Evening journal., 1903-09-09
THE LATEST IN DANCES
Most Popular Ones Selected by
Dancing Masters.
MAXIM GLIDE EASILY LEARNED,

IL Ia 20 De the Fashionable Dance
This winter-The Manhattan. nj
New Polka, and the Trovata Are
Two OF the Best submitted--Hfnn ny
Other Good Ones Considered.
The Maxim glide is to be the fash.
ionable dance this winter, says a New
York special TO the Philadelphia Rub-
lie Ledger. It IS the creation OF Oskar
Duonweg OF rerre Haute. Ind. The
new dance has 70 recommend II sim
pljeity Of movement It was presented
to the American Society Of Professors
Of Dancing and was given the sanction
Of that body. The Maxim glide is 80
easy, indeed, that upon seeing It exc
cuted once the ordinary observer with
little knowledge OF the graoefQl.art can
duplicate It successfully. The dance. as
illustrated by its author, Professor
Duenweg. begins with a military
schottlsch posItlon-that IA, the man
and the girl facing the same direction,
the mans arm just touching the girls
waist, while her LEFT hand rests on his
shoulder. Hor free hand grasps her
train. while the mans disengaged left
rests on his hip. In the frst part Of
the dance count four 10 each bar Of
music in the second part only two
The man with left foot halances for
ward and back. starting in ffth posi-
ton. while the lady counterparts with
right They take three walking steps
forward. then repeat the first step, the
man with the right, the lady with the
left foot
In the second part. counting two to
each bar Of music, they dance the two
step 10 schottisch time.
Professor Duenweg, after illustrating
his dance. said that he based his hopes
Of success for the Maxim glide on its
extreme simplicity.
People. society people especially" ,"
he said. won't take the trouble TO
learn new dances II they are at all diff
fcult This they cQn get uRand dance
after seeing It gone through'once. The
dance Is really just a walk and two
step. / regret 20 say thar society does
not waltz any more. II won't take the
trouble When waltz music Is played
they twostep. and when a twostep IS
on the programme they romp. This
makes tie invention and selection of
/ new dances no easy matters, for we
/ know that people won't learn dances
chosen by the convention II they are
difficult 20 learn
The Manhattan. the new polka by
Professor George Pruttng, Jr.. Of Hart
ford. begins with the couple in prom
onade position Polka one step for
ward with left foot then one forward
with right foot make n complete turn
and polka; then dance the glide polka,
ending with three half turns and re-
peat FIRST movement
The trovata. the third dance. sub
mittcd 10y T. A. Holland OF Springfield
Mass. is danced TO polka-mazourka
timc. Taking a promenade position,
the couple observation-disclosures steps
and point forward Gentleman then
varsovicnncs back Of his partner TO
the right and then repeats movement
to left The couple then varsovienne
forward together take a waltz posi-
tlon and coHplVte the dance with
| plain mnzourka.
Besides these three, the convention
has considered the Columbian three
step. by Frederick W. LAmoureux OF
Blnghnmton, ~ y. the wayside CAV
OF, by Helen G. Way Of Hartford;
the gdvot waltz, byfD. 3. Brenneke
Of indianapolis; follow on. a charm
ing dance for children. by Adolph
Newberger Of New York, and new Ger
man figures by George Pruttlng, Jr.;
Walter Curtes Of Utica, Henry 'Kra-
mer Of Los Angeles aud William Pitt
| Rivers OF BROOKLYN.