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The New York herald., 1922-09-24

ferred to-one-step, fox trot, maxixe. etc
should have presented no difficulties to a
master of rhythm such as I was. Yet
when 1 got on a dancing floor in public
could not perform to advantage; my feet
appeared to be not mates. or they were
self conscious or else the right one was
jealous of the left one.
would have been obtuse not to perceive
after several polite rebuffs that as So
ciety dancer I was not success, and yet
as I couldn't make my feet behave" my
next best bet was the lower strata; went
to the East Side for my dancing.
1t was cheap-five cents for a dance
and partners were abundant. No intro
ductions required. Dancing floors were
usually spacious and their waxed condi-
ton of the best. 1t is true that some Of
the men might have washed oftener; there
was one strapping fellow with his neck
tied up in a cloth who was always run
ming into me.
For fifty cents / could dance till
dropped. / was in my element, and a frown
now and then by a partner when l got out
of step or walked on her dress-the time
preceded the short gowns of the fiapper
period-didn't matter, she was helpless
stranger anyway.
These East Side girls could dance-dance
so well that defective partner was not
so very noticeable.
waltz form at the moment popular
was the #hesitation it was slow and ele-
giant. something like minuet in its grace
n
time saw 1t and took private lessons.
Then over I went to the Grand Central
Palace to put what I had learned into
practice. My first partner was a tall,
buxom young woman who had squeezed
her feet into black satin slippers a few
sizes too small for her. We had been out
on the floor but brief while when she
suddenly stopped and said
Say, what you need is somt lessons. =
I didn't argue the question with her,
particularly as she informed me at once
that she was an instructor and if I felt
like paying 20 cents for a ticket she would
take me into a quiet corner sort of
eddy in the dance. and administer the les
son. I bought the ticket.
LII SPilC VI lily HCeti lHc iVSSci dNolitti
little. Returning to the floor proper, we
tried it again with little better luck She
flushed till her face was quite red and
stopped short:
"Of all the dubsI - said she.
But guess you gotta have your moneys
worth"
And with that she picked me off the
| floor as If I were a doll and, holding me
limp in her arms. for I was too surprised
to struggle, she finished the waltz by her
self in perfect time and measure.
| 1t is a theory of Bert French, who is
himself recognized dancer and a director
| of dancing-it was he who put on the
The New York herald., 1922-09-24

nut of Chicago that city which the
srete Fastener pretends to pity
while intensely admiring it's vim
and enterprise. have come. the dancers say.
many good things. 1t is true that certain
changes have to be made before these orig
inal steps can be admitted into society, but
this does not alter the fact that Chicago
possessed the germ.
There's a knee dance which has
taken the dancers of the West captive
and all Of them ara practicing it The
knee dance. have heard. is the last word
of vulgarity. Making its entrance right
after censors of the dance. in conclave
assembled. decided to clean up a little
il not reform dancing entirely. the knee
dance might be expected to make but a
wintry fight for its life. No so; it won,
out at the start and the modern whirlers
as far East as Buffalo have taken it UP.
But it weakens, / am told, as it travels
toward the rising sun and by the time it
reaches New York the movements may be
reduced to something quite respectable.
Or it may come in full power. Who can
tell? The Bunny-hug. the Grizzly bear,
those now forgotten forebears of the one
step and the fox trot, likewise started in
Chicago. and these in their trip. to the At
lantic coast didn't weaken. On the con-
trary. :
There Is a big dance hall being con-
Quoted in Chicago's South Side, in one OF
those districts to reach which at night
it is necessary to penetrate great areas of
darkness. 50 that before you are engulfed
in the nDod of light that pours out of its
doors and windows you feel that already
you've had an adventure 1t is run by a
man from New Orleans who is almost
white" and he is the creator Of the "knee
dance" and several Of it's popular prede-
cessors.
AS was the case of New York's own lit
years and more ago, the Sans Souci, Chi
cago's miscegenated dance hall. has caught
the fancy of society; everybody patronizes
u, but few can explain what takes them
there.
The dancers know. Florence Walton.
considered by the cognoscenti as a splen-
did exponent on the stage of ballroom
dancing. knows In defining its drawing
power she said at once that this was due
to the novel steps constantly being shown
there
The popularity Of dancing was never
greater than It is to-day said she. but
in this as In everything else there is a
constant appetite for something new and
it must be fed. I believe thoroughly in
cleaning mp dancing and I wouldn't be
thought to countenance many Of the things
I have seen IN that Chicago dancing place.
But go there every time ann in Chicago
and I never go without tearing something
new.
Maurice. my former dancing partner
and I never visited a strange city without
hunting out the dancing places and watch
ng what was being done. In this way
We picked up a great many ideas. crude
The New York herald., 1922-09-24
By BERNARD HUGHES.

