THE IRREPROACHABLE WALTZES

Ashburton Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 853, 27 January 1883, Page 2

THE IRREPROACHABLE WALTZES

There is a widespread feeling amoirc young ladies that no girl can waltz wira any comfort unless she is«supported by a firm pressure in the region of the waist., It is a mistake to suppose thatf: the sex of the person exerting this pressure is of any consequence in the mind of the waltzer. She does not care anything about waltzing with young men ; in fact, she does not care anything about young’ meti in any- cu? cumstances ; 'but she needs to be slip-

ported in order to be able to_ waltz. A girl’s arm is not strong enough to yield the desired support, and hence there is no satisfaction in waltzing with other girls. What she wants is support, and not a young man, and if she could obtain the former without the latter shjj would be perfectly contented. The* opinion has been so forcibly and freely expressed by countless young. Jadies when approached with their desire to waltz with young men that we cannot have the least.doubt thatTt literally and strictly is true. Young men when practising the waltz steff occasionally clasp a light chair in .'jlfre

right arm, and seem to find it a gr'eall assistance. This shows us that a young man must clasp somethingiiv order to waltz, it. is not absolutely* necessary that he should clasp ; a girf? The invention of “ M‘Gpnegal’s : Patdtfl? Irreproachable Waltzer ” meets prei cisely the case. The “ Irreproachable. Waltzer,” consists of a stout frame o£ light wood of abolit five feet iU height# and remotely resembling an old? fashioned kite frame. At the top of,the frame is a padded “ rest ” for a lady’s hand, and at about the middle of the ■ frame is a jointed arm, capable of being placed round a young lady’s waist and; i securely fastened in that position withT a thumbscrew. The frame has tWtf feet furnished with castors, each one 0P which:has a universal joint, so that it can turn freely in any direction. The whole affair only weighs slbs, and it is made to fold together, so that a lady can carry it in her hand either with--op without a shawl strap. When the fijjT owner of one of these frames desires-to-waltz in a perfectly unobjectionable vyay she unfolds, her “irreproachable waltzerj” clasps .its arars around, &C 5 waist, and putting her hand on . thft “rest,” begins the waltz. She finds! that the machine gives a ; satisfactory support to her back, andh that it revolves in keeping with the 1 movement of the waltz with the greatest ease. No one, however fastidious, can claim that the “ irreproachable waltzeyry isobjectionahle on the score of morality, and as it never treads on any girl’*! dress, and never is guilty of losing stepp it must be greatly preferable in every way to the ordinary young man. With the help of this new invention waltzing will be stripped of its present objectionable features, and will become popular among the very strictest of Methodists and Presbyterians. It is" to be expected that it will be hailed with en- f thusiasm by all young ladies, who wifi* be simply delighted to find that they can waltz without the annoying sence of young men, whose only valine* as waltzers is, according to the best authorities, the support which they givft> to their partners. !