Another fancy dance that is more. than,
pretty was taken from the Spanish. It Is
called the "Vienna Waltz." The "numer
ous mannerisms and customs that have
come into being with our new possessions
are all there. It is distinctly the 'bolero
movement and the waltz. The dancers
Now that the waltz and two-step are on
the^wane the really old dances that have
been practically forgotten are picking up
their heads and. wondering, how much
chance they would have If they tried • it
again. Probably the gavotte will be in
strumental in bringing the five-step into
popularity. , • „
The two-step is then added, and after
several steps the same positions are gone
over and over again. The dance is then
conquered, and it only remains to keep it
up and to do it gracefully."
' While the "Florodora nod" is somfr
thing not so very new, it is sometnihg
very catchy and intensely fascinating.
The "Twentieth Century Gavotte" if
also the old and the new. It is the old
military schottische and the rollicking
five-step. The dancers take the first popi
tion that suggests the kick, and after
several steps in the fashion of the grand
march they change to the second, which
is exactly like the pose taken by children
in playing "London Bridge." With this
the side step seems to be taken, although
it is difficult to find out exactly what it is.
The dance finishes in the ordinary waltz'
position, and the five-step again adds
vivacity to it
"Florodora nod." And when this nod ia
given by a particularly fetching girl j it •
works havoc with the heart strings of the
partner.
The turn is the difficult part The par
- ticipants dance toward each other, ? join
hands and the man turns the girl under
his arm exactly as Is done in some of the
games that children play.
After the first few steps the couple sep
arate and dance away from each other
and over their shoulders giveHhe pretty
little salute so commonly known as the
This "Unique" was suggested by the
eertet in their famous turn. If you re
member how the sextet left the stage you
will know exactly what the first position
Is. Each man offers his partner his arm,
and they take a few steps after the fash
ion of the six. It looks easy, but it is not
If you think it is whistle the music and
try it There !s : a kink in it that defies
the first attempt at mastery. Time and
time sxain the same little hitch occurs
until on* is ready to give up end shout
"I don't want to dance the nasty thing
yjCnyway." And then it comes all in an
instant and you wonder how* you could
ever have been stupid enough not to have
caught on Instantly, For when once mas
tered it is the most simple thing imagin
able.
Perhaps the most popular of all the new
ones is the unique dance. Everybody
and everything went "Florodora" crazy,
and the costumes and then the dance it
self was borrowed in the whole or in bits
just as the fancy willed.
But don't neglect nor entirely forget
the waltz and two-step, for they are not
to be relegated to the past That could
positively never be; for they have won
for themselves an established place.
Strange as it may appear to old dancers
that place is now distinctly in the back
ground, and the new dances have prece
dence. *
These days children commence studying
graceful movements almost as soon as
they can toddle, so these new poses are
in a way not new nor difficult to them,
but to the average girl who swaggers
about with two feet of silk sweeping the
floor these frills seem something new and
more than difficult
There is one 'bad thing about this sud
den change. People who have been whirl
ing about in waltzes and two-steps much
longer than they care to or can-remem
ber would better hire a hall and a compe
tent instructor and work hard and furi
ously. For you see to know only the old
dances, unless they date as far back as
the minuet, is a most dreadful give-away
of your age. And if there is one thing
a girl hates to tell more than another it
is that all eventful date, unless there are
only summers.
The two-step and waltz held sway so
long and so exclusively that when the
tide turned it swept the standards more
than half way out. The picturesque came
in with a rush and a bang. Pretty fig
ures and odd combinations are the dis
tinctive characteristics.
Our good grand dames .would have
thought we were all going to perdition
if they £ad known that dances would take
such a hold on the fancy that the styles
would be as eagerly" looked forward to
as are the latest fashions ln,clothes. Such
has been the case this year.
The time has come when it keeps an
army of men and women busy evolving
something new and something striking
enough to take the youthful fancy of our
fastidious light-steppers.
DO PEOPLE look askance at danc
ing these days? Even the most
staid churchgoers no longer frown
on it as an amusement, if the
dancers are graceful and the steps
are not too fancy or too high.
The Waltz anil Two-Step
Are Now to Have Rivals
in Their Race lor Public
Favor— Freakish Dances
That Are the Direct Out
come ol the "Florodora"
Craze— New Combina
tions ol Old Dances-
Novel Fancy Dances.
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the sets' are formed in it. _ . , *««
the : ordinary ones and it is danced to the
ordinary music.
, Many of the ideas have been borrowed
from the figures of the german. Sleigh
bells and driving figures, where the many
colored ribbons are used,? are the prettiest
and are the gayest looking. •'" .
But" whether the lancers 'will-be as
popular as the german remains to be seen.:
The ' same '. partner must suffice through-*"
out the- dance. There is none of that - de
lightful running away with, another fel
low's girL There Is no chance for-flirta
tion r and no chance to /dance half .the
evening away" with some chosen one in an
other set And again there are no favorsf
which has gone a long <. way toward mak
ing the german the. pretty a sight \ that it
is. ; But nevertheless the lancers are com
ing in to take Its place.
