While we have just seen @ number of Germans having a glance at Shanghai and then shaking its dust' off their feet. Reuter comes with the announcement of the presence of two interesting members of the nationality in Peking, one of whom is already prepared to look after the affairs of the Deutsch-Asatische Bank. They may be about the first of the important ones to return, but they are by no means the first to assume an active part in looking after German interests. A few months back, for instance, engineers who were up country with the object of estimating for electrical plant found that Germans had already broached the topic and were offering almost immediate shipment of the machinery required. They, bhowever, could not be ¢lassed among the returned. for the excellent reason that they had never left: No definite results of their efforts have so far been made known, and cai Rhythmic Catalepsy "Without shame or apology we borrow the heading from the loiters of our Paris correspondent, knowing nothing better to fit a descrip tion of the latest dance—the super-jazz. It appeared recently at Dalton's Club in Leicester Square, being spoken of as a medley of erabcrawl, tango and fox-trot, and having the following set of rules and regulations appended to it.
The actual dance is really ike en of jazz waltz, with leaps, ris, which are _presumab! lations. The characteris feature of the dance is, however, the extraordinary effect produced in three of the steps, where both dancers either stand upon one leg and thrust the other in the air at an angle of 45 degrees, or each thrusts one lez behind in a species of crouching dip. This crouching movement worked into the rhythm produces a crab-like progress round the floor which is neither elegant nor easy.
The presumption about the Oriental variations is good, for we were at a Joss to know where exactly the touch from the East came in. We have seen Chinese actors and acrobats leaping. dipping and_twirling, so that may be correct. Only why call a dance? The first time we are face to face with this exercise we shall introduce another Oriental touch—copy the Chinese singing girl and sit out.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.