The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1888-03-07
Hat Cheek Balls.

Want this isn ticket -
Hoe~ the bat cheek aecampany Il -
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well yo1 en- keep your old ball
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This sort Of 1izIozse has beooEns quitc
common since the insrod1c1ioc q the
nov murh prevalent IA; check bail
Tbs zeason the hat eher< bsii = ulors
in voSse than ever i-esore- fcop'e 9ho
dsace say that a the dsrkest loas con.sS
tesrre tis.- dawn - is fheoger Fresalenee
u = s'asraH, ssial isafzssitlla invariably
f5sIovei By the revolt that Viii oser-
throz l.
An organized zfsempt VII be mace
next sezson 70 discounteaznce tins uay
q aiding 70 the gate money Of dance.
Il : too late during the present Dou:hs
70 do much against i, br; the dancers q
New Iork have lz;ely suffered - much
from the scbeDe that they are gong 10
see Z moral slzsioz ~iil act Do soue-
thing i0wari giving the hat cheek bail =
III p 10 fhe shelf Shers IL car rs,
pzeeefaliy With ether reiics II TIE coz
demnesi 1ssses 4 number of halls .
take place IN the near fsgale have been
arranged On fhe hat cheek lass znd their
managers eaa hardly be in,lucs,i 70 strike
the bar cheek from the program, baf the
held d aexf season's events j. e present.
clear, and the opponents q the hat ciieck
may make some victories for the danc-
ing months # 1850
What Is : hat cheek baiigr
Il i easily defined L = q dance. %
begin with, Of oourse Tie gentlemen in
charge oft are afraid THAI they csnnot
r, a sufficient afieusl4uoe- - they food
the city xiih free tickets. The~e are Of
ten marked With price of = or $. and
the reeipieais imagine they are getting
something worth ihe~e amounts. Ca
their arrival a. the hail. however. they
ind that they cann0, set inside without
buying bat cheek Sometimes q s.
Having come - 6sr. perhaps aoconIan-
iel By a few l4aies, they cannot tara
hack ~iihosi pGfting themselves n r.
dicalOus position. and they generally boy
their Way IN This : the end ard object
q the Puasaoiers of the hat checS
hall
A gentleman Of NeE York society
~ho=e oniy claim - prominenos IN fa-
fure history viii he III capacity fsrest-
ing other peoples dianers and fpr AZ
teHiing every Plblie he'll likely 70 - IN
teres1in- Sa- spoken 10 on the sutiecf
yesterday He Eas eager q s1y some-
thing unpleasant about the h4f cheek
bali--
zish yo1 Eoal3 attack the system"
he bean. I consider il ro1hinz les
than sn imposition Iiisam msan tax On
tilose Nho dance or % 70 - Others dance-
Il i Ike back eye given % y0u IN the
dark- Il / unexpected and you can't
strike back
The only way 70 give ball J. 70 sell
tickets that include everything There
+ no ree=oa why any charge -hould ~
masie for taking care q q fellows haf
i doesn't eoSf much- ! modern t2ii ha-
very many q The features Ct . circus
They get you inside. and in the express
I've bE- not classic I4n-T,a-e y Five Poinf-
work you foE al they are worth Il isn't
the right spirit % pervssss soial erter-
tainment
have known men 20 q TO -lrh
balls and Offer 10 put their hats IN their
pockeis and leave their hats outside IN a
haeE. but the safe-keeper refused 70 con
sideT such a proposition Why cant
people vho promote balls be s9nsre and
anu0unoe hos much Il Is -5in. - eost
tor victim 70 get IN the b1ildiHs3 Let
the hat cheek, cane check. gum boots
cheek, umbrella check and fake cheek Of
every kind ise abolished. and lei Is have
dancing carried On on the fair mercan-
Tile principle Of paying Tor WIS; you 81
and knowing hox much the article j. 20
ing 70 cost before you bay it