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Show ORIGIN OF THE POLKA. Dohemlsn Pesssnt Girl May C Called Its Orlnlnator. The polka, which had such s rsite In early Vlrrorlnn days. Is a danrs of Dohemlsn orlfln. A pesssnt ulrl. ser vant to a clllr.en of Elhekostelets, was onn Sunday amiuinit herself by dan-cine, dan-cine, at Iho same time accompanylni her movements with an air of her own fancy. Joseph Nerudi. the schoolmaster schoolmas-ter and organist. ns a spectator of her dano and. as It pleased him. he composed sultnhln miiklc for It. The dance was performed for tho flrst tlms In public at KlbcUostelnts. and then at l'mimo. whero It ohtnlnert the nnme ot pull. a. ard soon It rnsdi Its wsy Into nubile favor in I'arla and flnslly was the dsnce of tho period In London, New York and In every big town on both aldos of the Atlantic. |