Las Vegas optic., 1913-01-20

bers and their guests neglect the mod
ern close-fitting dances. A Samurai
dancing the one-step. which, by the
way, is one of the newest dances,
may be an anachronism (here's word
/ don't get a chance to use very often)
but the Supper club is an organization
of dancing mem "On with the dance;
let joy be unrefined," is its motto.
Saturday nights are special enter
tainment nights at the Supper club.
Among its members are several sing
1 ers and entertainers whose abilities
are known only to a select few. They
contribute to the gayety of the early
Sunday morning hours by singing and
reoiting When a new dance is brought
to town, as was the Maxie-the i'm
portation of the French dandy, Andre
de Fouquieres-it is introduced to-
the club on these Saturday night oc-
casions
1t was only the other Saturday night
that the one-step, which is sort of a
drag Boston, was introduced But in
spite of new dances, the turkey trot
remains supreme The new steps are
but variations OF what everybody is
doing.
According to Professor Claude M.
Alviene the one-step is now taking the
place of the turkey trot. The posi-
tions of the dancers are practically
the same except that they stand more
erect and during the dance they do not
make wide swings
Here are the steps:
Take three steps forward and rise
on the ball of the right foot.
! Take three steps backward and rise
on the bali of the left foot Repeat
this four times.
Take four running steps counting
four. Bend to the left on count five:
right foot extended on six; both feet
together on seven Then rest one
count
Did you ever dance to the music OF
three banjos, a cello, piano and a
bass drum? The members of the Sup
per club declare it is the only orches-
ira for turkey trotting. When it beats
out Mr.. Mendelssohn's Melody in f
in ragtime nobody within earshot can
make their feet or shoulders behave.
Classical selections in ragtime, in
which are sprinkled drum effects, mo-
tor horn honks and steamboat whistles
replace the waltzes and two-steps of
more formal society.
As no member can introduce more
than three guests at a time and no
member or guest can be assigned a
table at any time unless accompanied
by woman, the smoking room is
never filled with extra men or the
the tables fringed with wallflowers.
In short. everything is arranged to
make it Twentieth century home for
Miss Terpsichore.
At this point let us quote from Ar
ticle VII of the house rules;
Ne encores to dance music.
No running or open dancing allowed.
This last rule, gentle reader, refers
to the Texas Tommy
The Texas Tommy is barred at the
Supper club. However, there is life
saver in Article VIII, which states:
The house rules may be amended
at any time by a majority vote of the
house committee.
AS there are only three members Of
the house committee the rules are
amended from time to time, but never
theless the Texas Tommy, with his
@open dancing, is frowned up. Close
fitting dances are the rule at the Sup
per club.
Gentle reader, have you any idea at
what time the Amalgamated Associa-
ton of Turkey Trotters knock off for
the night? When the craze first start
ed at George Rector's last winter 2
O'Clock was the usual hour.
Then, when the smart crowd made
its rendezvous at Murray's last sum
mer, 8 o'clock was considered a fitting
time to leave for home and mother.
When Reisenwebber's was the popular
place the closing hour jumped to 4 a.
m. Bustanoby's on Thirty-ninth street,
stretched it to 5 a. m. On one occa-
sion the dancing continued until $3.50.
And now Louis Martin's-the latest