The Washington herald., 1915-01-03

tinually"
NO" said Mr.. Peck. mot now. He
has dropped me entirely since this
new mattcr-Sincc Mrs. Peck took
him up. Yes; he now tells me that
he must locus his spirit temporarily
on his larger work. That is his eX-
preston.
IL sec"
And he always expressed par
ticular interest in my case, said Mr..
Peck in a gricved voice.
'lo ou are very fortunate, said.
"Fortunate" repeated Mr.. Peck.
81 should have hated to sec you
stricken with apoplexy," | explained.
You don't think his system OF eX-
erciscs advisable, then" asked Mr..
Peck. They seemed to me most ra-
tional and convincing"
Not with aging arteries | replied.
"Ah" said Mr.. Peek.
They rupture so much more easily
as we grow older" ! said.
81 Scc," said Mr. Peck. tapping hi>
lips AS mater OF fact" he added.
you may be interested to know that
have rot been very regular in my
running these last lew days.
When hc was gone, | iclt that
Spencer was saved. The energies OF
Mir HcCkcl had been focused success
fully on the larger work.
Very soor there were little indi-
cations OF this. The men began to
gi.c them. In the next few days |
had two or three men ask me casual
ly. "Who i this Orlando !. Hcckcl
the women have got hold OIL
The note dccpcncd little, as days
went on. The time was exactly ap-
Propriate to Dr. Hcckers appearance.
A dancing craze was sweeping
through the town-onc OF those
periodical amusement cpidcmics that
run through New York. And the bare
footed dancers trOd every stage II
some women could dance barefootcd
on the stage, why not others
The unrest among the men grew
notiSeably. For Gods sake" ! over
I heard ono man knew saying TO an
acquaintance, have the women gone
mad? Who is this fellow, this
Heckel?"
! don't know, but he certainly has
/ introduced some new ideas"
New ideas He has got my wife
dancing around the house in ono Of
those kind OF loose, allcgorical
gowns, with her hair down. half her
waking hours For her health, it
seems, and practising for 4 public
dance Where did the man come
from, anyhow Where did Becky
Peck get hold OF him.
"Iou've got met
There wasn't any light on the sub
Tart 4 II chat fta Vr,ar,hars 81 Io .
inner circle knew was that all OF a
!! waved her arms, this figure rose up
out of the dark. and half its female
population jumped into motion, like
medieval village struck with dane
ing madness.
The Sunday newspapers took ii up,
| OF course, and splashCd it over full
pagcS-with a picture OF DR.. Hcckel.
DR.. HeCkcl now, always. New York
had brought forth another OF its
great social experts. DR.. Hcckcl
! proposed the folk dance, the classic
dance. the dance OF nature, for the
schools, the work-Shops-all the chill
dren of all the people. Regiments,
armies OF youth dancing cross-lcgged
dances in the public parks. were
about to he seen, with Dr. Hcckcl
leading. Dr.. Heckel. that acknowl-
edged expert in the dance, introduced
and backed by >oCicty-by Mrs. Spcn-
Ger OclrichS Peck, in whose cclc-
bratcd ballroom the fabulous spec
taclc of the Dance TO Apollo was 10
be given.
Mrs. Peck herself called on me at
| about this. time.
How is Spencer" she asked brisk
ly.
Better and better" I said. 81
congratulate you on your curc-or
your diversion OF your health mans
mind"
that's ali; " I; temporary. The dance
viii be over, a week from now"
YES" | said But this other
thing-this public dance movement
"Newspapcrs-just news wspapeI
stuff" said Mrs. Peck. You know
how long that lasts.
You know what would happen il
he got started after Spencer again
don't you" said Mrs. Peck III,
would have him back in a week Al
the trouble with Spencer now is thai
the man has dropped his case. He
sit> with one eye on him all tic time
| The minute he called to him, he'd &c
back, like a little dog. No. saiC
Mrs. Pcck-"oh. no: shall never res
easy until get this man settled anC
off my mind. I'm lar from done.
What timc-what a time | have
had with that mani" She went on
dropping YEARLY into a chair. "SucI
vitality. Heavens I'm worn ont. Ano
let me tell YOU something she sale
after 4 little. getting up 10 leave
THAT man j. no fOOl.'
The day OF the Dance to Apollo ap
lprUaChcd, and with il growing uott
OF personal feeling One Ul thu
me. ono evening, on the subject.
Say, this thing is wroug-don'
you know it? This Joyou, Nrt mar
thing. am not talking about thi
crazy dance business. What mean
the women. lie has got hall TN,
young ones VIC know following hin
around, and a good share OF the old
er ones. He certainly is handy on,
with the women. You can't talk t.
them; you can't do anything will
them He just runs away with thenI-
the husky brute He just grabs them
and drags them off by the hair
They've heard the call OF the wild
that's all. And when the womer
hear that. there is no stopping them
You take that perfect woman
party-that Twomblc girl he is going
to dance with. There is a sad case