Not in every respect improvements on the "Sons of the Covenant," though; replacing the primitive manners and the piety of the foreign Jew by a veneer of cheap culture and a laxity of ceremonial observance.

It was a merry party, almost like a family gathering, not merely because most of the dancers knew one another, but because "all Israel are brothers"-- and sisters.
They danced very buoyantly, not boisterously; the square dances symmetrically executed, every performer knowing his part; the waltzing full of rhythmic grace.

When the music was popular they accompanied it on their voices.

After supper their heels grew lighter, and the laughter and gossip louder, but never beyond the bounds of decorum.

A few Dutch dancers tried to introduce the more gymnastic methods in vogue in their own clubs, where the kangaroo is dancing master, but the sentiment of the floor was against them.