The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-31
TRENCH TROT STAR
DANCE THIS YEAR
LudendOrff Sidestep and
Hindenburg Backward
Glide Are Barred.

The trench trot. according to Prof.
Louis H. Chalif. who will preside next
Tuesday at the opening Of the annual
convention Of the American Society
of Professors OF Dancing at the Hotel
Majestic, Is to be all the go next win
ter. 1t IL a variation of the fox trot.
, brought down to date by "a series Of
gliding steps in z!gzag fashion. which
gives the suggestion of the trenches.
and there Is also a military clicking OF
heels and a dip step, suggesting the
lodging Of hand grenades." The de-
scription Is Prof. Chalif's. not THE
SUN's. and is not copyrighted.
| Prof. Chalif who Is the moving
spirit Of the dancing masters conven-
ton. declares that all ballroom dancing
will have a military tinEe and that the
trench trot Is likely to be followed by
other effects in human agility, dictated
AS history proceeds in the making, by
signal military successes and the ad-
vance of the conquerins hosts toward
Berlin. This upon the axiom that dane
ing from its lowest to Its highest
| forms is but the expression OF a people
happy or people depressed.
These Are verboten.
1t IL pity. according to several OF
the nations best known exponents Of the
light footed art. that there Is such a
| strong prejudice In the land against any.
| thing bearing a German name. For 1,
Is doubted. for this reason, II the follow
| ing terpsichorean novelties will get over
The Ludendorff Side Step: This Is rem.
| dered by the performer advancing to the
buffet supper. smacking his lips and Sc
| Letting the most appetizing morsels as
he advances But just before he reaches
his objective the bouncers. at a sigma
| from Prof. Chalif advance toward him
in menacing attitudes. He endeavors tc
| circumvcnt them by a series OF side
| steps. for he is still intent on the deiica
! cies. But at another signal from Prof
/ Chalif the bouncers seize him and throw
| him down the back stairs
The Hindenburg Backward Glide
| This is danced solo. although an unseer
assistant acts as a confederate from tn,
| wings He is in control OF a rope which
Is attached TO the dancers leg. The
room, which has been plunged in dark
ness, Is pierced suddenly by a spotlight
and the dancer Is discovered pirouettinl
in the middle Of the floor. As the specta
| tors gaze at him he steps on his lip ant
falls with a crash. Thereupon, at a sig
nal from Prof. Challf. the attendant ir
the wings pulls in the rope hand ovei
hand. the soloist gliding steadily back
| ward In the direction OF the dumb
waiter shaft, into which he is present.,
| flung. protesting that the Emperor shall
be informed OF this outrage.
Dancer Fails to Appear.
| The Prince Rupprecht Fandango: il
this dance the chairs along the sides o.
the ballroom are arranged In a barri
cade down the centre Of the room ant
an attendant calls loudly for the Prince
to come and defend them. He does no
appear and his bail Is forfeited. That II
the end of the dance.
The Crown Prince Crescendo: TIL,
| dancer, arrayed to represent Friedrich
| Wilhelm advances to the centre OF tn,
moor and an!rks at the prettiest girl II
the room. She throws a tame goldfish a
him. With a shrek of terror tho Grown
Prince tells her she Is no lady and re
tires beneath the nearest sofa. where hi!
five brothers--who have been con
cealed there in readiness by one Of Prof
Chalirs sssistants-tell him he has onl,
himself to thank for coming to such 8
rough house The dance en1s by thei
all pinnIng Iron Crosses on one enothe
in token OF the hero's brave exploit