The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-12
REQUIEM SOUNDED
FOR THE COT|ll0N
It's Place Taken by Refined Yer
sion of Turkey Trot" and
Boston Dip"

New york, January 1.-THE requiem
has been sounded for the cotillon, the
dance that has been the pct OF society
for a score OF years and has made
the social regulations of many de-
butante and graceful society man.
Like many another Old fashioned in
stitution. the cotllion. with its weav-
ing figures and dainty favors. mas been
pronounced too glow by the younger
set OF New York's most exclusive so
ciety and its place has been taken
By the newly refined versions of the
turkey Trot" and the swiftly tripping
Boston Dip" waltz.
There has not been a single cotillon
gwen by the -Four Hundred this sea-
son, where a few years ago there
would already have been half dozen
brill ant affairs. with such familiar
figures as Elisha Dyei. Phenix lngra-
ham. Wortffngton Whitchouse, stowe
Phelps and Griswold Thompson lead
ing them. There have been any mum,
Der OF dinner dances" and Informal
"trots," but at all Of these the only
dances seen were the zone step
which IL the expurgated version Of the
Turkey" and the Boston Dip" To
the spirited movement OF these dances
cOtiiion figures are not adaptable
I'm glad it's dead" said one OF the
hest known Of the former cotillon
leaders the other day The hour
seems to have struck for all sorts OF
formal things. Everybody Is young
these days and wants sw'fter pace
When the cot'llon was In its heydey
the dowagcr existed and the woman
OF forty. whose breath was short To-
dav there Is hardly a dOwager TO be
found. and the women Of forty are as
youthful and slender as their daugh-
tiers, and quite as eager and able TO
dance.
I'VE are all speeded up. We use
motors instead OF horses. type writers
instead of pens. and IL Is natural that
We should prefer the rwifter PAGES
OF the new dances to the stately old
measures OF the cotillon.
The trot' has much 10 recommend
81 Society has notified il so that
the baroary coast elements are gone.
1t is easy 10 learn. graceful, not ttring.
and yet il Is livelier, swlfter ana more
suited TO the times than the older
dances.
william H. Edwards. familarly
known as "E'g Bill" Commissioned OF
the Street Cleaning Department has
Just announced his plans Iot inpFoV-
ing the service next year By means
Of new methods and apparatus. Motor
trucks 10 replace single carts are to
be among the innovations. experiments
having shown that the " 'rk can oe
more .heaply and eXpeditiOusiy done
with trucks than horse carts. lie also
declared his intention TO institute
night sweeping by gangs in the con
xasted distr cts in order to remove all
The street litter an1 filth and protect
rho health OF the tenement jewellers.
Justice Tonpkins. Of the Supreme
Court has started considerable dis
c-,Issson by his decision unfolding the
whipping Of children as means OF dis
Ginning hem. The decision WAS made
in a case brought ~ John Murray.
whose children had been taken away
from him and put IN an Institution De
cause after his wife died. they COM
plsiued OF his harsh treatment ana
Unjust punishment with the ROD. The
referee before whom the case was
brought decided IN Murray FAVOR,
and Judge Tompkins Upheld the
referee saw ng That law does not
break az, families simply because par
euts correct CHILDREN in anger or with
undue severity"