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Show B THE 8ECOND YEAR OF'THE B DANCE CRAZE HJ Tho wlutor of 1914-15 has gono, HJ nnd It finds still raging tho passion HJ for tho so culled "modern daucoB," B which first awopt ovor tho country In B tho fall ot 1913. Now that tho "tan- HJ go" Is olllclully prououncod innocu- B 0UB tlio desiro to loam it Is In a B incuusro abated. Hut an oxtoudod HJ ropertory of fox trots and ono stops B i8 still being inculcated. Tho long B list ot dauco studios advertlsod ln Hi tho metropolitan nowspapors lndl- B catcs that tho fovor Is still raging HJ among tho socially elect. HJ Tho fact Is perhaps ovorlookod HB that thoro is uo more of a dauco Hi traio today among young pooplo than HB over. Young folks aro alwuys daft HI over dancing. It Is tho oldor people pi,. ' who have largely supported tho danc- HB i . lug toachors, or mado It posslblo (or BBB I many moro of them to earn a Hv- B BBBf Tho reason why pooplo used to glvo BBBL up danciug Boon attor being marrlod, BB lias not heon commonly, as tho young BV folks lunocoutly suppose, thut thoy BB liavo bocomo tired ot this amusement H .llather it la in the way daucos nro H run. Tho young girls aro tho belles H of tho ball, and dances tend to H crystallize Into Uttlo cliques. H Cortain men will danco regularly H with cortain girls and no others. Iu BBh this shuffle uiurrlod women aro apt H to bo left out in favor of tho dobu- H tnntos. Thoy lovo danciug as much H as over, but thoy quit rather than H submit to tho humiliation ot becom- BBpJ lng wall flowers, BBB Tho modern dances reduced nil BBBJ who enrod for dancing, old and young BBB '"t0 n democracy ot lcamors. Most BBB dancing srhoolH aro conducted on the BBB "l'aul Jones" plan, in which you go ( Into tho ring and tnko tho partner who turns up whoa tho whistlo h . blows. Tho married girls onco moro BBB acquire an equal chauco with tho &mH8hL buds, and renew their youth. It Is certainly a pleasant sight to boo mid-1 die nged nnd elderly people quit tho f sleepy II reside, and onco moro Btrotch . their muscles and feel tho elation of musical rhythm. |