tor's--the original Rector's is in Chicago, you know--
and in the dining rooms of some hotels, was started in
Chicago, but was soon stopped by municipal regula-
tion. Since that time other schemes have been de-
vised. Dances are held regularly in the ballrooms of
most of the hotels, but are managed as clubs or semi-
private gatherings. This arrangement has its advan-
tages. It would have its advantages, indeed, if it did
nothing more than put the brakes on the dancing craze
--as any one can testify who has seen his friends offer-
ing up their business and their brains as a sacrifice to
Terpsichore. But that is not what I started to say.
The advantage of the system which was in vogue at
the Blackstone, when I was there, is that, to get into
the ballroom people must be known; wherefore ladies
who still have doubts as to the propriety of dancing
in a public restaurant need not, and do not, hesitate to
go there and dance to their toes' content.

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