"Tips to dancers,"
Subtitle: good manners for ballroom and dance hall
By: by V. Persis Dewey.
Published: 1918
Place of publication: [Kenosha, Wis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 31
Subjects: Dance.; Etiquette.
Description: This small manual is aimed at a non-urban population and, although it contains substantial sections on etiquette and the value of good manners, the only dances mentioned by Dewey are the one step and foxtrot. Advice includes "A man should not try to dance in his stiff, heavy, working shoes," and admonishments to remove chewing gum from the pockets so "you will not be tempted to use it at the party."
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