The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-08-16

n San Francisco, but few of her form.
n friends would know her--Or would
are TO. Truly little time brings
wonderful changes.
The Dance of Death.
One. OF the ablest protests penned
against the penicious tendency Of the
modern waltz, has just been written
by q San Francisco gentleman OF high |
business standing, travel and culture,
who adopts the partial nom de plume
of William Herman. agu tAW
So THE BALLROOM. 4
Having invited the reader to ac-
him To q fashionable party,
the author describes the arrivals, the
apartments, the costly
the priceless pictures, rich
laces, and 80 forth. He introduces to
our notice ~ tall and radiant maiden,
with face 80 pure and passionless IN
that the nudity OF bust and
arms, and the contour of limbs, more
than suggested by the tightly clinging
silk, call FOR no baser admiration than
we feel when looking upon the repre-
of an angel" To the Apollo
in "claw-hammer coat, who bows
low before her, she sweetly smiles as
sent as he records her promise for the
first and other waltzes upon his tablet.
Various other people are presented,
and the dancing begins. When the
work of the evening fairly sets I'm, and
the dull element has gone home, our
author leads the reader quietly to the
ballroom.
"Ha! the air Is hot and heavy here;
II breathes sensuOus gusts Of varying
perfumes, and no wonder, q score OF
whirling scented robes stir it into fra
GRANGE. How beautiful-but you look
aghast, my friend. All, forgot those
are not the rude country folk of your
youth. You are Observation-Disclosures
Then let ME try to enliven your dulled
senses with description of what we
see.
"a score of forms whirl swiftly be-
fore us under the sOftened gaslight. /
say score of forms, but each Is doubles:
they would have made two score be-
fore the dancing began. Twenty float
ing visiOns-each male and female.
Twenty women, knit and growing to
"a MANY men, undulate, sway, and
twirl giddily before US, keeping time
with the deliriOus melody of plano,
harp, and violin.
But draw nearer--let us see how this
miracle Is accomplished. Do you mark
wonder tall couple who seem to excel
| the rest In grace and ardOr. Do they
| not make q picture which might put
a soul under the ribs of Death? Such
must have been the sight which made
| Speusippas rave: o admirable, . oil
| vine Panareta! Who would not ad
mire her, who would not love her, thai
should but see her dance as 1 did?
how she danced, how she tripped, how
she turned! With what grace
Fslir qui Panareta f'uitdr! o mos
| incompatible, only, Panareta! Let vi
take this couple for o sample. He 4
stalwait, agile, mighty; she Is tall
| supple, 1.-the, and how beautiful II
! form and feature! Her head rest
upon his shoulder, her facets upturnet
| to his her naked arm Is almost arOun(
his neck; her swelling breast heave
tumultuously against his; face to fac
thew whirl, his limbs interviewer will
her limbs; with strong right arm abOu
her yielding waist, he presses her =
him till every curve in the contour
her lovely body thrills with the amor
GUS contact. Her eyes look into his
! but she sees nothing; the soft musi
fills the room, but she hears nothing
swiftly he whirls her from the fioOl
or bends her frail body to and fro Il
. his embrace, but she knows 1t not nj
hot breath Is upon her hair, his Liz
almost touch her forehead, yet sh
. does not shrink, his eyes, gleamin
with q fierce intolerable lust, CLOS
saytr-like over her, yet she does M
quail, she Is filled with q rapture divin
: in it's intensity--she is in the maelstroI
of burning desire-her spirit Is wit
the gods.
! with last low wall the mus
ceases. Her swOOning senses con
|. back to life. All, must 1t be! Yes; n
companion releases her from his en-
: brace. Leaning YEARLY upon his arr
: the rapture faded from his eye, Il
4 flush dying from her cheek-enervate
limp, listless, worn out-she is led to
!, seat there to recover from her deliriu
: and gather her energies as best 81
may In the space Of five minutes, aft
!. which she must yield her body to
4 new embrace"
r ALADY's OPINION.
The following experience Is that
lady whose name Is withheld, b
g who has distinguished herself In lit
y AZURE and made q worldwide reput
ton:
y "In those times cared little for p,
g ka or varsovienne, and still less for Z
! Old-fashioned "Money Musk, or Nv
u Qinia Reel" and wondered what pe
!. Me could find to admire In these sic
u dances. But In the soft floating Of I
u waltz I found strange pleasure, rath
n difficult to intelligibly describe. L
q mere anticipation futtered my pull
% and when my partner approached
u claim my promised hand for the dan
le I felt INV cheeks glow little son
D. times, and / could not look him In
10 eve with the same frank gayety
~ heretofore"
ct "But the climax Of my conftisi
, was reached when, folded In his wal
1 embrace, and giddy with the whirl
w strange. sweet thrill would shake ]
" from head to foot, leaving me we
IL and almost pOwerless, and really
20 most obliged to depend for support
n the arm which encircled me. II !
o partner failed from ignorance, lack
=; skill, or Innocence, to arouse these,
~ me, most pleasurable sensations,
NJ not dance with him the second tin
OF I am speaking openly and frank
10 and when say that I did not und
IN stand what felt, or what were
I'd real and greatest pleasures I deri,
I'd from this so-called dancing. exp
'c- 10 lie believed. But II my cheeks gr
ou red with uncomprehended pleas
ne then. they grow pale to-day w
10 shame when / think Of It all. ItN
p. the physical emotions engendered
the magnetic contact Of strong n
IL that / was enamoured of--not or
~, dance, not even Of the men themsei!
" Thus became abnormally devel
ed in my lowest nature. I grew bt
or, and from being able to return
we chances at first, was soon able To m
I'D more daring ones, until the waltz
tn came to me, and whomsoever dan
rs with me, one lingering, sweet,
ID purely sensual pleasure, where b.
Its beat against heart. hand was held
hand, and eyes looked burning VIC
of which lips dared not speak. -
a. All fh{a Uhilo no one aaid to