enough. certainly. but having the germ OF
the dance in them.
1--WE made thorough study, of the dane
ing to be seen on the East Side of New
York and not only found there steps that
dancing. but more than this we were
sometimes enabled to understand where
certain dances that had puzzled us came
from and what they meant
Folk dances, like folk songs, serve as
basis for dances that fill ths popular
need. You hear of operas that come from
folk songs; these have passed through a
without losing their simplicity of melody
and passion. 1t is the same with dances
by the people; one learns how to do them
and that is easy; but one also learns what
they were meant to express and then tries
to express the same thing modernly, and
that is hard"
According to this exponent of the dance
grace. which seemed for a long time neg
lected. is now in the ascendant Jazz has
its good points. she thinks. but they were
too long obscured by the Shrek and vio-
lent angular gesture. Becoming more pop
ular. even in vaudeville, are the soft. SEN
suous measures.
1t is not necessary to be a master of
this delightful art to appreciate that in the
crowded East Side of New York there are
children growing up who have the fire and
snow Of the dance in their blood The
dance isn't all passion. you must know. bu,
it Is sometimes cold and pallid. All varie-
ties of 1t are to be seen over there ex-
bibited on the streets sometimes, as also in
the little breathing places that are called
parks.
1t Is the children. though, that show un-
consciously the dances that have their
roots in Greece. in Russia, in southern
Italy and the Balkans These little ones
only need the inspiration of strain OF
ancient melody when they instantly give
an exhibition OF dances containing steps
that no one ever taught them but that they
were born knowing.
Their older sisters and brothers have
lost the inherited art, as they shortly will
lose it themselves, in acquiring from thei,
American comrades the American dance
including the jazz forms it has taken on
| In my eager desire to dance up to dat,
I myself went among the people for en-
couragement and instruction. It was tha
crazy time before the war when every
body irrespective of age or station wa.
dancing or trying to. I was trying to.
| 1t hit me hard-this craze-and in fac
all my life l had been trying to learn t,
dance. Oddly enough, in the privacy of m!
own apartment I seem to be made o
rhythm; every movement is music. | cal
dip like Pavlowa in The Swan, can leal
like Najinsky in The Specter of the Rose
There were often times when, flushed b.
the grace and agility with which / hat
accomplished difficult terpschorean feat
regretted that there was no audenc
present to applaud me.
/ The ordinary dances of the period re
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1922-01-26

Under and by virtue Of the power
and authority vested in me, the UNI
dersigned nlortgagce, set forth in
THAT certain MOrtage Deed executed
by w. r.. Reddick and wife, Minnie
Reddick, on the 9Th, day of May,
1920, as will appe. from Book 1871,
at Page 266, in Register of Deeds of
flee for Richmond County, North
Carolina, same being to secure the
payment OF certain notes due and
payable to the undersigned and be-
ing of even date of said mortgage,
default having been made in the
payment OF said notes and the inter
est the.eon after proper demands. |
will sell at public auction to the
highest bidder for cash at the Court
House door in Rockingham North
Carolina. on Monday. january the
30th, 1922, within legal hours, all the
title and interes. Of the mortgagors
in and to the following described
real estate. this being resale:
Beginning at White Oak, two
white cak pointers, the beginning
corner 1870 acre tract on Dry
Fork, and runs as its first line w. 20
chains to a hickory; thence as its
second line S. IS E. AIRS chains to
the second corner of a "a acre tract;
thence w. 1850 chains to a corner
in the run of a branch, by ledge
Of rock on the East side OF said
branch; thence S. 70 r. 1880 chains
to corner, dogwood and sourwood
pointers; thence E. $50 chains to a
corner, Red oak and White oak.
pointers; thence S. 10 E. S.f5 chains
to rock pile in line of so acres;
thence with Susan CoVington's line
=. 1850 chains to corner in Dry
Fork; thence up the various courses
ef said Dry Fork to the beginning,
containing 1858 acres, more or less.
Said Mortgage having been given
to secure q part .of the purchase
price for the afore-dcseribed lands.
This the 10th day 81 January, 1922.
rs LEWIS q. DOCEEIaY,
y Mortgage.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1922-01-26

