Evening star., 1939-02-28
Good Dancer
Sure to Be
Popular
Consideration for
Others on Floor
Is Essential
BY JOAN FORTUNE and NORTON
HUGHES JONATHAN.


Dances of all varieties. both for
NAL and informal, provide grand,
good times, plus many an oppor-
tunity for smart young man to
shine as a debonair fellow who
knows his way around. Consider
the Gashing appearance of Fred
AStaire!
It's foolish not to make the most
of waltz and swing moments. Some
short sighted males are content to
enjoy such carefree pastimes as
standing like a cigar-Store Indian
IN the dense jungle of stays which
thrlveS at many dances, or yodeling
with their cronies in the dressing
room, or gloWering at the intrepid
youths who dare to dance too fire.
quently with the girls they happen
to adore. That's a harmless way
to spend an evening-but all very
Improbable where the girls are
concerned.
They tell us often that they like
to date good dancers who dance.
They complain that too many of
their men friends spend far more
time off the floor than on it.
They're tired of wasting perfectly
good music, of passing the time of
the day or listening to the story
of their dates" life while more
fortunate girls are swinging through
the rye. We don't blame them for
feeling miffed
If you don't know how to dance,
learn at the first opportunity. Make
one, if necessary, but stop missing
lot of fun. Get some willing girl
your sister perhaps-to let you fall
over her feet for few tortured min
utes every day. She'll give you good
pointers in Self-defense and soon
those minutes won't seem like tor
ture. You'll begin to look forward
to them. You'll know how to dance!
The next step is to perfect a
dancing style of your own. The
best way to accomplish this is to
watch other men dancers. Note
the steps they use, then make
conscious effort to initiate them.
Soon you'll be doing so unconsciously
and adding variations of your own
well on the way toward becoming a
jitterbug or waltz king. Note, too,
the way the best of them hold a girl.
1t will help you great deal to
dance with many girls. Few dance
alike, and their size and weight
make a great difference in the way
they follow partner. Dane
ing with many of them will teach
To n fo
new partner. You'll dance we'll
with them all.
If you have little imagination,
natural rhythm and agility-and
enough initiative to practice and
try new steps-your popularity on
the floor is practically assured. Peo-
pie who dance often usually are
good at it, and frequent practice
does help to make you an expert
partner.
Why 60 to all this trouble? :.
We'll, dancing is fun, of course, and
a great aid to social popularity. You
may be speechless at the sight of
girl, the winner of the local Home
liest Human contest, or considered
the dullest boy in school-but if
you're a really good dancer you
may feel safe in asking the most
popular girl on the floor to dance.
Shed love to!
Now that the term dancing"
covers a multitude of wild gyrations
AS many as you can think up-its
a wonder that some of you manage
to stay on your feet as much as you
do. We're not trying to put dam
per on the fun, but just want to
remind you girls and men that it's
still perfectly possible to have a,
good time at dance without trad
ing bumps and bruises with all the
other people present.
The Big Apple, the Fuzzy Peach,
the Chattanooga Creep and the
Wrinkled Prune are all right for
jitterbug parties, when the floor has
been cleared of hazards, human and
otherwise, and every one under
stands that they are likely to en-
danger life and limb by appear
ing on the festive scene. But they
have no place on crowded floor,
public or private. Forcing your
brand of assault and battery on
other couples is just plain bad man
ners-no matter how you swing it!