The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-01-28
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New. York & islDw daaresl
are coming sinSagaln. Queen Mary Of
England /, has brougSt about me new
fashion and already New York Z 10
making plans for Ito adoption. y q
In London the debutante are hard
|atssorh leafniag the new IL obs. some
of4theseisjsps are rather, compileated
for they 90 hack 10 II he days ;ofit the
mtnuet ind ;ctters charming old world
dances II IS almost q revolution. \,
The new dances are one. BIZ, Sthe'
| fire. thing, In which the Influence Of
the yonng English queen Is being
ife,ss. Mary OF England, Is IN sdmIr-i
Ter ;of anything that 90 beautiful and
s4e ditlikss ANY thins That Is THE
slightest approach to irnpghness. The!
;eoartly manners and charming pos
turings and movements OF former.
days always have been, highly re.
garded byS her. 4 a \, ~
mat Slte new dances have Z; lier
great appreciation. Meantime the
fashionable $aud gay Londoners are!
mourning ia little AT any rate. they
are obedlent since the nerest sug-i
gestion or "Engiand's first LADY, is
a command. 81 s. ~
Bus the fllyelier dances OF the last
few years hayel been very popular.
Tie Kitchen lancers." Tor example,
las proved sunfaillng fellows of high
society In London are a. tribe du-
bloas :as, 10 whether they ara going
70 have such good times now. that
Slow dancing has become an es-
taslshed thing 49,
Tha tendency 10 so far away $Yas
posslhleS sfrom tie rapid b and 3 gay
dancing ofrthe spasG said q widely,
knowp dancing master inf New York.
,Thes English fasffoh viii be adopted. ],
IN our 6anctugsy we follow England
very Scloselyss "a s;sSl $50 y. =
Before the winter Ii tayer, ftot far
as we can see II, many q the imihue,
Steps VIII be IN. How popular they,
Will :proye$1 can't say. They are not,
being taken sup any, too lcheerfully In
Loneoh from Wha, ne hesr.yl;
Yes, slow dances and old world
dsaees are being revived again, n said
Oscar sDaryea. s'esare se.tng away
fromtthei chicken hop, and 1.-THE bear.
hug as much IS possible and making
the tempo slower.
y The tideas now % ,tosj,brtpg back
many Of the Old dances5 andsold stops
fIopl ~ far back as 30 years ago, I'm
some cases even longer ago than.
that. These dances have come back
under new i;na,nes 4 and rs somewhat
noaife Today theSmpst popular
dance Is the long Boston swnkz,l 4
"a What will lead Sin popular opinion
SIX months from NOW It sls. difficult to;
say but 1t certainly will be some
:low step.$suggested at least by, one
Of the almost forgotten dances ,of
the Old world Courts" Il \; A. !
It will be interesting to note
whether5thiat revival OK the spirit at
least Of the. courtly old mln1et md
like dancing ateps will have q mark
az influence Oh the cossnmes Of men
and women. B I. ,3
The idea is too new even in Lon
don for .dressmakers aud tailors to
prophecy But one thing u certain,
that II the }'slpw'' dance with any.
thing like minuet, steps becomes the
tding, the short dancing frock Of the
debutante and al the young girlsSir
fashionable circles must 80. AZ
With the old-time measured sep:
IT. will havesto' be replaced by gown.
with trails. ~ n .,'': :. Z
While the one modification in COS.
tuning sis assured. others are posi-
Bile. There is no question but The
black cou and trousers and white
wa!stcoat doInot lharmenize with the.
picturesque attitudes Of %alow and
stately dancing. Knee breeches Of
hlacq silk and black silks stockinge
would not be too much Of an eyolu.
;don for men II new Dancing modelled
on that jof I another era become the
vogue. &. s q, 3 !. ~; ~