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NO 5 How to Dance the 10-Step, the
. e 14-Step, the Mohawk, on Ice.
By Mr. Irving Brokaw
A Champion Figure Skater of America, Author of “The Art of Skating,” Ete.
NE of the most popular ice dances
is the ten-step or the Bohatsch
Merch.
The positions of the partners is the
game as for the ordinary valse, but the
steps are somewhat different. Figures
A and B on this page illustrate the steps
of this dance.
The feet must be slipped along and
lifted but slightly from the ice, as the
tendency is to lift the feet somewhat too
much, which is not correct.
For most of the steps special attenion
must be paid to the movements of the
ankles, so as barely to lift the toe of the
skate from the ice, in order to give to the
whole dance a graceful, gliding effect,
with plenty of action and undulatory
movement. The same steps may be so
adapted that a charming valse may be
ekated by careful attention to the rhythm
of the musie.
The fourteen-step is one of the most
recent and beautiful variations of the ten
step.
Start as for the ten-step. The gentle
man, instead of skating the fourth step,
described in the “ten-step,” on the right
{nside forward edge, should make that
step on the right outside forward, while
his partner to match this, changes stroke,
makes her fourth step on the left outside
backward edge.
This fourth step should be made with
considerable vigor, and should consist of
a well-rounded curve. The completion of
the figure is made by executing the en
tire “ten-step” as described. This is one
of the most effective dances on skates.
The Jackson Haines Valse, named after
the famous American skater, father of
the international school of skating,
differs from those previously described
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because both feet remain on the ice at the
same time. Figure 1 on this page fllus
trate the various steps, and this diagram
must be closely followed. The first step
is a right inside forward, the second, left
inside forward glides in front of the
right; the third is an inside backward
counter on the right foot, and fourth an
inside forward three-turn on the left foot.
Between the counter on the right foot
and the inside forward three-turn on the
left, the feet are momentarily in a
spread-eagled position, which is a charac
teristic feature of this dance and distin
guishes it from any other valse.
An interesting combination valse, con
taining figures of both the “ten-step” and
the “Jackson Haines” valses, may be
made by introducing preliminary steps of
the “ten-step” and adding to them the pe
culiar steps characteristic of the “Jack
son Haines” valse, These combinations
are very effective skated without a
partner.
The rocker valse brings in the difficult
school figure known as the rocker. The
partners start in regular valsing posi
tion, lady on left outside backward edge
and gentleman on right outside forward
edge. On the third siroke, which Is, of
course, similar to starting position, the
gentleman skates a right outside forward
rocker, while at the same time his partner
skates a left outside backward rocker,
following which both partners skate the
regular valse steps until in position te re
peat the rocker turns again. ¢
This is not only a very unusual and in
teresting valse, but it has the added at
traction of furnishing excellent practise
for the difficult rockers, both forward
and backward, with the aid of a partner.
The Mohawk valse, known on the Con
tinent as the American valse, is based on
the American figure known @s the Mo-
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The steps of the “Ten-Step’; the third and
tenth steps are long; the second, fifth, seventh
and ninth very short.
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Fig. 3—The Mohawk Valse.
hawk, which has not so far been de
gcribed. Fig. 3 shows the steps of this
dance.
The Mohawk is simply a method of
going from forward to backward, or back
ward to forward, on an edge of the same
character. It is effected by spread
eagling the feet, and comes with facility
to those who are able to get into the
spread-eagled position, while it is capable
of being acquired by those to whom this
is a diffloulty, by careful attention to the
position of the body at the moment of
change.
For the forward Mohawk, the skater
proceeds on a curve of right outside for
ward, and when he is about to effeot the
change to left outside backward, he
thrusts back his left shoulder and brings
forward the left leg in front of the right;
then, turning the toes out as much as
possible, swings it round and behind the
right and places it down on the outside
back, and at the moment it touches the
ice takes up the right.
The change from a back to a forward
edge is executed in the same way, only
in this the unemployed foot is thrown be
hind and then swung round it and placed
in front.
The outside Mohawks are more difficult
than the inside ones, as with the inside
the feet have to be turned out far less
than with the outside ones.
The Mohawk Valse is skated by one
partner skating a forward Mohawk, while
the other executes a backward one, the
partners facing each other, or side by
side. The movemens takes the palir
around the rink in a circle, or, by a
change of edge, it is possible to skate it
in eight form.
