Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-11-14
DISCUSSES THE DANCE.


9,sd-0,ovs Poah.
Tie G,ad-GIove Pcsh is arranging
to give bal, in the near future. A
meeting vas held the other evening
and the socisl question was promi-
nens among other things brought up
for consideration. Committees were
appointed with instructions to re.
port o. room As possible ~ to what
can be done with reference 10 hail.
music. etc. and il the expense is not
too great. the Push promise some
thing swell.
Dis agitation OF de foot-slinging
question chases me mind bscx to
some pretty hot pswties wot TUX
part TO-" sighed Nibsy Nash after
the discussion had subsidized and
the boys had all filled their corn-cobs
and edged up to tie stove. Yer
see hAint been doin' de dances fer
de pas few seasons on account Of
uder affairs wot KEEP me from
minglin' But as de winter is purity
young yet l thinks I'll get me oar in
aud give de rest of de fellers Chase
fer dere money. Course I'll be
kinder out of de swing fer awhile.
bat I'll give youse guys notice right
here dat il I gets started right de
rest OF yous'll have to keep yer
lamps trimmed il youse don't want
ter ge, lost in dc shuttle.
..Dere's one ting wot ] Offices TO,
an dat is de new curly-cues wot
dem fancy ducks are workin' on de
wax Ny favorit' is de t~irl. an
| can front up every time wild d, pei &,
horse when II comes to DIS dance.
I'm right here to tell yous. Now, all
You hear is de two-step, de barley
corn bend. and de tree time swing,
an all .uch foney ole names. Let
me make a prediction. Dey1l he but
a few moons pass fore every bloom
in one of dem dere fixius III be
showed unto clear, .cose. yer see,
dere is nothin' erbout 'em what 'peals
to de guys wots got somethin' else 10
do sides studying dc foot twisting
fads. Give me dc lovely waltz every
turn OF de wheel.
DE las time wot l shakes my
plsntashuns was las summer-wen
de labor fellers was holdin' . pasture
party ont back OF de city. De party
wot did de dizzy wit me was peach
OF q locker, and daocer way up In
q. didn't get mex TO wot kind of n
dance de shouter ernounced. So
bein' as had asked de loidy fore
hand for de mex whirl, why course
I was erbliged to wing 'er. We got
on de floor an VIC: docs de guys wild
de cat gut begin scratchin' of but
one of dose two-steps. I had de
shakes an l couldn't very well tell
me fairy dat l didn't know how 10
keep up wild de swing. So ] bolts
in on me nerve. In de fo;st round
Of de floor l bet kicked de stats OF
a dozen OF de dancers. No ;ellin'
de punishment wot me loidy got. bu,
l could tell dat she was not enjoyin'
herself heap much; at least de wsy
she had her face pinched mp | could
tell as much. So | gets her by de
wing and leads her over to DC rsilin'
an 1 'polergizes fer my clumzy
curves. Me good loidy,' says I, i
'spose its unnecessary fer me to tell
you dat I'm not eek to de hind oil
dancin' wot de orchstre is grindin
out at de present moment Dare WI.
silence fer erbout minute, an de
look wot she gives me wus strorg
'nough to trun down q bushcl OF agcl
onions. She didn't murmur n word
JUS gave me de frosty stare. Sh,
~us bit out Of me class. I'll have
to admit, so l begins again irwin to
square neself. Me good loidy.
says |, mo finer waliZer ever faced
dc flag dan /, but l must tell YOU
right here dat I'm on de hog whoa j
comes to anything else, exceptin
maybe old Dan Tucker, or dc quad
rille.'
We'll says she, keepin' her ic!
lamp on me. yer might have tolc
me Tore we come on to de floor
Dere's lots OF such fellers as you wo
hasn't got sense 'nough to respec' ,
loidy when yer secs one. De mex
time yer wants ter dance find GU
foist wheder yer navigators are II
workin' order. Good evenin', sir.
an dats de way she shook me
Holy smoke! never got such
snow ballin'.
why didn't yer soak her'" cut il
Curly Jones.
"Naw. dat wouldn't be right" an
swered Nibsy, "icr il wus q lessoi
ter me. fellers. I'd been used {
stickin' in at all de dances, and when
got mex dat de band wus spielin
someting wot I wusn', onto, I led m
loidy to her corner. But dis time
went 10 on me nerve. An got m
medicine. An dat's one OF me res
sons fer bein' sgin' all Gem fame,
foot trowin' IDEAS