Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-29
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By ROE FuLKERSON

READ THIS FIRST:
betty Brown, unnOticsd by men. be-
lieyes ner lack OF cnarn from
cultivation OF her mInd instead OF ner
Uouy. enc attends the recital Oh a
dancing schooi ana determines to
taAe ~ Cancing, anu goes 10 a sum
nisr dancing c4lAp lOr that purpose.
she IS charmed with the place, put
shocked IL the body unconscIousness
OF the twenty-slX glrls stuuyIng
there.
CHAPTER II
BETTY had expected 10 begin her
first osy az the Senkot camp Win
a ieisurely baIn and Z nall an hour
devoted 10 identifying herself. 40
be nan asleep, hair dressed and al
together frowzy IN the call seven
ociock air OF an early June morning
was not ner idea OF q good time.
outside the studio door was a
oouen platform Alongside Of wnlcn
ran a railing OF heavy iron pipe
about tour feet high. 1hIs, then,
was the bar they talked ABOUT 50
much. Beside II stood the older
pupils. Betty and the other begin
ners were assigned places between
to follow the exercises as best they
could, there being no time Tor ez-
plantations SC early IN the morning.
A wheezy little portable phono-
graph started q one-two-tnree-four
tune. The girl supervising an
nOuncsd an exercise. lefty stumbled
along somehow with klcks, stretches,
~DacSDends, extensions. Inc last few
minutes OF the hail nour sne lay on
the platform IN front OF the bar,
rolling on her stomach. trying to
stana on her shoulders, DONG more
kicks.
When the half hour was over, they
raced as one girl 10 the swimming
pool "a dove IN. Inc water was
icy cold, but they swan and splashed
around until the Get Ready for
Breakfast gong sounded. Back in
the dormitory they changed TO dry
bathing suits, prettied up, and slip
ping on smocks, arrived in the dining
tent ahead of breakfast. After the
meal there was a rest hour before
the first class. but between making
beds, Strengthening up, taking care OF
vet bathing suits, and all the talking
that had to be done, Betty got little
rest.
Betty's first class was in acrobstic
dancing, which seemed rather like
bar work only done on the floor.
lhen an hour Of Greek dancing.
which, while not so strenuous, was
tirIng after the acrobatic WORK,
An hours leisure was for bathing
OF resting, followed by the mid-dav
meal, with an hours rest sfterwaro.
then two hours more we're devoted 10
tap ana the preparation for toe dane
ING. After this another swim. Betty
attracted favorable ecaus
she swan and dived well.
After supper, and In the studio
Selikoff announced: The new girls
sre out Of this folk dancing u tnev
are tired and Betty was glad
enough to see that several Of ~
girls promptly retired to the RUGS
diyans TO watch. Because Of
constant practice, many put in this.
the NTH hour Of dancing. seemingly
without fatigue.
Betty was now able 10 separate the
experienced dancers from the newer
ones. As she watched their flashing
arms and legs, saw their graceful
posing and the ease with which they
learned new steps, she knew her
summer would not be spent In vain.
Lay vVs 81 szAaAtsl Iii kSlle,
and all In splendid physical eondi-
ton. The simple food, the steady
bodily regime, had made them beau
tiful in body, even If nature had not
been so kind to some of them in the
face.
Betty did not wait for ten o'clock
20 retire, but went TO the dormitory
at nine. Happy with this new expert
ence, the chatter and laughter Of the
girls ct ten tame 10 her but hazily
and dreariily.
The third morning she was awak-
ened By screams.
"0h! Wow Lemme alone before
| kill one Of you Who said I
wanted to be q dzncer- am a
wrecked woman Get away. or TIL
come back from the grave and haunt
ycui know I'm going 70 die"
On q neighboring bed was one of
the new girls Around her we're two
Of the experienced dancers. They
we're pounding her legs and shout
cers with the edges or their hands
like a butcher pounding hamburger
steak or a block. They laughed a.