BISHOP WINS CASE
CAMPAIGN AGAINST DANCING
PARIS, November 3
The Paris organisation of proles fcional dancers and musicians has lo i the else it brought again, t the B'sficq of Quimper and Leon, Mgr. Du pair His Lordship sum© time ago started V vjgorotis- campaign against modern dancing, ,ft ' declaring it to b<_. “revolting.” H© had no objection to such' old dances as tlie polka and the waltz, but decribed the present-day ballroom as a “school of corruption.” He even threatened with excomniunieaton the dancers, the musicians, and the drivers of motor-coaches carrying parties of young people to dances. T. e Artists’ Union brought ail action against the bishop on the ground of abuse of power and asked for nominal damages.
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Hokitika Guardian, 10 November 1932, Page 7
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