tn ENTHUSIASTIC motorists scurry
IT. over the country in every direction
and at all seasons of the year,
some Of them following in the wake of
snowplows or occasionally doing little
blowing on their own account. Cars
are provided with so many contrivances
for comfort that few women outfit
themselves with especially designed
clothes for motoring, but they have
learned to choose garments that are
epassable, or even smart, in or out of
the car. Everyone finds a substantial
coat Of some sort necessity.
AS for coats, whether heavy or light
in weight they must be durable and
we'll made, simple in design and ample.
Among the new ones there are very
attractive capes and capecoats, which
are made of double-faced cloth, plain
on enc side and plaid on the other
and they look as If very good steam
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1922-01-26

and being the same tract now owned
by ]. 81 Sorlkcs.
EXCEPTION NO. II: One tract 81
land containing l7.5 acres aud one
tract containing 1865 acres. both o.
said tracts Of land being known q
the J. w. Yates lands.
EXCEPTION NO, 12s One l'acs o.
land containing IS acres and one
tract containing 1872 acres and both
Of SAID tracts being known d the L
l. Jones land.
EXCEPTION NO. IS: One tract Of
land containing 100 acres and
known as the A. J. Butler land.
EXCEPTION NO. IA: One tract Of
land containing 08,5 acres and
known as the Gum lands.
EXCEPTION NO. IS: One tract Of
land containing l24 acres sold off to
]. &. Simmons, the deed recorded in
Book 1875, Page 60, etc, Registers
Eofiice Of Richmond County, N. C.
EXCEPTION NO. is. One tract Of
land containing 43 acres, sold off to
T. A, Martin, deed recorded in Book
i2o, Page So, etc, Registers office
Of Richmond County, N. C.
EXCEPTION NO. IL: Also ."all
|the timber and trees, Whether stand
ing or lying dead or aliye) except
the juniper, dogwood, black jack
and pine knots and lightwood that
lis net the stem of the tree, which is
suitable to the manufacture in lum-
her and shingles, upon the tract Of
land in Beaver Dam Township
Richmond County, described by
metes and bounds as stated above
with the exceptions stat d above
which, said timber rights were deed
ed to the Snow Lumber Company
by the Richmond County Land and
Development Company, on the 9th
day Of March, 1920, deed being re,
corded in Registers office of Rich.
mond County, NJ c., where the pro
visions Of same may be seen. ,s
Said land will be sold to satisfy
the provisions Of said deed OF trust
Eidefault having been made in the
payment Of said remaining notes
and interest thereon, and dcmane
BY the present holder OF said notes
having been made on the under
signed to advertise and sell sale
lands according TO the provisions
and requirements Of said deed d
trust, which is duly recorded in The
Office Of the Register Of Deeds O.
Richmond County, North Carolina
in Book 1877, page /, etc, to which
reference is hereby made for more
complete description OF the sait
lands and the provisions OF sale
deed of trust.
This the 10Th day of Jam, 1922
WALTER L. PARSONS.
Stack, Parker a. Craig,
Monroe, N. c.,
Attorneys for Holder Of Notes
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1922-01-26

