The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-06-21
Social Notes

a great deal is being said concern
ing the popular dances which have
peen introduced to society during the
past year and although Fargo has not
yet IN most things the city lis always
TO he front. Many people have ex4s
pressed themselves very plainly and
conyincingly concerning the new danc4
es, n while the following comment.
a be necessary to some localities, it.
81s q little radical for Fargo, but at any
rate there lis q large percent of it true
and a foreword on the subject cannot
put open the yes of those who other
wise would never stop@to give it a con-
sheraton. The clipping is taken from
one Of the we'll known magazines and
follows the headline, Dancing to De-.
struction: When / hear the music
TO the Turkey Trot, the Tango, the.
Grlzzly@B Bear, = the Bunny Hug, can.
see the devil fiddling in h band. A
few years ago, the police interdicted
stage exhibitions of a less gross char
acter. Today, fathers and husbands.
and brothers .ttrot' unblushingly in
and sisters--the spectacle is appalling.
The minuet is stately and exquisite.
the waltz Is poetry in motion; there is
pure rhythm in the schottische and the
and chardash, and ro1iieking fun in the
Virginia reel. But the 'ttrots'' and
hugs and 'tangos'' are heritages from.
the bagnio--gifts of the brothel. a
-WlllSQ ana woman
can at the least restrain the impulses
that must arise when her whole body
Us clasped against the sensuous sway
ing person of her partner, but the men
dilute of every age, Is self-evident.
New York has o. dance-mad. The.
BfoadWay restaurants are crowded
nightly with "trotters'' whose activities
continueGuntil the closing -FOUR. Road
houses advertise dancing for their pa
irons, and halls devoted solely to
"trotting" and "ragging" are being
opened in all quarters. The serious
t h sale of drinks; and between las
ciyious music, lustful dancing n
liquor, the toll of dishonor is bound
to be heavy. To make matters worse,
fording opportunity for girls to elude
the vigilance of their parents and for
married women TO axe or
their confiding husbands. Meanwhile,
the devil hddles and smiles-business
is picking up in hell
A party of a~utomobilists leaving the
city this afternoon to spend sunday at
Fair Hills on Lake Pelican comprised
Clarence F. Reynolds, Robert G. Pater-
SOL Joe Fields and Alfred M. Colby.
%
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Severance return
ed last evening to their home on. North
Broadway, after spending a fortnight
with Mrs, S~everance's parents at VAL
ley City. N. d. They were accompan-.
led by Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Schwenke
of New Richland, Mimi, who are en-
route to their home after attending
the wedding of their son, e.. M.
schwenke to Miss Emily Uloth at Val
ley City. Mr.. and Mrs. e, M. Schwenke
are expected this evening to spend the
week end with Mr.. and Mrs. Severance
before leaving for their new home at
New Richland.
Atty. and Mrs. Edward S. Johnson
returned home yesterday from their
honeymoon trip and are the guests of
Mr.. ~Johnson's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. u
M. johnson of Zenith street south fora
time until they get located in their new
home. The wedding took place early
in June at thu home of the brides
mother in New York and the brides
uncle, who is bishop of the Episcopal
church there, performed the ceremony.
Attorney and Mrs. Johnson went from
New York to Boston and Washington,
where they visited relatives and to
Norfolk, w. Va, where they were the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Al.
Everhart, formerly OF this city. They
stopped in Chicago with relatives for
a time en- route home. Mrs. Johnson
is well known in the city as Miss
Cherry Nichols and has a large circle
of friends here who are pleased to