The Washington herald., 1908-09-05
DANCING MASTERS
INSPECT SALOMES
Professors Give Boost to the
Reigning Fad.
FIGHT FOR SECRECY WAS LOST
Proceedings of Convention Leaked
Out 20 the Reporter. &s Usual
Movement that l. Greeted with
Favor-EIection of Officers.

New York. sep A-The members OF
the American Society OF Professors OF
Dancing. whose annual convention wound
ap az the Hotel Majestic to-day tried
lard TO keep accounts o. -Eg meeting cut
Of print
The professors. and pr7fesso-lnes, in
the old days apparently enjoyed pub
ucitv until funny writer's bean kidding
them and ca-t1o-fst =-- busy This
made most everybody laugh except the
high stepper~- They vowed tlat there
would be no more newspaper aceo-uts O.
their GoinEs. and would have been sue
cesscuI ar las- years meeting had not
tie canary birds iu the hotel lobby dipped
thing OF two days after the convention
adjourned. An investigation followed.
Several professors were put on the grid
iron. but the bosses don't know ye;
how those birds got wise
This year i is understood that each
member was sworn to secrecy after the
f5rty-avs dancers la5- assembled here
from nearly as many states. one YER
sion has II that Il any professor was
caught talking 10 a reporter that dancer
would be dred from the organization
Tour Of Inspection for SaIomes-
WaIsiaz delegates sent around 90 look
al this seasons crop Of Sai0ues. known
90 the A $. p. p. as ser0euuue fascI1a-
tors 70 see where the ErfnE IS best. re-
ported for business Tuesday night and
the convention started. Prof Oskar Due
vrer. II Ta-re Haute. Ind began spout
ing about Isado-a Dl-can's work az the
Criterion. adding a little boost for Ger
truda TIofnsnr-s imitation GC the LauEs
Allan vlsuaIzinE Of Msndelss2En'
. Spring song"
Miss Du1csn's Interpretation IS a poem
in motions 10 beautiful music" the pro-
fessor said. Gertrude E1fuau--z cIas
. sicaI movements are not eNEiIaratlnE @
. the sense Of sight. but so real that one
. is overwhelmed with the odo- Of spring.
That made a LIT with the listeners. and
while Mr.. DuerweE had them going hs
sf-rz7ed 20 Nike Mooney 20 tickle tht
piano. a little while Oskar treated tns
audience 20 his latest creation. The New
York Sam Dance the only new dane,
20 be 1ficially adopted by the convention
this year.
Craze for the Scbottische.
These steps have been built 10 nee
! the craze for % dance TO schottischt
time" Dr. Dueuveg explained 1T is
suitable for children. bur adults won
object 10 dancing IT, They'll Ike Il i'm
meuseIy-"
( Several of the professors allowed theH
/ feet 20 twinkle through the dance IN imi
tstion OF the producer. Then the move
ment began to spread This set the Who'll,
! room in motion. but not In a way that
/ the casual reader would think. because
dancing convention is about as much lik'
( II sounds as a telephone exchange Their,
are no bells 5insling in the latter place
{ likewise there Is very little dancing Gor'
at 5ae convention in the way Of ensemble
work
I prof. DuenweEs dance did rot ge
much Of a fall taken out Of iJ. and In,
! steps net with great favor. so Erea
that they viii probably be ta=gh
throughout the country TO the exclusl0.
Z OF other so-caIled barn dances Th'
I movement is so radically different from
most Of the others that the invasion
may cause a sort Of barn dance revolu
ZION.
( The following officers were elected 70
I the coming year r W Way. instruc
/ tor OF dancing at the United States NIL
{ itary Academy at West Point. president
Z Oskar Duenweg, Of Terre HaUte. Ind.
/ vice president; p p Carpenter, jr.. O
] Providence. r L. secretary. Henry Dor
/ ing. of Troy. y Y. treasurer. and GeOrE.
/ Wilson, OF Portland. Ne. director