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The Denver star., 1915-06-26
DIR S. A. Furniss.

d lCW "CCkS ago d COI1Hl'lIcc
waited on the mayor to ask
that the play the Birth OF a
Nation. be not permitted in
that city. The first question
he asked us, Have any of you
gentlemen seen the play and
know the newspaper reports
to be true?' AS none of
them had seen it he requested
them to do 50 and then return
to him. before he would agree
to take any action. Thinking
that perhaps the same objec-
ton might have 10 be met
here in indianapolis, | decid :
ed while in New York to see
the play SO | would be pre-
pared. should he colored
people here decide to protest
against its presentation. |
make this explanation be-
cause after seeing the play. l
feel that some explanation
and apology is necessary for
having contributed even in
such a small way to its sue
cess. If the films of the John
son fight is immoral and leads
to racial antagonism, this
play is hundredfold worse.
The play is clearly construct :
ed to put the southern idea in
such a way as to awaken the
sympathy of every one who
sees it. One scene shows col.
ored soldiers doing duty in a
southern city. A reign OF
terror exists. The soldiers
encouraged by their officers
dubbed inoffensive women
and children if they dare to
walk on the street and. if a
white man protested he was
summarily shot. This was
the excuse for the gathering
of the "C!ansmen. From
every direction they came and
soon the Union soldiers were
driven out of town: many of
them killed. Another scene
occurring about the same
time shows a "burly" colored
man pursuing an Innocent
white girl. She ran up the
side of the cliff. then turning
to her pursuer the lines on the
screen says The southern
woman always prefers death
to dishonor"-she leaps over
the cliff. The next scene shows
the pursuit and capture OF
her assailant, his trial by the
clansman and the scene ends
with the glowing embers OF
the fire where he has been
burned, shown on the screen
| The type of colored woman ex-
hibited preeminently through
the play is the woman who
vas acting as "housekeeper
for northern statesman and
when Charles Sumner comes
in contact with her at this
mans residence her conduct
is SO immoral and her position
SO palpable he is made to say
on the screen although
believe in human liberty, l G an
not stand for this" and he
turns and leaves the house.
| All the colored men are pic
tured in pursuit of the women
of the other race The pla,
lis ,iously constructed
Even in New York. when onl,
a few blocks away. the pride
of the American navy was an
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ny VERNON AND IRENE CASTLE.

