Evening Star Newspaper, May 16, 1937, Page 108

Whoops, m'dea enough in ballet slippers, ! This sort of dancing is breath-taking but look—skates! —in @ Too fast for the camera—in blurring whirl of speed, Champion Evelyn Chandler finishes dervish spin. Practising skater demonstrates a regular fore the show gces on—a sturdy-muscled yo! a feat of balance. THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, Washington Nig Life Turns to D. C.—GRAVURE SECTION—MAY 16, 1937. 1 Ice WHEN a Washington hotel night club announced an “ice carnival” bewildered patrons phoned by the score to inquire “what shall we wear?” be more sensible than diaphanous chiffon. ccld._ It isn’t even ice, although it provides a Probably they thought long woolies, parkas, sweaters and furs would The joke, a not unpleasant one, was on them, for the ice isn’t perfect surface for sharp-bladed skates. The substance across which the hotel skaters glided is a chemical composition discovered by a New Yorker named Benager Nu Dyke. In virgin form it looks like oversized epsom salt crystals. The crystaline granules are reduced to a temperature of 40 degrees below zero, then boiled in tubs to a heat of 300 degrees (Fahrenheit). The resulting “soup” is poured over cver its regular ball ony on a ball room rs executing @ forme e (Right) Close |;om: i arnival pe! ::‘:éeitxfieficgure against 0 backgroun night club tables. Flowing chiffon 9nd Unusu?:l <ogsh|mes for ice skating. ung woman the floor and, presto! a skating rink' room floor to prevent damage by the boiled “ice,” which won’t melt but has to be chopped cff. Nu Dyke's invention is the fruit of 20 years’ experimenting. The hotel laid a temporary base They float thy, daring yoy, Lough be skat)_"g fecaiha « Photos by C. B Apperson, Star Staff zardous ... Nor S¢. Moritz, nor Perature outside s ke Placi¢ But 60 degrees an o d inside parasols ornament o ballet number. The ice ballet in a fast spin. Don’t their legs get cold? No, because th e ice isn't icy. ~ the air wig (sk 9 Washington 4 Is even warmer. h the greatest h of ease, thi is would rhyme, but i mr:s‘: ance floor while