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...associations, another variation of the "we boys" racket. Instead of selling stock they sell "memberships" or a "service."' A man or woman who buys stock in a society sheet speedily becomes known as a "tap." If other salesmen who follow are successful it is understood that the original "tapper" gets a commission...
...teach the ballet, the toe-dance, the classical and acrobatic dance, the fox trot, one-step, two-step and waltz and the tap dance. Leading exponent of the latter is Billy Newsome, vaudevillian, onetime teacher for Ned Wayburn, Broadway showgirl trainer. The tap dance is in vogue. "Society," says Tapper Newsome, "is taking it up. I've tutored the Vanderbilts and the Astors and they love...
Last week Tapper Newsome expertly tapped for the delegates. He combines the tap with the Charleston, the Black Bottom, the fox trot. He is working on a combination tap and flicker which, he says, should be a rage...
...Tapper-J. M. Groves...
...Tapper--J. M. Groves...