Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-04-24
"Plua" Dancing.

evolve from primal IMPULSES -
nature, dancing, at times, is liable |.
injection of more or less serious oe
! peneraeya In past centuries or eraS
this tendency has been striklngiy eNi-
dent. in the superlatively modefa
passion for originality and the creation
of new forms it is not surprising thd'
such another period should have des
cended upon us It's significance loi
3this generation. however, can be none
the less dire and imperative of cor
rection
Typical of its day, perhaps sur
ficient commentary upon our blase 10
year olds with their affected safety
and ennui-the new dancing can claim
naught to its credit but ease OF per-
4Iformanee. Dancing masters aver IL d
of criticism itself, and, In Ell,
lfect, explain 1t thus: s'
81 The abandon of the first military
j sor rag dancing was startlins-ahd
tfdiffieut. The freliesome rompin4'
tfswirling and gliding of its foremost
was at once beyond the
R;mediocre efforts Of the ordinary
1tdevotee. Sneers and ss.unfavorabie
&lcomment naturally ensued from me
3:discomfited element and. finding eX-
3Icuse in seeming suggestiveness, de-
&Iyeloped rapidly. This apparent pub
Illic opinion soon forced dance hall pro-
I1prietors to place the ban, but the steps
not utterly die. They were
Rlmade more deeorous; they became
{leasy enough for the veriest novice,
Hand, finally, gained footing as an IN
! Innovation in the stereotyped waltz
gltwo- step and schottische figures.
N Then. from the dance centers. came
$Ithe hideous, civilization moekins
flplug, plug. plug. of the so-caiied
bear and sbunny-hug.' IL
8lwas new; it was sensational, ana'
Nlabove all it was easy. Anyone could
it. and strata after strata
4 of our peculiar social scale fastened
4 to adoption.
u Because tolerated in its first mo-
Il ments and granted no more effective
i opposition than ridieule, its popularity
extended until its battlements have
formed too too securely for desultory as
sault II has become problem tor
our churches, our newspapers, our
schools and our city governments.
4 New York City. under the leader
d ship of it's mayor, has recognized the
q evil and is realizing its intensity.
4 Discouraging progress is the result IN
q the beginning of the contest, and the
4 dancers are openly deriding the efforts
/ of the authorities and expressing fuil
Z confidence in the failure of the cru
\. SADIE. Other large cities of the cen
trail and eastern states ARE uncover
ing like ominous conditions Bos-
tons mayor has denounced the bold
n ness of society dances and has com
! manded Improvement. In our own
4 St.,a .yis,on and Portland are sad
H. ..ug,,, nv tho invasion. the An
,,ras.ayyf, etty ,,,,owing disgracefti
~ ,aast t,,o nf lis hest hall
n Augusta In the past two years, has
u -, u.,nL or conditions in three
$50. :, TO- ,,sk;rts-I;tt,e bette,
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