Abstract

It Seems to Heywood Broun

All the parsons are worried about the American home. It seems that it is being destroyed. Of course it was saved by prohibition, but other monsters have arisen to threaten its existence. The author states that he never could understand why dancing should be listed among the dangers. The so-called modern steps are twenty years old by now and life has gone on much the same. Rarely does one see a dancer who has reached complete and easy joy in his pastime. However carefree the feet may be, something of the old strained look around the eyes persists. Every close observer must have noted the set expression upon the faces of all participants. The home will get every last one of the dancers yet because it is so much easier to loaf in an armchair than to keep up the good fight against indolence, age, and the selfishness of comfort.