Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1851-12-17
For the Levisbu-g Chronicle.
The incieEtS On Dincing.


" charity balls aud IN tle course q! his
.c:ler !, says h.; hes. TIA is al :..>ut m
{" G"d- pIet'n@ns e Iar'rfm Il" ac''"h
agreeahI, To II IN, ~h.!> III king use "f
,nean- y hich He him~,,f has forbidden :
whirh th Church, ever guided hy the ll"-
Is Sp ri,, c"nivm,lS Of WHICH even men
.. the wnrli .h.ms Ives asow the fatal
cons; quencc>, fr,.m thar "wn Experience ;
and wh-ch P..aps. ~ pie thc Ia ~ "f
ti,a.r m,r,ts. ave mu@a,l with inIa'"y.
lie then proceeds :" the fi;"wing ciI'-
tiuus:
"Dancing." says Z ccrr, "is the las. ot
all vices. One must have run the career
of AL Others; he musI have delivered
himself up 10 ali other exce-scs, before he
can yield {" this" Dancing can not exist.
save mn ,ng ,hnse whose h-arts are aruid.
l,os-csSta ot every "ih1r VICE; ".,. nn
one says Ike g,ehi "rdioi, N" one dan
ces, wh,'ncr IN pri'ate, Or cohfiv il! as
.s..i. rnce, cniy.s he bc eitauT !ntoX Gated
,ur tpn..' lie rogana were :" CONVINCED
,ot this, that 10 Iorldrr tie ful.0Hcls al
! rAj!iu of M4ccdol odious, 1t Was enough
( tor Dotnus;h,hcs to acclise thcns III hav.ls
!5uced A. Rome, when Ihey d.>ircI to
PANT The portrait of a prostitute, II wis
.clou-h 90 Say 'b,t ste danced more c.e
g,uilIy ran vas becoming s modest w"-
man. Dy.a, III, poet, :" '"lup; uous amG
- rcgsril,s, ot NOR .li'y. s'y ed dinclms
h;uses places Of shvwl,ek i"r mod,s'y,
and the d nee ii>e.i The seed Of wee. Bur
If such was the opn'ou Of fagans c"n-
ccrnng dancing, that of people of the
world, of mou, IN age, Is not more favor
able. The Dance" >ays P,'rarch, Il, Il
frivolous sp ciaci,, unworthy If man, held
in dc'es'atI'n y ohistc ey,s, prelude t."
the exercise If the passions, the source Of
numbcrlcss infame>, from which nothing
issues save irregulariiy and imruriry."
Baylr, the impi"u> philosopher, who even
protcs,cd to di>bcLeve the cxIstclce Of 4
God-Bayle says, "1he dance Can only
serve to spci! The heart, aud wage Il war
dangerous to chastity" But 1t is not
among Paraus, nor am"ng tic impinus,
that Chris'ia ian should 20 to lca.n the
knowledge of his duties. Fly from
feas'> and dances, accompanied by music,
says 81. Gaudcntius. "Ihe h. uses in
~i,is,.- i.-,sseessrsre found present all
The dangers If The theatre. lie, all which
relates ta tie p'sn,ps OF the devil lie ban
i>iIcl from the houses Of Christians.
"She Dances" says 81. Ambrose, speaking
of the dsug ter Of He'od'as she dances
but it i, the daur rh,cr of an aduItlesS.
Let mothers, then, who love chastity and
mnd. sly, give to their daug gh'ers lessons
Of rel, giun. and not lrssnns If dancing.
And you, o. mrn, who pride yourselves
upon your gravity and prudence. learn to
derest those bm.nablc places Of resort,
and to avoid those who frequent ih' M
The same holy father calls the dance "tic
Choir of inquiries, The ruin Of inn"ceuce,
and the grave of ni"de>'y." Tcrtulian
pictures Ia us the places If worldly dances
as "rhc temples oi Venus, and the sinks
of imp.r,iy." S.. basil pants them /" us
as "'hc high Sch ois of lmrue passions"
Sr. Augustine say>, that ii is better t."
TIL :he earth on Sunday than to dance"
uA.So far the wi>cst # the ancients,
whose oD.erv.tion of the evils # pr"mis
cu"us dancing in A';r dly, can nnt he
gainsaid Tic following from (. leading
j Erna. Of our own times, has much i'll IT
worthy Of the rejection Of all well-dis
,.os,d members of c"mmunify.-EI
Chrunicte.
DANCING.
Dancing is commonly considered an "at =.
c"mp;lslmcnt," bu, We have never heard
it called an in'eliec' u;ll one. 1t is solcly
confined to the feet ami limbs. Music.
painting, and drawing, on the contrary,
r,tinc the feelings, and afford high, intel.
lecual enjoyment Nothing ought t" be
conside ed as Il part of u complete educa-
ton, which is hot calculated to improve
the head and heart Physical exercises,
"a'i>'he"'cs, do realty contribute t" secure
'hy nne of the body and miud.
Io"d n,anncrs and i graceful deuIean-T,
are preferable to rwnwaiduess, and bash
friucss md clowhisiiuess. Children s.,ou'd
lc taught 10 be iehHed ia ~. the
movements IT the person. but It does
hot appear tht dancing is the Uest way
of securing these desirable and pleasing
Results; nor, IN fact, that |, Is calculated
to produce them A clowulsh or awA-
ward person mag learn TO "trip the light
fantastic toe but na;ura! grace receives
no assistance from the art. \ yoGns la
dy taught the free Use Of her limos under
the constant, unol.servcd guidance of her
mother, will eiter 4 room and move
amnng comp ny with a grace, naiuralness,
and c~se, that can never be gained in a
dancing school and which ballroom ac-
complishments can never eclipse. Bad
habits are frequently the r.sult Of the
dancing masters art; so that, upon com.
parison, admiration ottener rests upon the
child Of nature, ,han upon the child Of
fashion.
/ The tendency Of the practice Of dancing,
IS decidedly averse to artlessness. The
sister besets vanity. What can be the
pleasure in parents eye, in witnessing
fha lose of e;n,rl;1;xv and ,,.tur,.luasc IN