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Show .FOURTH OF JULY IN TEXAS. Cowboy, Girls and Comanche Trip Light Fantastic Toe. The liotlost nml funniest place on the grounds, says n coricspondcnt of tlio St. I-ouls Globe-Democrat, descrlb Ing n Fourth of 'July celebration In Texas, "win the dancing pavilion. A canvas coor wns stretched Jnst over-hcnil, over-hcnil, When some tall cowboy, In the excess of his patriotism, put nn extra inch on Ills (Hiring, UU hut Hcraped the coser. The floor, which was of rough boards In the morning, was polished before nomi li.v n thousand shutlles In n comet tho orchestra, with n strangely Milcmn face nml downcast eyes, sat on the spring sent of a ford ,wngon nml -'lew from u lnlln -ueli Ft nil ns a: r.ilK'it 'it ai'thm Into n oi!; leg. Hut the Kt-in'f the pnxlllmi ijmi blnatlon mis tht' i oiler He hiv- u mild mtiiiiiered gt'ntlemiui unmeil Granger, whose llexltilllt.v of voice wits equaled by his originality of espies-slon. espies-slon. Sometimes he chanted, sometimes some-times lie declaimed, and sometimes he let his -.olce follow the music. He was a master of ceremonies, too, who had learned bis profession The cowboys would sidle up and sny: "Mister, can't we have a little dancel We came sixty miles for this thing.", "Don't you know anybody here?" Granger would ask. "Xofa llvlu' soul 'cept Just the boys." they would alllrm, with more or les1 emphnsls. "Iteckon mclihr I ken fix you." the master wouil sn'y reflccthely Then he would cross i-,cr to where the buxom daughters of the gt-iln farmers were shocked up along the side of the platform, Prehy soon he would return, re-turn, and. with a "Come this way." he would lead the cowboy, one at time, ncross the platform. The tamer's daughter would bow prettily tiril the cowboy elaborately, with a twitch at bis big white bat. Then n new couple would Join tho-e on the 'tleor Occasionally Occa-sionally n cowboy would In'rif-t h!r hat to a friend, but this seldom happened,, hap-pened,, The girls didn't mind, nml hat were worn as a rule. When the hot was slow In lllllng t'u master ea I led out persuasive I.v: "Two more louple and we'll hme a little dance. Hurry up now and throw yourself around on thl streHh like a quarter horse. Let's have a r.ne." Uut It was not often the dunce needed encouragement to fill .More frequently the master was obliged to argue: "Stan' back and give ns a little room, people: we've got n wildcat spring hero." The crowd In .the eagerness to B-.-e the dancing gave scant room for the measures. "Hoe down on her," said the master. The violin started, and so did the shuffling. "Circle to the left and Rents trail home. Let the ladles' row' In front." So he called, and. dropping his voice an octave, he sang: "Everybody dance; corners swine Good atyle; pretty little partner; That's the thins." ' liutHe-Blniflle go the feet, and, the figure Is finished. Off starts the caller again: "First couple right; ladies awing out; dents swine In, awing out and promenade. prome-nade. Do, do, Kent, alow: Do, ce, ladles, don't you know!" Then comes more Intricate worlc. Tlio cowboys can't begin to get In all of their fancy steps. The pace Is hot The skirts of the grain growers' daughters daugh-ters hwIkIi through the air aa the master mas-ter calls: "Colanco the next; three hands round; Ladles swine out; gents swine In; , Three hands out and go It ag'ln; Gents awing out and go It-ug'ln; Seven handa up and ladles swing out; Four and balance: now partners; prom-cnado prom-cnado all." The master permits thirty seconds' breathing spell, during which the cowboys cow-boys try to get rid of some of their surplus perspiration, while the girls ply their, fans am look' tnoUt and happy. The caller gathers blmscl'f for n prolonged pro-longed effort "Second couple to right," he, calls, and then fjejgoes it, without a break for live mluut.es, like thW: "Ladles swine out;, gent swing In; Three hands up and eo It agin; Balance ngaln; ladles to centerr Fall In the corner; promenade home; Six to two and two come down; ' Ladles In center and seven hand round-Fall round-Fall In the corner. Now partners all. Go south. Wheat's' all dead, ' And you'vo got corn bread, I guess " "Not in the Wichita valley the wheat ain't dcad.'by a Jugful!" one of tho dancers Bboutcd, but without minding Interruptions the caller goes right along with his funmaklug: "Fall and balance; swing and run; Four to two and two come down: Lady In ccnterjand Ave hands round; Ladles swing Vt and gents swine In; Five up and go It ae'ln. Swine out) run away with the snlng; Hold and balance; all balance; Now, purtners, run away with the hal. Everybody dance, everyody dance," And the next time It is somethlug with variations pn this kind of a figure fig-ure ; "Jour hand up; half round the world; Gents turn a summerset; ladle Jest bo; Ladles round the gents;-gent,don't go; Hound up fours; everybody swing; . Bwine the corners like swinging th lm-: Bwlng, ladles, seaside fashion; Pretty little partner; round up four." And thus It went on with endless variety In tho languugo and measures, but the same shuffling, tho same buxom bux-om girls and tho Bamo frolicsome cowboys, cow-boys, uutll tho sun went down behind the Comanchcs' tepees. Old, men looked look-ed ou and said, "Them's the same dancrs they used to dance tu eouth Texas when I was a boy." Occasional ly n cowboy, ovcrcomo by the Inspiration Inspira-tion of tho moment, let out a wild "whoop." 'As for tho Indians, iliey stood about tho outer edge of the pavilion pa-vilion and looUedon Impassively An Indian always enjoys bcolng tho palefaces pale-faces daneo, Jnit you never cou'd el It from the espressloulcss cast of his countenance. "V r V |