The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-01

wrr.-TrN o THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
Dancing 4, said TO be a sure recipe fol
popularity.
1t IS also a nerve cure. and tho beauty
specialists and athletic instructors say q
will reduce the weight and. at tho same
time. give the one who dances an abundanc,
Of grace.
But. moro than all. It VIII make a cir
pretty and popular. and. knowing that her
success hangs upon these qualities. the CIR
OF to-day rushes Off 10 Join q dancing class
In the nearest gymnasium.
Ono OF the best features Of this recrea-
don is that It is inexpensive. Another point
in its favor is its convenience, for It requires
no Implements
Stin smother is the fact that It can be
pracHced in any costume.
So tho popular girl. who is seeking beaut
in order that she may be still more popular,
must learn to dance.
A young woman realizing that she need
learn to dance tho new sprightly dances
went 10 a gymnasium presided over by a
beauty director.
so, ma chere, you would like q hint or
your"
Dear. me-" sighed the teacher, as tf over
whelmed with q multitude Of ideas, there
Is undoubtedly an embarrassment Of riches
IN 1.-The way of hints upon this subject, but I
shall not attempt to 60 into a dissertation
on the question.
why Is one girl popular while another If
apparently equal attractions fails to he co.
AZ Is sufficient to say that popularity. like
al other things In life which are worth hay
sus. refuses TO come to the inert and indIf-
Serent ones; but is. In a great measure. the
result OF enterprise enthusiasm and inteIji.
gent effort.
'Ah. yes, exactly, my dear, very true, Yo,
Know q certain girl whose indifference Is
What you call her strong point-her best
cards 1t not so?-
We'll that only means that oh. ,a.A.
ar TO conceal her true eagerness md the
lenofts she makes for her social success In
oiUerence. indeed, Nothing so un,att.rin,
as real indifference makes for POPULARITY
guy INC assumed virtue Is quite another az,
HARD WORK TO b. poerr,AR
depend upon II. ma chere, a popular 1r,
RANKS Tor hard Persistent work with the Ia
poflnE MIN alone. and, besides, she is "a f,,I,
OF Sxeighty problems and schemes to work
Put and risks to take as the barons of Wall
street. 800
Let US take up the mere matter of k.en.
ing herself au fsit with the changing socis,
usages nj passing fads, and you win read.
lily see she has enough to do with her time
end energies Mint you, 1 am leaving o,,t
eucn matters OF essential Importance as her
eAa oADlOLndCy. her HflM1v
and development of gracious, self-possessed
manners, and the necessity she is under To
develop a sympathetic and absorbing ,nt.rs
est In tho merest passing stranger who
comes her way. wan
me very first social accomplishment a
girl should learn is dancing.
Even before talking and Iookinp nr.ttv
should this accomplishment be ACQUIRED for
q girl who dances heavily or lacks eraca Of
motion In the ballroom is a hopeless condI-
date for social honors,
Ine matter Of dancing, too, is not so
simpie as II appears for even after years Of
peoehs tueorage under a d-ancingmaster
groove. mpo =
me two-step. which for years has held
Such complete sway is now giving place 10
the military dip. which is a sort of revival
OF the old-fashioned Boston Dip
But alas, the two-step has quite spoiled
me cancers ability to do the dip gracefully
ana erustically, and the girl who desires
popularity, and realizes the Importance or
keeping up-to-date has a great MANY ob- I!
stacles TO overcome"
LEARNING HOW TO DIP.
She does not wish to look awkward when |
she dips. but dip she must, so she is SPEND |
Ing every spare hour or half hour her social |
possessions allow her in practicing, not the |
two-step alone-that is a mere trife in itself |
Rpd easy enough to learn-but she is TAX |
ing every exercise under the sun to enable
ner to give the dip with a graceful, swoop- |
ing motion suggestive Of the sudden descent |
Of O sea gull upon the wave.
Havs you eyer seen a girl attempting to |
dip, and noticed what q pitiful figure OF fun |
she makes of herself by the jerkiness and |
swkwardness of motion?
Her great error is in attempting the dip In |
public bstore she is complete master Of its