Show WEIRD SNAKE DANCE IN ARTISTS STUDIO New York Sun SunA SunA J JA A New York artist who has achieved a 8 reputation by devotion to the weird surprised a few intimate friends the theother theother theother other day by inviting inciting them to witness a snake dance in his studio at the fol following following lowing owing midnight The small party reached the studio about 11 and at once began to feel eel squeamish The rhe glow of a II hanging ban ng Syrian lamp lighted the he room and projected the palm leaves that hat were ere us used for foi decoration In long shadow on walls and anti ceiling Colored bits of or glass a In a tiny cathedral window lighted from outside dis disclosed disclosed closed clo the outlines of or a divan of rugs and tapestries Above was a canopy of East Indian stuffs In the opposite side of the room candles had been stuck behind strings of glass beads and their flickering in the glass produced the ef effect feet of or an fountain All AH of the lights blended harmoniously harmoniously harmoniously and tinted the t rooms furnishings with a it soft crimson They showed satin snake nake skins skiM glistening on the walls like a polished paneling Kits of ot the he hunter and fisherman were ere hooked booked up here and there and various musical instruments instrument were scattered about An Apollo Belvidere in plaster p ter stood in a aniche aniche aniche niche in the wall Avail and an appropriate group of ot statuary was and his sons eons struggling in the coils of the snake that crushed rushed them themOn themOn On the mantel rested tested a human skull with ith a tangled mass Jn of f hair the eye eve caverns made luminous with phosphorous orous Opposite the divan wes was a cush cushioned cushIoned window seat with many drap draperies draperies eries cries and suspended above it was the they bony y head of a horse In the corner hung hunA a It complete comple human skeleton There was a choir chair with Doge arms an octagon supporting a full tull punch bowl two Chippendale chairs and a ham bam hammock bamm hammock mock m k Tall TaU palms were to be brushed against everywhere and nd smaller palms p lm fastened the folds of the fhe colored cloths that draped the tho These details by b no means were wele ob observable observable erable at the first glance They at attracted attracted attracted individual attention gradually after the eye had become accustomed accustom to the light and during the curtain I raiser to the snake dance Ragtime music on the mandolin introduced some fantastic steps step by two t 0 young oung women I who danced with loosened ned hair and short flounced skirts and showed nim blene bieness of body hody as asell J ell eU as of feet After Aftel their dancing they sang dee doe and Sun Saul Toy selections eJe in iii modi modified Sod lied ragtime Then the artist gave a pantomime e after the manner of or Chin Chinese Chinese ese theatres using real masks maRks stolen from Crom a H It was explain explained ed od By this time Ump it was ne as midnight and the Uw artist sounded twelve strokes 8 8 on a Chinese gong as the signal s naJ that the snake Make dance was to begin be ln Painters call the dancer who is an artists model Christine but name may ma be generic She Sh tood above medi medium medium um urn height of slender build and had a afine afine fine poise of the head Her features teat res were regular 8 and pleasing and hi lit years y ar she did not appear to be more than IS D ISA DA 1 A Turkish urkle screen provided the only green room and the glimpse e of ot a n bare arm now and then gave added expectancy expectancy expectancy tancy to the spectators who haI taken takene seats t on Oft the Ute divan by the colored glass glss Window Wind A tiger skin akin a se soft to the touch as 8 a 1 cotton ball was spread on the floor in the centre of the Use room on Utia this Christine Une came none camet be lie between tween t n the spectators and the Syrian e Lo |