The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-18
.sFOX TROT,n LAME DUCK
 AND ONE-STEP ARE
 SEASONS SOCIETY DANCES
Daniel c. Guilty On Return From Dancing Convention Tells of New Steps and Figures.
(By E1aaily Enn1net. )


 What are we going to dance this winter ?" is just at present, a ques- ton paramount, not only in the minds of the y,,ung but of all ages who can yet find time and opportunity for in dulging in the new steps,
 had heard rumors floating about that the Fox Trot, a. new variety of the barn dance. was destined to be- come the most favored by modern society. It was said that the darce was extremely popular in New York where couples were doing two Fox Trots to every other variety of dance combined. The fact that the leading u1emb bers of the summer colonies of Newport, Narragansett Pier/s and other summer resorts, are dancing the Fox Trot in preference to every other kind of dance, is proof con elusive that it has met with apprev- al in the highest circles.
 With this in thought, I went to Daniel e. Guilty, one of our prom inent local teachers of the dance and Trustee and Supervisor of the Inter national Dancing Teachers Associa- ton. MT. Guilty was ready and eager to talk about his favorite art and, as he had just returned from "a con- Eastern Dancing, teachers, was full of his subject.
 The Fox Trot. the Maxixe. the Hesitation, the Canter or Lame Duck, and the One Step are the ball room dances for the winter" said MT Guilty. These dances were stand ardized at a meeting of the Interna- tiona1 Association, the American Ma tionaI Association and the New York City Association held for that pur- pose in New York City, a week ago Saturday.
 The meeting was necessitated by the fact that throughout the country. but very few people dance these mod l ern dances alike. Each little group of people has it's own steps and they are unable to dance those of an other. Much confusion has natur- ally resulted from such a. state of affairsA but this will be ob1iterated i by the standardization of these steps. EIhen there will be only one way of performing the dances which will be l ton.
 Another trouble is that many of the so-cal1ed teachers of these dances | have never learned the fundamental | Der of them come to me looking for positions whom when I requested l them to do the waltz step for me 1 they were unable to dance it. Nine out of every ten of these so-called teachers do not know what the waltz step is.''
 MT. Quilty's duties as supervisor means that he must examine each teacher who wishes to become a Imember of the association.
 sThe Fox Trot,, continued the fdancfngs master, eis the newest of these dances It is danced to four-four time and on the order Of the old barn dance. There is no doubt but what 4 it will become very popular during this season.
 .'Besides these five ballroom dances, there are four fancy dances, T Ia Tao, the Lulu Fada, Le Roui Ropli, and the Brazilian Polka, which are all more on the order of stage
 work, promise to become very pop Iular.
 The Ia. Tao, dance of Chinese
 origin somewhat resembling the Max ike and Polka was first introduced
 by Monsieur Le Fort, leading danc- ingS teacher of Paris, Monsieur Le 'l Fort was also the originator of Le
 Rouli Roun and Lulu Fada.
 The first figure of the Fox Trot,
 said Mir. Guilty; tfs four walking steps and eight running steps, the
 second figure, is two steps of the grapevine and a run, the third figure is hone-half Maxixe turn and a sIrun backward and forward, the fourth a criss-cross movement with a
 turn and the fifth box turn, turn ing the lady under the arm.
 '~The standardized sMaxixe. begins 1 with a walking movement, which in-
 troduces the first figure, turn and a slide, which is followed by the
 second figure, a single arch. with heel
 and toe slide. and the skating step with 8. turn, the next figure is the filtration and circle and the next the double arch with the lady turning under the gentleman's hand, the dance finishes with cortez.
 ''In the Hesitation. the Hesitation step and a waltz step are used all through the dancing. The right and left turn is introduced, and the but } terfly figure from which the couple : can go into any of the fancy figures
 of the Hesitafion. Any regular waltz } inusic can be used for this dance. The Ganter or Lame Duck, has a forward movement with a box turn l The One-Step is a walking step for ward and B half turn, backward an6 { 8, half turn, using a scroll movement ; pivot turn and a box step" Mir Guilty is we'll prepared in al : classes of work. including the Castle : and, Association. He spent the montT si of June at a school of dancing il } New York under the instruetion of z / very capable teacher who was ons
 of the attendants at the Dayton, Ohio conference.
 7 While crossing the New Jersey Cen , traI railroad tracks in Bayonne, Yin cent Divelislky, nine years oId wa! | T