old Berlin man.
sion? You may be perfectly velsed in
the methods of the gallants of the
Prussian capital, but as to having a
complete understanding of the wonder
full reSOurcefulneSS of the Northwestern
young man in general, and the st. Paul
youth IN particular. l am con-
yinced,. Mein Herr Johann, you
have it not. Why" she con-
tinued. turning to group of
ing the question in another quarter of
the apartment. 81 never heard of so
outrageous proposition. To think
that Strauss of all people in the world.
whose music has been the greatest
pleasures our lives have developed.
whose compositions have set the dancing
world in whirl again and again-that
he of all people should attempt to do
this thing seems incredible. To my
MIND ne has struck the first discordant
chord of his life"
THAT idea he advances about the
| psychological moment is the most utter
nonsense l ever heard" drawied a
| stately brunette whom most people
Know, as she smOothed with a deiber-
ate motion her sorrel walking glove.
III have waltZed most devotedly ever
since came out, and have had more
| proposals just preceding or just fol-
| lowing waltz than at any other time"
"Why, of COURSE" chimed in the
prettiest waltzer in the Third ward.
There's nothing on earth like waltz
with a girl man likes, and who can
waltz instead of hopping say there is
nothing on earth that will bring him to
the popping point any more quickly.
My experience is that the psychological
| moment can present itself Immediately
after dance, allowing few minutes
perhaps for breathing spell. Besides,
| man who is in love will propose,
breath or no breath. The idea.
though. that this old musical auto
crat can in any way curtail the pleas
urable sensations l experience in romp-
ing over ballroom floor in the arms of
the fellows | like best is rather amusing.
ldon't believe that Strauss, with all his
| power III the world of music, can ring
in stately minuet as substitute for
the waltz upon the girls and boys of this
great and glorious republic"
Expressions OF dissatisfaction similar
TO those cited above may be heard from
all the girls who dance, if the question
as to what they think of the Strauss
proposition is put to them. The COM
poser says that for a year he has noticed
the decline of the waltz. This, he as
serts, holds good for France, England,
America and Austria. Now, so far as
America is concerned, it seems pretty
certain that Herr Strauss has been mis-
Informed. A storm of protests against
an edict which is regarded as at once
unreasonable and unwelcome, has gone
up from the East, the West, the North
and the South.
''Now what do you think of prop
OsitiOn of that sortl" said Gertrude
San SQUEEZE, as she stamped her little
number twos in indignant protest
against an idea so at variance with hers
as the Strauss proposition. 81 suppose"
continued the clever little pianist, ''that
l have seen more of dancing in the past
few years than any girl in the city, for |
have played for half a dozen different
dancing classes. The most popular
of all dances Is the waltz; it
has been the most popular ever since
can remember, and 1 believe will re-
tain its popularity in spite of Mr..
Strauss. The waltz is the life of the
ball room. Without it all dancing par
ties would be, in my estimation, most
uninteresting affairs. Of course there
are some very pretty modern round
dances. but the waltz is the dance of
! all dances. No substitute could atone
for the absence of the favorite, | am
sure, and |, for one, propose to waltz as
| long as l have energy enough, and
partners are as plentiful as they are
| now.''
Julia Burke smiles at the idea of waltz
reform, and says with just the deter
mined sort of air one would expect from
her. that "she is going to waltz when
| ever she feels like it," Strauss or any
other despot to the contrary notwith-
standing. Considering that the fair
| Julia is one Of the most accomplished
| walters in the ranks of the l. A. c., it is
to be hoped that nothing will occur to
prevent her tripping the light fantastic
| toe as often as ever.
Miss Annie Lyons won't hear Of any
| such proposition as that heard from the
other continent. and says with the other
fair ones that her loyalty to the favorite
dance will outlive any amount of tink-
erIng with the band wagon by the old
| gentleman in Berlin. The gentle Annie
waltzes like fairy and knows what she
| is talking about. If the talked-Of dOcu-
ment to be signed by the fair devotees
of the waltz in st. Paul is ever sent to
the author of blue Danube" it is safe
to gamble that one of the first names on
the Kick will be that Of the young lady
aforementioned.
Miss Sue Rogers thinks there is only
one dance on earth. and that dance is
the waltz. Of course she dances other
dances-sO does every one; but when it
comes to a choice of the lot, why it
doesn't take lovely Sue very long to de-
eide that she is loyal to the merry,
whirling, reckless waltz, and that all
other dances are but supplement tary
thereto.
Miss Nellie Agnew laughed gaily
when spoken to about the alleged de-
cline of the waltz. s'Do you go TO many
dances?" she said. 'If you do you will
have noticed that the first thing girl
| does who can waltz is to count up the
number of waltzes on the programme
and then remark that she doesn't see
why they don't put on more round
dances and fewer square ones. The
| 1911" ASt oO iOL 90 ~. L utti 10 COiiCCI uCus
in the very zenith of Its popularity. The
german is all the go, and 1 should like
to see what sort of german it would
be without the waltz.
Pretty Nudge Beaton, of Galena, who
waltzed so charmingly and wore
the prettiest dress in the room
at the Irish-American ball last
! Tuesday, paused in the giddy whirl
| just long enough to breathe defiance at
the distant and unconscious reformer
ere she became again lost in the maze.