The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 1, 1902, Page 15

THE SUNDAY CALL. . 13 Poses Arranged by Prof. Hinman. & — some so t —they not old schoolmates at o dances! They g sisters know are the nd con- r quite good enough for their twe 2o when s they such. When you must she accepts you must are pleased and that ke the dance as pleasant ting to put the arm through the h will teach it to » girl. Arms are the y try to be They are, legs. They crook v fashion like the f a gas fixture. When a girl v little hand into them they what on earth {0 do with it, squeeze it tight, as if or perhaps they range as if it was a stn’t touch. r long practice, the e most docile thing im- lose it, ittle thing whic If 2 hand upon its rest black lightly It seems to you, ys kn ing a boy, that the what to do and .s ou are struggling re forms and usages But as a matter of r troubles, too. She has to slip her hand gracefully r erm. It is no* easy for her to do s at first. The dancing teacher has to give her all sorts of private tips the matter. She has a tendency to ch your sleeve at first. as If it were ing to et away. She is told that her hand must lio perfectly at rest, that you are mot going to break away and run. She learns all this a good deal quicker than you learn your lesson, for girls al- ws when ways do take more kindly to those foolish thirgs. It is a dreadful thing at first to have to lead her out upon the floor. It is so con- fcundedly slippery. You havéto look out not only for your own bones, but for hers. This is one of the points that is of a lot of importance, too. You are learning for the first time that a girl is a creature to be protected. Her welfare is in your hands. She is not to be teased or quarreled with or sneered at. She is to be taken care of. Her slippers have glassy soles as well as yours and she must not be allowed to fall upon the floor. It might hurt her or at any rate muss her beautiful dress. You mustn’t make fun of her because she Is afrald of slipping. ¥t wouldn't be gentlemanly. The navigation is a hard enough mat- ter until practice makes perfect. If you could get in and skate it would be easy and a whole lot of fun. But that won't do. You must walk in a dignified and graceful manner to the place where the circling waltzers are, and then, after tak- ing the correct position, her hand in yours, your arm lightly placed about her plump little waist, you must launch yourseif. Heaven help you now. You can steer a roller coaster all right. You know enough about that. You can start it down a San Francisco hill, get under full headway, and still manage to dodge every v man, woman, child, wagon and automo- bile. You can steer straight at the feet of a frightened old lady, .then .curve gracefully away from her just as she screams, But such finesse looks absurdly impossible to you a8 you launch yourself upon that floor crowded with its whirl \ of dapper black sults and-pink, white and blue ruffles.” It is a horrible thing to know that you must turn after a while. You can’t keep on going in one direction forever. And after you have turned,.a still’ more dréadful duty faces you. You must reverse This has been carefully dfilled into you by the dancing teacher. He made all you boys take hold of hands and practice it in a row. It was easy then. But now that you have to steer a girl as well as yourself! = " * Heaven help you. In time it will all come easy. be able to dodge eouples on the flocr the frightened old roller coaster coming. Jerk your poor partner out and will guide her into easily that it seems to does itself. Meanwhile she has been learning things. Bhe has been learning that she must leave the matter of guiding entirely up to you. At first she wanted to attend to it herself, and she found that too many cooks spoil the broth. Thers were colli- slons. Now she is finding out that all goes smoothly when she depends upon you to do the thinking for her. All she has to do is to follow your lead easily. Another thing bothers you to death at first—that is, what on earth to do with her when the dance is over. It would be 20 much easier to let go when the musie stops, and cut and run. But this is for- bidden. You must look out that she gets to a seat and is deposited comfortably. And if she is hot, you must fan her. This appears to you to be all tommyrot, but it has to be done. You are horribly clumsy about it. You blow a gale one minute that distracts her hair, and the next min- ute you are wafting the breezes out into space, missing her altogether. You won- delr: why to goodness she can’t fan her- self. Between the dances you and the girls are given physical training exercises develop grace. Some of these look very ridiculous in the beginning, but they helping you all the time to be more more at peace with your arms legs. In a row of boys you are taught how to bend the knees, to bend the feet, to make the whole body supple. The lit- tle girls are put in a row and given bend- ing exercises all for the same purpose. Some day you will all realize how much this has to do with your ease of manner, your stylish carriage, your self-poise. Littla fancy dances are taught, all for the development of grace. More n this, they are performed In solo, and that helps the performers to bear public gaze easily. There is not a dance of to-day's ball- room which is too difficult to be given to the lttle folks, with their quick imita- tlon. The Saturday afternoon - show waltzes, all kinds or waltzes, two- steps, minuets, square dances They look such impossibilities to you when you begin. You can’t reali a few weeks will accomplish. belleve to-day that a little while you & polished gallant, f room. Your time is coming. are and DMM big prices latsly paid for dogs have again raised the question as 5 to the highest figures ever realized in the yarious breeds, This refers to bona-fide prices and not to the fables often circulated for the amazement of the ‘gnorant. Last week $1000 in cash was offered and refused at the Illinols fleld trials for the pointer king, Cyrano. A few weeks befors Charles Tway, the owner of the young setter, Count Oakley, refused $350 for that fine gon of Oakley HIll. John Considine of Washington State, the well- kncwn sporting man, gave Dr. Yancey of Sedalla $700 for the setter Doc Hick. A few years ago the setter Rowdy Rod sold for $2500. About twenty years ago Plerre L ard Jr. gave $1500 for Dashing Monarch and $1000 for Salvalette, the dam of Paul Gladstome. More dogs bring high prices now than ten~or fifteen years ago, but the highest marks of the older period have not been duplicated lately. Probably the largest actual price ever paid for any dog in this country was the $4000 which W. C. Reick of the New York Herald gave for Sir Bedevere, the St. dernard. That transaction was often ~cated at 36000 and $7000, but the real cash amount was $4000. Plerpont M<cgan has paild soms good sum for crilies, but noooay eavey. himself, his keanel manager and the ven- dors know just what money changed hands. It is doubtful, however, whether he ever gave much over $1000 for amy specimen. The California greyhound, For Freedom, probably could have been sold for $4000 or $5000, but he never changed hands after coming to this country. In England he was not greatly distinguished and cost only a moderate sum when im- orted. x’To bring a high price nowadays a dog must usually have an ultra fashionable pedigree, and must be a good individual and a succe: 1 winner. The last named qualification is the chief factor, since it s reputation that the buyer is after in most cases. A non-winner seldom brings much unless he iS an exceptionally successful producer, which amounts to the same thing.