Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-07-20
a DANISH DANCE.
An English Girl In the Northland for Yuis-
tide Festivities.

An English Girl In the Northland for Yuis-
tide Festivities.
An English girl lately described
Gall in Jutland, Denmark, around
Christmas-time:
"My hostess made superhuman eff
forts to find partners for me who could
talk English, or, at any rate, French,
rs well as their native tongue; but
without much success, and we soon
found that the only way of coming to
any mutual understanding was to bold
Y make use of a smattering of any two
Or three languages of which we hap.
pened to know few words.
THE band struck up dance; my
partner seized me lin far more deter
mined way than is customary in Eng
land, and I found myself dancing
gallop at speed which rather con-
veniently rendered conversation SUI
perHuous. After about couple of
turns round the room, to my surprise
the band glided into valse; my part
ner, however, only paused for an in
slant, and off we went again, just as
fast as before, and to a step which had
no connection with my English notions
OF valsing. Again the music changed,
and, surely, thought ! my next partner
is now due But no; after the merest
pause we two were once more circling
the room, this time to the tune of the
Champagne Polka and at an ever in
creasing rate. Then my partner led
me to seat and with some difficulty
made me understand that each dance
included set or wo or three which
are danced with the same partner.
"When | was claimed for the next
dance my partner confessed to slight
knowledge of French, but explained
that he was Finn, and as great
stranger to Danish dances as myself;
so we agreed to sit out that dance and
murder the French language, which
we did to great perfection. My sur
prise was next excited by noticing the
master of the ceremonies going round
the room clapping his hands before va
rious couples, who, | noticed, at once
got up and danced. AS we, too, rose
in answer to this signal, my partner
a Dane again-laboriously explained
that it was usual to make the couples
dance ont in turn, in order to prevent
the room from getting crowded and to
keep the dance going briskly. BY this
time began to feel almost at home,
and this happy feeling continued dur
ing the next few dances, till had al
most persuaded myself that the festive
style of the Danish dancing might in
time compensate for its lack of grace.
But was suddenly once more made TO
feel that as a stranger in a strange
land. DO you incline for any one"
understood my partner to say. | looked
at him inquiringly. Fancy a we'll
brought-up English girl telling her
partner, an utter stranger, that she in
clined' for some other stranger in the
rooml However, had evidently heard
Alright, and seeing that he thought IL
the most natural thing in the world,
promptly replied that l inclined for
an officer from the neighboring garri~
son who happened to be facing us;
whereupon my partner gravely con-
Quoted me to him. lie rose and bowed,
and found myself dancing with him,
after which he returned me to my pre-
vious partner, who had, meanwhile,
been indulging his inclination for some
other girl. | learned afterward that
these inclination dances are very gem
eral, and that one is quite at liberty to
incline for man to whom one has
not even been introduced.
, which various fanciful figures were in-
: PRODUCED including a representation in
:. costume of Old Father Christmas.
: Here, at any rate, ! was more at home,
and acquitted myself creditably.-
I Queen.
g The greatest Gothic widow was
5 Amalasuntha, the daughter of Hheo.
S doric. She was married by order OF
! her father to Gothic chicftain, whom
K she survived and at the death of Theo-
doric became queen regent during this
minority of her son. He died before
ascending the throne and she married
n her cousin Theodotus, who treated heI
with great ingratitude, and finally had
her privately assassinated. She was
y one of the most enlightened women
of her age, and gave both peace and
g prosperity to the nations under heI
T government.
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