Show 1111 DANGERS DANCERS BUSY IN NOBLE HOMES Baron von and Count i Eul Eulenburg Instructing the Princes P. P an and dP Princesses JJ J JI JIP J LEAD LEA SOCIAL FUNCTIONS L I I J A Royalty Observes T Traditions r and Rules by y Regulating fJ i I Its ts Enjoyments sl 1 t Republican Special Cable Berlin Feb 22 First First Lieutenant t. Baron von and antI Lieutenant Count Eulenburg are arc the busiest mortals mortals mor- mor In III tho empire nowadays acting as f I chief dancers d at all court functions l 7 and at tho the houses of oC the tho nobility and I I 11 high Ig-h Ig officials where the kaiser kaiser kaiser- in In their sons and daughter or an any r of ot their kin kin visit of an ovenIn even I n For this r 1 Is the courts court's dancing season and when royalty royallY In Invites q Its friends and servants servant It j jor of or or Invites Itself to the tho houses houses' of or and subjects herd Is dancing 3 But Dut as ns royalty royalty- does Its dancing dancinK according according according ac- ac cording to certain traditions and rules z ro royal al chief dancers are appointed every winter to instruct the young oung princes i. i and prince princesses ss s's arid and oversee the lesser 4 t- t J people Invited to court functions J Baron wears tho the gorgeous U uniform of oC tho the emperors emperor's bodyguard Wt and Count Eulenberg that of oC the First Foot loot guards During the dancing season season season sea sea- son these gentlemen are aro excused from o. o he army service hut but must m st work h harder for tor their living than during tho the most manoeuvre re periods J At Jt t all aU court functions and at ot private and official residences where any member mem mem- her ber of or tile the royal roal house appears the chief dancers have haye the following duties to perform They Ther must regulate the tho number of or f.- f. I dancing couples not couples not too many or not too few frn few few-at at at one and the same time ti They must see sec to it that there are no wall flowers oven o if Ie thc they have to danco dance I themselves hems halt half a dozen times with tho the d J same lady J. J t I One Ono of ot or the gentlemen alternating alternating- leads the dance from rota first to last setting setting set set- ting the tho pace for tile the rest This Is es especially es- es important if Ir a a. princess Is to dance The Tho selected ted partner of suc such a j great personage is advised of ot the honor hon boa i. i or Intended for him by the tile chief dancer f-f f Ft f with this phrase Her lIet royal highness r Princess et etc does you tho the honor to command YOU jou OU to assist her at nt tho the waltz naming hour and minute Please ke keep p in readiness I will conduct conduct conduct con con- duct you OU into the royal presence in time tinte Then follow tho the Instructions You must keep at not at- ata a n. distance ot of eighteen Inches Inch from rom her royal highness You must not touch her arm except Wh rc- rc it IB Is covered by a glove Before starting startIng start start- Ing Ine you ou must bow three times to their and every royal highness on tho tile l dut It t you Sou stall ta l with he her hert royal J. J r lice You will be forever fore disgraced The Tho latter admonition Is usually re repeated repeated repeated re- re more than once for tor it is not yet et forgotten that tho ho famous painter PIlot Pi Pilot PI- PI lot loty once measured the floor with the if crown princess afterward Empress IJ 5 Frederick At the houses where royalty visits J tho the chief dancers arrange tho the program and often otten demand domand a rehearsal This Is i alwa always alwa's s done when wien the tho emperor or empress empress em em- has wish dance i J press expressed a n to the tho duet chief dancers being ordered to procure procure procure pro pro- cure partners of oC special aptitude In the 5 t noble art of oC waltzing If It there are aro j debutantes pretty prett of or face and ond figure f i ithe the chief dancers rehearse with them certain favorite dances of ot royalty and i fi F afterward report to the kaiser and the princes whether Baroness or Countess So and anti So excels In waltz polka or t S Ss I s t |