The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-12-11

In Which There IL a Warm EuloG OF
the Fat Girl.
lester Democrat and Chronicle.

Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.
A short time ago Mr.. Richard Schlingen-
siepen, an estimable citizen OF New York.
while dancing at a ball. met with an acci-
dent that. though by no means unprece-
dented in ball rooms. attracted an extraor-
binary amount OF attention. because OF its
unusually serious result. Mr.. schiingen-
siePen. fell and dragged his partner down
With him: She was a young lady dis
for her wit and social accomplishments.
The couple fell in such a complicated man
ner that the lady was forced 10 seat her
and emphasis OF a pile-driver. and the re-
SUIT was a compound. comminuted srac-
furs OF Mt, Schlingenslepen's tibia and
TO large and admiring throngs OF hospital
surgeons and medical students. dcerl. an
out OF the social whirl, Of which ne is or
dinarily a distinguished ornament. sor
The Chronicler mentions this painful In
cident only that he may protest against
the misleading and unwarranted conclu-
sions drawn from 1t by other writers.
ing against dancing. These people are
evidently laboring under an impression that
failing violently on the floor Is an essen
society, that one cannot dance without
falling. This impression, IL need hardly be
said. is entirely erroneous. II is said that
fore he can be considered a skillful and ex-
perienced horseman, but one can be the
DtSl Oh ndnccTS. "A very DOIWOfIn or DE
Garmo, vi shout once biting the wax. The
fall is a mere extraneous accident no more
essential TO the dance than sitting down
on a slippery sidewalk N an unomittable
even in Rochester, where no self-respecting
citizen. was ever known TO thoroughly clear
his sidewalk of snow and ice. The story
is merely a warning against falling when
dancing and, as such, quite superfiuous. No
sane person wants TO make an exhibit or
himself and his partner by falling In a
ballroom.
Another commentators thinks thai the
moral OF the story is Avoid all heavy
sance'"" This person has. evidently. never
danced. Had he done so he would have
law of Compensation. the heavier a gsri
is the more lightly she dances. Choose Tor
your partner a girl whom her friends call
fairy-like and her enemies scraggy. and
though she may not weigh over ninety
pounds h she will apparently
weigh tons on the dancing floor. she win
while. as to lightly whirlings' her "over
the polished floor" you might as well try
to lightly whirl Powers block. But select
beauty. whose weight only herself and the
hay scales can tell you, and though you
from a as son n0o OF eoaf yo gra %ill s ana h ssihi N
the dance, lighter than the thistle down,
as true to time as a metronome. sure-foot-
rather than to need your guidance. an ideal
partner. Why this Is so the Chronicler
does not know. but he knows that IL Is so.
Therefore, the story OF Mr.. ~Schlingen-
siepen's misfortune is no warning against
dancing with heavy girls The story's real
moral will be obvious to all as soon as the
cause Of the accident is mentioned. Mr..
Schingensiepen and his partner collided
with another couple. Nobody who knows
how TO dance ever causes a collision I'm a
ballroom. . Only "rushers' are guilty OF
that Therefore, either Mr.. Schlingensiepen
or the man with whom he coilided was a
"rusher." The moral of the Schlingen-
siepen story is that no 'rusher' should
ever be allowed TO dance I'm a room where
other people are dancing. And everybody
knew that long ago.