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Dansk: Børnebal.
  • Sidder Du nogensinde over på Baller?
  • Ja-a-a.
  • Det gjør jeg aldrig! Skal Jeg sige Dig, hvordan man bærer sig ad?
  • Ja!
  • Man ser bare stift på herrerne, naar de gaar omkring for at engagere, saa bliver man altid taget.
English: Childrens Ball.
  • When at a ball, do you ever sit out a dance?
  • Ye-e-es.
  • I never do! Would you like me to tell how it's done?
  • Yes!
  • You just [fix your] stare [orig: stare stifly] at the gentlemen when they are looking for someone to ask for a dance, then you are sure to be chosen ["taget" is literally "taken" but also "chosen"] .

Shows a dance held for teenagers; the teenage girls wear skirts shorter than those of adult women (as was the Victorian custom, see Image:1868-skirt-lengths-girl-ages-Harpers-Bazar.gif), though this seems to be exaggerated for humorous effect here.

The Danish girls changed the length of skirt after the confirmation (by springtime and at an age of 15).
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Source The Danish "Punch", 1879 page 241.
Author Unknown authorUnknown author

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