The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-16

the cream OF the entertainment the com.
pany was in its most Jovial and happies,
humor.
Mrs. Walker is an artist to her finger
| tips. She Is a decided brunette" even
] among her own color. She has brigh,
| face and sparkling, coal-black eyes that
dance. She has straight black hair that
| falls in huge and gorgeous pompadour
| over one OF these eyes She has the full
corn bread fare and bacon appetite. There
| may be a suggestion Of powder on her nose.
but II is the typical nose Of her race, and
the grace with which she goes through the
| contortions of the cake walk 10 typical. too.
| even IL II Is a bit more cultivated than
| that which Is found on the average South
ern plantation.
But her gowns. There's nothing Of the
plantation in those They smack Of Paris
aes sus ad ID hs % bas
a Florodora and about her dusky throat
hang two long strings of pearls that re-
mind You of the famous Lillian Russell or
the Duchess OF Marlborough.
SENSATION OF THE SEASON.
That is what society saw when Mrs Wal
ker marched In 20 do her cake walk. But
wine and lights and music mus are wonderful
the blood 60 buzzing UP to the head in a
manner that is distinctly pleasant. They
make you want to do things: end so when
those twenty exclusives sat there watching
the negro dancer go through the cake walk
sway with the swing of the music. trip to
the tlUkle OF the NlOllnS, tneir 1eet began to
tap the floor. their fingers twisted and
writhed: they grew restless in their seats
and gradually. a secret longing TO get up
AS the clock struck IL Mrs Walker. who
had done her turn and wanted to go
home. made final fluttering bow and was
q well known society leader and squire OF
DANES jumped suddenly from his seat. sig
naled TO the orchestra and, in trice. had
tne negro dancer about the waist and was
Waiting about the floor with her while the
others looked on.
At first the company sat still and gasped;
there was wild burst Of applause, TIE
Musicians caught the spirit and TIE deed
va, vas done lone Mrs Mrs Walkter had been initiated
TITO New forKs four hundred n:d flftv
The festivities did not end until o'clock
In The morning. Then Mrs. Walker. still
ho and society reTea f sGwd to
had had the sensation of the season per-
haps nobody ever was introduced into the
manner before Certainly nobody ever
took the four hundred and fifty so by storm.
THE LATEST CRAZE
,s But the fad ID. did M stop there. What
given in the next two weeks at which the
Belle of Dahomey" will be the bright par
ticular star
the cake walk at the Waldorf. This party
was composed exclusively Of women-in-
deed, OF the most exclusive of women It
was SO small and quiet that 1t did not
even get into the newspapers Here the
fair disciples OF the cake-walk craze were
initiated by their dark favorite into the
dark mysteries of new figures and new
steps. which will make their appearance at
some more elaborate New York affairs and |
Will be carried over to Paris
night later. almost the same party was !
doing almost the same thing with the same |
Thus does New York adopt new fad. It |
springs no one knows how or whence Some |
little Unforeseen incident gives 1t birth and. !
like new disease germ. It spreads ali over
Fifth avenue and the adjoining streets.