Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-02-04

rather full and rounded form; her com
p~lexion as pure as alabaster, a pair of
dangerous looking hazel eyes, a slightly
Roman nose, and a small but prettily
formed mouth. Her auburn hair is neatly
banded, and gathered in n tasteful orna-
mental net, with a roll and gold tassels at
the side. How sedate she looks during the
first figure, never smiling until the term
ination of promenade eight when she
shows her little white hands In fixing her
handsome brooch in its place, and settling
her glistening earrings. See how nicely her
scarlet dress, with the broad black IA
around the skirt, and its black o aging sets
off her dainty figure. No wonder that n
wild mountaineer, with leather breeches,
would be willing to pay-not one dollar.
but all he has In his purse, for a. dance and
an approving smile from so handsome a
woman.
An EarIy-Day Vernon Castle
"ller cavalier stands six feet in his boots,
which come to the knee, and are garnished
with a part of Spanish spurs, with rowels
and balls like young water wheels. His
buckskin leggings are fringed at the seams
and gathered at the waist with n u. s.
belt, from which hangs his loaded revolver
and his sheath knife. His neck Is bare,
muscular and Drowned by exposure, as is
also his bearded face, whose sumbre ex-
preston is relieved by n pair of piercing
black eyes. His long, black hair hangs
down beneath his wide felt hat and in the
corner Of his mouth is a cigar which rolls
like the lever OF an eccentric as he chews
the end In his mouth.
after an amazingly grave salute, 'all
hand round is shouted by the prompter,
and off bounds the buckskin hero, rising
and falling TO the rhythm Of the dance,
with a clumsy ability and a growing en-
thusiasm, testifying to his huge delight.
His fair partner, with practiced foot and
easy grace, keeps time to the music like
a clock, and rounds to her place as smooth
ly and gracefully as a swan.
CAS- the dance progresses, he of the buck
skin gets excited, and nothing but long
practice prevents his partner from being
swept off her feet at the conclusion of that
miners delight, set your partners or
gents to the right Al Irish tune, or a
hornpipe generally finishes the set, and
then the thunder of heel and toe, and some
amazing demivoltes are brought to an end
by the aforesaid gents to the right and
promenade to the bar which at last closes
the dance. After q treat the bartender
mechanically raps his blower as a hint to
weigh out, all transactions being In gold
dust, the ladies sit down, and with scarcely
an interval, a waltz, polka, schottische,
mazurka, varsovienne, or rather quadrille,
commences.
Early Day Costumes
All v~aritles of costumes, physique and
demeanor can be noticed among the dane
ers, from the gayest' colors TO the loudest
styles of dress and manner, to the snugly
fitting black silk and white collar which
sets off the neat figure of the blue-eyed,
modest looking Anglo Saxon. Yonder be-
side the tall and lastly clad German
brunette you see the short curls. rounded
%touinure and smiling face of an Irish girl; ;
indeed representatives of almost every
dancing nation of white folks may be seen
on the floor of the hurdy-gurdy house.
THE earnings Of the dancers are very
different in amount. The dancer In the low
necked dress with the scarlet waist, a great
~favorite and a really good dancer, counted
fifty tickets in her lap before the last
dance, gentlemen followed by only one
more before the girls go home which
wound up the performance. Twenty-six
dollars Is a great deal of money to earn
in such a fashion, but fifty sets Of qua
drilles and four waltzes, two of them for
the love of the thing is very hard work.
"As a rule, the professional hurdles are
Teutons, and though first rate dancers,
they are, with some few exceptions, the
reverse of good looking.
1.-THE dance which Is most attended ia