The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1846-04-01
VARIETIES.
On DglrRcirnE.

On Dancing.
As this recreation is actually conducted, il
does not tend to produce health of body or mind
but directly the contrary. If young and. old went
out TO dance together IN the open air, as the
French peasants do, it would DO very different
sort of amusement from that which is Witnessed
in room, furnished with many Lights and filled
with guests. both eXpendng the healthfuI part
of the atmosphere, where the young collect, in
their tightest dresses, to protract, for several
hours, a kind of physical exerion which is not
habitual to them. During this process, the blood
| is made to circulate more swiftly than ordinary.
| in circumstances where it is less perfectly oXy-
genized than health reqnires; the pores of the
! skin are excited by heat and cxcrcjse the sto-
mach is loaded with indigestjbIe articles and the
quiet needfuI to digestion wilhheld the diver
sion is protraced beyond the usual hour of re-
pose; and then, when the skin is made the most
susceptible to damps and miasmas, the company
pass from a warm room to The cold night air. 1t
is probable that no single amusement can be
pointed out, combining so many injurious partic-
uIars as this, which is so often defended as a
heaIthru one. Even if parents who train their
chdren to dance, can keep them from public
balls, (Which is seldom the CASEY dancing in phi
vate parors is nearly subject to all the same mis-.
lchevious influences. The writer was once in
cjnod to the common opinion that dancing " $
| harmless, and might be properly regulated; and
| she allowed far trial TO he made nnaer her
auspices by IFS advocates. The result was full
conviction that secured no effect which could
not be better gained another way; that it inyol.
we'd the most pernicious evils, TO health charac-
tel and happiness: and thai those parents were
wise who brought up their children with the full
understanding that they were neither to learn
nor TO practice the aFt.-Inthe fifteen years, du-
ring which she has had the care of young ladies'
she has never known any case where learning
this art, and following the amusement, did not
have a bad effect either on the habits, the intel
lect, the feelings or the health.
Those young ladies who are brought up with
less exciting recreatlons, are uniformly likely 10
he the most contened, and most useful, while
those who enter the path 10 which this diversion
leads, acquire relish and desire for high excite.
ment, which makes the more steady and quiet
pursuits and enjoyments of home comparatively
tasleless. Ia reference to these ex,
citing amusements, so liable TO danger and ex.
cess, parents are bound to regard the principle
which is involved in the petition, ''Lead us no
into temptltion" Would it not be inconsisten
to lcachths prayer 10 the lisping tongue of child
hood, and then send tito the dancing master Il
acquire love for diversion which leads to con
stant temptations that so few can resiSt2 II il
encouraging 10 those wbotake this view of tht
subject, to find how fast the most serons and in
lelgont portion Of the commonly is coming Il
a similar result. twenty-five years ago.. dan
cling was universally praclised among the youn!
as amatter of course IN every part Of the nation
Now, in those parts Of the country where religion
and intelligence are most extensively diffused, i
is almost impossible 70 get upa ball among III,
more refined classes OF the community. Th,
amusementis Is fast leaving this rank in society, /,
remain as d resource for those whose grade Of in
ltelligence and refinement does not relish NOR
elevated recreations.--MissB Beechcr's Domesti
Economy.
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