WALTZING IN GERMAN COURTS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXVIII, Issue 258, 6 November 1897, Page 1 (Supplement)

WALTZING IN GERMAN COURTS.

Waltzes are prohibited at the Couyt. of Berlin, as well as at-the '-CStifti -of most of the minor rulers of Germany, f a.n4 £W sequep.t!y ( a great sensation has been created' among the-ybunger generation of the Teutonic Empire by, the announcement that"' henceforth the ban against the waltz is removed, as far as the Court ,of Wurtemberg is concerned. This is due to the influence of the young Queen, a woman of great beauty, who is passionately, fond of dancing, and who has been backed up in the matter by young Princess Pauline, her step-daughter, who barred from the succession to her father's throne by the Salic law, is destined one of these days to ascend that of Denmark, in consequence of her marriage to the eldest son of the crown prince of that kingdom. The Queen and the Princess joined in the waltzes at the last court ball at Stuttgart with manifest enjoyment, and hopes are entertained at Berlin that the example thus set wiil be followed at the Court of Emperor William. For the present, the polka and a slow sort of gallop are the oniy round dances tolerated there, the waltz having been forbidden ever since one of the young Royal Princesses was tripped up by her partner and fell at the very feet of the late Empress Augusta while in the act of waltzing. The Empress who was a terrible despot on the score of etiquette, could not bear the idea of a dance which could have the effect of placing a princess of the blood in such an undignified position, and turning a deaf ear to all arguments to the effect that the mishap was due rather to the awkwardness of the dancers than to the dance itself, vet!_ *^?_ aPPewaoce of the latter ...i ...... _,».^ „ __jfcu_:fc__ __L bit