Evening journal., 1913-04-22
Auto Forces Out Horses
in Gotham Fire Service;
1900 Animals Soon TO 60

other great factor that has made for
the change is that the average fire
horse can stand the terrific grind
only seven years. The motor vehicle
should last lifetime.
A dozen or more clty-sick little
ones OF the lower East Side this SUM
mer are going to know some for the
first time the joys of romping through
meadow and woodland where there is
no fear Of speeding auto TO scatter
them like chickens from the roadway
and whore the phrase, keep of the
grass" Is unknown. The novel scheme
Of Miss Deming Woodward. an artist,
VIII give the kiddies respite from
hard hot pavements, and evil smell
ing, checked tenements. Last sum
mer Miss Woodward wanted to paint
child nature studies in the Catskills.
She took a bright little chap and his
sister from Hester street to the
heavenly outdoors of the mountains,
where, for the first time IN their lives
they saw something Of the world be-
sides a dismal home, skyscrapers, and
traffic choked streets, where death
sometimes turks The experience was
as sweet a one and as wonderful to
Miss Woodward as It was to the chill
dren. This summer she will elaborate
her plan
The artist will conduct an open air
art school of the camping type. TO
provide models she will choose more
than a dozen youngsters from the
myriads types to be found in the con-
gestod tenement district. Only Que
OF two OF the youngsters will have to
pose at a time. so there will be many
hours Of healthful outdoor play for
these fortunate city kids.
Many OF them have never seen a
blade Of grass except in Central Park
or Mulberry Square. and none has
ever flshed for minnows in brook
with pin hook and sapling road None
has ever been crooned to sleep by the
night voice harmonies Of woodland
places
SO enthusiastic is Miss Woodward
over her scheme, she has imbued sew.
eral friends with Il, and they will con-
duct similar sketching schools this
summer.
Can you do the TgechixyY No, it's
nothing TO eat; it's a dance, the very
latest terpsichorean trip, and it was
invented in Vienna. noted for waltzes
pretty women and rolls. IL is pro-
nounced cheeky" No. not "chicky'
-"checky." Its admirers, who mum
Der hundreds of American turkey trot
fans, also pronounce 1t "the greatest
little old dance ever" The cheeky
or check" as it has been abbrevi-
ated on Broadway, the street which
VIII stand for no such abbreviation
OF itself. was brought over recently by
party OF American dancers and
singers, who had been visiting that
city whose gay reputation is continu-
ally usurped by Paris-Vienna. The
dance is described as a blend of the
Argentine tango. the one-step turkey
trot aud the iVenese waltz-dip. Those
who have seen It properly danced
with all its improprietoes OF sinu.
ousity, say It Is an orgy OF rythm anc
an epic OF grace. II is as full oi
ginger as a zulu---but Il is no snap
The steps are as intricate as those
Jason had to take to get out OF tn,
Labyrinth with the Golden Fleece. ant
only the most expert in the ordinary
tango can hope to master them. Also
II simply cannot be danced II the hob
Bile binds ankles and knees-and tn,
girls VIII try II in hobble skirts. AL
OF which adds to the spice of the
dance.
The check is fast becoming tn,
rage in Broadway "cafes dansant" anc
private ball rooms, despite Mayor
! Gaynor's crusade against "guzzline
and lascivious dances" Il will prob.
ably be the star dance at the summer
resorts and In next seasons musical
shows