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Miss Leioti Rocliei ind her partner Maarlce dancing the ballroom,M which Is causing a sensation. IT almost goes without saying thai to be able to essay some of the very latest interpretive dances, such as are photographically illus trated herewith, one needs to be a well-trained contortionist rather than a schooled dancer. And for the very reason that so few of us have been trained from babyhood to become con tortionists, it is probable that the number of competent interpreters of tie new "contortion" dancing, as it has been called, is going to be ex tremely limited. A majority of us must be content to sit, and watch, and marvel, and perhaps try to guess the particular idea or theme which the dancers are striving to express through the interpretive medium of tremendously violent calisthenics, somersaults and contortions. The latest interpretive dances are declared, for one thing, to reflect the modern tendency toward the fantastic. Over in London, for instance, Maurice has been introducing a new specialty which, it was promised, would make America sit up and take notice as soon as it was presented in this coun try. It is called the "ballroom" dance. The photograph above and the one on the right were snapped during a rendition of the "ballroom" dance by Maurice and his newest dancing partner, Lenora Hughes, who, by the way, is a native of New York City. And the dance itself, which calls for extreme agility and suppleness as well as grace, is said to be interpre tive of the fantastic spirit of the modern ballroom rather than of any materialistic demonstration. In no other way is it possible to account for the somewhat startling finale in which Maurice swings his partner off her feet, as shown in the large center photograph. One inter pretation, of course, is that in the hands of a capable partner Miss Hughes felt "as light as a feather" and in imagination actually "danced on air." Dancing; to Express Emotions. On the seashore bordering the north coast of Wales the pupils of the Mar garet Morris school have been doing some exceedingly interesting dancing and posing, as the photographs at the bottom of this page suggest. Ac cording to Miss Morris, "dancing is a physical exercise and a training in painting and design. Dancing ex presses any experience of life. It is the natural outward sign of our emotion." And then, too, there is the con tortion of the new "bubble" dance as Interpreted outdoors at Helen Moller's home on Long Island. The dancers who posed for the photograph shown here are two of Miss Moller's most accomplished interpreters of the classic Grecian dances. Much has been said lately about eurhythmies, otherwise the science of rlglt rhythm in life. A school de voted to the expounding of this new science has been opened in New York. M. Jaques Dalcroze invented eurhyth mics, otherwise rhythmic dancing to plastic music, and lt3 educational value has aroused much discussion abroad as well as here. It has been described as "the introduction of the body into musical training, which had tended to become purely intellectual, apart from deep-breathing, vocal ex ercises and the quick-fingeredness of Virtuosi. t "The children's classes consist in the most fascinating of games. A Croup of perhaps 12. ranging from 4 to 10 years old. seat themselves cross- legged on the floor, shut their eyes, end listen to waat the teacher plays on the piano. As they attend, eyes shut, mind concentrated, eilent and relaxed, the feeling called up by the music forms its own thought, which is represented by each pupil in turn through the medium of the body. In this involuntary way they learn the differences between key signatures. LABOR DISPUTES ADJUSTED THROUGH LOCAL COMMISSION System at Salem Found to Work Well in Practice Board May Be Enlarged by Adding Representatives of Consumer. SALEM. Or., June 12, (Special.) ' That community co-operation is necessary to the best interests of both capital and labor and that many industrial differences can be adjusted through local effort Judiciously ap plied, has been proved apparently by the creation in Salem of what is known among the. workers and em ployers as the industrial welfare com mission. Although the system of handling labor disputes in Salem has been ac cepted partially and put into actual operation in various parts of England, the departure from the usual so-called conciliation bostrds has Its origin with T E. McCroiker. secretary of the local commercial club. Soon after the close of the late war, at a time when strikes were rampant. Mr. McCroskey sought to find some plan whereby Salem might be known as the "strikeless city." The argu ment was advanced by Mr. McCroskey that labor disputes when carried to th extreme not only resulted In in Jury to' the Industrial life of the city but robbed the workers of their wage and the operator of his profits. Discussion of the proposal followed anil a little later the employers and workers were called into Joint con ference. It was explained that the slan had not ben proposed with the Mea of advanoln the Interests or welfare of any class. IsMmucb, as Salem ia the only city. 4- Kadel 0 tt-mpi, major and minor, flats, etc. Thus quite subc isciously. without any effort, feeling only the pleasure of freedom of movement, the child begins to know something atout that myete.