5 To the origin Of the waltz there
~ are varied opinions. Prof. Des-
/ \ rat says that 1t came from Rus
STA: another writer states that
ii is derived from an old dance, the AL
lcmande. Notwithstanding this con-
troversy. il has been proved beyond
doubt that the waltz in its first form
came from Italy to Provence, and thence
to the court of the Nalois, under the
name of La Volta"
Henry Ill and Marguerite of Valois
were both fervenr devotees of this
dance, which they called "Nalse a trois
temps" other dances overshadowed
and crowded it out later on, and little
was heard of Il until, in its present
form, it was brought from Germany to
Paris in 1875. Castil-BlaZe, an accepted
authority. Called it that imp from
France brought up in Germany" The
first German waltz tune was the well
known Zach du lieber Augustin," and
dates as far back as 1770
It Immediately became a favorite
with the pleasure loving Parisians, and
when the Austrian Embassy in Paris in
troduced its famous "dejeuner dansant'
in the beginning of the nineteenth CEN
fury the waltz was the prime favorite
at these gatherings. Its reception by
the English public was less cordial when
the French dancing master Cellarius
introduced the waltz into London So
ciety in 1912,
Caricatures appeared in the papers
picturng The sentiments of the ultra
purlst section OF the community, who
had persuaded themselves that the in
PRODUCTION of the waltz into England
was a conclusive step on the national
downward path. There Is still in exist
ence a letter from shocked parent, who
hurried his daughter away from ball
room, where he saw his precious OFF
| spring held by a young man in a posi-
| ton that he could not describe better
| than the every reverse of back to back
This first real round dance did no
become popular until the Russian En-
peror Alexander, with Countess Lever
as PARTNER, had danced 1t In 1913
| Almack's, then the meeting place of tn
fashionable world of London
For a long time, however, the waltz
was a perpetual thorn in the side of th'
anRmic morallst, and even as late a.
1870 a pamphlet by John Haven Dexte
was issued against 1t, in which ne Cd
Iected to the lawless arm of the sterne
sex enclrclng the graceful form OF
Young and beautiful female.
At the present day new form o
| the dance has crowded out the old tash
toned waltz. 1t is tire hesitation waltz
BEFORE I go any further l want 20 adj
init being no great authority on Inn
| dance: l only try to explain the way
Is done by the best dancers. Ever!
one seems to do it differently, and
know at least four persons, whose wor'
| would swear by. who assure me tina
th.y are the orignators of the hesita
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ton. In fact my wife and | seem to
be the only dancers who have not had
a hand Cor a foOD in this sometimes
beautiful and much abused dance.
The dancers assume the ordinary
plain waltz position. Then the man
steps back with the right foot, taking
two steps on two counts. alternating
the right and left foot then he moves
forward two steps-right foot, left foot
again allowing each step to fiji in one
count of the music.
Thus, TO be very explicit, four counts
have been occupied, but the steps should
not be directly forward and backward
leaving you in the same position; you
should turn and travel just a little. For
the next two counts the gentleman al
lows his weight to rest on his left foot.
This creates the sense Of hesitation in
the dance which has given 1t its name.
The lady starts forward-left right,
and back left, right-hnally holding her
weight on the right foot through the
iifth and sixth counts. Then she goes
back on her left foot for the next part
OF the step-left, right. and then for
ward, left, right-hnally holding her
weight as before on the two last counts.
| might add here that a great many
people start with the hesitating steps
and finish with the waltz. This is a
matter Of preference.
This measure could be continued in
definitely. BY counting /, 2, 3, 4, 8, 6
and holding or hesitating the 8, 6 you
can't very we'll go wrong; and you are
doing the hesitation waltz.
or course were this all it would be
n tiraCnDna dance a
slightly by doing either two or three
ordinary waltz measures-or some OF
the figures l am about to explain or
some Of your own. After you have a
rough idea of this first step advise
you to cease counting and try to do the
| hesitation when THE music seems tc
ask tiff you know what 1 mean
Nearly every good waltz has certain
strains which, IL you have a good cal
for music, you will not fail to recognize
as calling for some sort of hesitation
or pause.
In my opinion II Is much better tC
| hesitate when the music hestates, anC
when 1t does not simply do the ordinary
waltz movement or steps to that tempo
Avoid always the terrible schedule which
obllges you to waltz, hesitate, &C., NJ
matter what tune is being played or wht
is in your way. That kind of dancinl
belongs to the people who count t,
themselves, looking up at the ceiling
3, 2 3, l g.
There is little or no difficulty abou
the half and half except the time, an,
that is little difficult because 1t is en-
tirely new to dancing. 1t is 5-4 time
which means there are five beats to tn
bar. In the waltz time there are six an,
YOU usually count 2 3, l 2 3 but i'm tn
half and half you count -, IL.
! And now for the dance. The oNlnar,
position is assumed, the gentleman hold
ing his partner a little further ava,
from him than in the waltz, and on tn
first three counts you take one lone
show step, and on the next two count
you take two steps.
For instance, supposing the MAJ
starts off forward with his left foot; h
in way hesltates on this foot for thre
counts. Then he takes two short step
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for the other two counts-right, left;
now the right foot comes forward for
three counts, and so on.
The lady does the same step on the
opposite foot. This is the half and half,
and when done properly looks like some
thing between the tango, lame duck and
hesitation. 1t Is a very quiet and pretty
dance.
The steps you can do in this dance are
unlimited. For instance. the gentleman
can turn the lady 50 that she is going in
the same direction as he is and they can
do the eightstep, of course always keep
ing the / . g. / time.
If you wish to spin you must do so on
the slow step, continuing forward on the
last two counts. All of the modern
waltz or hesitation steps fit In delight
fully after one has caught the rhythm.
(COpyriOht, 1914, Otis +. Wood
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A Secret Society Wardrobe
A T the recent funeral OF Paul Van
~ TnNl of 81 I.nllls Ii uns nnrn-

