The chronicle=news., 1913-01-24

on the bail OF the right foot.
Take three steps backward and
ris" on the bail OF the left foot
Repeat this four times.
TAX" four running steps. counting
four. end To the left on count five.
right foo, extended on six. both feet
together on seven Then rest one
count
IT YOU want to stay up all night
you've go, to have q woman with
you II you haven't you're barred
from the newest, liycst and Gayrs'
social organization In New York
the supper club
Have you heard OF the supper
club? asks Karl Kitchen In the New
York World. Probably you haven't.
for II was only organized last month.
IL is the very last word In clubdom.
No member or guest shall he ad-
mitted to the club rooms at amy time
unless accompanied by a woman.
There must be ut least one woman To
every two gentlemen admitted To til"
club rooms.
This is the most important house
rule OF the supper club. For let II
be known that this club was organ
lied for the propagation of turkey
trotting In all its divers and sundry
mificntions.
Seven nights a week lts club
10 Jr.s which embrace the entire
II - a.
tysecond street. ar" open TO Its ~"
members from dinner time until !
o'clock In the morning. IN case the
members do not care 10 leave NJ that
hour u quorum Of tn" house commit
tee can suspend the rules and til.
turkey tro,. the bunny hug. the
chicken tro, and the onc-stcp can
he danced until s o'clock In the
morning. To keep the club rooms
open litter 5 o'clock requires extra
ordinary action on the part "f the
board of governors.
The membership OF this unique
organization--thc only other organ
ization In the world like I, is tho
Grafton Gallery. Club In i.ond"n--is
composed OF til" younger dancing set.
who have transformed five OF New
Yorks widely known restaurants In
to turkey trot,ing haunts. Such well
known young men rs Vincent As,"r
and Reginald Vanderbilt are mem
bcrs OF tho club. and all OF It's Of
ficors. with one exception. arc to
be found in the social register. y
son OF n former president OF III"
United States l. ono OF them.
II Is Quiic cXclusivc--thc ihcatric-
al element is surprisingly small. In
fact. IL was organized for tho express
purpose Of avoiding sirhtsccrs and
SHOW" crowd who frequent the pub
lie bathrooms. It's members like To
dance the onc-stcp 10 the rattle OF
milkmeu's can. screened from the
rude eyes of those who do not turkey
trot.
While the club quarters. which
comprise the famous Greek and Pea
cock rooms Mt Murray's. are open cv
cry night. during which time an or
chcstra of six musicians rag con-
tinuously, Thursday and saturday
nights are the gala nights. The
Thursday nights are known as spc-
cial club nights. Last Thursday was
japanese night. The club rooms
We're appropriately decorated with
wistaria and colored lanterns.
\ few of the more enterprisinc
members donncd japanese costumes.
and favors from the Land o! Cherry
men. But not for one moment did
the members and their guests ne
slcct the modren close-fitting dane
cs. \ Samurai dancing the onc-stcp,
which. by the way. is one of the new
est dances, may be an anachronism
but the Supper club Is an organiza-
tion of dancing men. "On with the
dance: let the JOY be unrefincd'. is
| its motto
Saturday nights are special enter
tainment nights at the Supper club.
Among its members are several sing
ar known only to Il select few. They
contribute to the gaycty of the early
Sunday morning hours by singing
and reciting. When new dance is
brought to town as was the Make
the importation of the French dandy.
Andre do Fouduiercs--it is intro
duced to the club on these Saturday
night occasions.
1t was only the other Saturday
night that the one-stcp, which is a
sort OF n drag Boston. was intro
duccd. But in spite of new dances,
phc tuviey trot remains supreme.
The new steps are but variations OF
what everybody is doing.
According to Professor Claude NJ.
Alviene the one-step is now taking
tho place of the turkey trot. The
positions of the dancers are practic-
ally the same except tnat they stand
moro rrcct and dIlrinu the dnncp they