El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-06-04

4 man, because he's past master Of the
! art OF looking unutterable things and
meaning nothing
While the girl fHrts with oIRs man
in the fakir's dance she has her eye
I out for any eligible person that might
some along, so while two people dance
il, by adding another man or another
girl jealous of the first one you could
make up all kinds Of novel situations
and enlarge the fakir's dance until YOU
bring in every member Of the veranda
party including the rocking chair bril-
gade.
The Summer Man.
Every dance must have its story.
This is the story Of the fakir's dance:
One of those nice. summary young men
who come from nowhere and disappear
from hence meets a charming young
lady from the same whereabouts. He
can dance the fakir's dance by intuI-
ton, for he is a natural fakir-
The two young people cone upon the
scene from opposite directions and he
tries TO attract her attention, following
her about and making grOtesque and
funny faces and gestures, showing that
he Is deeply enamOred at first sight.
Finally they meet face to face in the
center Of the stage and begin a kind
Of Chinese dance which in Paris is.
supposed to be the dance Of ,salutatiOn.
The hands are held up in. front with
index pointed upward and short jumpy
steps are taken, ike running. steps.
only without moving from a certain
spot on the floor The hands are
raised and lowered Chinese fashion.
and an inane grin appears upon the
face of both parties At the end Of
this dance the two partners assume
the crOuching pose hands beneath the
F.. chin as indicated in the picture, and
there IS every possibility that she is
going 10 let him kiss her, but as ii is
only fake she quickly slides away
and begins 10 dance about pointing at
him first with one hand and then the
other, as II she were 15erlng. OF course
he doesn't like this and he dances a
few steps Of rage, and then trots OIL
in Semi-dlSgust But she feels she IS
losing a good thing. and runs ahead
Of him, getting once more into his
way, and making a deep and mock
ing curtsey. Just as she is making
a curtsey she twists around, bring
ing herself in the second position illus
trated, which is a kind Of burlesque
on the SalOme dances
The Swimming Step.
Just as he is about to pounce on
her again in imitation Of some of the
Russian dances that we have had this
summer she glides away from him
and both give a funny imitation OF
swimming on dry land, while she
dances away from him The swimming
is done by bending the body far for
ward, going through the arm move
ments OF swimming and kicking with
one foot while the other one rests on
t0e floor. After each stroke the
pair hop forward, but he is never. quite /
able 10 catch her
Once more he is highly offended and
stops running after her, to dance his |
short dance OF self-cOntentment, in /
which he preens himself, cooking his I
hat on one side, arranging necktie /
and generally suggesting that he is a /
very superior person and that there I
are plenty of fish in the sea,
Of course that brings her back, be-
cause no summer girl at a lonesome !
seaside or mountain resort can afford /
to let even a fakir 60 Men are too /
scarce except in the cities, so she be-