The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-08-23
Newport. Aug. 20.

r miles did you dance last
last night" This curious
salutstion is heard everywhere in
Newport this season, for dancing
by the mile is the latest fad in the
Circus Set.
The debutsntes started II and now
everyone. from Elsie Stevens. the
youngest bud. TO matrons OF Mrs.
S%tuyvesant Fish's class. are wearing
pedometers on their left legs. thus
keeping careful record OF the miles
they dance day after day and night
after night. Hearing OF this new
fad. several OF the men OF the col.
ony, headed by Joseph Hartman.
have offered a prize for the girl who
shows the greatest number OF miles
a the end of the season. the prize
10 be a jeweled pedometer.
And now Newport has discovered
another astonishing thing. In order
10 make big records the feminine
dancers have what they call dancing
partners. They dance only with this
one man. aud In some ra~es pay
them a good salary for their labor.
in their craze for the Fish walk. tho
'Trot' and the Dip the girls soon
found hat they must have most eff.
Gent partners. else dancing Wis n,
Joy and their records small. There arc
always a number OF masculine hang
ers-on In the Newport colony. ami
from this coterie were selected sev
eral who danced divinely. Thee
men make a fairly good living. And
ghNH 80 > NNrA~- Ea-
are really a form OF athletics. n is
hard work TO kick and dip and throw
ones partner In the air hour after
hour. mile after mile. and they feel
perfectly justified in taking money
for their muscular labor.
We take the place OF athletic in.
structors.' they say. land a. We
really help the women to keep their
figures our services are well worth
what they cost
In order 10 make decent records
the dancers steps must ft. There
fore when a girl finds n man whose
feet and knees and step fits here
h engages him as hor dancing
partner for the season. The lance
Is the thing. and these Young women
OF gentle birth would dance with a
coal HEAVIER II his feet happened 10
1T theirs.
Dancing by the mile" originated
early in the Newport season II be.
gan as an amusing FAD among a few
OF the younger girls whose danc'ng
abilities place them In the near pro.
fessional class. They began hv
dancing by tho hour. Each g'ri
wore a wrist watch and counted tho
number OF minutes she kicked.
dipped or sWirled. But this method
lacked fnesse and did not j a fair
endurance test. Some girls could
dance Longer than others and not
cover nearly 30 much ground. Rose
Dolan. the pretty debutante daugh.
ter or the Clarence Do'ans. called a
council ~ war a. her homo just be-.
fore Mrs. Fsh's fairy ball.
With some ~ us doing fhe one.
step and practically STANDING ON
one spot for minutes a. q time. 10
seems TO ne 20 present plan is an
wrong. Anybody can make a time
record by Just standing afIl and
holding fast 10 her mar. letting him
do all the work"
That's 20 Clipped 90 Min. Scott.
the three mllliou-doilar d~ebutaufa
I'VE must show that we roa.I. do
the work ourselves just think ~
the miles We must dance ever.
night Oh. dear. how tired am
this morning
Tired" groaned E'.io Stevens
II am dead know thar T danced
ten miles laet r-af 20. fha WILSON,.
racket. There. ] have 10 Let
wear pedometers ON our Irss and
then We can feli hDe many mlre ve
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