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Show ANYTHING WORTH DOING IS WORTH DOING WELL. The above is a saying as true as it is old and it holds good even in dancing. Few if any people do more dancing than do the people of these valleys, and few if any make less effort to dance uniformly, and with ease and elegance. The object of dancing as far as the young are concerned should not be merely to meet together for pastime or recreation; there should be other objects in view, and if in the course of dancing, nothing is gained, the time is partly a loss. One of the objects that should be attained by dancing is ease and grace of movements. It certainly is something desirous to become graceful, and it is doubtful if anything will give this with greater effect than dancing. Well, says some, do we not have plenty of it? Yes very plenty but open the door and look over the floor when it is full and see how many graceful dancers there are. You will see every shape and position except one, -the proper one-and you may even see this too, as some can no more help being graceful than others can help being awkward. Nature in this respect (as in many others) is very partial but in this as in other things, art comes to our assistance so that those who have no graces can have some developed, and those who have, can have them improved. How? Go to Cardon's new hall to-morrow evening, where Frank Larsen will open a Dancing School and teach the proper way to dance all kinds of ball room dances. A number of new quadrilles will be introduced and the correct way of dancing others already in use will be taught. adv. |