New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-02-05

However difcuit tho ambitious hostess
finds II 10 secure men who appreciate ue
privilege Of dancing all night and going TO
business in the morning. when 1t comes 10
,csI old English morris dances, the mascu-
line world is in its element; that IS SO much
Of tho masculine world as has had 'he
privilege OF making the acquaintance oi the
morris dances These are mostly EnSIlsh-
mon whose ewes have been opened ana
whose knees have been lmbered through
The agency Of the Shakespeare Stra'-
ford Association. which has been spread
ing the gospel Of morris dancing through
out merry England. \ few New YORK men,
however. have awakened 10 the Joys oil the
ancient dancing. and will exhibit thc'h-
selves and their accomplishments at the
Hotel Plaza on Friday morning.
Miss Mary G. : Neal and Miss Florence
Warren. of the Shakespeare Strauord A.
,ociation. have been in this city some weeks
md their pupils gave an exhibition at ule
>acDoveU club masque in DecemDe''
Mrs StuvveSant Fish has had one or TWO
o,ures Of the morris dances at some ot hcr
dinner partieS recently, but this perform
sncc on Friday will be the frst compete
,,rocraumo Of old dances. OF course. mere
sre women dancers. too, hut that Is To pc
.xpoctod The interesting feature oil 'h'S
,xbibi,ion is the fact that the men 'ahe
Mart and actually enjoy the dancing.
~, rnelaud." explained Miss Neal yes
80, ~ The Tribune reporter, tine poo
Mo arc i'm YOUR American idiom, you KNOW
.tr,rlv falling over ono another TO cd'"
,hose dances. and I'm America they are w,
ei,,,,ire in the same way. Americans zen
r., never would have believed tha'
~ old dances could have been 50 ueduu
81 have explained the steps IN hoS'o''
~ twentieth Century Club already anu
80 almost promised TO come back next
- co straight across the country
ein,nlv insist on having men 90
A., s.,ces In London ] had class oi
-. hoye and lads from an electro-plaths
g., ard t1ov learned as gladly as any u
rho dear old English peasants VI
,neare's time. OF course, III inc W,
a., times the dances were all done pN '''''
mis-. WAS when they were part OF '"e
.,gioss ceremonies-long before ChrISudii'''
- .o Britain. When women were d.
$50 IN take part at all. it was as SAT
-,e..e IN some Druid god. Later they wire
,s.d IA symbolic purity, love and various
other feminine virtues.
Very little has been unearthed aoout INC
,,s,uues worn when these dances were hiS'
prdding i'm the springtime Of history so
,i,es Neal has been obliged 10 ADOPT 'le
dross worn bv the Elizahethan peasant III
,ba, arc which probably saw the hnest
eovor OF folk dancing as we'll as or ART
literature. national spirit and all the otner
eio,ying things which inspire the enthus''
asnl Of the historian.
,,beso New York mon then. attired
On sbakespcarian costume and accompanied
nv maidens in rustic simplicity, VIII carry
,beir Fifth avenue audience back TO the
,csrt ~ "Sbakcspeare's England. The
frs, stage Of the journey IS covered on 'he
programme by an ancient dance ot the
country folk. "Once 1 Loved MAIDEN
Fair" Then will come Pop Goes the
Weasel" in the antique version winch
guns:
"HalC a pound Of tuppcny rice
Half a pound Of treacle;
That's the way the money goes
Pou goes the weasel
I'm and down the City road,
I'm and out the Eagle
That's the YSy the money goes
Pop goes the weasel
sally Luker" comes next. Nobody kno"'
exactly who she was, but it Is safe TO pre-
sumo she was a famous beauty in her day.
\ real morris dance. called shepherd
1Iov." contrasts with tho country dance
rho Faithful Shepherd "Bacca Pipes i
called a morris JIG, hut must have been
revision Of some old fayorte after the "vul