itself with their feet. Among these are Jokubas Szedvilas
and his wife, Lucija, who together keep the delicatessen
store, and consume nearly as much as they sell; they are
too fat to dance, but they stand in the middle of the
floor, holding each other fast in their arms, rocking slowly
from side to side and grinning seraphically, a picture of
toothless and perspiring ecstasy.

Of these older people many wear clothing reminiscent
in some detail of home -- an embroidered waistcoat or
stomacher, or a gaily colored handkerchief, or a coat with
large cuffs and fancy buttons. All these things are care~
fully avoided by the young, most of whom have learned
to speak English and to affect the latest style of clothing.
The girls wear ready-made dresses or shirt-waists, and
some of them look quite pretty. Some of the young men
you would take to be Americans, of the type of clerks,
but for the fact that they wear their hats in the room.
Each of these younger couples affects a style of its own
in dancing. Some hold each other tightly, some at a cau~
tious distance. Some hold their arms out stiffly, some
drop them loosely at their sides. Some dance springily,
some glide softly, some move with grave dignity. There
are boisterous couples, who tear wildly about the room,
knocking everyone out of their way. There are nervous
couples, whom these frighten, and who cry, "Nusfok!
Kas yra?" at them as they pass. Each couple is paired
for the evening -- you will never see them change about.
There is Alena Jasaityte, for instance, who has danced
unending hours with Juozas Raczius, to whom she is
engaged. Alena is the beauty of the evening, and she
would be really beautiful if she were not so proud. She
wears a white shirt-waist, which represents, perhaps, half
a week's labor painting cans. She holds her skirt with
her hand as she dances, with stately precision, after the
manner of the _grandes_dames._ Juozas is driving one of
Durham's wagons, and is making big wages. He affects
a "tough" aspect, wearing his hat on one side and keep~
ing a cigarette in his mouth all the evening. Then there
is Jadvyga Marcinkus, who is also beautiful, but humble.

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