| Show r IH J H H 1 H HH H I HI I H I H t H HH I I III IH H r Ik he Of OJ o cAs In Iii TIe The Vance Dance al t r I ITh O I Ti Tire 3 Ing were letl IO O by hy U I 1 1 P n nI I I the subject subjects both Ihl th prop j aul Improper r nt lit the Ih request t toC f of oC Mr Ir Written for tor the Dowel O News Nt T CAN CIN e not 1101 to he 1 that tb III success 1 of it many a ronn may ma I 10 directly il to his bin manner r rIe IT If It lie h Iran has a ti Iral manner here het lie polo If It he lie lass has n R Ht man mai mainer manner ner ncr lie III draw nil All mankind toward Inward him for lor l to III Irresistible There IH Is nothing that t does docs not yield to 10 the power falser of If kindness is Since Slone this li lian I Ian an axiom how ho ho In Is n mini imam 01 tir 01 woman to cultivate the fawn ow r that may bring no ao I much ch not nol only to themselves but Jut lo to all those tho with whom they the come comeIn comeIn comeIn In contact The lesson On Is simple f Those hose who wilt have anti ear earnestly nestly taught the thc oil art of dancing In America Ir have hll teen been I fn confronted with lIh many It would toko tako too loo Ion long to recount r them nil and I 1 aim niti not going to In attempt It It The Thc profession of nt dancing Imd one Olle master mils tor whoso whose In Individuality shines shiMS out as an a beacon bencon light to 10 Ih who often ortell become weary I with w ell doing Allen lIen Dodworth C taught In ID New York Tork City for half halt u n century and was USK s teacher leacher In nil all that the word Implies Writing on I h li Bald nh Honesty of M and the tho desire to do rho Justice to others so MO tar far transcend mere mure fashion In iii importance that It Is la astonishing that any American gentle gentleman Ke man can plead ro so I small Sin all an as excuse ex U o for Or Orp eo FO p great a n wrong wrestling boating baseball and football and 1111 the tho like have hav n a strengthening effect upon the muscles and aul Jilt are Ill undoubtedly use useful us useful ful tul to a certain extent but they the hive titre lH H HH l lj j H W WI HH IH V 1 t V J JV Jor V or t tT L LT T T 1 I f i I Ir I r tr f z I f fV t f V 1 f T 1 t r w wr j fj f F T T w I f HIHI H 1 H H H HI iI aI II HH TIm ItIc 1101 H l H II H i I II II Ia HH I HI II I u ut t f fj fI 4 o t I j ft t V I a P r t tt t tV 1 u I p V Iy t g 4 1 i f il T t t I r 1 k r Kt 1 f t clI hl I MII M I l d JI HH 13 l F I HI J POSITION j Showing Ladys Left Lott and nud U Right Ann Tho gentleman hand la Is too tar often ottell placed too low lots on the thc lack lk causing her lier to 10 forward and lose the proper pr poke poise ol e of oC her body bOll When Wh n the th ladys hilly l rt Is placed too high on all the shoulder or underneath Ills arm urn It Is IN I Indelicate to tl say any the tho least Ica t n tendency toward and brut hrut ns oY Is shown III In the hazing cane canO rushes rushs and other doings of or young oung men mell who attend fit lend our educational e Institutions A t strong of oC some soma kind Is U wanted to strengthen the tho muscles mue les of morality whereby our young oung nice men nay may Ina Inal Income become l strong enough to stand h nd erect In tho of oC vice Ice creating that chivalric tone tono of oC mind so es a apart apart apart part of ot n character r In III every portion of oC lire life tilling filling the soul Foul with more moral pride anti leps Intel Inel vanity An Influence of oC great reat power IH hi It now wanted to Increase the number of ot young men who are willing willingto to sacrifice some tome of ho the case ease anti and pleas pleasure are ure that wealth brings for Cor the tho great call coli of or duty duly to fellowman tool Good consist of n II ready ac no of tho rights of others a willingness to concede In tho way WilY of oC rM a n cheerful readiness and evi el evident lent dent pleasure In n fulfilling all nil the tho little duties of oC facial Intercourse e finding fading pleasure In the pleasure of oC others Ac As Is 18 mho tho expression of ot all nil form of I good It bo tin said sill l that tho thu morality of oC mo motion molion lion tion should receive n a large share of oC I attention Not ot until every mry ery breath br nth In Inhaled Inhaled n haled by n II child conveys mural moral education tion lOll cnn an we e expect to overcome the e of ot nature When to make others happy Is U our greatest then will come the p place ace that all Allen 1 hn ha has parsed away but buttIe lie tIe hns has left behind a n I heritage e of oC good example us a n I teacher of ot the art lut artof artof of dancing He dignified his hili profession by 11 having the highest Ideals In all nil that pertained to correct deportment lie He did not live to 10 tea sea ll the thc fashionable cir clr circles cles eles of IC society take up mip the rowdy danco of oC denizens of oC the flowery It Is probably better hetter that ho ha ltd did not this thin degradation de for Cor It would no doubt have grieved him to 10 realize that ills Ida life lite work worl had been b or o no avail nyall After Art striving for or Mil half a n century to teach politeness 9 he was at least entitled to a 1 sincere It In Is a 11 strange com commentary commentary upon titan civilization that the tho altra leaders of ot society were the first to Indulge In the dance mcc mcco of o 1119 th Among the un uncouth uncouth couth couch and anti uneducated dwellers In the thu slums of ot New York there thel was ns something some ROme something thing appropriate about the forms of oC dancing The Tho bowery tough hall had hallo hada lads a o characteristic swagger that lit fit fitted ted him to n II nicety He lie posed as n the steady strad of oC some sonic loose Jointed and