The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-05-02

that we can say is, God make her we'll
soon" Wasn't this hard, after years of
trying TO reach a great success. to have it
in your hand for just little while. and then
to have TO drop ita What can one say to
this! Nothing. Yes, there is something,
and that is the old song the Ministries used
to sing, wait Till the Clouds Roll By"
THE MODERN WAY OF DANCING.
The proverbs are torn up like so many
bits Of waste paper, aud l am watching a
woman do what they call dancing nova
days. She throws her foot in the air, she
twists her body around In WAYS that are
at once suggestive and not beautiful, and
ali the time her eyes look at her audience
IN manner that Is not quite pleasant. 1t
is brazen. A young man near me calls
this the very supreme beauty OF the
dance" Pm old-fashioned. call it in
decency. as expressed by a contortionist.
But. then, Pm old-f0shioned. Beautiful
dancing 70 me means a graceful woman in
exquisite tulle skirts, satin slippers, silk
stockings. her pretty neck showing just
enough TO ba pretty. her hair arranged es Is
most becoming. and q sudden whirling of
into the air, as IL she were a bird or fairy
who had only stopped for minute on
earth 20 convince US shat fairy land did not
have positive hold ON her.
HIGH KICKING ISN'T DANCING.
Any woman can do that who will get her
joints well oiled regularly, and practice
every day, but every woman can't dance as
10 those lovely fairies. They began to
learn when they were babies and they
never stopped learning. ANY woman can
twist her body around, here, there and
every where, but there is no beauty in that.
A woman's body must always suggest re-
pose, and certainly this peculiar wriggllng
makes you think of nothing but nasty
worm. 1t does not suggest a snake, for
tuha Ea 70 oil
and it is slow. l don't believe 1 should
care for my daughter to see this sort
OF dancing | think it is coarse and vulgar.
Certainly it is not the poetry OF motion. In
the far east, where dancing 10 an art, the
dancers never hurry. Every movement is
slow, 1.-the and beautiful, and though the
dancers there are not like the pink fairies,
still the best Of them never suggest any
thing to you except grace. Conse
quently, I refuse to accept as dancing that
which is nothing but ugly contortions and
insignificant kicks. There may be some
great charm in being able to kick a mans
hat off, but just wherein it lies l cannot dis
cover. But am bit old-fashoned.
TO BEA LITTLE oLD-FAsHIoNED.
II you are a politician, and O bit old
fashioned, you will be honest and stand by
your word.
If you are a preacher, and a bit old
fashioned, you will keep scandal out of the
pulpit, and remember that example goes
further than precept.
Ii you are maker of books, and bit
old-fashioned, you will teach us the beauties
Of pity, of consideration, and most of all,
of love. and you will depict them in such
way that a woman is just as innocent when
she drops a book as when she picks it up.
If you are a song writer and bit old
fashioned you will give us tunes like those
dear old ones we all remember. You know,
don't you, how we used to sing about our
"Old Kentucky Home" linger over "Miss
Nellie Was a Lady" and finish up with
Would / We're With The"s My friend
it is this sort of song writing that is worth
something. 1t is sentimental, yes. Well, l
suppose Petrarch and Laura were senti-
mental. l suppose Dante was sentimental
1 think Marie Antoinette was sentimental.
am sure Sir John Sucking was senti-
mental: it is more than possible that
Shakespeare was. Nobody can doubt that
Dickens was. but there. you know as we'll
as do that sentiment is the very sweetness,
the very sugar of life. Of which love is the
wine, affection the white bread, considera-
ton the plum cake, and wit the salt.
BAR.