A T the recent funeral OF Paul Van
~ Tuyl of ST. Louis II was COM
puted that he belonged to no less
than thirty-two organizations OF various
sorts, some of them secret societies and
others political and social clubs. He
had been Joiner" for twenty odd
years.
Any friend who had a good propo-
sition in the way of a new order could
almost always count upon him to sign
an application blank. He was a menu
Der of so many organizations that it
was impossible for him to attend all the
meetings Of his clubs and lodges, even
had he desired to do so.
A number Of the organizations to
which Van Tuyl belonged were OF a
military character and required gaudy
| uniforms. This was in addition to the
| lodge regalia and fixings that went with
his secret societies. In order to keep
this array Of uniforms and trappings
in good order and ready for instant use
Van Tuyl had man who might have
been termed his secret society valet.
An indexed catalogue OF his uniforms
| had to be kept and also one of his
medals and insignia, These were more
numerous than his clothes, and one
valet was dismissed for the very grave
offence Of setting out a uniform with
a medal pinned on the breast that did
not belong to it, A number of the more
gorgeous uniforms in the wardrobe car
ried swords and Van Tuyl would not
tolerate any mixing OF wrong blades
and uniforms. The dues and other ex-
penses that were a necessary accom-
paniment to these many suits and
medals and swords made a very sub
stantial yearly sum, The cost of the
wardrobe was estimated at Van Tuyls
death to be $4,000. He wllled his
medals and swords to his sons and his
uniforms to his lodges and societies.
Kenneth =. Blair Of San Francisco
who died two years ago, was said tc
have had a membership that beat Var
Tuyl's by twelve organizations. But
his wardrobe could not compare with
that of the st. Louis man.
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A 5 to the origin Of the waltz there
n are varied opinions. Prof. Des-
a rat says that 1t came from Rus
STA: another writer states that
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SINAI

The East church held an ice cream
social last Saturday at Pete Larson's
farm, east of Sinai. But owing to the
threatening weather very few were
present.
Last Sunday the Sinai regular ball
team journeyed down to oslo and got
beat by the Volga High by a score of
10 to 2. Hard luck?
A large number of people from Sinai
took in the circus at Sioux Falls Sat
urday.
Mr.. and Mrs. O. p. Mattison and b.
Thorsness returned home from Cali
fornia last Saturday evening and re-
port a very good time.
John Testad is now the proud owner
of a new Maxwell automobile.
Carl Borsvold visited Ole Quail last
Sunday.
Ole Quail has bought a new Saga
nav Silo, sold by Borsvold Bros.
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HIGHLAND

Mr.. and Mrs. l.. Risch and family
spent Sunday with the formers sister
Mrs. Walter Lees.
A large crowd attended the dance a.
Chris Wiese's Saturday night. A good
time was had by all.
A. p. Wilson is the owner of q
new Ford car.
Miss Anna Wiese returned home
Saturday night after a three weeks
treatment at the hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mat Wachter visited al
the Belson home, south Of Elkton.
Miss Ruth Wilson assisted her sis
ter, Mrs. Chris Wiese. with household
duties a few days last week.
Miss Ruth Stamp Of Eagle Grove,
Iowa, Is visiting her brother. Will
Stamp. and sister, Mrs. Will Ried.
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case before the Civil War. Some said
that the decision in this case caused
the war, and the principles laid down
in the bred Scott decision aroused
public opinion to a point where slav-
cry had to go.
Neutral lives and neutral commerce
enjoy certain i~nalienable rights upon
the high seas. These rights are guar
anteed to the American people, 1t must
be said that no act upon the part Of
any of the belligerents has aroused
here any spirit of revenge. But In
standing out firmly for obedience to
the law of nations, President Wilson
is literally, as our correspondent puts
it, making a fight for the future OF
commerce. The belligerents Of today
may be the neutrals of tomorrow
Minneapolis Journal.
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and spent the day with Mrs. Milton
Duff who is sick with the measles and
also her little daughter Fern.
Mrs. Earl Killing and little son Ralph
spent Tuesday afternoon with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. Sloan.
Mrs. Tom Landmark and two chill
dren spent the week end with her par,
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. X. ]. Bockey.
Miss Orilla Hough went up to De
Smet Friday morning to spend a few
days with friends.
Miss Arthur visited with her friend
Miss VIM. Kennedy, a few days the
past week.
Leonard Jornlin was busy Monday
delivering fat hogs in Brookings.
Miss Alice Hastings of Brookings,
is spending a few days this week with
her friend, Mrs. Ray Shelp.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Richards enjoyed
a visit with his parents from White,
one day last week.
Miss Lilly Hinkle and Miss Opal
Brown are sick with the measles.
Ernest Smart is assisting Cassie
Mossman apply a new coat of paint to
his buildings which greatly improves
their looks.
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MEDARY

