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Show M PUBLIC DANCES H Tho season just before Lent U a 1 tlmo when In largo towns and many small ones, big public dances uro M held. Firemen, polico, hospitals M lodges, havo annual glorlflcatlona. B Tho plillusophlcnl observer finds B theso functions not lacking In human 1 lntorcst, since thoy osscmblo such M various types of people. An organlz- H ntlon may bo aristocratic. Dut usu. M nlly It needs funds, and the prlco of M a ticket from almost anyono looks H good, llowovor, If It Is desired to M bo very choice, raising tho admission H is supposed to nssuro all vlrtuo. Dut M not every man who wears a "dress suit" Is n gentleman. M I'eoplo who attend many such at- fairs In various cities say they havo M never seen more freak dancing than H this year. When the danco craze wib H nt Us helsht, tho dancers wero at M least attending classes, usually I'll- H dcr tearhcrs possessing somo sense. Mnnv eccentricities wero toned down. B Now all the younger sots havo m learned a rcportolro or new steps, with original Improvised variations. They have becomo convinced that M or stylo It Is necessary to hop, skip, H . jump, wiggle, and twist. Sedate per- H . sons watch with nmazement and dc- M , ploro the new dancing. M The old stops though have regain- M cd much or former vogue. Old tlm- M ers who occupied the wall whllo iho kids were tangoing, nro again cutting M Jocund pigeon wings In quadrl'lPs nnd H contrns. The festlvo voice of tho H prompter again resounds, though ono fl uumctlmcs needs a practised ear to H tell what ho says M Tho diversion wouid be far more H heallliful If It did not cover such nil- B earthly hours. It was ono of tho , merits of tho rercut danco -craze 'hat K It was mostly dono In classes taking -i n two hour session and sending poo- H- p"o homo early. Hut after you have B paid for hall, orchestra, and refresh- M meats, It seems necessary to run It H to tliu limit, thereby acquiring n fl lieadacho for next day. |