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TWO NEW DANCES.

THE "SHIMMY" CRITICISED.

The Paris Academy of Dancing Masters is not quite satisfied with the programme of dances executed in the majority of ball- rooms. Something is lacking, and appar ently that something can be obtained by restoring the dreamy waltz to. favour, With this object in view two new dances, with waltz movements, were submitted for the approval of the dancing professors last month at Paris. They are very grace. ful. It was a crowded conference room, and the professors, the majority of whom were young men in dinner jackets, and the lady teachers in semi-evening attire, applauded these two variations of the waltz, as,also another dance-with "a. waltz movement, called Hesperia. But a fan- tasis foxtrot, and another dance intro- duced by a professor from Lausanne, and jutended not for the ball-room but for the stage, gave rise to a great deal of animat ed criticism, not of the dances themselves, but because one of them, in the view of some critics, bore some" resemblance to- the shimmy," which was pub on the index at the Inst Congress of 'Dancing Masters.

There are divided opinions among the professors on the "shimmy.”. Šoma plended for full liberty to teach the con- demned dance if the pupils wanted to learn it; others, speaking in indignant terms, déclared that the idea of teaching auch a dance was not to be thought of. It was argued that when the tango was first introduced in 1910 it was severely criticised, but that after it was overhaul- ed it was accepted almost generally as an item on most dance programmes. Could not the same thing bo done with the. "shimmy" indama Lefort, who pre sided over the discussion maintained that if the dance was altered, if the objec tionable "frisson" were eliminated, it would longer be the shimmy" And she gave a movement of the shoulders an if to accentuate the disgust with which the shimmy" inspired her. The ques tion was asked as to what the world

shimmy

As the only really meant. Englishman in the room, the correspon dent of the Daily Telegraph, was appeal- ed to, but he was unable to enlighten the professors. At this point an English Indy, professor of dancing, arrived, and she was assailed with queries. They don't like the shimmy" in England," she said, her reply in English being interpreted to the assembly. That seemed to clinch matters, for on a vote being taken the opinion of the dancing professors · RAS overwhelmingly against including the shimmy" in their courses. While the teachers of dancing are to make great efforts to restore, the weltz, dances such as the one-step and foxtrot will still be retained. They came up for revision. The one-step as it is, danced in London was given, and on the whole there will be no alteration in the movements.

THE RECORD. YEAR FOR

· MARRIAGES.

ENGLAND'S GREAT COURAGE.

The divorce courts are congested, but there are more entrances to matrimony than exits from it. The Registrar Gen- eral has just announced a record year of marriages, As Montaigne said, "It happens as with cages. The birds with- out despair to get in, and those within despair of getting out" Certainly they are getting in more rapidly than they find escape, and whether all is for the best only omniscience can say, suggesta the Manchester Guardian, “

It is curious that ins Britain so lately bereft of a million of its young men the marriage-rate should soar rather than recede. But facts defy probability. The economie interpreter of history, the most fashionable guide to sociology in these days, will be hard put to it to find a reason why. Trade drooped with the declining year, incomes fall, and one would have pictured prospective hus bands and wives regarding the income- tax schedule with a deepening gloom. But the human spirit is invincible, and not even six shillings in the pound can finally affright it. Or was it the droop of prices announced the happy day to brides to whom a trousseau at remnant prices seemed something beyond expecte Lion's wildest dream f

IN SPITE OF EVERYTHING. Yet they wera faced with an extreme, even a growing shortage of houses, and willingness to enter on married life under the war conditions of a boarding house-speaks highly the national courage. And yet they

married A cynic of the baser type might suggest that the rapacity of lodging-house Innd- ladies had passed the limits of en durance, and that single men and women were driven to find immediato release. Ur, again, the threatened chaos of civil- ization may have convinced the younger generation that only in portaership

could life be faced

Bat perhaps the economic interpreters are here finally discredited, and the psychologist can enter into his own. That monster custom doth possess the world, sad the war had set a mode in youthful marriages: In that case, wo have but caught up the dilatoriness of our fathers and mothers, and thus after the recent boom things are likely to settle down again. We can only hope that there is no truth in the bitter suggestion that the people who marry most swiftly marry most often

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A curious effect of the drought is visible at antus (Ain), (says & Paris message) where the waters of the lake have sun more than three feet. Ordia narily the lake is of a deep blue colour, but now the surface is of a gleaming red. The change is thought to be due to the fact that the reflection of the rocks round the lake dow falls at a different angle.-- Heuter

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