CLOSE DANCING.
SCHEME TO StOP IT
I-Y CABLE— PRESS ASSN.—COPYRIGHT j Received W p.m., May 22. Paris, May 22. An international meeting of dancing masters in connection with dances during the coining season is debating a novel invention to rid dances of a source of objection—namely over close » proximity of dancers, which many ] people consider immoral. -a Professor Rossi, a woll known dan- ■ cing master, proposes that ladies wca* ■ a thin metal belt having in front three large protruding buttons shaped like . tho buffers of a railway train, to keep i the male partner at least three inches ; away. Tho bolt, covered by silk ribbons, would match the wearer’s dress. Tho invention is called the Princess Lily Belt and priests say it is an excellent invention.
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Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, Issue 18084, 24 May 1923, Page 6
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126CLOSE DANCING. Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, Issue 18084, 24 May 1923, Page 6
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