Many of the invitations that have been
Issued to' dancing parties lately have had
"assembly" Ijnstead ' of Vgerman" in the
corner. That'plalnly shows that the round
dances, are : coming 'Into favor again and
'Chat the german has lost some of its sud
den popularity.
;;A"pretty; dance, but not oh the fancy or
der," is the three-step. -It" is a" regular half
aid half affair, Just between the two-step
and the five-step. Another one not , tm-
Hke It is the redowa. It has been
danced for several seasons with more or
less success, but it promises to be a leader
of the really new ones.
The, Wanbausee is another new dance.
The gentlemen commence with their left
foot and the ladies with their right one.
Then there are two steps taken forward.
The gentleman places his left hand on his
hfp and places his right around th* lady's
waist Then two glidlnj tt»&« ar» taken
with the right foot and two with the left.
This is repeated over once again and
finally, they break into a waltz. It Is
pretty, but I fancy will not be as popular
as some others. The , stage has been re
sponsible for the new dances coming in to
a certain extent. A graceful dancer Is al
ways duly admired. The parlor dance
was Introduced as a novelty— and from
that has come - the desire to make the
ballroom seem a little more picturesque.
Girls see how wonderfully graceful
and charming a pretty dancer is and they
straightway make up their minds to ac
complish that feat or die in the attempt
For society girls are ever after something
new and when they find something that
presents both grace and amusement it is
a combination hard to beat'
stand almost back to back, and in this
position take several steps backward.'
Gradually they, face more andimore'slde
ways and finally, finish by . waltzing', in or
dinary position. " : -f '':":'
The. german has a 'quick second also,
and; that is the old-fashioned lancers, xnn
funny old dance that invariably reminds
us all of country dances; f where the lonej
lorn flddler/saws but ' the' tune'and shrieks
madly, "First couple down the i center"
and "All * hands round.'' '
. These new lancers have. a" name, and. It
is quite as 'fancy ." as . the dance . itself.
While the Worcester landers are all new,
Jfow to forecast the isdeaiher
THE ordinary person makes no dis
tinction between one_ cloud and an
other, though by some meteorolo
gists they are divided Into four dis
tinct groups; the heaped up cumu
lus; the delicate, feathery, curling little
clouds, named cirrus, so high as to be
frozen, often, into minute needles of ice;
the wide-spreading sheets of cloud named
stratus, which, seldom more than a mile
above the earth, often come down to'en
velop qs in fogs of mist; and the dark, un
mistakable nimbus, very toon causing the
water that left the earth as vapor to bo
restored as rain.
The clouds owe thf ir different forms to
different physical states of the atmos
phere, to which are also due the aerial
currents, which often flow in directions
other than the currents or winds prevail
ing close to the earth. '
In weather forecasting no clouds are
worthy of euch attention as the cirrus
clouds, which attain a greater elevation
than any others, averaging in summer a
height of five or six miles above the earth.
Their sudden appearance In a clear sky is
generally a. signal of foul weather, espe
cially when their streamers have an up
ward tendency, for this indicates that the
clouds are falling. After, heavy rains, on
the other hand, the formation of these
clouds Is often a sign of improvement. -
When cirrus clouds appear In summer,
the assumption ii that rain will appear In
two or three days. They are seldom seen
In winter, and never for long:. When cir
rus clouds assume the form of stratus* at
any altitude of four or five miles, 1 their
persistence is an almost certain ;¦ sign of
rainy weather. If, on the ' contrary, they
remain of small size, and quickly disap
pear, no change is to be apprehended.
'Among the most significant ; of the cir
rus formation of clouds Is that delicate
white veil called cirro-palllum,-, which is
gradually drawn across ¦ the sky. -< This,
with Its accompanying lunar and solar
halOB, almost certainly foretells rain and
bad weather for the next day.
Cumulus clouds vary enormously In
size, but so long, as they remain of mod
erate dimensions, In fine weather, they in
dicate a continuance of brightness. But
when, in hot 'weather, they grow excep
tionally large, they give warning of
storms, with high temperature— and with
great certainty when they assume a
dome-like shape. - .
The ordinary stratus, the fog of the sky.
Is common In all seasons,, but is generally
observed in the morning or ; evening; It
causes tin© rain, seldom of very long du
ration. *¦
None can mistake the nimbus forma
tions, those dark, heavy-looking, masses,
with clearly defined outlines; the certain
precursors of immediate rain.' They may
attain the size of immense mountains of
vapor, the base less than a mile above
the ¦ ground and the summit as • high as
nve miles. Some nimbus clouds have been
calculated to contain as much as 200 cubic
miles of vapor 1— Pearson's Magazine,
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