The times., 1898-09-24
THINGS SEEN AND HEARD.

AAANUD DHEN AMI 1EAnU.
Ihe cakewalk has taken a wonderful
hold upon popular fancy" said the gen.
tleman who knows a great many things
about people and their fads the other
night, "and before Winter is over it will
be craze. You know the cakewalk is
purely Americah, Ithat is. is peculiar to
America. and was first known on the
plantation Several years ago it was TAX
en- up by professional people who recog-
nized Its capacity for development into
high class dance, and last Winter it was
carried into England. In one season over
there the cakewalk achieved a populari-
ty never dreamed of in this country In
fact, until year ago the walk was rare
ly seen outside of colored ball halls or
on the stage.
Society has taken 1t up now, and the
swell of the hour this Winter will be the
man who can 'raar back, that is the ma
tive expression for 1t, believe. and hand
his lady partner down the ballroom in
true cakewalk fashion
THE most peculiar thing about the
S"'AS""'h 10 tie apparent SS1sS NiNai "A-A~AN
II can be done and the extreme difficulty,
when one really tries 1t, of catching the
proper sinuous swing. Dancing experts
agree that the cakewalk Is more difficuit
TO conquer than the most perplexing pail
room importations. The necessary thing
Is complete abandon, which must never
be allowed to interfere with ones grace
fulness, else the walk is spoiled, and mere
Is where the difficulty Is found. Inc
whole thing is sort of swagger dance,
and looks extremely simple and yet few
men ever become good cakewalkers. Wo-
men catch the step with comparative
ease, but even on the stage there are
not more than four professional people
who can really equal the cake walk of an
up-to-date darky
"They are teaching the cakewalk in
New York now, but the difficulty is in
finding dancing master who can do the
walk himself. One of the best cakewalk-
ers ever seen on the stage was a little
variety actress who never achieved any
considerable prominence because she
couldn't do anything else TO make her
act complete and now she is making
good living in New York teaching the
long. swinging steps to some OF the pest
society people In the borough of Man
haitian 1t has been the fad during the
season at Newport and other fashionable
resorts.
The first indication of the organization
of the relatives and friends of the un-
fortunate victims of neglect and mlsman-
agement who met their deaths in fever
infected camps comes from an interview
with c. w. MetcaIf. of Cleveland, Ohio.
Mr. Metcalf has just returned from San
Francisco with the body of his son Bur
ton. who had died there of typhoid pneu-
monia, contracted while at Camp Mer-
ritt as a member of the United States
regulars. Mr. Melcah declared that he
was a member of an organization of peo-
pie from all over the country who have
| lost relatives and friends. who had en-
! listed In the regular army for service In
/ the Philippines and who have died from
! exposure on the 'pestilentlal spot
| known as Camp Merritt. Each member
! of the organization will bring pressure 10
| bear upon his Congressman, declares Mr..
! Metcalf to have charges preferred
| against those responsible for the neglect
! or incompetency. The organization is
1 said 10 be large and influential one
| and its members determined that action
| shall be taken looking to thorough In
| yestigation of the subject.
DR.. Vaughn, formerly of the faculty OF
the Georgetown University, who has beer
| In charge. of the Third Division Hospital
| Corps of the Seventh Army Corps, was al
the Colonial Hotel last night
The Seventh Army Corps" said DR.
| Vaughn, has enjoyed better health thar
/ any corps in the field. During the time
was in charge of the Third Division there
were only 400 admissions to the Hospital
| out of 5000 men, and of these 400 there
were but six deaths
Il left on the 18th of August, but
understand that the condition of the
| troops under Gen. Lee has continued ex
/ cellent The convalescents, when wei
! enough to do without nursing, are sent L
Pablo Beach. or allowed 10 go home OF
! furlough. The figures hat | have giVei
do not. of course include all the cases o.
| Illness, as those who were only slightly
indisposed were treated outside the hos
! pital."
| In answer to an inquiry as TO the ale
| rendered by the Red Cross, DR.. Vaughn
said: THE Red Cross workers gave mos
| efficient aid. They We're not in the way
| and in supplying the sick with delfcacie!
did much to relieve suffering. They fur
nished other things, also, especially ic'
| and bedding. Some of the regimenti
| that were in Jacksonville when / lef
| have been ordered away, but others hav'
been sent there to take their places, an,
the numerical strength of the corps viii
be maintained. The soldiers were wei
taken care Of Most of the tents hat
floors, and the others were being sup
piled. The food was good and there wa
plenty of it.
Former State Senator James McCudden
of California, who is at the Ebbitt House
on his way from Europe TO his home il
the West, said last night that through
out his tour abroad, during which he Wis
hed various parts OF the Continent,
well as England, he received nothing bu
kindness.
There seemed to be- said he moth
ing but the kindliest feelings for thi
country. In England there was the great
est enthusiasm for America and al
things American. On one occasion l wa
in a London theater, when the Britis
flag and the Stars and Stripes wer
brought forward on the stage together
The audience fairly went wild with en-
thusiasm, and the cheering was simpl
tremendous
''The people of California Mr.. McCud
den said, "are very proud of the perform
ance of the Oregon, and of the par
played in the war by the other ships bull
on the Pacific coast. They are very ger
orally In favor of keeping all that tn
u United States has gained in the wal
When l went TO California years ag
the country was IN a rough and undeve
oped state. Now9it blooms with all tn
choicest productions of the soil, Will