-ious trinity in unity Feeling, Thought. Form which is himself. "After a few weeks of this way of listening and interpreting the music played by the teacher, the children themselves play and interpret each others' music, and at this stage the elder students begin the study of the i anatomy of music. But, since the anatomy of music and the anatomy of the body are inseparable, both these studies are generally started to gether; for the education of the Dal croze student cannot be considered balanced, as long as he remains a stranger either to the mechanism of the medium through which he ex presses himself, or to the construc tion of his own body, the instrument or agent of that expression. Anatomical Dancing. "The spectator of these exercises in anatomy must realize that, whether they appear to him dull and ugly or full of Interest and beauty, they really are the sciles and five-finger exercises of eurhythmies, the skele ton upon which the system is built, and must be accepted as such. From childhood onward the student is taught to know no separation or division between the within of him self and the without; thought and action, are to be simultaneous, effort less, free, and according to the na ture of his feeling so will be the quality of his thougnt and the char acter of his action." So what was originally started as an aid to correcting faults in rhythm among music pupils has developed into a science that many thfnk is destined to play an important part in the education of future genera tions. In the United States having its own commission for the exclusive purpose of adjusting industrial disputes, there was no precedent to follow and a few simple rules were adopted for the guidance of Its members. As const! iuiea, ine commission has six mem bers, three chosen from the ranks of labor and three from among employ ers. Included among these are the president of the local trades and labor council, president of the American Federation of Labor union and the head of the Salem branch of the loyal lagion of loggers and lumbermen. Briefly, the rules governing the operations of the commission folio "The commission shall sit upon the questions of wages, hours, working conditions and other questions which it shall deem as vitally affecting the industrial welfare of the Salem com munity. "No question of difference shajl be considered or Investigated except it be voluntarily submitted to this com mission by both parties to the contro versy, with a request from both of Bald parties in writing and with the express understanding that the deel Eton rendered shall be accepted ! by both contending parties. "A decision shall be reached by this commission entirely upon the evidence considered. "The Australian system of ballot shall be used la determining the vote & Herbert. " THE SUNDAY OREGONTAX, PORTLAND. 4 - If 4 The startling finale of the "ballroom" partner off her feet as tboogh of the members of this commission upon a final, decision to be rendered. 'A ruling made which, affects a wage scale or hours shall not go into effect for a period of not less than 60 days unless it be shown that the party affected had been notified pre vious to the commencement of arbi tration proceedings by this commis sion and then only upon the expira tion of 60 days from time of said notification. "The question of open and closed shop shall not be passed upon by this commission except by specific request of both disputants in writing and in the vote on this question by this com mission, the vote of each Individual member of the commission shall be recorded by the secretary. "In case of a tie vote on a question of decision and which develops Into a deadlock, it shall be broken by the selection, by the representatives ot labor, of one man, and a like selection by the representatives of employers. The two men so selected shall name a third man and these three shall sit with this commission In a re-hearing of the case upon which the deadlock occurred. Or, If it can be dene amica bly, this commission as & whole shall select one man who shall sit with it In a re-hearing of the case upon which, the deadlock: occurred." Other rules deal with the manner in which, the testimony shall be taken, means for guarding against unscrup ulous and personal grievances ad vanced with a view of "getting even,' and regulations for publicity of ques tions submitted. i The coaunission had been in opera n - f dance in which Maurice nrutfi his ahe were dancing on air. tion only a short time when strike clouds began to hover over the plants of the C. K. Spaulding Logging com pany. There was no actual walkout. however, and the entire grievance was placed before the commission for consideration. As a result the men received a slight increase in wages, better work ing conditions were afforded and the corporation profited by averting a general shutdown of - its mills and camps. A little later formal demand was made by the printing trades of the eity, and this, too, went to the com mission for consideration. All parties to the controversy were interviewed, rjid within a few days a satisfactory wage increase had been granted and the workers had gained the'.r point without the usual financial loss re sulting .from strikes. Other similar instances might be cited to emphasize the importance ot an industrial commission such as that in operation in Salem. Besides saving employers and workers thousands' of dollars the industrial energy of the city has been conserved and content ment among all factions Is supreme. To make the commission even more workable It Is now proposed to in crease its members to nine, three of whom will represent the consumer. If this is completed, as contemplated by Mr. McCroskey, Salem will have a commission unlike any other in the world, but at the same time efficient and well worth Investigation by the larger commercial centers of - the bo an try. Hjrmna of Service Win. Exchange. BiBhop Theodore S. Henderson, ren eral superintendent