Today -100: December 12, 1911: Of dancing and wars

The Socialist administration in Milwaukee adds dancing to the school curriculum. Not sure why that’s news, much less front-page news, but Emma Goldman should be pleased.

The NYT pooh-poohs Secretary of War Stimson’s report, saying it doesn’t matter that the army is woefully ill-equipped for a war, because there won’t be one. So that’s okay then.