Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-10-13

the newest dances that will take in
st. Louis, ] am sure, and another is
the Manhattan The ldaxin glide will
remind dancers of this form of poetic
motion which they once danced in
different way"
Mr.. Mailer will have a great num-
Der OF cotillon figures to show the ST
Louis dancers this winter There
are forty or more new ones that will
be introduced and one of them is orig
inal with Mr.. Mailer. 1t will represent
his trip abroad, beginning with the en-
tering of the steamer and taking in
all the principal cities of Europe, with
appropriate favors for each.
And in regard to favors, said Mr.
Mailer, Il was impressed with the
simplicity of them as they are used
abroad. The tendency this winter, as
suggested by the New York society
will be toward simplicity The fad
that prevailed for expensive favors
kept many persons from giving this
very entertaining form of dancing
party. AS it has been decided that it
is the best form to give simple favors
no doubt there will be moro cotillons
given this winter. 1t is decidedly not
in good taste to use a barrel OF money
for the purpose OF buying favors, and
am glad of the change"
l was continually asked in Europe
about the cake walk. This dance,
which we have practically abandoned
in good society in this country, is quite
the rage in Paris. Mrs. Vanderbilt
gave ball, and someone danced the
cake walk, and now the general i'm
preston is that the cake walk is the
national dance. | did all | could to
convince all who spoke to me about it
that such was not the case. And such
an imitation as they have there Of
this dance. 1t is nothing like as
graceful as we succeeded in making
lit when the dance was in its glory
with us. They get their ideas from
the colored comedians who have in
troduced it, and it lacks our refined
Interpretation.
An event of next year in St Louis
( will be the meeting of the society OF
New York dancing teachers. which,
as has been announced in the Globe
1 Democrat, will hold its convention be-
ginning Setember Z 1904, in St. Louis.
1 Mr.. Mailer is committee OF one 10
make all arrangements, and already
he is mapping out program that will
| make the convention one of the most
enjoyable ever held by the society.
/ This society was organized in 1887, and
I has members in all parts of the world,
some of the most prominent teachers
in London and Paris belonging.
il Mr. Mahler had the proud satisfac-
| ton of being elected while in Berlin TO
I the Berlin society of dancing teachers.
THE Americans are the most beauti-
| full walters in the world" said Mr..
Mailer II is strange that the English
! never seem TO be able to manage the
! reverse in Waiting. and when me and
my daughter danced in London we
| were often the only dancers on the
/ floor, so anxious were the dancers TO
! see how we managed to reverse so
/ easily.
But when it came to the ballat we
] We're nowhere. Why. | saw 400 girls
dance the ballet in the grand opera
! production of Faust in Paris and | de-
! clare it looked like one woman with
500 legs, so beautifully did they re-
| spond to the musical measures
Mr.. Mailer saw funny production
| in Berlin, the Newest of the New, in
I which one of the scenes was in heaven,
with the saints in modern Prince AL
! bert coats and broad. white wings, dis,
cussing the various subjects that inter
| ested them on earth. Strauss was there
| and played new waltz. 1t was a
| dance of CuDids and gave an opportun.
! ity for the most superb ballet While
i the various saints We're saying what
/ they would do if they We're now on,
earth, Pierpont Morgan was shown in,
| having come with proposition to buy
up the Elysian fields.
Il was interested in one thing about
the European dancing teachers" oh.
served Mr.. Mailer. They are all
! cranks about deep breathing and ply
steal culture and dancing are taught
together No apparatus is used in the
dancing lessons, the instruction APP
pealing to the mind always"
Upon the whole Mr. Mailer thinks
| that the prospects for the art terpis--
| chorean were never brighter for St
Louis and he anticipates most de-.
! lightful season with the waltz lancers
and cotillion as the principal dances.
The ballroom will be decorated after
the style OF the ballroom in the Hotel
Cecil, in London.
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