New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-27
FOX STEPS OLD
AS BULL RUN
Ancient Friends in New
Dress TO Dean of
Dancing Masters.
COLONEL, Is, GLIDES
ON TRAIL OF NOVELTY
Dainty Maurice Unlimbers Mod
ern Figures for Out-of-
Town Teachers.

Bear this in mind. friends: For
every one step we take forward we 20
back two"
This is not peevish minister preach
ing the decadence Of the day 10 humble
congregation indeed not!-it Is that
graceful ornament Of the grill room,
Maurice, originator Of the tango and
well known husband Of Florance Wal
ton. He was explaining the intricaeies
Of a new fox-trot "a little thing OF
my own" as he says 10 the American
National Association OF Masters Of
Dancing. twenty-five members OF which
gathered at the Hotel McAlpin yester-
day afternoon 20 acquire the latest
Broadway glides for the home con-
sumption Of Buffalo, Pittsburgh and
points West.
For more than an hour Maurice
waited, tangoed and foH-trotted,
while the dignifed delegates many OF
EN- professor" in their home towns
soloed around after him. Maurice
expects to show them how to adapt all
the old tango steps to fox-trot time
The A. n. A.. as the members refer
10 their organization, is sort OF ma
tional league which decides the cur
rent dancing rules.
Most famous of its members is
Colonel Louis Krstlow. Of Chicago, who
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q teacher for fifty eight years. As spry
as ever. the colonel was on hand yes
terday.
Clutching a notebook tightly in one
hand, in which he constantly made en-
tries of the various steps, Colonel
Kretlow gambolled about the CLASSY
floor with all the energy Of patent
medicine indorser.
Five children, eight grandchildren
and three great-grandchildre are a
few of the relatives that the colonel
boasts, and ne lays his long life to
regular living. lie admitted taking a
glass of beer after work, however, and
also smoking an occasional see-gar.
There's nothing new in these dances
for me-" said the colonel, referring to
the modern movements. "l danced
them all years ago. Just different
combinations from the same steps,
that's all we have now"
Other members from the Allegheny
country and p'ints adjacent intimated
the same thing.
Last night the party held a meeting,
in which they discussed new variations
which any member may have strayed
across in his work, and to-day they
will exhibit these dances at a general
meeting. Colonel Kretlow will show
the hit Of the Windy City, dance OF
his own improvisation called the
5000"
Members are arriving hourly from
all over the country, and by this morn
ing sixty-fve are expected to be on
hand Among those present yesterday
were Thomas McDougall, of Pitts
burgh, president of the association;
George f Walters. Of Waltham, Mass,
secretary; Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Laing,
Of Montreal, Can; Mrs. Ella J. H..
Jones, Of Lancaster. Mass; Mrs. Wal
lace Passapae, of Newark, y. j.; Mr.
and Mrs. Frank J. Foreman. Of Pitts
burgh: Mrs. Barry Taylor Hill, of New
York; Mr.. and Mrs. Albert V. futile,
of Baltimore; 2. E. Jacques. Of Pitts
burgh; r. o. Blackburn, Of Pittsburgh;
Arthur J. Funk, of Buffalo. Mrs. A. j.
Whitemore, of Worcester, Mass; Miss
Louise Morgan, New York; B. L..
Deming, Of Middletown, Conn; Ira
Barry, Of Newark, y. j.; NJ. F. Conway.
Of Hartford, Conn; Joseph p. Neville,
OF Hartford. Conn; 3. Laing, of Otta-
wa, Can; ". Wood, Of Binghamton,
" Y, and II. p. Lane, of Springfield.
Mass.