Under and BY virtue OF the power
| Of Sap contained in a certain deed
lof trust executed by Alex Blue and
Florence Blue, his wife, to the i'm
dcrsigned as Trustee for Walter L.
Parsons and Ellen w. Dockery, ad-
Iministrators Of John c. Dockery, de-
ceased, on the day OF March,
1921, and recorded In the Office OF
the Register Of Deeds for Richmond
County in Book 127, Page 407, de-
Imand having been made fof the pay
ment Of Indebtedness thereby secar-
ed and refused, the undersigned
trustee win sell at public auction,
to the highest bidder for cash, at the
court house door in Rockingham, at
II o'clock noon, on Monday, the 9th
day Of February, 1922, the following
described real estate, to-wit:
Beginning at a point where the
Seahoard Air Line. Railway inter
sects the Rockingham Bennettsyille
public road, and runs thence with
said public road as follows: N. $50
west 412 feet; N. 12-40 w. 225 feet;
N. IA w. 1887 feet; N. IA w. Ego feet;
N 1920 w. 90S 1-2 feet; N. 20 w,
1888 feet 10 o stake; thence leav-
ing said public road S. 81 Il. 1906
feet to the center line of the Sea-
board Air Line railroad; thence with
the center line of said railroad in a
southwesterly direction 306i feet to
the beginning, containing 1915 acres
more or less.
This the 9th day Of January, 1872 2.
- OZMER L. HENRY, Trustee.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1922-01-26
TRUSTEES SALE OF REAL
ESTATE

Under and By virtue of the pow
'crs Of sale contained i'll certain
deeds Of trust executed by 0lin
Rainwatess and wife dated May It'll,
1919, May 3lst 1919, and July 3lst,
and recorded in the office of the
Register Of Deeds for Richmond
County, N. c., in Book 112, at pages
a22, 45l and 53l respectively, de-
fault having been made in the
payment OF the Indebtedness there
by secured, the undersigned Trustee
will sell at public auction, to.-the
highest bidder for cash, at the Court
House door of Richmond county, at
II o'clock noon, on Monday, Febru-
airy 10, 1922, Nne following described
real estate, to-wit:
known as Lot No. 3 in the divis-
ion of lands made by order OF court
in special proceeding had, where
in Ed Porter, Jasper Smith and w.
H. Roberts Guardian for Theodore
Smith were plaintiffs VS. r. A. Cad
dy, defendant: Beginning at stake
pine black gum pointers a corner
of Lot No.. in said division in the
original division line and runs as
said line N. % w. 1875 chains to
stake pine and black pointers,
thence as the dividing line S. rs 1-2
Nv. $3.50 chains to the original line,
thence S. 4 1-2 E, 1275 chains to a
stake, thence N. 76 liz r.. 44.25
chains to the beginning, containing
81 and ITO acres.
This January 18th, 1922.
w. L. SCALES,
At Trustee.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1922-01-26

gandie. has q FUN bodice, plain and
short sleeved, with d cape collar. The
bouffant skirt is gathered to 1t. at
d low waistline, and has flowers made
ofsthe organdie set about II.
Wide tucks with a narrow ribbon az
the head Of each make a fine decor
ative feature on skirts and bodiSes oi
sheer materials. yoile froek III pink
has three-inch tuciss in skirt and bod.
Ice. with ribbon half-inch wide 1T
the head Of each tuck, and a little
sash Of several strands Of this rib.
bon. sleeves are abbreviated, stop.
ping short of the elbow Nearly all
.taffeta frocks are finished with mar.
row rufIies or rnching, with picos
edges. They are put on ID fancifus
ways and sometimes black thread uskf
f0r the picut Is eifectiye.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1922-01-26

WANTED Tatting, crochet
and embroidery orders TO fill.
Mrs. j a Bryant, Roc kinghaIn,
Route {. ST.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-12
Hany, the Fire Chief
"A ochoomate Story of Dr. II. NJ Archer, the Good
Samaritan of the Fire Eaters

