THE DANCING CRAZE.
INSATIABLE HUNGER. > „ . LONDON, July 16.. Is modern dancing harmful? An acute controversy is . proceeding in London . over this question. A correspondent of the Daily Mail declared that after a tour of some of the principal dancing resorts he discovered that modern dancing beoomes an. insatiable hunger, creating a type of "never-rest" girl who has lost ill sense of proportion. Formerly dancing was a pleasant ■; social function; now it is merely something thfot happens i '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 dragged, exhausted,, and hungry expression." - Many doctors in letters to the newspaper warmly .'.praise danciog •' in i moderation.7:VV'•
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18461, 26 July 1923, Page 7
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