New Britain herald., 1924-08-30

daIias ihe past week, genlieme
 ahe claim Co have q deep tnteres
 la the poetry Of motion have Pro
 tested against modern dancing an
 modern music, With sll due TegaTi
 to their high estate in the world Q
 music sad dancing, it Is to De feaTes
 that the learned gentlemen aani
 know what they are talking about,
 One of them made the EemaTh
 that the modern dance is killing,
 Perhaps he kRaws where the victim, are taken and secretly buried, Ger
 tainly the obituary columns Of lhe
 newspapers have not contained aer counts Of people who have met their
 death through dancing, Perhaps ihis is another instance nf sdiiprs being on the RayTell of the inter esis.n as is frequently charged, II maderR dancing were fatal, it is rer arkahle how the population of the country increases because everyone from little dwendalyR ,e dalloning Grandma is Aut o' evenings giving their heels treat while saH0phanes soh.
 Far from heinz killing, modern dancing is less firing on the hady than the old fashioned waltz and the seh0llische, The latter in particular pnt strain an dancers which Jeff them limp and helpless wreeks when the orchestra paused for breath,
 Modern dancing is condemned be. cause it is different. Whenever nation changes its methods Of living or its manners, some lang-faeed in- diVidual bobs ID and in sepulehral tones announces that the world is going to the dogs down the crooked lane Of wiekednoss. This charge was made when women went in for short skirts. Males became aware for the first time thht ladies had ankles and Immediately eXhorters everywhere solemnly proclaimed that everyone hnd ono-wny ticket io the Kingdom Of his Satanic Majesty. But the short skirt has justified its use. Females today are healthier because with the short skirt, they have adopted other sensible garments. have gone in for outdoor athletics and have gained grace Of carriage stronger muscles md ilrmer flesh. They are better equipped in every way to combat the nroads of disease and, because from other bonds has accompanied their emancipation in matters of dress, they are more com ,anionable and make better pals" very bit as wholesome as their | ancestors who believed l hat woman's sole duty was to keep Iouse and whose sole literature was | iodey's magazine and Sunday school | racss.
 Music, too, has improved. There 5 a greater variety Of it. New songs re turned out by the ton. New ance music keeps the presses hum hing. No longer are we forced to it and listen to Hearts and Flow rs" over and over again while the ero is bidding goodbye to the eroine. Granted that composers in he past have given the world songs nd music that are immortal, for very name that will live on the ongues of music lovers there were
 thousand composers who perished starvation in their garrets simply ecause the stuff they wrote was so ad nobody would print it.
 There is much to be said for jazz. the first place it has a universal ppeal and everyone can understand It is irresistible and sets all feet pping at the movies. It is over- helming when played at dance , Id brings all present to their toes. { "A critic of modern music says < e writers have been "debauched." I
 that is true it is because the mod { n public demands music of this nd. It stirs the blood, lightens the S 'art. takes the kinks out of the f uscles and sets the world gyrating. g usic has not degenerated. In its t odern form 1t is something the I 'ople have been waiting for. The i d-fashioned classic cramped our 2 classics of today give vent 2
 pent pp emotions that have been c eking an avenue of escape for cons s d cons. !, SaXophonist, step on it. s
 
 She was a demure miss, just past r 'teens and was in New York s y for the first time. Like all vis- ( ITS, she was awed by the big build- @ ss and the Brooklyn bridge. She c pod on Broadway looking up at f; 9 peak of the Woolworth building, fl T mind lost in thought. q Wonderful, isn't it?" asked her a blase New Yorker. = 'uh, huh," was the reply. r. '"The biggest in the world" re- II lrked the New York girl with the H
 of hometown booster. II 'Uh, huh" was the resnonse lL