The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-01-04

Clubs Arc Being Formed by Experts
Skates.
Dancing on roller skates ia the lat
est pasime to which women have be
come addicted, with the ever.lncreas
ing purpose In view Of reducing their
too redundant figures to proper and
fashionable directcire outline.
: Ever since Fashion decreed that
hips be reduced, and thnt one mus
needs be curveless to be modish,. Wig
orous exercise OF some kind or othe,
has been the range.
Most forms Of exercise proved ex
trcmely irkso1ne and monotonous. bu'
when roller skating and later dancing
on tie skates were tried, the results
were wonderful.
The swift movements In skating i'm
prove the circulation, thus giving O
better coloring and q more animaef
and attractive air. Roller skating Is en-
II aiming. while cHicaclous in the re
duction Of superfu0us flesh and hir
girth. So It has ingratiated Itself
strongly In the regard Of women.
Her weekly programme is incom
plete without visit to rink.
The Kinks are In large. comodious
buildings instead Of ramshackle barns
as formerly. and are fitted up with
taste The skates have been improv
ed and the pleasure Of skating with
the new ball.bearing skate. rather than
the old, cumbersome affair, greatly
enhances the enjoyment
Dancing on the roller is superior
to plain skating in so far as weight
reducing Is concerned. 1t brings into
play more muscles and uses them
more yariously,
Although the steps are difficult the
anxiety OF the skdter to overcome tnell
intricacIes usually makes acquisition
fairly easy. The most popular steps
are the twostep, waltz, schottische
three step and glide waltz.
The first steps taught In the two
step Is what skaters call the "a Ia
Richmond" or 10 explain more clearly
putting one foot back OF the other
while the body Is moving backward.
After the "a la Richmond" is conquer
ed yo1l ad little side.push step, max
Ing the count zone. two; one. two, ETC.,
in time with the twostcp music. These
instructions, with q few hours ,prac'
uce, enable you to take twestep for
ward. ,ts, o
Now come the difficult parts, turn
ing backward two-stepplns. the turn
being the harder Of the two. This is
taught by all straight strokes, using
four counts.
The first count is a straight forward
stroke with the left foot; count two Is
o backward stroke with the right
foot, turning the shoulders backward
10 the right, thus twisting yourself
halfway around, -
Count three consists in making one
more backward stoke with the loft
foot, using an outer edge. whica
brlnga the body halfway around. Then
on the fourth count all you have
do u 10 step around and YOU are IN
the forward position once more. thus
completing the turn.
Backward twostepplng. which you
will find Is not so very difficult, con.
slsts Of one stroke backward With q
little cutoff stroke.
The next stroke taught Is the shot
tische, which consist OF quick STEP
followed by q little kick. The count
for this IL one and ,tHethree. To-
who can twostep the acquisition Of the
schottlsche Is comparatively easy.
S The waltz Is tho next figure TO be
taught. OF course, the main feature
Of any waltz Is the turn to the right
and reverse. The waltz turn Is laugh,
Just the same way as the twoster
turn, uslng four counts. each coun.
taking up three beats Of music.
s, Without the help Of the instructor
the best way to Learn any OF the dance
steps is 10 follow tho strokes of the
skntes Just as in dancing. the whole
trick In skating consists in learning
the swing. +! z ,Ss n.
Patience 10 the primo necessity, no,
only On che part Of the beginner, but