Evening star., 1921-07-31

opposite seat, was 80 deeply attentive
to book that he had not noticed the
delivery Of the telegram. He lookee
up vaguely. 4
$50 many Of these, books about
the war and the after effects of the
war say that there Is to be new
world All the young people haye
made up their minds that the ol0
world was a failure and they're goS
ing to have something different. Its
clear that they intend the new world
to be much more spiritual than the
old one. Well. I'm anxious to see
1t. I'm mighty anxious to see these
new young people who Z.
His sister. interrupted him. you'll
see some of them soon enough. II
appears" And she. handed him the
telegram to read.
Thought / better let you know n
'ase you prefer taking Uncle Charles
hotel for first night at home at
I'm throwing toddle about forty cou.
lies at house sausage breakfast at
i gm to finish the show and Blacka-
naloo Band might disturb Uncle
Charles"
Uncle Charles was somewhat dis
urbed by the telegram itself. Am
throwing toddle.'" he murmured.
'.She means she's giving dance:
lis sister explained. ftowning. IT
really not very considerate Of her.
nette is just made of impulses. I'm
afraid it may be very upsetting for
you, Charles"
You could send her a telegram
from the next station" he suggested.
"You could ask her to telephone her
friends and DoStDOne the.
mot Jeanette" Mrs. Troup laughed:
''She wouldn't pay any attention.
have no influence with her.
you haven't?"
mo" And upon this Mrs: Troup
became grayer II don't think her
if he had lived. Jeanette always
seemed to think he was just joke
even when she was child. The
truth Is, she's like great many oi
her friends; they seem to lack the
quality Of respect. 1 noticed it first
seemed to break out on her. as ii
were, that year."
How did it happen?"
"Why, we were staying at sum.
mer hotel. a rather gay place, and
I'm afraid left her TOO much to her
"Tangoing?" he said 'iringly
"No: a dance. They called it The
tango: don't know why. And there
was 'turkey-trotting. too"
",Turkey-trotting'?" he said husk
lily.
X \
tJAJELL, that" she explained, "waI
really the machiche that tour
lists used to see in Paris at the Ba
Bullier. In fact. you saw it your
self. Charles. A couple danced thu
machiche that night at Folies Ber-'
She checked herself hastily. bit hel
lip. and then recovering. she said
Il got quite fond of all those dances
after we imported them"
You mean you got used to LOOKING
at them?" he asked slowly. fol
went to see them at places wher'
they were allowed?"
At this she laughed. NO. of cours
not! l danced them myself"
What"
Why. Of course"
mo one" He faltered. NO on
ever saw you do it?"
why, Of course. All those dance
that used to seem so shocking to- u
when we went to look at them il
| foreign places-well, it turned ou
that they were perfectly all righ
yourself. Everybody danced them
People who'd given up dancing fol
years-that oldest kind Of people
danced them. 1t began the great
est revival of dancing the world.
ever seen. Charles. and the
He interrupted her. GO a little
slower. please" he said, and applied
a handkerchief to his forehead
About your seeming to lose your
authority with Jeanette"
Yes; I was trying to tell you
She used to sit up watching us dane
ing in the hotel ballroom that sum-
mer and / just couldn't make her
go to bed. That was the first time
she deliberately disobeyed me, but
it was a radical change in her; since