Show J 1 tit oj J l r f I i PW H Here ere I Is s t h e N Newest ewes t I Importation iI C e re I i ti r r irom from Madrid via via Paris an anI and I y ff t Fashionable Society Is Ison Now fer Wo Wondering on Whether e er to o A Ar Ac Acknowledge c- c i t V r t 6 m Its knowledge now e ge s r 6 il i S' S n nI Dan ceTh Than Than- t Existence enee n or a n I Ignore It g S j 4 l' l r b 1 st r I 1 r f r c ci S 0 rs Vt p. p I. I 4 ff t J j L- L f f 11 J I B By Barbara Craydon ra r on t has problem bl m. m J- J J r E. a eK i s i BLE society a new news pro a F. F Iol It r. r FASHIONABLE Shall or shall it not accept t the h e S Scissors PI I t. t M of the clo meat j the latest extravagant ab in t deg development p o y r A f Jr S dance I prevailing craze for the syncopated ii For the real roal scissors dance danco be it known has i. iii be been en described as erratic and unusual and by far 1 y a i 1 j. j the craziest form of original origin 1 to terpsichorean ean art i I of which the tango o tho jazz and j tr modifications j j t even the shimmy arc are striking 1 When the to tango ngo first presented itself for adoption I j y s r 7 1 r I tion in Americas America's dance loving dance loving social sets it m r tl 4 b gained arced almost instantaneous favor Everybody r r 1 1 I its doors and nd welcomed 3 S 4 t t tan tangoed eed Society opened 4 1 a r W d fi it in Then later when the jazz was introduced f d V. V I I to the weird accompaniment of sobbing saxophone saxo saxo- f fi 3 1 ft I iI phone and tremendous trombone th the same thing t f tr Y J f happened again agam Even hi his royal highness the Prince of Wales ti I learned cd to jazz 1 Miss J. J 1 Margaret t S Symonds cis d laugh daugh- aug h t h J r 1 I I photo r 1 ter of Mrs hits C. C C. C Calhoun of Washington and copyright i b t b by y Princeton taught the young prince rince all about jazzing az k Kadel Herbert f. E zing ng during his visit to Washington on I. I y t r J But even Wore before receiving the stamp of roy royal royalty's l- l t i 1 r tys ty's s aPP approval royal the status of or the 1 jazz azz h had ad been e es- es N t J m r T This Shows the Finish of the Scissors r Somewhat hat Reminiscent of the Cake Walk Valk 1 Jazzing atrial already was a society a r e i 1 r r t Somers r r It is worth worthy of note too y j y p rs Y that tha t Lloyd r J a but More Graceful in in Appearance I 1 I Yn 1 gj rl J c t f Copyright K Kadel dei He Herbert ut A I 1 W jS i t If S wl mi This Is One of the Difficult but hut PicturesQue rescue Steps fes Y L r. r of off the Scissors tt The Left L Leg Is Drawn t. t Y Back and the Right Knee Bent A r rI I r vY r t tJ J i y P L I Y r t tr r w 40 Copyright Kadel Herbert t The Start of the Scissors In This s First stet f Position You Grasp Your Partner b by Both Y Hands Holding Your Arms Crossed in n 1 Front of You L t I J 04 t f.- f. Ul 1 4 George Great Britain's s otherwise dignified primo prime f. f minister is very fond of jazz music and also of 01 t t the h. h C jazz D. D During one 0 of f b. b his i numerous 0 official fr 1 4 visits to Paris in in Company with Bonar Law liaw in in tho the io- io t interests of peace conference work Lloyd oyd Georgo George o. o I fi j stopped at the Hotel Claridge The hotel ballroom ball ball- room toom is a gathering place o of the pick of Parisian 1 i v J ji t-j t t 1 r r J i 1 fr J f I i r p ti l. l It 7 i t society almost c every ery evening and the orchestra is said to be bo one of the tha paid highest-paid organizations in the tho world The orchestra was playing jazz music mu sic when the sedate British statesman entered tho ballroom and about 50 couples were jazzing This reminds me of the good old days Llpyd J George was w heard to remark to his co companion Bonar Law I dont don't believe belie I can resist the appeal appeal ap ape apepe pe peal l of that music It is a n matter of record as noted in the cable dispatches from Paris that Lloyd George made madeno nc no attempt to resist He jazzed and his partner was a noted Paris beauty a n member of the diplomatic diplomatic diplomatic diplo diplo- matic set Later in the evening he danced again and as he passed out of the ballroom loungers heard him say I dont don't see sec why they all aU denounce the shim shim- my It looks like great sport to me I wish I knew kne-cr it I must mast learn it i if ever I get the time The Steps of the Scissors So much for Jazz and nd the shimmy But the scissors is different It has hils no resemblance to the fox trot or the bunn bunny hug or even the grizzly bear It is neither a step one-step nor a waltz and by byno byno byno no possible stretch o of the imagination could it be classified under the same heading beading as the old old-fash- Toned polka or the stately minuet The Thc scissors is simply the scissors and some there are who have been unkind enough to say that of all of-all all crazy dances the scissors is the craziest Here are arc the directions