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At that time the only dances were the waltz and the two step, and the orchestra would play for the waltzes, while the band would strike up for the two steps. The girls were always trying to get the round, brass buttons off our dress uniforms to take home as souvenirs, and as we had to buy new buttons to replace any lost, we were rather choosy who we let have them. One girl that I was dancing with asked for a button, but I made some excuse and I noticed that she was rather quiet during the rest of the dance. Her head came just about to my shoulder and all the time we were dancing she was quietly chewing the thread which held the button, so by the time the dance was over she had her souvenir.

Excerpt from That's My Dad: an autobiography by R.S. Baum, MMA Cadet Class of 1904 and son of L. Frank Baum, author of the Wizard of Oz.