Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-01-23
Shocking ~"Shimmee," Import
cd From Orient, Fixes PRO
cfiety Lire" Tor Jazz Time
dancers

%sN< that the death warrant; Of old
John Barleycorn has been signed by
those cooking reform considerable at
t,naou is being turned to the new
AMI much talked OF dance-the
'sldpsmcc," which,, making its first
appearance in New York about two
months ago is now more talked of
lnan the one time sensational Tur-
Icy Trot-, Bunny Hugs, Lame Ducks.
cite.
This new terpsichorean innovation
comes supposedly from the ORIENT but
IroEi tho way in which it is executed
by some ii appears more like the re-
sui OF an experiment by two cast
sidcrs.
Nurtbcr or not there are any set
rules which should be observed In do
ing Gis.iatest dance we do not know
70 everyone mat tries his or her luck
at ID gets the idea from someone else
tiiat tlicy have seen doing 1t and thus
each coupta has a different idea and
as o result there is a canglo-leration
~ movements camoGfiagcd under the
name "sitiinmee."
81 universal has the reports about
the "shiIaldcc" spread that the board
cf tcuSors in some places have con
,'aH,nct. il and many dancing halls
f,rbid its being danced.
We'll 10 get nearer TO the point
the ~"ahimmee" has made its appear
a1cc IN his city and the near vicin-
f.. and in II or two instances its use
IS resulted in dances being stopped
1atil the fact was pointed out that
il was to be dom no more.
Some claim in defense of the
'Ehi nmee' that it is not a hard
dance and that it can be done with
uronr.ety but the darce when doi.c
by the extremists becomes no dance
ut all-the dancers shivertng as
though under an attack of the chlllS
and fcver while their feet move not
or ye little at the most.
Sgch a commotion has this much
advert sod dance raised tha' in order
60 ma ntain the good name of their
halls many owners and proprietor OF
places in which anccs are nductc
IRvo placed the "shimr.cc' on their
blaetJ list.
The "shimmee" started to make it's
nTpt aI2Gcc in a very modified form
at 4 recent dance in st. Peters parish
louge. but the lid was shut down
rht on it as soon as it was discov-
cied and for q tinle it was reported
y at dancing i'm that place as a whole
MD haVa TO suffer because of the
efforts Of some TO work in this new
ntTl dance.
At fho dance held in st. MarNs
al south kmbey. last Friday night
Ell htAl a. IN
,unc. some Of the dancers decided
t. tr out their 'shimming" ability.
s;nch extremes were resnrted TO, how
ever. that il has since been reported
that the dance must go from the hall
or dancing there must stop altogether.
At many of the dances held recent
D. by private organizations the Shin
mee" has appeared and played an i'm
portant part in the dance program. 1t
even threatened to get inside the walls
OF the local high school. but as dances
amdng the students are few and far
between the faculty will ave plenty
Of time to decide whether or not ii
should appear eve in its modified
form at amy future function. Slight
traces of this dance werayz0en al a
- affair heldSff school at
ry~fch soprc OF The alumni presented
n ''semi-shimmee" now and then.
From different exhibitions of the
"shimmee" we have seen 1T would
appear that those afflicted with the
saint Nitus dance would be the
ones to cxcell in this imported Jazz
time frolic. We now have a Board
OF Censors to act on movies about
which there Is any doubt of their
rroprietr and if many more dances
along the line of the "shimmees
thrust themselves upon the public,
this city is likely TO have nan / 4
Board Of Dancing Censors.