But the nearest side street has its "tough joint." The same thing is true of the big summer resorts of other cities.
The dance hall, both winter and summer types, have had a deteriorating effect upon the old-fashioned dancing academy.

Formerly these were respectable establishments where people paid for dancing lessons.

Now they are a _melange_ of dancing classes and public entertainments.

The dancing masters, unable to compete with the dance hall proprietors, have been obliged to transfer many of the dance hall features to their establishments.
Oddly enough it is rather an unusual thing for a girl to be escorted to a dance in any kind of a dance hall.

The girls go alone, with a friend, or with a group of girls.