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Show Officers Forbid 'Chicken Shakes' in Dance Halls N'KW YORK. Dec 9 v; York today was washed by a terpslchoroan reform wave. Proprietors of 4 00 public dance halls in the greater cltv were warned by Mrs George v Loft, I deputy police i omnilssloner, lhat they would b jailed If they didn't put x slop to ' Indecent demoralizing dancing." danc-ing." We have tried to regulate danc- ing with women police." s.-id Mrs. j :.oft. "and we have failed. The regular regu-lar police force, therefore, has been , ordered to arrest proprietors and floor managers who permit violations of the dnnclng rules we have made "Cheek-to-ehcek dancing and movements move-ments known ns the scnndal walk, the cradle rock, the Chicago camel, the syncopating shimmy and the chicken shakes are terrible. They must cease ' |