The Washington times., 1913-10-26
HESITATION WALTZ
+. REAL LOVE POEM
Its Washington Sponsor Is
Enthusiastic in Story of Its
Rapture.

Drop a curtsy, pretty maidens and
brave cavaliers.
For there drifts into our bathrooms a
rev dance-so old that it is new-an
echo OF yc olde Colonial days.
Hesitation" waltz. they call it now,
though what Mistress Priscilla, in her
brocaded satins and silver buckles, call
ed it when she saw her stately John S
powdered head bowling in the quaint
pantomime only the little god of love
knows. -
1t is far cry from the rags tan
goes and trots redolent of the jungl =
which have recently swayed our should
ers and shins.' But the ''Hesitation-it
is an elusive bit of imagry. set to the
dulcet music. of heart throbs.
1t is the world-old love story" says
Miss Jessie Herriott, who has intro
duced it to Washington society. There
is, a light in his eyes, a light in her
eyes, and the play Of the golden phan-
tasy begins.
Priscilla, outwardly deniure and in
d.fferent, quells her rioutouS little pulses
as John approaches. The Grooming, mel
cdy bubbles on, and her heart with rap
.ure thrills and dances with the daft
fodils.' -
- Then suddenly she is an Undine-a
q Eaiden without a soul. As cool as
s silver moonlight on the waves she stops:
q Her Co:ydon, repulsed, withathe love OF
= pursuit the Gods have ever implanted
< "a the breast of man. awakens to the
Chase. They stop, she in reluctance; ne
r. determination. This rare moment IS
3 he heart of the waltz, the very soul or
he dancei 1t is one clear note on the
reed pipes Of the great god Pan, calling
the fauns in Already! The tiref1ies are
p weaving their tangled threads of gold in
Hsnd out among the shadows. and all the
n world is young.
81 1t is inperceptible-th quickening of
g the pulse, veiled from the spectator-but
4 the sweet diapason of youth keeps per-
q feet accord with the violins. Again
II Priscilla resists.
"A pIaintive plea from the cello, the
sad lover in the symphony, steals Sc
a ductively as John renews his plea. He
:. kneels. A smile from Priscilla upon
the supplicant. and once more they glide
g to the languorous grace of the harmony.
a The progress OIL the dance is still the
same dignified motion, but il is slowly
s. dropping its Suise of languor, and
Il through it begins to breathe the spirit
n of the dance-the awakened spirit of
:, love The glory of the conQueror Is as
serting itself in the strength and ten
: derness that comes stronger and
stronger-and then the magic first kiss.
a THAT is the miracle of its poetry
: Just an evanescent thing like fragrant
= Will Ol OTIelldl lflCcilStp lOO SuullC "
= catch with mere words
:. Miss Herriott needed only the accom-
s pauin,ent of asInntedr waltz strain to
8 make the charm of her. idyll compietC.
q i am convinced she said, descending
s rem the roseate hues of Arcadia to tie
2 -osaic d:'ab of everyday things, that
: auth of the restlessness and discomfort
z II the present dag in America is due to
z he lack of artistic training and The
= means OF emotional expression thus at
4 aimed.
s SSonEequent to the material develop
81 nent OF this country the emphasis has
8 ,een placed on the practical and the
= intellectual. rather than on the artistic;
, we see over and over again, people
i SPENDING their lives in great material
4 luxury but lacking the power of es-
. thetiC enjoyment.- - .,
However the art movement Is gam
ing ::rC'Ind in FMS couatrS. -NaturHlE,
one finds the greatest advarice in Bostbn
and New York. which, because of their
situation. are closest to the art centers
of EurCOe. But even Chicago and St.
Louis, wherce came the Hesitation
Waltz are beginning to feel new -agi-
tation along lines of esthetic, develop
ment. The metropolis VIII have, to look
TO its artistic laure1s zsoOn."frt' s *. q
Miss Ferriott is native Washington
girl. She has made thorough study
q. Of her art in. Boston. supplemented by
4 noted dancing masters in New York.
particularly Chalif. a graduate nf the
< 1Taperial Ballet of Russia, and, former
9 ballet master at the Odessa government
theater - EDITH LOBERT