The San Francisco call., 1913-07-20
NOW THEY QUOTE
MIL TON IN SUIT
To DEFEND rae
what Does John Milton
Know About Dance Floor
Etiquette?" Retorts
Landlady
CLUB IS OUSTED
BECAUSE OF ANTICS
And Members Ask Damages
for Broken Lease From
Woman
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lsrn~iaI Dispatch 10 The CAM
MINNEAPOLIS. July 19.-If John MIL
tons address was handy there Is hardly
? doubt but what Abe Ginsberg, attor-
ney for the Tuesday Dancing club,
would produce him as an expert in the
suit which he has brought for the club
against Mrs Jesse Beck. who operates
a dance palace at 723 Niconet avenue,
two flights up.
Mrs Beck Cancelled a lease which the
club held for the use of her hall Tues
day nights Mrs. Beck says the club
stood for dancing which she never.
never would permit on any floor she
had to do with.
And that is where Mr.. Milton, well
and favorably known poet, gets into the
case.
Mr.. Ginsberg says his clients. the Ia
dies and gentlemen members of the
Tuesday Dancing club, were merely
having a good time, and what is a good
time?
Now Mrs. Beck. says Mr. Ginsberg. is
no special authority on what is good
time
LOOK IN THE POETRY BOOK
But listen to this from Mr.. Milton.
which he wrote in his poem, ''fAlle-
gro:
Haste thee, Nymph, and bring with thee
Jest and youthful Jollity.
Quips and Cranks and Wanton Wiles
Mods, and Becks, and Wreathed Smiles,
Such as hang on Hebe's cheek.
And love TO live in dimple. sleek;
Sport that wrinkled Care derides
And Laughter holding both his sides,
Come. and trip il We go.
On the light fantastic toe.
BELIEVE me-" said Mr.. Ginsberg
there is a man that knows what is a
good time. He would be welcome to
s3.25 and maybe more than that as a
witness"
Rises William Nash, attorney for
Mrs. Beck, In rebuttal
OLD STUFF, SAYS NASH
Far be it from me- says Mr. Nash
"to cast fish a this Mr.. Milton, but
that nymph business can be over
worked. And mods and bec6s and
wreathed smiles may be fine poetry
and different in q dance palace. Any
way il I'm not mistaken. Milton was
dead when I was in school and customs
and manners change fast these days.
With all this talk about rag dancing
YOU have to be pretty careful"
And Mrs. Beck allows that If Mr. Mil
ton. as young man, had come into
any hall she had to do with and had
Gay Dancing club put over. out he
would have gone, bag and baggage.
poet or no poet. youth or no youth.
and Youthful Jollity and Wreathed
Smiles along with him.
Where did this John Milton learn
so much about dance floor etiquette
anyway" inquired Mrs. Beck
Hopelessly a variance over when ioy
is merely Joy and when it constitutes
grounds for breaking a lease, the
parties to the suit declare they will
never give in and predict the case will
go to the supreme court.
The members of the club represented
by Harry Brooks and Al Borkin de-
nand S3,920 from Mrs Beck as balm
for lacerated feelings and pocketbooks
Mrs. Beck's attorney has entered a
demurrer. The case may go to the su-
preme court on that before any EVIL
dence is taken in district court al
though some dancing enthusiasts are
anxious to see the court rule squarely
on when Joy is innocent and when
guilty.
POETRY OF MOTION
I'VE stand with Mr.. Millions famous
poem says Mr.. Ginsberg Nobody
would attempt TO deny that that is
art. (Put a capital A on that word
art. kindly.) Just so We're these dances
art, and poetry. too poetry of motion.
And art is not any subject for such
things as canceling leases or breaking G
contracts. 1t is bigger than all"
That art business and the poetry
Of motion gets by me-" said Mrs.
Beck Il put 1t up to a policeman. Mr..
Derrick. from police headquarters, it
was, and he agreed with me that these
performances weren't dances at all. He
didn't say anything about art or
poetry To make sure we called IN John
Lane of St Paul Under the terms of
my lease he Is to be final judge of the
dances I allow in my hall.
" These will never do he said, and
so I Cancelled the lease. If those dances
are worth nearly $4,000 or If disap-
pointment over not being able to dance
them is rated at that much damage ]
am no Judge Of good business propo-
sition or good time"