Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 113, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 May 1914 — No Hugs or Shrugs in New Dance Galled “Twinkle.” [ARTICLE]

No Hugs or Shrugs in New Dance Galled “Twinkle.”

Pittsburg, M«y 12.—A new dance, the ‘‘twinkle,” devoid at hugs, shrugs and shuffles, will ibe demonstrated by its inventor, Thomas McDougaill, secretary of the American Association df (Masters oif Dancing, at the annual convention oi that organization in Cleveland, Ohio, on June 8 to 20. To dance the ‘'twinkle” the couple starts in the position ot the old waltz. They waltz for eight measures olf music, then they hesitate there Is hist the faintest suggestion of the hesitation waltz. Then the man steps (forward on his Tight foot, then on his left, back on his right foot, then the twain “twinkle.” Throughout, there Is an absence of swaying end wrestling movements. The lew who have seen a demonstration of the latest dance assert that it is‘certain to (become a popular craze.