DANCE HUNGER.
GIRLS WHO CANNOT STOP. MODERN CRAZE. LONDON, July 10. Is modern dancing harmful? There is an acute controversy at present, in London over this question. A correspondent of the London Daily Mail declared that after a tour of some of tlio principal dancing resorts ho discovered that modern dancing becomes an insatiable hunger, creating a type of “never-rest” girl who lias lost'all sense of proportion. Formerly dancing was a pleasant social function; now it is merely something that happens every night, and often in the afternoons. “The modern craze for dancing has bred a new type of selfishness. Girls care only to satisfy the craving for dancing. The more they get the more the craving grows. It is written on their faces. '‘Girl after girl seems to wear a sort of drugged, exhausted,* and hungry expression.” Many . doctors in letters to the newspapers warmly praise dancing in moderation.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LIX, Issue 9573, 26 July 1923, Page 5
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