Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-17
High Life and Psycholo1v

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High Life and Psychology
There is nicely adjusted mixture Of hvh
life and psychology and mystery and sr,.
pense in a detective story by Arthur Rssy.
in the Cosmopolitan (3) The SUSPENSE i.
long and complicated matter, but the rather
tNpically Cosmopolitan psychology and hrh
life may be briefly quoted:
through the lobby of the famous new has.
terry we slowly lounged along Then. dovr
passage into the tearoom where in tbs
centre of circle of quaint little wicss,
chairs and tables, was glossy dancing foor
AT one end of the room an excellent orchestra
was playing. | gazed about Fascinated Al
the dancing tea was represented apparently
much wealth, women whose throats and fin.
gers g1ttered with gold and gems, men
whose very air eXuded prosperity or al least
its veneer. About it all was the glamour Ot
the risque. One felt sort of compromising
familiarity in this breaking down OF old 50.
clal restraints through the insidious in1u.
ence OF the tearoom, with its accompanI
ments of music and dancing.
Il suppose remarked Craig, after we had
watched the brilliant scene, that, like many
others, you have often wondered whethe1
these modern dances are actually as stimu
ders nonCommittally. We'll there is what
psychologists might call a real dance-neu-
rosls," he went on contemplativey toying
with n glass. 'In fact, few persons can
Withstand the physical effect of the peculiar
rhythm, the close contact and the snuow
movements-at least where so to speak, the
surroundings are suggestive and the dance
becomes less restrained and more sensuous
as II does often in circumstances like these
among strangers"
why" Craig exclaimed, looking out at the
whirling kaleidoscope, here in the most ad-
vanced era, people of culture and intelligence
frankly say that they are wild for some
thing primitive"
still" I objected, dancing, even In tho
wild, stimulating, emotional manner you SEQ
here, need not be merely an incitement 70
love, need it? May it not be normal grau-
fication of the love instinct? 1t may repre-
sent sex, but not necessarily badly" Ken.
nedy nodded. undoubtedly the effect ol lhe
dances is in direct ratio to the sexual tem-
perament of the dancer" he admitted; hs
touched my arm, Instinctively ! tonoseo
the direction of his eye. | realized that ue
man with Mrs. Seabury must be Sherburne
our tango thief" Fashionably dressed a.,
fable, seemingly superfcially at least we.
educated, L could not help seeing at glanss
that he was one of the most gracetul dahesis
on the little floor
owen johnson has started his four fals
boys into the whirl of mad glad New fork
in this months Everybody's "a. First on
the hero has an encounter in her 9TH aVenue
uTdWlnB ROOM Will lic ypuHbN' S'SNN-
young lady he has called to see:
you don't know me. I'm Patsie, the ger.
ror of the family. Now don't say you thousoss
was child. I'm 17--lS in January n. ~
course they've told you I'm terror ,,ln M
nodded, which seemed to please her Msls ois
l am. They had to keep me away IN Dgi3 LgaH
hooked the Duke. Have YOU seen himg Wen
If that's a Duke, all I've got 10 say ts,g
think he's a muff. OF course you're Wa..ni5i Wuaai
for Doris, aren't you? Well, jolly long gnns VIVA
you'll have, too. Doris is splashlng Mvuns a.
among the rouge and powder like KomR Ron'rs ~
puddle / like you. you're all right. i9IsG ahst
not like a lot of these fashion plates sheat se
come in on tiptoes. One thing l ike a001'
you, you don't wear spats' ,,n.
he asked, "or are you through win ahest @t
boarding school?" "Dldnt you near .rtsnsd asd
this?" she said with touch to her snoi'essI
hair. "They wanted me to come OUT Ihend SaS
said wouldn't And when they sala ~, S'ss'I a.
come out, said to myself III iX y then rsn, bsir
can't come out and hacked OH an ny ny, rot
and now if the plaguy old fashion hasd ~ yoa
ten around to bobbed hair What w
think ?"