Judge — May 7, 1932 — page 25: what you’re looking at

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te ee g com- nllow- Fan- . The rups ime it Reno inisHep! Dance Madness 7 ov may not know it but I shake quite a nasty oxford to music. ut a personable lightfooted blonde in my arms, set some gershwin going and I'll whirl you out of the silver ing cup for moonlight waltzing any night and put money on it. I put my body into my work and I have been a keen student of the fox trot since the days it consisted of picking up your partner and flinging her into an orgiastic corner and making her love it. And, of course, cleanliving always counts in the long run. In other words, it’s the troglodyte in me that comes out in my hoof- vibrating and I detest any kind of dancing that is as neat and sterile yaxed moustache and smacks of the Schottiche or the not so hot polka. The tango I believe pure sigolo and no man who doesn’t wear smartly creased running pants should be seen doing it. If you don’t come off the dancefloor steaming and with- out your hair part you've been danc- ing like a bond salesman, that is, in » days bond lesmen were bond alesmen, What I'm getting at is that danc- se seems to be vetting into a spunk- less rut again. Last year I thought music made the young folks do won- lerful things. It caused them to lock hor nd go into a furious whirl that’d make a di h look like a Lenox Avenue Le compared to the Twentieth Century. The other day I got a sample of the new and shameless thing being done on our better waxed arenas. | was strolling thru the Waldorf and was brought up short by what they were doing to music. No more the solid clamp around the waist, the peltdown-man shoving around, the twinkling mathematical footwork, the steamheat,—no sir! Each gent had his arm around the waist of the girl and she had hers around his, as “THE VERY YOUNGER. GENERITION! is considered decent. But instead of wrestling, front to front, they were walking, laxly, side by side. of putting their head and shoulders into their work, they were merel) chatting casually, probably about race suicide or how a spine can ruin an! What is the ra younger gene any more—they coming to? The ation aren't dancers re pedestrians! Kute Kiddies Dep't HERE were four of them and the oldest was about nine. Their parents happened to look in on them and found them sitting at a table, obviously drinking from what looked | like, and actually were, wine bottles. | 3ut since it was water they were blotting up, the parents said nothing but watched quietly. | This is what happened. The table occupants would drain their beakers | and suddenly cry in thundering tones | “Finished!” = Whereupon one of | them, playing waiter would rush in, | take the bottles, run out, refill them | and bring them back in. | When appropriate parental in- quir made, it turned out they were p) ng a game called “Speak- easy.” It might be added the} children have never been to New! York and the parents keep strictly | sober, Pardon My Gumbo! Dear Si I feel that neither the old Creole »0ks at Galatous, An- toines and other old New Orleans restaurants nor at the St. Charle and the De Soto hotels would to serve pared as “Judge.” In the first place, crab, chicken and oysters are never mingled in one dish of gumbo. It is either chicken, crab, or, oyster gumbo and, most (Page 25, please) real Creole Gumbo, pre- per your recent recipe in Los Angeles this summer i —a very good reason for going to California on your | vacation. Grand Canyon on the way without change of Pullmans, another reason . . . and Indian-detours still another reason. The cool Colorado Rockies, too. anta Fe ummer Cursions Cut“Cost You will be amazed how far you can go and how much you can see even in two weeks. | eo e e | Santa Fe “Olympic Games” folder contains many interesting pictures and an excellent map of the United States. Mail cou- pon for free copy. e e | All-expense Tours on cer- H tain days this summer Clip and mail Santa fe S: 1071 Railway Exch. Bidg., Chicago, Ill Send tree Xth Olympiad, Grand Canyon and Indian-detours folders. Name..... Address comicbooks.com