The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-02-01
CENSORS PASS ON
BIZARRE DANCING
BY REAL EXPERTS

New York, Jan. 30.-More han 500
women went to Delmonico's to help
the committee on amusement
of working girls decide just what the
turkey trot' should be permitted, and
also to pass upon the points of the
grizzly bear" the bunny hug" the
Dallas Dip and the "Gaby glide"
Mrs. Charles Henry %Israels, who was
in the chair on the platform at the end
of the large ballroom, explained that
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Duryea would IL
lustrate the varieties for them, and AL
Jolson and Florence Cabel of the
Winter garden would give supplement
tary demonstrations.
Then she signaled to a young woman
who sat at the piano and the censors
sighed expectantly as Mr.. Duryea led
Mrs. Duryea to the center Of the waxed
floor and they heard the opening bars
of Love Waltz" The Duryea's took
a turn or two about the floor after the
manne prescribed by dancing school
curriculums.
1.-The Boston, as it is danced in
some Places aid the expert, sis very
different"
Dance Shocks Watchers.
Many of the 500 rose in order to bet
ter watch as he planed his hands firm
ly on his wife's white frock at a point
| Just below her shoulder blades, which
SilS ~ i'iii pa iiilNl,N iA> iltioSA W. W
rest confidinSly OF either side of his
collar.
Then they slid s%inuously across the
floor, dipping every once in a while, but
hardly ever doing a turn. Mr.. Duryea
gazed and gazed into Mrs. Duryea's
eyes and Mrs. Duryea's head dropped
lower and lower initial of the sud
den the music stopped and the dancers
paused for applause.
It came, coupled with delighted ex-
Carnations Of "shocking!". isn't it
just awful?" But she is graceful
isn't she?"
1t wasn't more h a a step from this
form of the erstwhile respectable
Boston to the turkey trot," but tho
latter was voted quite a bit the more
shocking. The dancers frankly threw
their arms about each other and jog
ged merrily up and down to two-ster
time.
"shiver Dance" Startling.
Many of the censors We're by this
time taking notes e~xcidedly with colo
and silver chatelaine pencils and hardly
any of them We're smiling. During the
next exhibit, however, they We're too
busy just looking to jot down any de
scriptions.
Some persons are not content will
mere hugging," announced Oscar por.
tentously. They must also wiggle il
an oriental manner. 1t must be re,
uleilDeleu, HoWeNeI, lldl lne OdicefE
of the houchee-couchee perform singl,
while here in New York they get 2.
close together as possible. They cal
the result the 'shiver dance"
"O!" breathed nearly all of the con
sors as the Duryea's clasped each othe
closely and then approached nearer t.
each other and then devitalized them
selves, delsartely, to an extent tina
compelled them to cling still NOR
closely before they started on a willow
drift down the ball room to the tim
of a slow, slow waltz.
The censors ~applauded rapturousl.
and the exhibitors bowed coldly.
you must remember" explained MI
Duryea, that we are just trying to Civ
you an imitation of what we have see,
in various places in this city. Anothe
dance that we noted in our visits t
dance halls during the last week is on
known as lifting In order for an.
but professional dancers to perforr
this without falling it is necessary tina
the couple hug each other tightly. TIL
left knee of the woman and man an
the feet are interlocked. The coupl
then revolve to the left"