Con Ahern of Riverview, was driving
here the first of the week.
Mr.. Dewing of Brookings, was out
Friday chasing poultry for his car
which will be in Brookings July 9Th.
N. T. Nelson accompanied by his
mother, motored to Sioux Falls Friday
to consult a specialist concerning Mrs.
7. Nelson's health.
Every one in Medary is going to
help the Eagle scream.
The people seem to think the lake
quite an attractive spot these fine days
Judging from the number who drive
or motor there.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jay Sanders of Tren-
ton, were driving here one day this
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. r, Goodroads and fam
lily took in the ball game at Medary
Sunday.
Mrs. Nagel and children left here
Thursday for a visit with her par
ents.
Mr.. Pogue was a Medary caller Sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. c. Atkins were
calling on friends in B%rookings Satur-
day.
Little Calvin Polsean is recovering
from an attack Of the measles. The
little fellow was very ill.
Mr.. and Mrs. liver Moe entertained
company Sunday afternoon.
Elmer Sechrist hauled a load of
posts home Monday evening. Suppose
now he will be making his farm look
better.
Geo. H. Crawford and G. Ingham
were calling in Medary and Moody
county Sunday.
Mr.. Mitchell of Brookings, was SELL
ing talking machines here Friday.
Herman Eichberg, our faithful line
man, was motoring in these parts Mon.
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. e. B. Newton were
motoring here Monday.
The ball game Sunday at Stearns' re-
suited In q victory for Riverview.
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BUSHN ELL

Mr.. and Mrs. Sedan and family visit
ed Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Martin at Old.
ham, s. d., Sunday.
Robert Coon, Jensent and Paul Arm.
strong, Francis Quinlan, Ernest Bur
sing, Kathleen White, all have the
measles.
Edith Jerde is assisting Mrs. Lands
man with household duties.
Geo. Garrison has a new Ford car.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Billings and friend
autoed over from Lynd, Mimi, and
took in Gala day, Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Poppingo and Mr..
and Mrs. Herman Stock left Saturday
for their home at Bristow, Iowa, after
spending a week visiting his brother
John and family.
Earl Burgess from White, was fined
last Wednesday night for exceeding
the speed limit.
Word was received here from Under
wood, N. d., that Mary Bairey, daugh-
ter of Frank Bairey, had to have her
finger amputated at first joint. She
and her brothers were playing with
a pillow and in some manner it was
crushed.
Friday was a fine day for Gala day.
Every one seemed to enjoy the day.
in the famous AuroraoodrlliD5-'5h
In the forenoon Aurora and Bushnell
played ball, the scores were 6 to s in
Elkton and White crossed bats. White
has some ball team, but not quite sc
good as Elkton, as the scores were 4
to 8 in favor of Elkton. After the ball
game the band furnished music. They
had a tug of war and other various
stunts were pulled off. The Carnes
brothers show was fine in the evening.
After the show there was a wrestling
match. Mr.. Peterson from Pipestone,
and Mr.. Miller from Sioux Falls. Mr..
Peterson won the match. Mr.. Miller
received the last two falls.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Heinrich visited
at Brookings Sunday at the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Bairey.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Soden spent
Sunday at Jake Poppingo's.
Found-A mans coat. Owner car
have same by proving property and
paying for this notice. Will Bushnell
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Wilson's contentious in behalf OF In
ternational law that is in reality the
important feature of the whole situa-
ton. 1t is that President Wilson is
not speaking for neutrals alone at the
present hour. "He is making a fight
for the future Of commerce upon the
high seas. If the German method is
recognized, and becomes a part OF in
ternational law, there will be only n
result-when the next war breaks out
there will be no such thing as neutral
commerce"
The fact that terrible catastrophes
sometimes bring matters to a head,
often leads many to jump at the err
Zee conclusion that it is the In
cident, and not the principle, that is
the cause of a grave situation. We
live by law and law is not for today
or tomorrow; and when the sinking
of Lusitania becomes but a historical
catastrophe, the law will still be the
sole method whereby nations may
continue to do business with me an
other, and the only way in which the
subjects of nations may expect pro-
lection is through our ceaseless vigil
ance in seeing to it that the law Is up
held and handed on intact from gener-
alton to generation.
The wicked wars in history are the
wars for revenge, for retaliation, and
for ACKNOWLEDGMENT. To go to war
because of an incident, is to go to war
for revenge. The statement is fire.
quently made that we went to war
with Spain because of the sinking Of
the Maine. If the conditions in Cuba
had not become intolerable and in de-
fance of civilization, the Maine would
never have been sunk. But the Incl
dent Of the Maine simply focused at
tention upon the rights of mankind.
The same was true of the Ored Scott
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TRENTON

