The evening world., 1913-01-14
ssszhinss Can Be Done at
Stage Entertainment
That Would Be In,pos.
sible and Dissracsful in
q Private House." He
Declares.

"Ksvsr. never In all my life have
seen suoh . erase for the turtsy-
tfot - hefs in Amsricai You dance
N Aad you dance IL ana you dance
anA you have neither time nor
y oetnatioA for anything else. You
Isseser GSyly, pretttly, yss--but Il 10
efA Senotonyi Il che true a. Of
ths dance entirely 70 be banishsd
: from American"
It's the voice Of Andre de Fouquieres;
heard him complain. Patiently.
Politely. but with more than one ire
prtssibly frank outburst agitatins the
satin smoothness Of his grand man
ner." the Beau Brummel ana offcial
coeillon leader OF Paris discoursed OF
the decay OF the terpslchorean art In
America. He sat in the coffee room at
the st. Regis. and he wore an over
ooat with lapels half an inch wider
than those of any other man in the
room. Also his trousers were bewil-
oertngly. almost blatanuy "two-tone,"
sfousinE In me an irreverent memory
- the gamblers check" 80 familiar
u the patrons OF tcn-twent-thirt' Also
~ wore a large diamond ring on the
little finger of his left hand, but he
carefully hid 1t under the table when
one looked at II.
For the rest. everybody who Is any
body and everybody who wants to be
anybody attended the Color Confer
snces and beheld NJ. de Fouauier es' q
smoothly brushed burnt lumber POM
padour. his smoothly curled yellow
ochre mustache. his smoothly un-
wrinkIed. flake white-and- rose-maddsr
couut~pance. So let's on with the
dance. or rather tho conversation about
It.
Yes. danced In Mrs. Cornelius
Vandcrbilts cotillon last evening" NJ
~ Fouquleres answered my question.
Though I did not lead II. I found
feharming. both In plan and execution
could not ask to see q dance more
Beautifully done. but why. why Is II
lhs only cotillon I have attended dur
'tnG my entire stay In New York;"
PROBABLY BECAUSE IT'S NOT
DANCED IN NEW YORK.
I repeated to NJ. de Fouquieres ths
geaernlly accepted fact that the cotlllou
Is ~ longer danced. that even the so
called ''jun!or cotillons" at Sherry's re-
tain the dance only IN their name and
title.
He nodded y slightly doleful acqui-
escence. THE dance IL much less fire.
Qusnty given In Paris" no sdmit led.
And there. too. We have the synco-
p6tsd dance. the turkey trot. undcs Its
numerous different names and in its
countless variations. But never any
where have l seen such q monopoly OF
this dance as here In New York. 1t
seems to me that there is nothing else.
tn it6slf have NO prejudice
against the turkey trot. When prop
ssly done Il 10 gay ana animated,
pleasant to watch and harmless
sua for the dancers. Hut why
should IL rule the ballroom to the
exclusion Of everything siss7 Why
Ohould the childish and romping
movements bar out what 10 stately
ana gracious and gracsful7 ~ all
means, let NJ bring back the old
AAAoss. while keeping what 10 good
h the new"
But l thought the turkey trot was
hKping out" / broke In. One hears
CHI 1t has been barred by many
| .sf3tssses In the social world this
,.,,... .,..,.u., -, 10, =,
his well-manicured hands In polite
depreciation.
II do not know how much II was
formerly the rage with YOU" he ad-
United. "and It IL possible that there
may DO some diminishment ] can
only repeat that l have never In any
other city seen so much of this dance
as ] have seen during my few weeks
In New York"
"But tell me. how would you relntro-
duoo the old dances?" I asked. "Do
you think tho young people would
dance them?'
MERE Is THE PROPER THING TO
=. DO AND HOW TO DO IT.
"rhis rs what I would do" explaine cd
N. de FouQuIeres. AT the beginn!ns oi
each entertainment l would have a
Quadril,e. the old-fashioned. eight-hgure
auadriile. l would have this led by the
hobt and hostess. and after them the
guests OF greatest honor and import
ancs. ! would have every guest Join In
the dance. old and young. and thus
create a feeling Of good fellowship and
rsrdislity among all.
1.-THE figures need not be unduly conf
plteated. and there need not be An
unAue number OF them. But the dance