The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-12
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New York.-The rhythmic call never goes unanswered by Manhat- tan's millions.
 But at the present moment, the New Yorker is becoming dance con- scious. He is worried if he fails to execute a proper tango step. And because this is as it is, the dance industry is getting into the big busi- ness columns. There are, at the moment, veritable dance factories.
 Within the past few weeks, Arthur Murray has graduated into a huge building of his own and Ned Way burn is almost equally elastic. For it would seem that, whatever the trou- bles of the nation, a large percent age of the population is trying to dance them off.
 Murray, who has built himself from an architect into national ballroom dance authority. requires four full floors this season. He needs IA secretaries merely to keep appointments. Most of the mid- winter tyros are seeking to learn the South American dances.
 And the dance maestro, who has seen tens of thousands of beginners | come and go, would have you know J year. Writers, artists and such-like are in the majority where new reg | istrations are concerned.
 Last winter bankers and brokers headed the lists, but seemingly they have their noses closer to the grind stone this season and care less for the fol-de-rols.
 Murray, by the way. insists on col lege lads and lassies for his instruc- tors. Yale and Harvard furnish a ! good percentage of the male teach CTS. Vassar and Wellesley furnish a | great many of the pretty maidens. With such backgrounds. the pretty maidens are expected to steer clear of efforts at date making. But to make sure, Murray puts the penalty of dismissal upon any instructress who dates up" a client-and gets caught at it, of course.
 | Once within a year he weakened | slightly when one of the wealthiest of the eligible New York business men pleaded for just one little eve- ming with a particularly attractive and intelligent college girl.
 | By the way, he finds Americans 1 find fellow Americans the best dance | partners. In several years he has had but two foreigners. One Of these, a very master at tanSOlnS. mad worked with his school nearly two years when, on a certain morning
 Murray picked up the paper and found that his employe was a royal | person.
 Social registerites are the most amenable to teaching. And the av- craze man over 30 who comes to register for a dance class will sel. dom admit that he needs training
 Nine times out of 10 he will start by stating that a brother or an aunt or a cousin wants to learn to dance
 After a period of elf-consciousness he breaks down and confesses that
 after all, it is he who has never learned to dance.
 However, 80 per cent of all per. sons showing up for instructions al.
 ready are good dancers interested 1T picking up steps of the newes
 dances. His turnover runs into thu I twenties of thousands and more pei annum and scores of private rooms
 curtained off in four floors of his new
 building, are in action for about l;
 hours a day.
 Ned Wayburn gets about an equa
 number. but most of his student
 are. more interested in trick dancing
 than in ballroom steps. Tap and ac
 robatic novelty seekers throng hi
 place. encouraged by the example,