ne was allowed TO yarticipxte in han
ding the truck. This consisted in 60
ng to the stable. every afternoon, after
school. where we made up hunks in the
room and partly undressed and went
to sleep. Harry would then sound =
signal on the gong, II which we
jumped up, got dressed, took our places
on the truck and told him at the wheel
where We were TO 60. Il We did not
dress quickly enough, or made mis-
take in getting to our right places on
the truck or misinterpreted the signal
the whole process had to be repeated
On Saturdays vs were supposed to
hang around the frehouse that WA
nearest to our home and note every
signal that came fn during the day. II
the apparatus was called out we were
supposed TO follow it TO the fire and
note what other apparatus had been
called. II a. any time we saw IN en-
CINE or truck on the way TO fire and
could rot follow It, 7vs hsd TO note iSs
number and discover in the newspaper
TO what fire it had been called. All OBJ
serYations we're reported TO Harry on
Monday morning at school.
Il didnt take the recruits very long
to discover where the play stopped sud
the work began, though ne one could
complain thai Harry demsnded more
than he WAS willing to &c himself. T
remember, even at this late date, how
puzzled was over the way in which he
Got his information about fires He
appeared 20 be welcome guest at his
ilrshouse, while ! was always being
chased away from hanging around my
assignment. His house seeaed to have
All the fires, while mine never had sny.
One day, after some two months of
training, my chance came; my fire en-
gino had 4 real call. II whisked out of
the engine house at Sixty seventh
SEreet and Third Avenue and started
toward Fifth Avenue. By the time I
had reached Madison it had turned nm
Gown on Fifth, and When | reached
tlftA It was cut Of sight. Running to
Seventeen Street, at the top OF Lennox
AiN, | could see it going strong at
Eighty-ffth Street-too stronx for me
TO follow, SO, living near BY. went
hone. Reporting the affair to the
chief on Monday morning. | received
the woret calling down l nad known up
TO thst Cine, and promptly handed IL
NJ rcsigl.ation.
[ think / am the only one left Of
harry's fire compsHy, snd when, come
years ago, called his attention to the
details ! have given, he remembered
them, but probably thinks them Of
small sccount in relation TO what he
has achieved since. To ne, however,
they have deeper significance than
mere entertaining statement Of fact.
Z. r. LUDINGTON.
New York, March 8. 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-12
rance and Turkey

To the E>,itor of The Tribune.
Sir: Ever since the termination OF
the World War the FrenchNpolitjcisns
lave upheld the Turks. with view TO
strengthening the hold of Francs on
her Mahometan colonies sad TO dimin~
shinx the prestige Of England In India
and Egypt.
When Mustspha Kemal was organiz-
ing tho Nationalist forces Colonel
Henri Franklin -Bouilien went to Sivas
In the latter part Of 1919 and gave him
this assurance:
"You are performing a great patri-
otic duty in defense Of your national
honor and independence. Believe me
that the French government 10 ready
to extend TO you every assistance. In
the name Of the French military au-
thoritles promise you moral and
financial aid"
Then France concluded with Mussa-
pha Kcnal such a treaty as to make
New-York tribune., 1922-03-12
o The Editor of The Tribune.

O the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: With reference to the interest
ing controversy between Hudson
Maxim. wet, and Samuel Wilson, dry.
concerning an utterance purportinp
20 be from Abraham Lincoln in which
ne is made to say, among other things
a prohibition law strikes blow at
the very principles or which our gov
ernment was founded note that Mr..
Maxim refers for his authority to
Life OF December 80, 1921.
TIE liquor people, so far "a have
been able to observe, never were able
TO prove that Lincoln said any such
thing. Whenever aaked for proof thew
refer to some printed repetition Of
The error. In al extended investigat tior
J find that what appears to have been
the earliest use of this quotation was
in pamphlet entitled: "Lincoln and
the Liquor Question" compiled BY
Robert J. Halle and published by the
literary bureau Of The National Liquor
League Of America. There is no date
or place indicating where or when tho
pamphlet Was printed
The pamphlet a. whole ia q plsus-
ibic document, but not CONVINCING when
the Lincoln student attempts to check
up on it. Alon2o E. Wilson, of Chicago.
and Royal W. Raymond of Washing
ton, offered cash rewards for proof OF
the authority Of This same quotation.
In view Of their challenge, Mr.. Halle
was obliged to pay attention to it, and
IN his pamphlet he says: "Although it
may be impossible to prove conclusive
~ that Lincoln used the exact words
IN the disputed sentence, yet there is
no reasonable person but will admit
that the preponderarcc OF evidence is
IN favor of Lincoln being the real