The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-06

it off so cleverly in tne matter of team work?' I asked.
 We've danced together since we were little tots," Miss Lorraine answered quick ly. At all the amateur affairs in our home town, we were sort of thrown to- gether, and like Topsy we just crowned up dancing together. You know it seems like some people are born dancing and some are taught dancing, and some have dancing thrust upon them. Guess we be- long to the first class"
 ''It was at society cabaret in Chatta- nooga in which we took part" Miss Tor raine continued, that MT. J. B. Schenk of the Walter B. Schenk Booking com pany, saw us dance, and we got our chance through him to go to New York. MT. Schenk was returning from New Or leans and stopped in Chattanooga. He made us a proposition and we have a four months engagement at Kalili's. MT. Schenk wants us to dance at the Fort William Henry hotel at Lake George for a month during the summer. if we can be released from our contract at Kalil's s. That's the sort of dancing we expect to specialize in. The clubs, restaurants and hotels One thing We have tried to do and we mean to keep on trying and that is to keep our own individuality even in our dialect if we can Everybody who dances now is trying to initiate the Cas- ties and the Kinneys. and a few others, but creative work, originality is what New York is demanding now. Why, they'll give anything for new step. That's what they want!''
 Do you believe the dance craze will last?' asked.
 T undoubtedly do," said Miss Mishler, "as long as new steps can be created A merchant can't sell the same style Of goods every season. no more can the same steps in dancing be popular, so the ere atiye genius is necessary to combat the public taste and the one who invents, who creates. who originates. is going to be the one who will keep dancing up to its present popularity"
 Every town has its locale" Miss Mish- Ter continued, and each person in way makes his own steps, That is one of the delightful features of modern dancing 1t .gives everybody chance to express their own individual artistic feeling The new steps are inspirations and everybody seems to have them. People are not sat- isfied with following a mere routine; they want to express their own happiness. their own spirit and feeling, and so they invent new steps and variations. This shows how deep hold modern dancing has on us. when we do this and find 50 much pleasure in it."
 Yes, l understand that the most re- marbably original maxixe is danced by Diamond Jim Brady" I put in. "and we might localze and point out some very original steps among our Birmingham dancers"
 "Of course everything Is modified for ballroom dancing" said Miss Lorraine, 'apd certain standard must be followed. MT. Rule and l have absolutely original steps. but in teaching we cannot exag- gerate them as we do for use in pro- fessional dancing. Take the half-and half, for instance. It Is merely a pot pourri you might say, of the waltz and the two step, The Castles originated 1t, and it took because 1t was new and different" "1s the day of the tango over?" asked NO. think there's bound to be a re- vival of the tango" Miss Lorraine said ''because people now understand 1t. II has been the most abused of all the dances. and mostly because 1t has been so misunderstood The novice at first im- ngincd that everything from the Bunny Hug 10 the Turkey Trot' was the tango They'd never seen the real tango, you see"
 "A great deal of our dancing mine and MT, Rules" continued Miss Mishler, ii
 really physical culture. We've alway. done physical culture, and 1t has gotten u. into beautiful condition for dancing. Tn, professional dancer. like the athlete, mus
 take lot of care of himself. He mus
 diet and sleep and rest. Dancing iron
 seven and a half hours to nine hours [
 day makes you cut out a lot of 'goo,
 things and lobster suppers' are 'tabooed with the dancer who wants to make name and a reputation for himself. So yo, see dancing is conducive to good healtl
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