The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-27
Lewis Kretlow dancing with Mrs. Barry ]. Hill.

who 's president Of the association and
teaches the young idea of Pttsburg thu
Accomplishments 20 necessary when Ina,
crown;ng event arrives toward which all
Pfttsburg education leads-meaning. OF
course, when the native leaves Pittsburs
nat and explodes into and onto a, Broad.
way trottery-take II from Tom Nc.
Dougall. even Maurice has so far no.
taught Pittsburg. Worcester. Mass : Buf.
falo. Hartford or even CHICAGO ANYTHING
new In the foxtrotting industry.
New combinations or rather ind,.
yfdual combinations OF steps. yes" said
Prof. Ross o. Blackburn. also OF Pitts
burg. IN backing UP Presideis. Tom Nc
Dougalfs statement that New York
%trotters have nothing on the art and In
dustry OF dancing out In the tall ,imben.
but Maurice showed US q dance here
this afternoon which We knew last Sep
tember. Last September. The steps are
not new to us mis- combinations OF steps,
the'r sequence and so on. being his
own arrangements, are new. but that's
all
But not Col. K,etlow. Col. Kretlow
can dance side by side with Old Master
Maurice until perfect art is attained
ana simultaneously make pencil notes
Tor future reference. In this way Col.
kretlow spent next 70 no time not DAM
cling. Sometimes his iuxuriant whIskers
simply would watt themselves across the
page OF his note book and eclipse the
page and pencil. but In next to no time
the Colonel seemed TO be able TO ind
his note book and pencil again some place
In among his whiskers and bring them
out in tine open, where he could resume
his notations, his feet never faltering
once during the Interruption.
"Corrrr-da-a-ay :" Gen. Maurice Womb
yen above the music AS singly tho con.
vention came down the fioor In a Maurice
combination of tango and fox trot.
SCISSORS! Everybody now scissors, ="
But the fret time IL occurred 10
Maurice to suggest that the convention
ought TO drop everything else long
enough TO begin to scissors the master,
after a glance over his shoulder 20 take
In the general result OF his commands.
stopped the dancers in their tracks.
Here! Here! Stop" cried Maurice
as he annihilated the music temporarily
with an impatient gesture. you tai,
man over there-go ahead and scissors.
Everybody watch him scissors. Mon
Dieu! You call that a scissors? Every
time you scissors everybody makes
Maurice laugh. Watch Maurice. Music
for Maurice. please. You should try to
scissors like Maurice. the feet crossing
this way--watch Maurice--and this way,
not this way like you do-Mon D!eu -
or that way. Ugh! Maurice laughs!
Ma ~ Last Appla uds.
Nov again the music for Maurice and
everybody. Ready, everybody. Now!
Scissors That's II. Corrrrda-a-ay,
Scissors. Great Fine, Now you DO
II almost as well as even Maurice" con-
Guided the great artist with a note of
modest JOY In his tones.
For five years Maurice" Maurice told
them when at the days end every collar
In the place except Col. kretlow's Was
saggins from the line OF beauty. has
worked for the tango. hut the American
people. Maurice has sadly noted. seemed
unable to grasp the tango tempo.
There was what the masters called a
"talkfest' in the McAlpin ball room al s
O'Clock last night. during which various
Of art made suggestions az 10
individual pigeon wings they'd like 10
see inserted In the late winter and spring
styles. This forenoon Maurice and his
Wife. known professionally az Miss
Florence Walton. will unlimber their
sample cases once again on the Mc.Alpin
roof and the whole convention will there
upon dance into new business.