Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-29
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By ROE ~FuLKERSON ereee by Central Pres Au..ara ns
By ROE FULkERSON

Betty brown, unnotlced by men. be-
lleNes ner lack OF cnarm comes Arom
cultivation OF her mind instead OF her
Uody. Sne attends the IecIJal ol =
dancing school ana determines 70
take up dancing. and goes 20 a sum
mer dancing C-4ap To- mat purpose.
She Is Charmed with the place, but
shocked Ut the BODY
OF the twenty-sIA glris studying
there.
CHAPTER III
Betty had expected 10 begin her
first Gay at the SsIlkoft camp WIN
a ~ielsurely bath and d nall AZ hour
devoted 10 besutl1ying herself. 10
be hait asleep, hair dressed and al
together trowzy IN the chill seven
O'Clock air OF an early June morning
was not her idea OF a good time.
Outside the studio door was a
WOODEN platform alongside Of nic
ran a railing OF heavy IRON pipe
about tour feet high. inns, then,
was the bar they talked about 50
much. Beside It 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 eX-
plantations so early IN the morning.
"A wheezy little portable phono-
graph started q one-two-three-four
tune. The girl supervising an
nouncso an exercise. betty stumbled
along somehow with kIcKs. stretches,
~backbenGs, extensions. Inc last few
mute Of the half hour she lay on
TIA Vtn4faVnu - tNnnr % #hn hna
rolling on her stomach, trying to
stanc on her shoulders, doing more
kcks.
When the half hour cas- over. they
raced as one girl 70 the swimming
pool ID 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
wet bathing suits. and all the talking
that had TO be done, Betty got little
rest.
Betty's first class was In acrobatic
dancing, which seemed rather like
bar work only done on the floor.
Then an hour Of Greek dancing.
which, while not so strenuous, was
turing after the acrobstic WORK.
An hours leisure was for bathing
or resting, followed by the midday
meal, with an hours rest afterward:
then two hours more were devoted 70
tap and the preparation for toe dane
ing. After this another swim. Betty
attracted favorable comment because
b swan and dived well.
After supper, and in the studio.
Selikoff announced: The new girls
are U Of this folk dancing il they
are tired" and Betty was clad
enough TO see that several of the
girls promptly retired to the rugs
and dlvans 10 watch. Because Of
constant practice, many put in this,
the fifth hour Of dancing, seemingly
without fatigue.
Betty was now able to separate the
experienced dancers from the newer
ones. As she watched their flashing
arms n legs, saw their graceful
posing and the ease with which they
learned new steps, she knew her
summer would not be spent in vain.
| lA1g var e. SznnAtzl IA agile,
and all in splendid physical eondi-
ton The simple food, the steady
bodily regime, had made them beau
tiful in body. v If nature had not
been SO kind to some of them in the
face.
Betty did not wait for ten o'clock
TO retire, but went 20 the dormitory
az nine. Happy with this new expert
ence, the chatter and laughter Of the
girls at ten came to her but hazily
and dresmily.
The third morning she was swak-
ened by screams.
-Ohi Wow LeFnme alone before
] NIL one Of you. Who said I
wanted TO be daneer7 an q
wrecked wonanl Get away. or TIL
come back from the grave and haunt
you. | know I'm going to die.-
On a neighborinE bed WA one Of
the new girls Around her were twc
Of the experienced dancers. They
we're pounding her legs and shout
ders with the edges Of their hands
like a butcher pounding hamburger
steak on q block. They laughed a