Dancers and Prancers

Jazzmania is no respecter of persons. Premier Baldwin is said to be no novice at jazzing. H. G. Wells is taking laborious pains in teaching himself the delights of the modern terpsichorean art. As yet he is not very proficient. Some jokester said he danced like an Outline of History. Arnold Bennett is reported to have acquired "a stage of proficiency," arrived at through many private lessons. Lord Balfour likes to see other people do it, but is too old to take it up himself. Lord Curzon has not yet fallen, but the Marchioness, his wife, is an exponent of no mean accomplishment. Lloyd George has not yet made his dancing debut, nor is he ever likely to. Lord Birkenhead, ex-Lord Chancellor, leads the political world in jazz dancing. No band is too fast for him. Another statesman, chided about his jazz passion, retorted that the Duke of Wellington left a ballroom in Brussels to fight the Battle of Waterloo.