The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-27

Col. cand Great-grandfather) Levi
kretlow Of Chicago tangoed GRACEFUL.
and all afternoon-up and down tn,
ballroom floor on the twenty-fourti
story OF the Hotel McAlpin yesterday
his long sandy whiskers fiufing prettil,
in the high winds that blew tnrough tn.
ventilated ballroom atop the hotel. hi,
cutavay coattails halloonlng out VIM
and win and his collar absolutely un
wrlnklod even at the dusky end of a day
OF dancing.
Co. kietlow. now headed toward IS
has beaten the collar wrinkling annoy.
ance Df danr'Is. So far as appear
ances are concerned the Colonel would
beat tho annoyance even N his cola.
did wrinkle because the long. flowing
whiskers. which tie Colonel believes nc
fox trotter should be without, abso.
luteiy curtains OF any unstarching OF
sagg!ng of linen from the head down
Besides he wears n rubber collar which
being wri~nkleproof. always retains its
spendid high polish and general natti.
ncse.
one should lead "A simple life for fox.
trotting ard tangoing. drink a dish or sc
OF beer At night and smoke only between
meals II ones days would be Ions In
the land. That at least was the advice
New York received yesterday from Col
kret!ow, who on Saturday morning
kissed his five ~'children," his eight
grandchildren and three ~great-grand-
children gc1d-by out in Chicago and en-
trained Tor Broadway TO dance through
out the four day session OF the Amer
lean National Association of Masters
Of Dancing.
Convention Comes with Colonel.
An opinion may have prevailed that
Col. kr.tlow was coming here with the
association. But at the very first fash
which the press gallery took AT the
opening Of the dance sessions yesterday
afternoon down the floor came p.youet-
ting the Colonel. grace itself in every
strand Of his undulating whiskers and
tar spread cylttals whereupon cne press
gallery promptly decided taat from that
moment until the convention end at
the McAlpin next Wednesday the Colo
mel was not, is not and will not be here
with the convent pn-th convention Is
here with the Colonel.
The men and women dancing teachers
from Pittsburg. Boston, Philadelphia,
Chicago, Montreal. Baltimore and all
points east, west, north and south who
are here converting around Col. kretlow
himself one time president of the or
gan.zat!on-will tango and trct steadily
or the polished and glass enclosed roof
OF the McAlpin, where all the gentlemen
and lady past masters OF dancing are
staying. not because of the pleasure
the Colonel and tho others may get out
of dancing but for strictly business
purposes.
They're here AS buyers. Consequently
when enough early arrivals to make a
mess had got into town by midday,
along came the only Maurice. properly
.bespatted and with hair as black and
slippery as the Colonel's never wilt collar
was white n slippery, and led the
way to the roof ballroom. There the
buyers gathered around. Maurice UNI
packed his winter and spring samples of
tangoes and foNtrots and before night
had climbed 70 the McAlpin roof twenty
Two OF the seventy-tive or more dancing
teachers who are expected to be present
by to-day had selected several OF the
nlfties, dancing steps which Maurice had
taken out al his sample cases.
Criticism Of Naurice's Goods.
n.t 49, t,t.. IL -u--a