of the Methodist Episcopal church in the Detroit area, aaid, at a recent conference that tea i JUNE 13, 1920 G a How Some of the Latest Interpretive Dances Are Reflecting the Modern Ten dency Toward the Fantastic Shown by These Very Unusual Photographs. wly?Lji h i? z c; u a v v- Pnpila of the Margaret Morris years ago one of the favorite hymns was "When the Roll Is Called Up Yonder I'll Be There." Now that hymn has been displaced by "The Son of SOCIETY MOTHS OF PRE-WAR DAYS HAVE NOW LEARNED VALUE OF AN OCCUPATION Idle Hands With Bound of Pink Teas, Dinners and Parties No Longer Ample Money to Live Without Toil. yO more are the young women orj --N life of Idlers. For with the war the fact was brought home to many of our American daughters of wealth that j society alone could not adequately fill 1 their lives. The years of strife made I them realize that there were other things of more importance than flit ting to teas and being pointed out as Miss So-and-So, the daughter of Mr, and Mrs. So-and-So, the noted Bociety belle, who was born with a stiver spoon in her mouth and never had to worry about money. When our boys were called to Europe wealthy women who had never done any harder work than twiddling a visiting card or drinking afternoon tea, began to labor for patriotic reasons. They learned to like actual labor and the cessation of hostilities has not caused them to discontinue their labors. In every part of the United States today there are bachelor glrla who do not have to toil as far as money is concernea, but who, nevertheless, are doing some kind of work because they have learned to really love actual effort. In fact, they now take pride in the fact that they do labor and would be able to earn their own living should changing vicissitudes ever make it necessary. In American society today there is perhaps no more famous single wom an than Anne Morgan. She ia known both In this country and abroad for her numerous works and charities. For her able services during the war she has been decorated at different , times by the. French government, In ft - -Ss&Sk r. ' ' - m Interpretationt of the "nnbble" dance at Sllsa Heles) Uert home on Long; Island. 4' Si-. school learning ew rhythmic dancing God Goes Forth to War." "In other words," said the bishop, "the young people of the present day are singing songs of service. Many of them who eluded among these decorations is the Cross of the Legion of Honor, one of the highest honors that France con fers. "I am not interested in how .society women of the butterfly type spend their lives," said the daughter of the great American financier, who has in herited much of his acumen. "I am interested only In those who are be ginning to realize and understand their duties to the United States and other countries. In short, the women of society who are of interest to me are those who are expending effort in things worth while. When the war started Miss Ade laide Sedgewick, the pretty daughter of Mrs. Harry Sedgewick of New Tork and Lenox was considered a glisten ing success in select circles. She was famed as a belle and a brilliant host ess. She passed up pink teas, how ever, for the more laborious work of ministering to the wants of wounded "Tommies" in a London war hospltaL Later she proved as popular a hostess In a canteen at Calais where 600 men a day were served as she had been among her set back home. Before she returned to the United States she was commended by the British govern ment. Up in Massachusetts where the Charles Aster Brlsteds are famous for their wealth and social position their daughter Symphorosa once devoted her time to tennis and motoring when she was not busy entertaining. That was before the war, however, and she has since done her share of patriotic worK, after which "he sought a field n - x s 4 : -t. : IK 4l. - 4- on the seashore of North Wales. are etill singing the old song should change it to express the idea that 'When the job of saving the world is on. I'll be there.' " Satisfy Young Women Who Hare of effort. She liked to write and when opportunity offered jumped at the chance of holding down the job of society editor for a well-known magazine. Not a cinch, as any per son who writes about society will verify. Mis Bristed realized this fact, and also realized that her lot would be the more difficult inasmuch as she would find it hard to please all of her friends. But she had the tact and finesse which are so vital to success in this work and, although she is very busy, she is also very happy. At Pershing House, New York, for convalescents, where men from the hospitals are entertained at dinners and dances, and where sleeping ac commodations are furnished to a lim ited number who are taking after treatment or occupational theraphy work at some of the city hospitals, there is a woman of New Tork so ciety in charge. Her name is Mrs. James Madison Bass. and. although her work of supervising the club rooms and canteens is in no sense of the word an easy job, this woman is made hppy because it entails real worth-while effort. During the two years of war Mrs. Bass, with a corps of more than ISO hostesses and 300 chaperones. under whose supervision 3000 girls acted as dancing partners, conducted dances and entertainments, at which more than 600,000 soldiers, sailors and ma rines were the guests. Miss Madge Kahl of Lilac Lodge. South road. Aqueduct, Long Island, daughter of Mme. Nordica, has been a regular worker in the information booths of the New Tork . Community Service, which were set up originally for the benefit of the thousands of service men who came to New Tork as strangers from surrounding camps week after week.