Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-04


W,h wifc we're thrrr. ~ course,
ana ,ahutontcs u rrclominated. but thorc
the u'W' rrcnt many members or ther
wr,r sct present and q nnmDcr o..
mar nH ,yho made their dcbutS IN the
iost four or five years , -, the
I"SI S,nb n thing as a girl gong on ,ne
S' thcy used to cnl It, ottcr her
sh'I.' ,cor Is no longer the thing now
scrD"" f., 90 nut and have as murh iun us
In'I ,o, hnd And somehow 1t nicer
ihcl Loirr'o drbutnntc. h"rnus" you are
ina" .Erni1 |i1 Of your lie you may get
TO. l. ror several dances with one man
gu, ,'. Gnd if YOU get Interested IN TAKING,
10y I", ," not mnttrr to y0n or to the man
u"r' on stav together for several dances
Il u 'V one Is watching you ana SnElhs,
nW .,,voII J% don't think she iS havihS
Mo", -, oood time ~ IL or an N
Gu," ,hnt mattcr." or II wouidn say
~, Ia hoe such Il wonderful Sim" Sh" on'E
S.I snIi,s her dances w about ten tiheH
''n,rinr the evening Thn' Wmat J.. ~,
,L. rritiral tongue that we hll WIZ
Wv owor and work to satisfy, lnstehu VI
,oting things az they come ana ENJOY '"e
things thoroughly
,,,y,RE are some decidedly sweet anu
u.bo,csomc girls in the dcbutantes OF
Mi, yrar. R"hind them ! S'r III linae, ,,
"ntion. if shI is not artua''E hIW"s'
t%erc in truth. good and wise nl",''s, s
wbo values the things thnt Slhnn .o'
ohoroctrr rnthcr than great pop''u'nS '
,.Io will not let her daughter no any
,birg Of which she dtsapItov'" NV u.
norsc nil the girls ar" dong II. inni
sentence is the und"ing OF Hr'h. "'"i
,,,or H".,m control and good manners. !
wonder if "" will !ive |" se' 'e'"'" W
cood manners again:
wv" n,r II Sounds severe and there are
,,ry vcry many who do not deserve It.
anj I must say of the dchutant"S
%oyc seen this year there is ltttlc so
rar IN criticize. but ] am AFRAID some
81 thc girls of few years back are
mt thinking very much of whlt others
IN Now while we ought to he nbso-
Intclv iudppcndent Of what others think
,"hcn we know We are right, we should
rot Gcfy the conventions, and when we
nrc wrong we ought to try to overcome
!, am thinking Of some of the Gahc-
;rg have seen ut the balls OF late. At
onc dance the orchestra was playing
ono of those slow Jazz fox trOtS. which
might uuuursti0na5ly to be St0pp"i. ana
snw with my own eyes certain girl
onj man dancing with shoulders and
fcrt and arms all going ut once and
never leaving certain space in the
room which we will ray covered about
five feet in length and two in width for
three dances straight. And ! am here
TO say that if had seen such per
formanrc in public dance hall /
should almost have felt it incumbent
upon me TO call the police.
'"rho>r is strong words. Nancy. y
Yes. know, but strong measures are
needed. and. as | said Inst year, if some
Of tho ho>tcN~cs would take stand and
not permit that kind of dancing. and
put stop to this fox trOt jazz music
which makes such dancing possible. n
great deal would be gained. 1t simply
isn't decent And the sooner we rec
Ognizc it and stop it the sooner will
We bring ABOUT return to something
Of the cd dignity and beauty of dane
Ing It's so ugly. too. this hopping
and stepping from side to side and
shaking your shoulders and wagSing
your feet. What's the idea. anyhow
7 KNOW | will hear protests that ]
am too strong; that many of the girls
are sweet and dear; and thut It's the
boys fault and all the rest of it,
have said carefully that the girls Of this
year aYnrar to be very we behaved
but also s0y that there IN need for
SON" Of uS all to do better. And in
any ,n>" these remarks are not mraut
tor th">" who do tho right thing. All
honor to them. They are gOiu Il sliu,
strong current, an extremely strong
current, N"N thcr. let ~ nlI ioin
lat l,N,, ,l,N 4
voroughIy aud entirely upheld in their
trying to be ladies', aud not do as
dId on" mother heard speaking the
other evening at rehearsal for one
OF IN" two entertainments we have
witnessed lately: "Wcll." said she, as
SnH was leaving after the rehearsal
! thlnk ii will b" all right. but I'd
EirK little higher in that last dance. "
Now, can y"u beat it,
MUST tell you about Herbert the
- T!hrr Mhrr day; lie is ten years old and
,Io "I,, vs., III ''' suburbs and goes to the
III" Illtr suburban school Being n
norma hoy, he does not like school
ana when last Wednesday dnwucd and
we ram poured down he joyously OK :
tIII"r"; ION. Mu2, it iE raining aw.
day." ''"' nome TO-
To-, WELL replied mother. "it is very
% ,"", :" Nou may stay home for the
"'o,mInG session at least"
bo., ~" morning, through his play Her
a, ', roI'd he seen to watch the out .
i ""TS ,"i,,E, condition kcrnly, trusting that
n'gh' continue to rain until oftrr
,"o ',,"H' after. which time it would
oC,o.h' u''h' "i course, too late for the
''lrrnoon session Wv
t,o '"n Ut, r"m"mh"r "Wednesday and that
,lr c"J ram subsidized ju,t around thnt timc
cIcnr c%a " looked aN if it would really
'ru. W Tor while" ''''
mn', "",.' mother decided that IIorhcrt
TRcr ",' SFion SG' and iiorbHrt being phiioso
started I'Ur ,T Sc. 'nG th"r" was no hope,
,rer. @',r" on with hr rrmarH: "OL. walI
In lifr. " "" T">S"o,,t!' So,t' t3mHh luck