The Archive · 1920

Dancing for Health

There is only one way to keep fit, and that is to keep dancing. It is the finest exercise in the world. It is also the best rejuvenator known. Suppose you have been a victim of depression, For some reason or other your heart kept straying to your boots. You tried change of air. You swallowed tonics. You went to bed early. In short, contrary to the habit of most patients, you obeyed your doctor's orders, And felt much better, But, even so, ever and anon that. black bogey, depression, would steal upon you unawares, draping your spirits in crape fringed with despair. Sometimes you would fight. Oftener than not you gave yourself up to the blighting touch of the destroyer. Do you think such misery would have been yours if you had donned a pair of comfortable dancing slippers and made your way to some

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