The Rock Island Argus and daily union., 1922-05-18

iuraI that they should want to dane
with man on the great white vsv
and feel that they are a part Of il
for the time being. Then therII
ihave something really big to dis
icuss when they get home.
+ These so-called sQuires of DANES
don't advertise; they aren't listed
at the hotel information desk. and
! it is doubtful if they have a private
office among them. Their head
quarters are at the big public
dance halls, where they act ss
dancing instructors. In these plac-
es you can dance all evening at
small cost, if you know how. and
if you don't know how there are
these instructors to teach You AT
whatever price you care to nav. No
set charge at all, you understand
but if a lady fails to pay at least a
dollar for her lesson. she is moi
encouraged to apply for another.
The squires are all Canny bust
ness men. They are constantly on
the lookout for prosperous-appea
ing women in the crowd: As soon
as one enters the hall, she is apt 10
receive a cordial welcome from one
of the instructors who, approaching
her with just the right degree Of
admiration and respect, inquiries il
she desires instruction. Generally
she does. If her reward is liberal
the lessons usually continue and
eventually end in the acquisition
of an escort.
1t is not at all a bad arrange
ment from the woman's point Of
view. She has learned to dance
with the man; to follow his leads
and steps perfectly. She is all that
propriety could require in dress,
manner and department. And the
whole thing is on a business basis.
She is under no obligations. She
pays for what she gets-an escort
and having paid, she doesn't have
to be at all entertaining or win
some or seductive or any Of the
things she has to be to the men
who take her about at home. They
go to hotel dinner dance. She
pays for the dinner. Later. they
go to one of the theatre roofs,
where there is dancing and food.
Again BIC pay Il4C b4AA
The Vocation Pays.
As a means of earning a fairly
easy living, the arrangement is al
so highly satisfactory to the squire
of danes. He is not, as might he
expected, a very brilliant or ambi-
tious fellow. Before the compara-
tive recent dance craze in this Coun-
try, he was probably a clerk, but
since the entrance of the fox trOt
he has applied himself with pains
taking diligence to being a COUr-
tier. In this he has to a large ez-
tent succeeded. He cannot spout
epigrams, but he knows New York
and its TGyS, .sttssc5;'ss!!e1as'9lSy sc5;s!e1as'9y = dane
ing and theatrical GESSSE, And CH-
describe them entertainingly. He
reads a newspaper thoroughly ev-
cry morning in order to keep up
with the topics of the day In
short, he has acquired all the tech
nique for making an agreeable
companion.
Furthermore. he has been able to
make it pay. His afternoons, which
are usually spent in giving dancing
instruction to a few clients whom
he has carefully selected as liberal
-ippers. yield from S5 to SO each.
For his escort duty in the evening
be receives another SO or SIS. II
he is up to the average in escort
ing efficiency, there is scarcely ev-
ar an evening where he does not
nave some en&a-stszRss5z- 4,zasSsi%==z=ss
also are usually paid for by lls
clients. If he has to buy more
han his breakfast on any one day
1e begins to worry about the IN
,rease in his Overhead
Through it all he manages 70
feep intact his self-respeCt. Il
ion't suppose I cut a particularly
figure in society" re-
marked one squire recently. @buJ
IN 1 not entitled to as much re-
;pect as any other popular enter
ainer?. Through my efforts, many
women derive a pleasure they
would not otherwise get. I do not
make as much as theatrical per
ormers who deal in questionable
okes and suggestive situations
merely try to give some unattached
lanes their share of clean. healthy,
After all, is that work
o be ashamed OFF"