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Show 00 "RAGGING" REFUSES TO BE SUPPRESSED Acroes the seas they are dancing to ragtime London has the erase and other cities of Europe are welcoming welcom-ing the American dance with Joy. Uut at home wo are so offended by the peculiai motions of the ' turkev trot" and the hugging In the "grizzly "griz-zly bear' that laws are being enacted enact-ed to suppress the dances. Here in I tab, yes in Weber coun-tv. coun-tv. the sentiment is so pronounced I that legislation Is proposed ,i ester-day ester-day in the lower bouse of the I'tah I lawmaking body Representative Hooper introduced a bill prohibiting 1 ragging" The measure provides li shall be unlawful for any per-Ion per-Ion In any public dance hall or dancing danc-ing academy to dance :tn Improper, indecent or obscene dances or dan cc6 commonlv known and designated as the turkey trot, the Texas Tommy,' Tom-my,' the grizzly bear'' and other dan- : ices of like character and It shall be unlawful for any person, firm association associ-ation or corporation conducting or maintaining any public dance hall or j public dancing academy to permit any I person to dance or engage in any im-I im-I proper, indecent or obscene dance as aforesaid. ' The bill says there shall be no dancing dan-cing In nubile dance halls or dancing danc-ing academies after midnight aud none at all on Sunday Moreover the bill provides that it shall be unlaw -I ful for any minor under the age of 18, : unless accompanied by parent or legitimate le-gitimate guardian, to enter or re j main in a public dance ball or to dance there while a dance is in prog-rei prog-rei MlO the bill requires that the dance ball shall at all times at nigh' ! be brilliantly Illuminated and at uo ' lime shall the lights bo lowered or put out. n custom which is said to have grown quite fashionable In some dance hails No minor under 1G is to be given , dam ing lessons after 6 o'clock Id the I evening unless it be with the written authorization of the pupil's parent or legal guardian A public dance hall Is defined In j the following terms . "For the purpose of this act a puh-! puh-! lie dance hall is hereby defined to be a place maintained and conducted for the purpose of public dancing therein. there-in. In which for compensation paid directly or indirectly to the owner, proprietor or manager thrreof. men and women are permitted to engage Id dancing A public dancing acade my Is hereby defined to be a place maintained or conducted exclusively I for the purpose of giving public Instruction In-struction In dancing, for which instruction in-struction a fee or charge is required or paid, provided, however, that if any such person receiving Instruction be under the age of 16 years, the contract for such Instruction shall be made with the parent or guardian of such person " Violations are made a misdemeanor, misdemean-or, whose penalty is a fine up to $300 or a maximum imprisonment in the county jail of not more than six months And notwithstanding the proposed legislative stamp of disapproval and the rules and regulations of the dance, halls ami academies prohibiting ragging," rag-ging," the dance goes right on. gaining in popularity, as does any amusement which Is forbidden Half of the private parties are turned turn-ed into Tagging' socials just to please those who have never seen ragginr or to gratify the desire of those who have found In the staccato music interpreted in-terpreted in motion a fascination evov more seductive thau the whirl of the waltz or the glide of the schottische. |