| Show A MARATHON DANCE DANCE The story that comes Conies form San 1 of a dancing Mara Marathon thon the name is an tai all offers positive evidence that Owl till nIl the fools are arc not dead deal yet et although a n few more Marathons of oC that character may nay materially matel lIlI decrease them tit What T possible po sible object there t could be he in demonstrating rat ing ones one ability to dance danee more than fourteen Routs hours c continuously it is hard to understand land according to fo Sacramento the Union certainly there I could be bc no pleasure in the tho operation which h caused many of the 1 women dancers to faint and some sonic of them oven e n to lose oso their toes if ultimately they do clo rot not lose their lives ins I Every one of those who lanced danced the requisite time nearly fifteen hours was taken to the hospital I and enil t nd undoubtedly 11 UdO II t c I many man of them will ill be he b found Hl especially a I among autong the women injured more or 01 less permanently I No one nc will trill question sti n the benefit of athletics its and presumably pr this dancing by b the th hour may bo ho 0 classed classel under that head but hut itis it itis itis is possible lc to overdo ordo athletics a as well as is other It thing things and 1111 the result instead of being i tg beneficial ial is just l the contrary lO tl 1 The ally excuse exe excuse for the dancing performance in San Snit Francisco is a desire of those foolish enough to tu engage in it to exceed tile the efforts of some er equally foolish people in Butte Bulle but hut San Francisco co might mi ht well have hn C allowed allotted I he the Ili Montana on t nna town to rest on ou it i t laurels III in that hilt t respect for its ifs record was not one that any sane person would care earl to emulate c When persons p announce that they propose PI to engage in such useless and dangerous pastimes it is the duty tut dut of the authorities to step pt in just dust as ns they thc do when hill a prizefight becomes brutal and stop slop I them But in the present the case cas is even een ell worse than Ihan at a 1 Women Yom u engaged I in this endless dancing and no one understands anything 0 of pt our suffragists but butt will a ill admit that dancing for fOI fifteen hours can all only be he followed by hj very serious ser on Ono l CS unless ss the ill e woman be bl of of more t ihei o strength o Without f going poing into in o details it is easy cosy la y to tu that the I 1 on mothers others I is s not likely e to tu stop I ap with themselves e 5 and ninny of f thin thLe women who danced at It the lie sins San Francisco so Marathon fm thon IC c married u women tt and possibly arc or 01 may ma some sone lily duy du be bc mothers The whole story is i revolting and 1111 disgusting it iL is to be bo hoped that now now that Suit SUll lt hits has won wor tut the lic record l no other l community may nuy be ue I found foolish enough to 16 try 11 to take it t front her |
