["A young lady of Newark while dancing a few nights ago fell and broke
her leg, and she has now commenced an action for damages against her
partner, to whom she attributes the cause of the accident."--_Daily
Telegraph._]
"Oh, bother!" girls will sigh; "a fresh excuse
For men not fond of dancing to forsake us!
We fancy we can hear them say 'the deuce!
We can't dance _now_; to drop a girl might break us!'
Now e'en 'the better sort,' who used to beg
To see our cards, will--or our wits deceive us--
Reflect that they may break a partner's leg,
And, choose, alas, to 'make a leg,' and leave us."
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