THE POPULAR JAZZ.
The jazz is the dance of democracy, says a writer in an exchange. At the same time, the stately old dances preserve a charm all their own, and all our girls ought to learn their rhythmic ~race. The other day at a girls' school 1 was enchanted by the grave elegance of the pavane and the minuet. I love the tomboy, but I also love the lissom graeility of the girlish girl. It takes all sorts to make a world, and the blooming cheek of youth ought not to be too cheeky. The perir of our modern life is the tendency of the young to grow old too soon, and of the old to grow young too late. I detest the brazen . flapper as heartily as I loathe the giddy grandmother. Childhood ought to be childish, and senility ought to be senile. Bat high spirits need not mean low morals. It i;j possible to frolic harmlessly without losing dignity. . On the whole, I (refer Arcadia to Liberia, and liberty to icence. The jazz is what you make it, and if you are voong, you are not likely to make it anything it ought sot to be.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18396, 11 May 1923, Page 12
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