Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-08-05
THE MODERN ROUND DANCES.
Views Of n weII-Kaown Citizen on
the Subject.

"Well. Tansy," said our reporter to
that erratic individual whom he met
in a Main-street saloon attempting to
persuade a reluctant barkeeper to take
an ak in trust for a pint OF whisky, the
implement To be subject to future re
demption, "whst is your idea about
this latest sensation, The Dance of
Death?' We know that a man of your
literary tastes and critical disposition
must have read and digested the book
by this time" Tansy turned a know
ing leer at the pencil driver and re.
piled, 'It's mighty dry work passing
an opinion on so important a subject;
suppose you set 'em up for a s%tarter?"
The local compiled, aud Tansy GRATED
as follows:
"Ioung man, you shock my moral
sensibilities when you mention TO me
that vile and diabolical effusion of a
depraved heart and beastly imagina
ton. As | perused its exciting pages
the conscious blush OF modesty suffused
my cheeks and tears welled up to my
eyes as l read this terrible libel on our
wives aud daughters. The spirit Of
chivalry animated my breast and |
said to myself, the fair sex need n
chainpion; l will fling myself into the
breach and vindicate their outraged
modesty. The breath of SANDER has
left its Shiny trail across my own fair
life; l have been accused of drunken
ness, gambling, cheating, bctraying
trust, abusing my employers conf
dence, and doing acts that ave ostra-
cized me from decent society, but you
know that = white robed angel, il he
were "A denizen of the earth, could not
escape the foul breath of Islander. In
my W estimation, / consider myself
peculiarly fit both by education and
habits to support the cause of virtue.
As / remarked before, l condemn the
book as a most abominable production.
IN THE DANCE HALL.
Night after night have / sat and
watched the festive scene in the burdy-
house, and it is my most solemn and
unbiased opinion that the emotions so
wildly depicted by the author of that
vile work finds no place in the bosoms
of those Teutonic damsels. On the
contrary, 1 ASSURE You that ii some
drunken mar did not obtrude on the
premises occasionally you would i'm
agine from the decorous actions
of the dancing girls that they were
participating in funeral festivities.
Haven't 1 seen old bald-headed citi
zens- fathers of families and staid
members of society, men who would
be the first to denounce any immor-
ality-slip in to those halls devoted to
terpsicborean whirliDgs and devote
a portion of their evening to the lusty
embraces of a hurdy girl in the glid.
ings of the moral waltz. Do you sup
pose that they felt those emotions
which are depicted in that outrageous
publication. No, sir; it was merely a
relaxation from business cares and an
Of The muscles that found ne
play during their working hours; and
when they left that gilded hall to retire
to the privacy of their respective house
holds they always made it a duty to
inform their wives of their innocent
diversions.
a VOICE OF WARNING.
Since that book has been circulated i'm
community 1 have made it my
to warn my acquaintance against
its evil tendencies; 1 have taken the
pains to inform people of the danger
of reading the glowing descriptions
with which its pages abound, and l as
sure you that shall not loiter in the
good work. l have already incurred
the enmity of the publishers, who have
addressed me a letter begging ME to
de>ist from Iay opposition, but | as
sure you that | will return TO the sub
ject and handle it without gloves.
Some people say to me that the de-
Tense of the modern round dance and
the assumption of virtue would come
with more grace from n whose moral
attributes and virtuOus traits were a
little more prominent, but / laugh
these would be critics 10 scorn. As the
self constituted upholder of the good,
and in view of the fact that my habits
tit me for the contest into which / have
entered on the side of virtue and NOR
atty, | shall continue to raise my
feeble voice in justification of the mod
ern round dances. j am the more en-
couraged in the good work by the
words of comfort and cheer that comes
to me from every side. l could say a
great deal more, but / reckon that by
this time you know my sentiments,
and when you publish this, just add
that Iansy will always be found in the
winning ranks.