for dancing it In order or or- der to der-to to understand them clearly a study of the photographs reproduced herewith will be quite quito necessary And having mastered the intricacies of the thc dance the reader must be left to judge whether anything more crazy than the scissors ever was contrived for the for the dancing floor To begin with you must grasp your partner by byboth byboth byboth both hands holding your arms crossed in iri front of or you Then the man takes position slightly to the tho left lct of or the lady Jady so that she stands exactly in front of his right foot He rests his weight on his left foot and his right leg is slightly bent and advanced The music masic starts two four time three-four three time or ordinary common time it really doesn't seem to matter which On the beat of the measure meas mens ure the dancing couple dip but only very slight slight- slightly ly in order to avoid sitting on each ench others other's knees After the dip the man slides his right foot forward forward forward for for- ward and his partner passes behind him He then turns buns on his left heel takes two steps forward turns half right and bo both h repeat the dip as before be be- fore and so on The dance lasts only once around the hall haU and then the music stops And there in a nutshell is the scissors from start to finish I I Y t i t ti f 1 A. A j i 1 it l JoA r. If J t J t l j f v 1 i 5 0 J i. i The dance has been b een described as very ry d difficult for the beginner begin begIn- ner but much less strenuous r than the tango when once the steps have be been n learned The Tho scissors originated in Madrid where it is known as the Juanita It reached this country via Paris where some ome of the army and navy officers picked up th the steps and brought them home as curiosities And now it threatens t tto to become as popular as the tango was a few ew years ago Somebody once inquired who was responsible for the radical departure from the good old old- old old-fash ash toned round and square dances dance of our fathers to the modern craze for Jazz jazz The officers of the American Professors' Professors Association of D Dancing and the American National Association of Masters of Dancing undertook to explain They blamed it iton on oil the saxophone and one or two musical music l instruments instruments ments which lend Jend themselves to a moaning swaying sway ing and tantalizing rhythm quite different from th the older and more timed strictly dance music arranged arranged arranged ar ar- ar- ar ranged for the waltz the polka cr the gavotte It is impossible declared Prof Bott of Da Dayton Dayton Day Day- ton 0 t to tv do away with dances that are not learned but rather compelled b by the suggestions of musicians who through go monkey shines as they grind out ut their noise If the jazz bands keep on the prore profession of dancing will die dic a n natural death A remarkable incident bearing on the dance ance situation is related by Rear Admiral Bradley A A. Fiske U. U S. S Navy In his new book From Prom Midshipman l Iid Mid Mid- shipman to Rear Admiral Wars Preceded by Dance Crazes L One evening in August 1913 while Admiral Fiske was assigned to the war college ho and his wife attended a z dance lance at the Casino in Newport The young folks s were dancing a n. turkey trot Admiral Ad miral Fiske made a n light remark rem about the ungainliness ungainliness un- un of the dance to Rear Admiral Charles H. H Dav Davis s. s The latter replied ver very seriously Y You u know th that t this dance is not new and it itis itis itis is all aU allover over Europe This especial step may be new v but dancing old and nd this i is crazes are part of a dancing craze I nm am quite sure that it portends evil Whenever a savage tribe h hears firs that the themen themen themen men men menor of or another tribe are arc dancing it gets ets read ready Y for war There have been several dancing crazes recorded in history One dancing cr craze ze preceded the Crusade another preceded the tho Reign of Terror Every dancing craze raze h has s been followed in about a year by an aT awful war Admiral Davis made the above statement in in August 1913 after watching the comparatively sane turkey trot One year later all aU Europe was plunging headlong into the war he had bad predicted r F 1020 1920 I J i r r j i if i. i t d 2 i c. c i t tJ j k t 1 r J iU N l Irk I i t J N 3 J 01 j J r. r Ir ll r J Jc Jer c I er d K f 4 s. s t em u The Dip in inI I M- M I the Scissors 1 4 1 r with Left LeftY Extended Leg Y Back and j 4 s I the Right t i t t B Bent nt Fo Forward d r ti l 1 Square x in Square 1 1 r r Shape f kr ei e- e i I 4 S copyright ty ol k Ii f e J t. t oi r N V I r 1 r Y f rr r r r i s 's Vii r F Y S 1 1 s Jh IL a M r f J 7 1 r i t J y f r 1 x J t p I 1 I I A 1 1 J t r ar t t y fj- fj V v i 1 ci t 1 t v i Vs i j v C J v n 7 v j J A. A i v r rJ 1 2 fe r erL Z M JV cs kf G t d. d t t 1 Jot MM J f i OJ |