Pocket-size instructions, a dance-card, and a mouse – just for size comparison!
Mozart Allan’s dance instruction book, Allan’s Ball-Room Guide, early 1900s. Just the right size for a breast pocket, same as a dance card. And here you also see a dance card from the Caledonian Society of Aden, Yemen, produced for St Andrew’s Day 1959 (nothing to do with Mozart Allan) – so you can compare them for size.
Mind you, the Society had a very traditional programme of dances, didn’t it? Mozart Allan would’ve known at least half the dances listed!
(Featured top image: No spitting on the carpet, please, gents – it’s a sure sign of low breeding!)
Karen McAulay, Musicologist 