Los Angeles herald., 1892-06-12
WOMAN'S WORLD.
SOCIETY GIRLS ARE NOW DANCING
WITHOUT THE YOUNG MEN.

6OClelv 0t6IS AHG NOW DANCING
WITHOUT THE YOUNG MEN.
she whips Two Sharks sorosis' MAY
Party Athletic New York Women.
Cleaning Furniture-Nine Women Law
ers-stsrilized MIX for tho siok Poor.
The girl of the period has grown reck-
lessly independent. Now the independ-
ent young damsel has all at once taken
it into her head to take a very big step
again in the direction Of what she is
pleased to call equality. What until
quite recently was ball or dance
without dancing men? A failure, and q
thing of which hostess stood in greater
dread than of failure Of the piece de re-
sistance at the dinner or supper table.
The dancing man knew his value, and
tried to augment it by giving himself
the air of y martyr when entering ball
room; the girl suffered him for awhile
in this character, and then--since she
has grown SO very energetic and indie
pendent determined to do without him.
Now she gives skirt dance or q
minuet with beautiful impartiality
that deserves admiration, and the men
may admire or stay away as they please
it is immaterial to the girls. Girls dance
after dinner party as formerly they
gave song. You see, the style of dress
that is required for these dances is al
most identical with the ordinary dinner
dress. A dress with train does beauti-
fully for q minuet, and the umbrella
shaped skirt of this season is just the
right thing for skirt dancing. 1t must
be twelve yards wide, so that it can be
gracefully taken up by the dancer, but
as fashions go that is no extraordinary
width.
1t is not only the daring few who have
the heart to perform singly before a
drawing room of spectators. Skirt
dancing has been very general indeed at
this seasons dancing.
One thing which is greatly in favor of
skirt dancing is the fact that it is so
much more artistic and beautiful than
the ordinary round dances But this is
not the chief reason of its popularity.
Men are very lazy. They won't dance,
and it gets more and more difficult to
get them to learn and practice dancing.
Girls, on the other hand, are extremely
fond of it, OF course two girls can
dance a round dance together, and l
have often seen it done, but it does not
look WELL With step dancing and skirt
dancing it is quite different. It looks
very charming if two girls dance a
minuet or a national dance, or if one
girl alone does skirt dancing. It makes
them entirely independent Of men as
partners in a dance, and that, of course,
is of the greatest advantage.-New York
Press.
A Plucky Woman Beats or Two Sharks.
Australian mail news brings intelli-
gence from Melbourne of thrilling ad-
venture between two large sharks and
some ladies and children bathers at the
Mentone ladies' baths there. There were
anumber of ladies and children in the
baths, among them being Mrs. Percy
Macmeikan, Mrs. French and their two
little girls. Mrs. Percy Macmeikan was
the first to venture in the water, taking
with her her little girl Roy and Mrs.
French's daughter. The bathers went
out as far as the rope which stretches
across the open area. There they dived
and swan, and the children frolicked in
glee. Mrs. Macmeikan saw the little
girls safely swinging upon the rope in
three feet of water and then went into
deeper parts.
At this stage Mrs. French's little boy,
who was not bathing, noticed large
shark rapidly approaching the party,
and Immediately told Mrs. Durrant.
The boy then called out to Mrs. Mac
meikan that there was shark in the
water. She glanced around and with
horror saw a shark turning over within
a foot of her. She kicked and splashed
and nearly tainted away. The shark
made for the children, going between
the rope and the shore. Mrs. Macmeikan
speedily recovered her presence of mind
and darted to the rescue of the children.
Quickly securing Roy this brave lady
placed the child in about q foot of water.
Then she turned to secure Mrs. French's
child. She was just in time to effect
the rescue. AS she grasped the little
one and was making for the shore the
shark, with big companion, made
dash.
The undaunted woman succeeded in
frightening the monsters away, and
safely bore the children from all danger.
Mrs. Macmeikan was much exhausted
after her terrible adventure. The battle
between life and death was most excit-
ing, and two ladies tainted. The sharks
were fine specimens, the largest one
being about twelve feet in length and
the other about six feet The pair had
effected an entrance into the baths
through some broken pickets. Some
men were subsequently called in and
succeeded in killing the smaller one.-
Pail Mall Gazette.
Sorosis Holds a May Party.
, Sorosis had May party Monday, of
which the principal features were
dainty lunchaon and A. discussion on high