The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-09-09
AMATEUR DANsEUsEs.
Some Chicago Society Women Who are
Real Terpsichoreans.

dhheets tney would become famous,
This was the remark made not lonG
ago by Chicago theatrical man regart
ing number of society women of thii
city. He had seen them dance on var
ious occasions. Discussing the subject
lie grew most enthusiastic.
There are few professional dancers
VINO have greater facility for express
sion and pose than these women he
said. "They have studied dancing, moi
because II has been necessary for them
to in order TO gain livelihood. but
from pure enjoyment OF the dancing IL,
SELF
We all know that what person
thoroughly enjoys DONG be can do
much better than something which
from a sense of compulsion must be
DONE And so II is with the women VINO
have attained fame in their own social
circle by their graceful dancing. They
love it--would rather do it than amy
thing else, and consequently with their
souls in il they have made most de-
eided success of IL.
Mrs. George Rublee is one to whom
the fascination of dancing appeals most
foreibly, She is slender attractive
woman, remarkable not so much for
beauty as for perfect grace and much
versatility OF expression. There is
about Mrs. Rublee a charm of person.
atty which is never absent. II forces
itself subtly, insidiously, ON the most
cbtuse sensiblities. and her "knack of
tact" has won for her friends galore.
Ever since her childhood days she
has been fond Of dancing. Fancy steps
arc her speciality, and no fete given by
the set with which she moves where en-.
tcrtanment is desired is considered com
p'ete unless her name appears ON the
programme.
The dance in which she is az her best
Is the moth dance. In this she dresses
in softly shimmering gauzy stuff, diaph-
anous and clinging. Her hair she parts
in the middle after style which is pc
culiarly suited to herself. On her
shoulders she wears huge gossamer
wings. She dances always in half
light, which renders her appearance
wraithlike and makes the illusion al
most perfect as she floats about, barely
seeming to touch the floor
II has been said that during this
dance she makes not one sound. That
the entire dance is as noiseless as if
moth in reality-a huge, graceful, fex.
ible bodied moth-were floating about
TO the accompaniment of soft, minor
music.
II is in the graceful, characteristic
Spanish dances that Mrs John b. Muir
ply docs herself proud" She is bru.
nette with masses of dusky hair and
great black eyes that glow and smoul-
der. She makes an ideal Spanish maid
en- These dances, as is known require
much sinuosity and grace, There must
be a litheness of limb and an intuition
as to pose, and all Of these attributes
belong to this woman.
= love the fiery Spanish dances"
says Mrs. Murphy. 81 love to dance
them. can remember when | first
saw a Spanish dance. ] was captivatcd
--enthralled. / made up my mind then
that | would leave no stone unturned to
became proficient in fancy dancing for
something about the dance appealed to |
me as nothing else had ever done To |
me there is the soul Of poetry in the
Spanish dances. There Is wealth OF |
longing; there is sadness, and then there
IL brighter side. may be magma
tive, but all these things my dancing
means to me. completely forget my
self when get on my bangles and my /
little short gay Spanish dress. With /
my tambourine III my hand / believe
that | can truthfully say | am happier
than at any other time"
With Marjorie Chisholm dancinb is a
passion. She has danced 50 her friends
5ay, ever since she was old enough to
oldle about. She is brimful of energy
md never grows tired while the music
$ playing. Whenever there il a dance
n contemplation Miss Chisholm is the
irst one to be consulted, for it is known
lat any dance in which she takes an
interest is sure to be success.
Miss Chisholm does not confne her
Elf to any especial line Of dancing. She
an dance any way, at any time and
III the time. She is always among the
most sought after in the ball room, and
Ter fancy dancing is rarely excelled
'he knows all sorts Of fancy dances
Uaint, dashing, daring and simple
There Ii about her manner youthful
wing and enjoyment which captiyate
She has never known the
urse of self consciousness Her manner
j entirely free from any faint Of this.
he is herself and happy when she is
ancing, rs much so when she is engag
i in a fancy dance and the center Of
interest as when she il Waiting in the
erfume laden atmosphere Of the crowd
d ball room.
IF ever ! have TO 90 to work" says
Iiss Chisholm with all seriousness, Il
hall know Of at least one thing that |
an do wen. While ] have never tried
> teach dancing, am sure that could
0 it. 1t is 50 simple to me that ! II
now | could make it seem simple to
theirs. | know that | can dance and
here is a lot in having confidence in
mes self; don't you think sog'
1t is claimed by dancing teachers all
yer the city that dancing is the most f
aluable training in the world for chill
ren. It ribs them of awkwardness