Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-17
Sicily Learns the
One-Step

KELLY emitted a sound like that
Of an unmuffled motor. Then he
~ slammed down his glass and
sasDed like a Ash out of water.
I'll be dodgasted if Will" said he.
Mrs. skelly did not move an eyelash.
.-rna class meets at the F'inches." she
rroceeded. and your Tuxedo will be
all right"
Dancing class at my age!" Sicily
-oared. why not marbles? Me tie
Myself I'D in bowknots doing the tango
,,ban I ought to be dandling my grand
children on my knee. telling them sto
rles Of the war"
You haven't any grandchildren and
as your son is only fourteen you don't
have 10 Worry about that for while"
-smarked Mrs skelly. And there is
No sonse In our being back numbers
when every one else is doing such
rbrngs. And I want to learn the one
stem tonight. 1t is great fun. Besides.
promised that we'd Join"
..yVhv did ever get married." Shelly
demanded hotly of the chiffonier as he
incased himself in the Tuxedo. why
doesn't a man ever appreciate his free
dom when he has it. I'd like to know?
Ubv didn't I stay downtown with Pow
EFT when he asked me, instead Of COM
ing home to pass a happy evening in
the bosom of my family? Dragged out
~ nv comfortable chair to make an
idiot Of myself"
The electric has come said Mrs
Skelly. peering from the window.
come along, Arthur
What chance has a man got, any
how" Sicily demanded furiOusly of
five other men in the dressing room at
the Finches mo chance at ALL"
The other five agreed unanimously
and gloomily.
q feel like a fool Skelly said, as
they surged in before the teacher with
their wives 81 think age should be
dgnifed. Any pictures of the tango
that I've seen show the people climbing
chandeliers or sliding on their shoulder
blades put It to you, Emily; would
look well sliding on my shoulder
bladeso Would you like to have our
son see me doing it,"
Miss Grippy," interposed Mrs. Skelly
sweetly at this point in the monologue,
my husband, Mr.. Shelly
Some locker" commented Skelly,
with a show Of interest. us she TO
teach us? Why don't you intimate
something TO that effect sooner? Crack
ing good ankles, hasn't she"
Arthur" said Mrs. Skelly. severely,
you're supposed to be listening to
what she's saying"
The Grapevine. "
All speech is not verbal" insisted
SkeIy. What's that she is saying
about a grapevine? 1t sounds compli-
Gated"
The rest OF the class managed to
master the grapevine step shortly, but
Skelly had a terrible time. 1t was nee
ossary for Miss Grippy to give him
special, personal lesson twice before he
permitted the GLASS to go on to the
second movement Of the one-ster.
"One-two-th three four" he gasped to
Mrs. Sicily. Are there curls flowing
over my shoulders and do I see my
my tippet and overshoes? Look at
Finch grabbing the teacher for a sim
pie one-two-three- four-I won't stand
Tor such monopoly! Teachers pet! I
want her TO show me the drag step!"
Anybody with sense could do the
orag step without being shown"
gIowled Finch. IF you think this one
step 10 so hard what-chu going to do
When # comes to the tango? There
re siNty-four steps and bet you never
learn en-"
Bet do, said Skelly warmly, Il
cont know that you and the others
have anything on me when it comes to
simple matter of memory! Why,
was the best dancer in the crowd
when ] was boy! Took up every new
Gance the minute it came out, and I
guess these new tangled things aren't
so very different from the old Learn
em' Pooh! Bet l get the tango down
before YOU and the other fellows have
mad time TO cross your feet once! And
at that I'll bet you'll cross 'em the
wrong way!"
"Oh, stow your bragg" said Finch.
Watch me! Light on my feet-what?"
'an't learn it! Pooh!" Skelly said
10 Mrs skelly on the way home. why,
olo you hear what Miss Grippy said to
me- Said I was getting the one-step
oeJier than any one else in the class!
ism there another lesson for a week?
! mink that's too long time to wait
Don you% Say, Emily, what are YOU
laughing att"