Sept. 13, 1909: Edmund Waller "Ted" Gale draws Dr. Reinhardt Wernigk.

According to The Times, some dance academies are respectable businesses. At many others, however, young and impressionable women — wearing short dresses that barely cover the knees — mix with the toughest men in the city and women who have already fallen on the path of shame and debauchery.

"Down at the Adams dance hall on Main Street opposite the Burbank Theater, there is a motley gathering every night. The police say that this is one of the resorts that give them the most trouble. Yet, under the existing order of things the officers have no right to interfere." Among other licentious activity, dancers are doing "The Dip," The Times says. That roller-skating rink down on 12th and Ivy streets isn't much better.