The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-01

provided by one of her teachers as she
reclined in her room at home and, to
be with her beloved classmates going
though In greatly weakened condi-
ton, to class day exercises This was
especially noteworthy since she is the
hrst girl who has been yet graduated
at the Margaret Allen school, which is
not an old institution, after an un.
broken course. from primary to senior
class. AS her scholarship, during all
that period has been exceptional, the
school has naturally felt pride in her
attainments and when her report of
class work presented to her at the
midwinter term with the remark from
the teacher who gave 1t that it was
the best ever given by her to a senior
student, the ambition of this young
girl to complete her course with her
companions is readily understood.
There are many of these little in
cidents of school life related among the
students which bring commencement
time very close to every one, and recall
school days. making ones own no mat
ter how long past they may be, seem
quite near.
Did YOU know that the trot and the
tango are on the road to the realm of
the forgotten, supplanted by other terps-
chorean eccentricities? There are the
horse trot" and the fish walk" to take
their places.
The horse trot comes the news from
Washington. was introduced last season
at ball given by the military attache
of the German embassy, Major Von Her.
warth, and Nine. Won HerWarth Both
the music and the dance were originated
by Mr. triel Davis. who, with his broth.
Ell, Is a favorte exponent of popular dance
music in Washington. Mrs. john Astor.
then in the city, saw the dance and took
a fancy to it. At the behcst of Mrs
Astor, Mrs. Ronalds. Mrs Herbert AS
quith and other well known women in
London Mr.. Davis has gone to that city
to teach his dances.
The horse trot is a liVelier dance than
either the tango or the turkey trot, and
is entirely devoid of the characteristics
which brought upon the two one time
favorites the thunders of the clergy and
the non-dancing laity. In this newest
trot the partners face each other ana
the man placed his right hand i'm the
center of his partners bacl. holding her
at arms length and at one side. He
looks over her right shoulder and she
orects her gaze over his right shoulder.
The dance starts with a running step of
eight counts, the man going forward The
dancers then proceed to trot back eight
steps. the woman advancing, after which
alternately they trot eight steps to the
right and eight to the left before they
sidestep is counts. turning to the right
for eight counts and to the left for eight
A trot forward and back for eight counts
each before coming to balance step of
16 counts completes the dance
The horse trot and fish walk are pr-
marily dances for young men and women.
They are dashed at a lively tempo n
two-four measure, and fatty degeneration
of the heart or an impaired breathing ap-
paratus is entirely out of place when the
new dance tunes start. The fish walk.
the intricacies of which are now eneag-
ing the energies of dancing Washington,
starts with a skipping step, the man go
ing forward 16 counts and retreating Is
counts. The partners then take four slid
ing steps to the right and four to the
left to complete the dance
The fish walk is danced entirely on the
toes, the body is moved only from the
waist downward. the head is held high
and the tempo is pitched at a lively salt
The music runs along TO straight simple
tune, gay and CHEEKY. with little of the
syncopation which has distinguished the
dance music of the last few years.