Metropolitan news. (Chicago, Ill.) 1935-19??, 1935-06-11

goose pimples about. Little
Egypt" was all the rage in great
granpap's day at the first Chica-
go Worlds Fair in 1893.
Following the shimmy dance
came the torch dancers. Louise "J-o
ia" Cook rose to number one po-
sition. Bessie Dudley displaced
her. Elizabeth Kelly is the queen
of all torch or shake dancers. By
the time Kelly got it, the started
calling it the "Rhumba." Louise
Cook is now the wife of Herbert
Mills of the famous quartet. Bes-
sic Dudley went to Europe with
Lew Leslie's "Blackbirds," and
was sent back to the States. She
was replaced by Elizabeth Kel-
ly. They changed Kelly's name and
started calling her Kanakahas
from Martinique. She is still with
"Blackbirds. Bessie Dudley join
ed Duke Ellington's troupe
1t was really the Charleston
dance craze that gave birth to the
present crop of hooters. Chief
among them is the team of Chill
ton and Thomas. Without those
dancing feet, they would be Just
another young couple buried in the
great maelstrom of humans eking
out an ordinary existence. Young
Thomas also tried to improve on
Bill Robinson's idea by dancing
on a set of dishes.
Then there is ballet, Apache,
and ballroom which is featured on
the stage. Sadie and Mary Bruce
turn out scores of youngsters
who do this type of dancing. The
artistic dancing of Meeres and
Meeres, Norton and Margot, Ba-
kay and Stevenson is really beau
tiful to see. This style of dancing
has been termed poetry in mo-
ton" The team of Broomfield and
Greeley, who stayed long time
in China and now currently ap-
pearing at Sebastian's Cotton
Club in Los Angeles, rose to fame
with their style of dancing. Brown
and Marguerite were headliners
with their Apache dance several
years ago.
The Shin Sham Shimmy dance
was made popular by Pete, Peach
es and Duke. The Indy Hop also
brought forth several dance teams,
such as Jenkins and Jenkins and
RABBIT and RABBIT. The Shuttle
dance never got past the ballroom
stage. This dance was popular
among the younger set. a,e"@
The Carioca
The "Carioca" did not bring
forth any major dance team in
sepia America. Despite the fact
that the dance in the film, oily
ing Down to Rio," had an all
Colored boy and girl chorus. lie
did, however - us Fred Al taire
and Glge gers, The. onti-
nental@ dance Which was Eel tured
by Astaire and Rogers il the
flicker, "The Gay Divorcee, gave
US Chick and Chickie.
Feet, feet, feet. Dancing feet,
educated feet. Feet with harmony,
and rhythm, plus the attendant I'M
necessary evils of corns, blisters
and bunions, have spelled fame
and fortune for hundreds of hoof-
ers. Ruby Keller got her start in
Texas Guinan's chorus. Walter
Winchell, Broadway columnist,
quit trying to be a hoofer in
1927. Aand practically everyone
who sees a clever dancer beating
out rhythm, to himself, wishes that
he too, were a hoofer
Tn latest dance craze is called
trucking on down." 1t was made
popular by "Nicodemus," a come
dian. Noble Sissle has written
song of the same name and fea-
lures it in his new revue Don
Redmon has also written a song
entitled "The Joe Louis Truck"
The dance is lazy rhythmic hop
done to practically any tempo of
music. On wonders whether this
new craze will develop a new set
of dancers, as in the case of its
predecessors. All in all, dancing
is good exercise and good eco
Monies for the shoe building and
repairing industry. Tap dancing
caused complete new department
to be installed in all shoe COM
panies-the making of steel taps
to fit on dancers shoes.
The hoofer dances his way
through life. Many do as many
as five shows a day. Dnacing is
hard work 1t taxes the brain and
everyevery muscle in the body. A
mis-step, the timing must be &C.
curate or anything from sprain-
ed onkle, pulled tendon to a bro
ken neck may happen. But all in