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Copyright, 1016,-by, the Star Company, Great Britain Rights Reserved.
An Instructive Series of Lessons by
Mr. Irving Brokaw, the Foremost
Figure Skater of America
The “Q” Valse is not generally known,
but makes a picturesque and graceful
figure. It brings into use the “Q" figure
which may here be described.
A “Q" is a continuous stroke, consist
ing of a carve on one edge, changing to a
curve on the other edge of the skate in
the same direction, and followed by a
three-turn, ROF to RIF to ROB, etc. In
an outside “Q" the first stroke is an out
side edge and the three-turn is an inside
one.
At the start of the “Q" Valse the lady
A Gallon of Water a Day
to Keep the Doctor Away
éé WO-THIRDS of the weight of
the body 18 water. On a very
warm day an average man
will perspire from two to six quarts of
water a day. Where is it all coming
from if you don’t drink it? We perspire
at all times, waking and sleeping, but
we do not see it because it evaporates
immediately. It is almost impossible to
drink too much water.”
This was the opinion of an eminent
medical man, when asked if it was a
good thing t o drink water, and six other
doctors upheld him in his statement.
They were all agreed that the copious
drinking of water was a preventive of
disease, and they had known many cases
in which health was restored by the
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is :m the left-hand side of her partner;
then hands are crossed, gentleman's left
over lady’s right. On the third stroke to
the right the lady skates a right outside
forward “Q” by skating behind her part
ner, in doing which she passes under his
left arm. After this move the lady is on
the right side of her partner.
She now skates a left outside forward
three-turn to bring her across in front of
her partner and into the position of start
ing again. The figure is then repeated.
This dance should be skated with pre
cision and plenty of action.
The best method of skating the Lancers
{s to be found in a new edition of the
#~Art of Skating,” in which the writer
gives a description of the Lancers as
gkated by the Skating Club of Boston, to
which 1 must refer those interested, as
the limitations of space prevent my tak
ing up the square dances at this time.
The modern dancing on skates, which
created such e furore in all the large
cities of Burope several seasons ago and
is being taken up in this country with
equal enthusiasm now, will appeal most
strongly to women. With all the steps
and changes carefully analyzed and
drawn in labelled diagrams, it is not dis
drinking of water in large quantities.
“I am not claiming that water drink
ing is a cure for all diseases,” said the
doctor, “but I have cured several bad
cases of rheumatism and many cases of
stomach allments with water alone. In
those cases my patients were in the
habit of drinking very little water. 1
prescribed a quart of water before break
fast each morning, and a gallon drunk
throughout the day, and a quart on go
ing to bed at night. Half a gallon or a
gallon of water a day will tend to keep
a person in good health, and help him
to resist disease.
“mspecially is this true of persons whe
take little exercise and who live indoors,
where they breathe impure air,
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ficult for the fairly accomplished skater
io learn these dance figures within a few
weeks.
The so-<called Fnglish Valse is perhaps
to-day the most popular on the ice, but
the Lancers is growing in popularity, and
many of the variations of the vaelse are
being acquired by enthusiastic skatars.
There is no reason why women should
pot become as proficient in jce-dancing
as men, just as they are in ball-room
dancing. Skating Is not a matter of
strength. It is carriage, balance, prac
tise, experience, knack and patience. No
woman need be discouraged at the start.
As 1 said earlier in these articles, no
novice may expect to become a Charlotte
after a few visits to the rink. Charlotte
has been skating for many years, and 8o
have all the other expert skaters. Skat
ers are made not born, and a lot of time
and patience must be spent in the mak
ing.
%nce acquired the beautiful art of skat
ing is never forgotten. Being bosh a
healthful exercise and a diversion, it is &
sport which everyone, young and old,
male and female, should take up—and
take up with the idea of acquiring real
proficiency.
“All girls and women who wish to
have a good complexion should drink
two to four quarts of water a day. Give
the body plenty of water, inside and out
-—a gallon a day inside, a thorough bath
ing of the whole body at least once a
day, fresh air all' the time, night and
day, plenty of exercise, preferably by
outdoor walking, and you can’t very well
be ill
“If every one would do that half the
doetors would have to seek some other
business; and if every woman would do
that, the rouge and complexion-powder
factories would shut down. There is
nothing so good as plenty of water drunk
every day for the complexion. A gallon
a day will keap the dootor away,”
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