MAN DANCES 69 HOURS

Greymouth Evening Star, 9 September 1927, Page 3

MAN DANCES 69 HOURS

A FORCIBLE STOPPAGE. Almost delirous, Mr James Alexander, who claims to be an American, was pulled off a dancing flooi at the Green- Mill, Melbourne, last week, after he had danced continuously for 69 hours. Mr Alexander was out to break the record by keeping on his feet for 100 hours. He was a pitiful sight aftei he had danced for 50 hours, and it was surprising that action was not taken earlier to make him stop. Once he collapsed, and for a time was partly unconscious. Doses of brandy restored him, and even while he was lying on the floor being massaged he kept up a spasmodic movement with his feet, thus avoiding disqualification. Huge crowds attended the endurance test. . . , ... Alexander had six girls acting as dancing partners, and throughout the last day they were practically carrying him around the floor. They wore slings over their shoulders in which he rested his arms. On the day on which he was stopped he was not dancing, but merely shuffling his feet in carpet slippers because they had become too swollen for shoes.