Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-01-08
THE TRIALS OF A BOY,
ms Oplnisn About Dancing Lessons anS
Girls.

over the nayement az he walked He
had walked for two blocks in this man.
ner "a the Star man who was watch
inc him conld testify. and during that
time he had only varied in his move
ment. twice Once when he oaye a
Sudden dart IN cne side after a cat that
ras sIo,yIr n;cLing its wav across tho
straot Tha cat 6owever ran hack 40
far 90 the cnrbstone on the other side.
"a ,rrno5 70 600 n there was any pec.
how b,ianced himself on the edUe Of the
~ I'D .zod at the cat and the cat
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go 50 a,rsraI | he Saioot.d w,v He o.
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Robert. baI Iorr.h;,r rh.nnanoJ p,' pstaJ
the Star man sngas;ng The vou,b in
convers,tion wbn, fba 1.ttar orr;vad in
frort of he hono
..Nntb;n's q Tho ,nott.- ..r+;r,n .nd
b.ra Rohort raya croot ;a,L ,n
br;cL wb;cb bs v.s ot3on,nt;ror ahsa,t
m;ndoJI,, 70 ronoyo fron, tba s;JaroIL
..cent;ni th.t boyo 40, 70 90 to Jana'
inc school !" ond 90 be cold = tb. br;nL
v;elded to his efforts and be straiobt-
enad nm With IL in b;s band srJ thew
II moo5;,v into a corner of tho vord
..D;d Won have 10 ro to danc;nr school
when Won were a boyp,, continued Rob-
ert snnnosino he had found a svmna-
tbetic iiscene7 ..If Won did then Won
know what's the matter with me T
have IN mt on NV hest clothes met .s
II II was sunday and kid Gloves and
ro where there ia a lot nf Girls "
The inter disoust with Which the last
word was uttered fullv exnressed The
feeling with which the average how at
that aoe REGARDS tbe onnosite sex
.WRat is the use Of dancino. any,
wsyp Only Girls want to dance and
hovs that 6on't know how to NAV bose-
hail and who bring f1owers 10 tbe
te.cbar When orow mr., yor hot
will be the cant,in of a basa'b,Il nine
and tbep What difference will II m,Ls
about dancing2 Mother saws sbe VENTS
me 70 have GOOD manners snnnose
that means fo always have vour hands
clean and not 10 tear vonr clothes That
kind of a how don't have any fun. and
has;das tbev arc only f;t 10 nIav w;tb
girls They always oct licked in q t;gbt
and tben tbev tail fha Teacher tb;nns
about tb, other bows.
"Yes, ma'am; I'm coming" be call
ed out in response to a summons from
the house. A deeper gloom seemed to
settle upon him as his unhappy fate an
preached, and he dug his toe viciousty
into the bricks.
II should think YOU could have a nice
time at the dancing SCHOOL, SUGGESTED
the listener in as sympathetic a tone az
possible.
: "Well, l don't" wa, tho unyieIdinp
reply. II can't feel natural. somehow.
NV feet won't 90 in the RIGHT direction.
and then they put me with the little
bows and cali it the awkward SQUAD. I
could beat 'em all playing baseball.
and can throw farther and straighter
than any boy there, but when it comes
to dancing can't do it. l wouldn't
care 30 much but YOU have to dance
with the girls, and they made me dance
last time with girl with red hair and
freckles, and one of the boys said that
girl bit boy once because he stepped
on her toes"
"Why don't you engnge some nice
girl to dance with you?" asked the lis
tener, beginning now to have real SYM
pathy for the bov.
..Well." said the boy. souirming nm
easily about as if he was in great pain,
"all the nice girls that don't bite are
gobbled up before l get a chance, or
ieastwise before remember what to
saw. Some bows talk with girls and
seem to like it. don't see how they
can do it. What is there to say to
grip They don't know ANYTHING
that is, ANYTHING that Is worth know
ing. / talked with a girl onct and she
said she liked baseball cause the men
wore such pretty suits, but she didn't
know a curved ball from a home run.
Robert, are YOU comingp" again
sounded the warning voice from the
honse.
"Yes, ma'am, directly" responded