Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-21
TANGO MAY COME
AND GO, BUT WALTZ
LIVES ON FOREVER
Dancers Are Born and Not
Made, Says La Petite
Adelaide" Who Calls
Modem Steps Easy to
Learn.

'Tangoes may come and tangoes may
go, but the waltz will 60 on forever
This is true regardless OF all we may
hear in favor Of the so-cslled modern
dances.
Dancers like the immortal poet, are
born. and not made. Any one can learn
to dance, but real dancers are few and
far between"
with twist OF her dainty foot and
few graceful turns of her stll more
graceful body as II to verify her as
sertlon, Miss Adelaide, better known as
La Petite Adelaide" now appearing at
keith's, dropped few hints on the sub
ject of dancing before the performances
this afternoon.
Dark, vivacious and sparkling with en-
thusiasm, Adelaide would not admit that
she had all the requisites for natural
dancer. Her foot is somewhere below the
"A, mark, IL that may be called n size.
she weighs 100 pounds. j. j. Hughes
her dancing partner. agreed that exquisite
was the only proper word to describe her
grace.
WALTZ COMING INTO ITS OWN.
THE real waltz is surely coming into |
its own.' Adelaide said "It is the pret- |
test dance that was ever created. As |
far as actual dancing enjoyment. grace
and motion are concerned, the waltz even
Today stands alone above tho rest. The
Viennese waltz is a wonder"
Real dancers--I want to emphasize tbe
word real-still like the waltz and always
VIII. The one trouble with the waltz Ia
nat 1t Is very hard to dance properiy."
SAID Mr., Hughes, who had Joined sin
he chorus" TO add a few words in de-
ense of the waltz
Ihat may sound strange, but neverthe-
ess II is true. Ask some of the older
.I, oiNs 1ow much good waltzer was ad-
nired in the days of yore. Many Young
ters' who think they will lose their
equations as dancers If they do not in
eht new foX-trot step every minute
ouid not dance the waltz gracefully n
heir lives depended on the result.
PEOPLE In dancing the waltz canno,
eem to lose the one, two, three hon stcn |
hat they learned in the beginning Thot
oobbing' around the ballroom floor was
ertalhIy ugly, but that was the fault of
he dancers, not of the dance itself The
roper waltz has a glide motion and the
ancer's head should remain at the same
avel throughout.
VI iSNel the 1ntOYiCn- | 4
lon of the wsltz Is world known. The
notion and music are perhaps more in
piring than In any other dance.
The two-step was monotonous, and .
ere in America 1t had a bad effect on l
ne beautiful waltz. People wanted some I
hing new. In that respect the modern
ances may have an advantage Some !.
len say 1t is the first time they have had !
chance to use their brains in dancing. ~
oDERN DANCES EASY TO LEARN. c
''If more people dance the modern c
lnces that is one point in favor OF the
Lnces Dancing is great thlng-for
'alth and many other reasons. 1t is
rtainly welcome sight to see both
and young equally enthusiastic on the
.llroom floor.
The modern dances are easy to learn. M
lybody can learn them. As has been
i'd. the question of becoming a dancer
entirely different proposition. Natural -,
ace is absolutely necessary. Grace may W ~,
acquired by practice, but nevertheless So
3 instinct is inborn, or maybe it is s Os
quired In early youth. A dancer is f.e .e
Ways graceful. W &c
The hesitation is the dance par ex- AZ ~
lence. 1t is the old Viennese valse Ne
shtly modified and was danced abroad -.
s before 1t Struck this country. In ~,
Ixinls, in Paris. and other places, 1t oo
S danced many years ago. on