they the showered mu fUll mutual teal ual t endearments upon each cacti other dur during ing lag tho the of oC the dunce They were sere usually In III a 1 state of at semi ration cation anti and this lidded added to the ho tho Infinite variety of oC physical contortions which they rehearsed a liS as a II sort oit of oC exhibition They rhe leaned lennell upon each coch other In Iii the waltz In la order to keep keCI their I speak of oC this to show show that refined relined persons er ons have hn 11 no more float Ion In III Imitating the tiro flowery Bower dance than they th have hI vo In adopting the habits of o the Hen 1 Islanders It Is my III purpose In III this article to show the difference between proper amid Improper forms farina orilla of ot dancing To fl this thin end I 1 have huo ha 0 had hac the accompanying nc en cn engravings prepared The were I Eased 1 by h mo me from tram among umon my In former pupils to Illustrate not only the cor correct correct correct position but also the tho bodily hO con comm contortions of those thoM who Indulge In hi the Bunny Hunny Hug and kindred errors I 1 hope I 1 may Inn be able to Impress upon the minds mind of oC nil all decent t people the ut lit utter litter ter vulgarity unit rind abandonment of If those acrobatic performances l In a 1 ball hall room roan that are arc designated as waltzes and two steps stepi I 1 am aln often en nuked asked why I Improper ut at It parties given inthe In Inthe the tho academy I 1 control My fly Iy an answer answer Is III always the same I nin om not the guardian of oC men and women women w men who attend the parties gives In my Iny ball room There Thero U is I ono place however where Improper forms Corms of oC dancing are never hover permitted ted and that Is I In my dancing school When my pupils leave me after a II full course of I I a HH H I H irl J l lof f lf i oft of t i r tl i i to tot t 1 L S Sf St f I II IC I t i I i 1 C I II I r rt r t I IH H l H H H 1 H t I 11 1 1 1 TilE THE SOCIETY HUG 1131 I Instruction they are litO utterly unmindful I of ot tho hugging match un l s they the witness witless the tho somewhere else than In ht tho time dancing school This Is tho time only place where 1 I Iam mn am absolute master of oC the tho conduct of oC those who enter the ball room I am pained to observe ob cle that some of my pu pis drift Into the thc vulgar forms torms of lilac dancing ing lag after they the mire tiro out from under my may Influence I 1 lucre have watched them assume as ns assume sume an nn Indelicate position and they In Invariably invariably variably appear 0 to bo Cawl and 1 i Hut the thc Influence seems to tobe tobe be he too strong to resist for or they seldom are nr willing to reform Do I suggest t a II remedy for Impropriety In dancing Yes Yea the remedy lies lIeR entirely with the women I can cannot cannot not believe that any young man would assume a II vulgar attitude In the tho dance dunco tl nce unless It should be with the connivance and old consent c of the th young woman with whom he Is dancing Tho The average joung young non man will probably take tako o the liberties that he Is allowed to take He lie will also 1180 be bc entirely circumspect t If IC he heIs heIA heIs Is IA politely and advised as II to hl ills conduct In tin the dance This conclusion is III the result of many years experience as all a II teacher of 01 dancing anti and polite de do deportment It may many seem a trifle HH lant to my Iny the nt at th the doors the th young women wh who of et make different grades of oC society hut but e up the I prepared d to defend my In po them decline to take loke part In the Let t hugging matches and ond the bull would be purged room of oC its lis Every young woman should h uM remember that any familiarity II by hH her lessens lessor the respect rc p t In whirl she he it Is h held J by the tho opposite sex I have hae seen eten pure Ure minded young women actually fl flush when they the wore were seized by In the tho uncouth embrace of the modern mO rn dance When they saw en others other quite Z Zas as IS guilty guilt ns nB themselves time the embarrass fluent wore noro away R and they were loon toon not only content hut but actually happy In the tho Immodest abandonment Cloae lose dancing lancing Is always ons Improper and no lady or gentleman can dance In thus man Inan nor ncr n nid lay loy any nn claim whatever to 10 modesty Let Iet mo am conclude b by that Ihal vulgar ul gar forms of oC dancing lire are gradually l growing unpopular No motive of mol mob esty sty prompts the reform hut but higher society finds Itself too closely clos by Its Inferiors There was WM a time lime when Coney Island and anti the smart s set t had Imd a monopoly of ot ball room a i Then the lower loner strata Involved In the tho Immodesty until null the laden kader ader of fashion danced exactly an us did dirt her waiting maid malel Now the line Is I being drawn and anil modesty ty tiny awl h triumph If IC properly encouraged In a n future article I wilt will explain the that children may ml acquire by hy learning I to dance I will 11 deal with Ing at us a healthful exercise for tor tune the young I J L P 1 Sr t IH tIl ll H HH H tH ili f I J f I I E y yi yi ye ye yi yi x I 01 i t i tI I e t tI e i I Il It I l i r rr r j s r 4 t t x 1 ft e i f fI I or ori 1 1 l T TH i I H H H POSITION Showing Ladya Ladys flight and Left Luft Arm with Hands s Joined For a n dancer to be b graceful advantage tago must be bo taker taken of M natural position po and pulse poise When the arms are held In an nn angular form with the cIa hands under the chin The Tho dancers will have tho the appearance of 01 hanging upon each other In III an nn Immodest and Ind ungraceful attitude wA I N MI lI u d Ny |
