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.
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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.
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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
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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
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JUNE 13, 1920
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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
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Interpretationt of the "nnbble" dance at Sllsa Heles) Uert
home on Long; Island.
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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
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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.