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PRIMITIVE VULGARITY

“HE DANCES THE WALTZ." The whole nation was absolutely shocked when the waltz was first danced in England a hundred and twenty-five years ago. “He dances the waltz” became one of the most insulting remarks anyone could make and the valiant band of pioneers who continued to join in the waltz despite public opinion were ruthlessly cut by people who had previously been their close friends. No one would even do business with them. Irate letters came to the newspapers lamenting that anybody had ever dared to perform this terrible dance in England. “Primitive vulgarity at its worst” was the verdict of one correspondent. Girls were forbidden to speak lo anybody who danced the waltz, and if they were so brazen as actually to perform the terrible dance, tearful parents would accuse them of bringing dire disgrace upon the family name.

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https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WAITA19391120.2.95.3

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Wairarapa Times-Age, 20 November 1939, Page 8

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PRIMITIVE VULGARITY Wairarapa Times-Age, 20 November 1939, Page 8

PRIMITIVE VULGARITY Wairarapa Times-Age, 20 November 1939, Page 8

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