II. B. Moad has about completed re
modelling his barn, adding greatly to
the appearance of his farm.
A. l.. Crawford is doing some re
modelling on the L. L. Anderson resi-
dence.
NJ. NJ. Vaudeville autoed to Sioux
Falls Tuesday for another Allen auto.
mobile.
Messrs. Jas. b. and Morris Biggar
and Misses Daisy Telkamp and Matte
Culbertson autoed to Sioux Falls last
Saturday to take in a real circus. They
report it by far the best they have yet
seen.
NJ. f. Sutton and Will Caswell auto,
ed to Sioux Falls on business and
pleasure last Saturday.
c. c. Nelson took the J. f. Harvey
family to Manchester in his auto last
Sunday to visit Mr.. Harvey's brother
who lives near there.
Mr.. NJ. VI. Vaudeville has named his
farm Oakdale Stock Farm, taking the
name from the numerous burr oaks in
his grove. This is one thing that
every farm owner should do who takes
any pride in his place at all.
Trenton will gather in Culbertson's
grove Saturday, the weather permit
ting, to celebrate a sane Fourth by
spending the day in socially minglinl
and a good ~neighborly visit with al
of their neighbors, and INDUCING in
sports and ice cream, etc, between
times.
Some of our girls spent a very pleas
ant week camping at the lake las
week.
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Joe Daniels was driving here n
day last week.
THE EDITOR

The following is going the rounds
and in some ways it is too good to be
missed
Consider the editor. He weareth
purple and fine linen. His abode is
among the mansions of the rich. His
wife hath her limosine and his lrst-
born sporteth a racing a that can hit
her up in forty fiat.
Lo, All the people breaketh their
necks to hand him money. A child is
horn unto the wife of a merchant in
the bazaar. The physician getteth
ten golden plunks. The editor writeth
\ stick and a half and telleth the multi.
tude that the child tippeth the beam
at nine pounds. Yea, he lieth even as
a centurion. And the proud father
siveth him a cremo.
Behold, the young n groweth UP
and g%raduateth. And the editor put,
teth into his paper a swell notice,
Yea, a peach of a notice. He telleth of
the wisdom of the young woman and
of her exceeding comliness. Like unto
the roses of Sharon is she and her
grown is played up to beat the band
And the dressmaker getteth two score
and four iron men And the editor
getteth a note of thanks from the S.
G. G..
The daughter goeth on a journey
And the editor throweth himself on the
story of the farewell party. 1t run.
meth a column solid. And the fair
one remembereth him from afar with
a picture postal card that cOsteth six
for a jitney.
Behold, She returneth and the youth
of the city fall down and worship. She
pickett one and Lo, she pickett a lem.
on. But the editor calleth him one OF
our most promising young men and
getteth away with it. And they send
unto him a bid to the wedding feast
and behold, the bids are fashioned by
Muntgummery Hawbuck, in a far city
Flowery and long is the wedding
notice which the editor printeth. The
minister getteth ten bones. The
groom standeth the editor off for a
twelve-month subscription.
All flesh is grass and in time the
wife is gathered into the silo. The
minister getteth his bit. The editor
printeth a death notice, two columns
of obituary, three lodge notices, q
cobit of poetry and a card of thanks
And he forgetteth to read proof on the
head, and the darned thing comett
out, Gone to Her Last Roasting
Place"
And all hat are akin to the deceased
jumpeth on the editor with exceedins
great jumps. And they pulleth on
their ads and ~cancelleth their sub
scriptions and they swing the hamme.
unto the third and fourth generations
Canst thou beat it?
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LAKEWOOD

Bert Sargent and family are enjoy.
ing a fine new REQ car.
Mrs. Amos Brackenburg returned
Sunday from a few days viist with
her parents near Colman.
Miss Glee Mack of Bruce, spent
Sunday at August Nelson's.
r. ID. Nesbit was called to Waterloo
Iowa, last Friday to attend the funeral
of his brother, DR.. Nesbit, who died
that day from an attack of heart
trouble.
Roy Fish of Castlewood, is visiting
this week at Tom Fish's.
Sol Hermanson of Windsor, passed
through this vicinity one day last week
with a new Maxwell car purchased
from the local agents, Wilson & Dimes
of Volga.
Miss Neva Soule of Brookings, &C,
companied Lillian Goodfellow last
week to San Francisco, where they
will take in the exposition.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jerry Algra and Mr..
and Mrs. Paul Schwartz spent Sun,
day at Ed. Schwartz's.