Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-10-13
THE NEW DANCES
STEPS THAT WILL BE POPULAR
DURING THE COMING
SEASON.
Well Known ST. Louis Instructor Says
the washington Post" is the Rage
in London and the Cake Walk Has
Captured Paris-Eance Gossip.

'The Washington Post" is all the
rage IN London and the cake-walk has
captivated Paris This was what a
western dancing teacher discovered
| when ne went abroad to find out how
| much more the Europeans knew about
I dancing than we do over here. But if
| they are behind our American times
| in ball room dancing they beat us at
every point in the ballet.
| Jacob Mailer OF ST. Louis, well known
as dancing teacher, has returned
| home having spent the summer
| abroad. Mr., Mailer comes home with
many new ideas in regard TO the art
OF dancing and expects to profit by
them in his classes this winter.
AS far as ballroom dancing is con
cerned,' he said, 1--WE are much ahead
OF Europe. In fact. there is no com.
parison between our proficiency and
the mediocre methods one sees there;
| but when it comes TO the ballet, they
ate so much superior to us that we
can hardly hope to ever equal them
Il was in London and thought
would take advantage of the fact tC
bring home the newest things in dance
/ music. | went into a music store and
| introducing myself as dancing teach
| er from America. told the clerk thai
| was looking for new dance music.
Here Is just what you want eX
claimed the clerk, 1T is the very lates
| thing in London All the rage dom
| you know and he handed me copy
| of the Washington Post didn't like
to hurt his feelings continued Mr.
| Mailer, VINO is noted for his kindnes.
OF heart, but | simply said that we
had had that over. here. And sure
enough, everywhere you Went in Lon
don you heard "The Washington Post
and really it makes me feel old to lool
back to the time when we first hearC
the inimitable strains here in the Unit
ed States
/ Talking of THE Washington Post,
reminded Mr.. Mailer of the two.ste,
! which first came into prominence il
| the United States when Sousa had jus
composed the celebrated air.
Yes the two-step is going out ant
between you and me. teachers of dane
ing will be glad of it, he said.
The two-step was in reality a mod
| ification of the old French galop. Tn,
dance is dying natural death an,
this winter the lancers will be revived
IN all its former popularity.
1T is customary in this country tt
open balls with round dance" MI
Mailer continued, but in Europe tn,
ball always opens with a squar,
dance
| Isn't the Yelled Prophets ball al
ways regarded as something of a cri
terion?' was asked.
Yes, it is, and. as you know i
opens with a march and squar,
Dance
Another thing that l am glad Of
| said Mr. Mailer, is that the abomni
able fashion of holding the partner
which prevailed last winter will not b,
IN fashion this year. In holding tn
partner the gentleman will stand abou
two inches farther away than las
year and his left hand and the LADY,
right which he holds, will be he'll,
away from the body.
A point for the ladies is that if vii
not be proper to hold up the train b,
grasping it. 1t must either sweep the
, ground or be rainsed by means of &
ribbon attachment"
Mr.. Mahier is very enthusiastic
about the graceful way in which The
: ~ oioio hihE9SS lHC Train.
If lady wears trained dress ;
said he, "she ought to know how tt
manage it,
But what about the man whit
plants his foot squarely upon it," wa:
asked, but Mr.. Mailer thought tina
was an incident occurring SO rarl,
in the bathrooms of st. Louis that i
was hardly worth discussing.
"Of course, | did not get my ideas
of new dances from Europe" said Mr.
Mailer, but | have just come from
a meeting OF the society of New Yorl
Edancing teachers, and there we agree,
i upon the special dances we would in
/. troduce One OF the dances that vii
no doubt be popular is the three-stel
; scottsche. AS the two-step is goins
out this new dance will find favor
1t is a very graceful dance and one
that dancers of all ages will enjoy
Another dance that shall intro
duce is the Trovata' This dance i
in mazourka time. and those wht
like this graceful measure will fayoI
it,