, 1877-11-11

~: ~ tuc a4ucc, out lucy "ut HnQ lioIc touIc
influence IN nall dozen games or whist
dare assert that in spite OF heated rooms
anu undue excitement "lllch nave peen urged
against dancing as m exercise, there is an in
crease OF heaith-
nave not answered LOT It's morality, upon
which alone tue church Is concerned. lis asso-
c1at'ons are slnlul, 1t Is urged; its positions are
4uuSeent. ~ leans a"as from leltSlous 1Hougnt;
and 1t wastes the time for which We are to ac-
count very Worioiy gentlemen may hesitate
W 80 ash laues 70 slslt DIALECTS oi certain sort,
anu moLness OF mol very stralght-laced views
may iorolu tae'r aaughters 10 engage III rounu
uauc4aG, yet oanclng Is not 10 DC condemned IN
t9to' , oecause the cah-can exists IS no reason
WHY We snouid not nave cotlll1ons.
Inc square uance Is almost obsolete, and the
dcrman encroaehcs On the evening more and
more ana foanu oanc'ng grows III Importance;
oo ~ stop 70 mentlon what may DC sa4
1891 ~, oua VIVA. nay ne IN us 5e!ail
ntttudes hare ,,.stionaG ,,o1, ,,.. s'.;"1 ~
IN ronn5 dancae -, ,.,"tt n4In esante sM4;ou
fl,o+ thnv evr;ta5 ;ra,o'aa+ +i,,,.+,. 80 +.
nI 4ho ,s-..as 1 1.ouSs & w., "as
1a-. ~ h,,s, 1s - d peeta tuas tue1
tha Tnfo1'ans eIa; "!.n .ne nes.suiI ha.'a nu
.ne,, sne ~ i ~ L,'en palinsis ~ uase
uelena round 9anclng as an absolute Christian ;
~ oaeIs WY 'e'u .oi tns
as ssau.aus " snc enulen. ~ nas te tii.stsa, auu
nusieas Wy leseisatlou ~ loilil " w
cousins, or 1f1ehos may oe somewhat provlnc1M,
1t is wholesome restriction in the realm OF
lAsse"
The Assembly OF the Southern presbyterian
Church at New Orleans, III their recent coll
domination OF the dance, recommended the ses-
sons should deal with "grcat plticnce" with
those who committed the o11cnsc. This was
wise, and If patience extended over few years
it would find that the desire lor dancing goes as
naturally as it comes. 1t is only when ono lin
gers too long that the dance seems unnatural,
auG one may indeed pity the Lady kews, who,
Living to four-score years, are fond OF dancing
with the foolish virgins, and are called At last,
from the sounds OF 4 Mayfair iddle;" tut
when youth. strength, aud romance are ours,
we may seek it without sin. but with thanks
giving aud praise ior the opportunity.
] beg also to make plea for the theatre. 4
short 1i.ae ago the Young Mems Christian AS
sociation in Baltimore Invited Edwin Booth to
read for their benefit, and he declined, saying
they must receive him in his war-paint and in
his feathers or not ut all; that if it were right
for hiR1 to take dozen parts III was right Tor
him to take one. The religious world makes
very curious distinctions, anu l do not believe
the condemnation extends to private theatrfcals
People will 60 to auluscmcnts III public hall
who will not enter theatre It is not wrong
to go to concert, aud with i little strain AL
opera or two may be taken iu- IN anaiyzln!55
the matter, it is difficult to say where the I'M
morality Of the theatre lies.
Tertullian said the actor could not expect to
be forgiven, because he strovc to add cubit to
his height and habitually falslticu his face, and
now that Tue buskin is abolished from the stage
little Of the paint OF society taxes the placc ot
the mask. We have no such indecencies on the
English and American stage as Oh the French III
the latter days, aud the populacc VIII not stanu
any scotf at religion. Virtue is always duly re-
warded in our pavs, and vice punished. CassiGs,
presented with all the skill of Booth or BAR
rett, receives not one-half the applause which
dutouu gets,
It is charged that expressions so broad are ill.,
troduccd in thu modern drama that modest ears