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college. and brilliantly too. without
ever being painfully conscious Of his
pedal cxtremities. And now these
members refused absolutely to obey
his dictates.
His attempts to struggle through
the one-step were as graceful as tho
rompings OF an elephant suffering with
sciatica. But he was game. lie stuck
to T.. and In the end he emerged with
a dancing education such rs would al
low him to negotiate the length Of a
ballroom without manning more than
two or three persons. He became a
full fiedged dance bug.
When the staid matron Of ffty-odd
was bitten by the dance bug she folded
up the family knitting. put II away In
the work table. closed the lid and
turned the key in the lock. She sought
cut the temples Of terpsichore. There
you might find her any afternoon or
evening. fox trotting straight back to
the fountain OF youth.
And so We reach Il stage In the his
tory OF dancing where there are no
wall flowers. Everybody Is wise to II.
Each family has its own Vernon Castle
and Its Irene. The tango Is as common
an occurrence in the life OF the aver
age person as is n sunfiower In an old
fashioned garden. Happiness reigns
supreme. Life is just one long Ian
guild fox trot after another.
OF course such a condition could not
long continue. The revolutionaries of
pleasure chafed under the wet blanket
Of content. give US something newt"
they cried. I'VE cannot follow the rab-
Bile. Last night In the domino room
Diamond Jim Brady danced the Ar
gentine almost a. we'll a. Maurice. II
Is time to mov on to the next chap.
ter"
Then some small bird whispered the
word skate"
Those who had slowly ana painfully
acquired dancing were where they
had started. nothing to do but begin
all over again.
The race was on. Pleasure seekers
deserted the temples Of terpsichore by
thousands. rushing blindly along the
trail blazed by ono Jack Frost. Day
and night they pursued him. their feet
shod with glittering steel. their cheeks
flaming with the kiss Of the cold. their
eyes sparkling with the wine OF win
ter.
There was no age limit to enlistment
In the army Of skaters. II was a case
OF come one, come all. DO the best you
car. because we are all learning to-
gether. Old and young. thin and fat.
tall and short. rich and medium rich.
struggled and stumbled and fell In q
heap without evoking SO much al .
smile.
BY the time winter was over they
/ could glide over the ice as steadily
a. q ship on a summer sea OF
course there were markings Of black
and blue %spr.nkled plcntifully owe
their bodies. but what Is a bruise more
or less to skate fans?
And now comes the word hat skat.
ing is to he the rage this winter.
With what glee do the seasoned
veterans Of n campaign bring out
their trusty skates to trip lightly in
the direction Of the ice fields. With
what joyful chortlings do they watch
the wretched rookie being strapped
into the elders and led forth to the
ice. Well do they know that It Is only
a question Of moments until the ice
will come up and hit the wretched
rookie in the face or wallop him on the
back Of the head.
With what disdain do they sweep
past the woman with the Wabhly
ankles leaning hey entire 1875 pounds
against a poor instructor whose net
a~volrdupois Is a bare hundred and a
quarter. In the infancy OF skating
every woman Is a clineing vine.
What are the prospects for a bis