Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-07-20

and jazz dances, which have been
the craze in so many places and in
vaded dancing floors in Americas
exert degrading influence upon
the young people of the community,
and especially the young girls, but
not wishing to deprive the young
folks of wholesome and harmless
pleasure, a number of the leading
women of the city, most of them
mothers of girls Of enc dancing age,
or approaching that age, many of
them mothers of boys who belong
to the dancing CLUBS, some of them
women who regularly act as chap
erones for dances, and others mem
bers of the clubs themselves, have
sent to the three dancing clubs of
the city written request signed by
the name of each of them, that the
three dances mentioned be forbid
den.
The clubs receiving copies of the
request were the Sumter club, the
exclusive dancing organization, the
Monaco club, the new organiza-
ton of men which maintains club
rooms in the Cotney building, and
the Shewg-Jolf club, also a new
organization of the younger lads of
the community, with rooms in the
Merritt building. A copy of the
request, with the names which were
signed to each in the original, fol-
lows:
The Ladies' Request
To The Members of the Sumter
Club, Monaco Club and Shewg-Jolf
Club.
Gentlemen: We, the undersign-
ed, regret that some of the dane
ing set in Americas continue the
cheek dance and extreme shinlmy
or jazz.
In other places these have been
cut out among the best people
and we are anxious that Ameri-
Gus society uphold its past record
of always standing for the best.
We want our young people to
continue to enjoy all wholesome
and harmless pleasure, but feel
that in this issue they need the
advice of older people who have
danced, or attended dances, for
many years and have seen such
ultra dances cast aside always
when obey do not come up to the
standard of refined society
We believe the three dancing
clubs here can help us in correct
ing these above mentioned and we
ask you to bring the matter before
your clubs and ask that each mem
Der do his part to keep our dances
a proper place for the sweet, re-
fined girls of Americas to attend.
In signing this request, we have
in mind only the sincerest interest
of our young people. Yours very
truly,
(Signed) Mrs. L. G. Council,
Mrs. Macon Dudley, Mrs. G. R. Ell
lis, Mrs. j. Ralston Cargill, Mrs.
Thos. Harold, Mrs. John Sheffield,
Mrs. James Davenport, Mrs. Frank
Harold, Mrs. w. S. Ivey, Mrs. Will
Dodson, Mrs. j. D. Hooks. Mrs.
Jack Britton, Mrs. H. 0. Jones,
Mrs. H. S. Walker, Mrs. H B. AL
len, Mrs. C. o. Niles Mrs. Brown
Small, Mrs. w. o, Easterlin, Mrs.
Thos. B. Hooks, Mrs. w. S. Pra-
Their, Mrs. D. r. Andrews, Mrs.
Mary Clay, Miss B. Pilsbury, Mrs.
w. Rylander, Mary Ella Davenport,
Mrs. D. F. Davenport, Mrs. Frank
Lanier, Mrs. f. C. Parker, Mrs. j.
w. Harris, Jr., Mrs. w. 7. Lane,
Mrs. A. C Crockett, Mrs. E. L. Bell,
Mrs. A. Rylander, Mrs. ]. A. Walk
err.
Without Much Result.
1t was stated Saturday by off
GERS of each of these clubs that
the requests had been officially con-
sidered, but apparently had been
without effect or result.
"The request was in line with
the policy which our club has pur-
sued all along" said Col. w. A.
Dodson, president of the Sumter
club. "While / was not present
when the request was received, it
is a fact that the Sumter club has
never permitted cheek or shimmy
dancing, although it does permit
a little jazz dancing, which has
nothing of the extreme or objec-
tionable features complained Of.
Our rules are ahead of the ladies'
request. In fact there have been
several occasions when dancers
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