The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-08-18
LETTER FRou CREssoN.
ENJOYING PUCE-THE sUNFLOwER AND THE
LuY-THE DEATORALIZTNG, WICKED WALTZ
C.r-A.- IInrrsr Ana Il 1882.

CALEAN HOUSE. Aug. IA, looz-
DEAR MCPIKE-I have been enjoying Puck.
It's cartoons are admirable. it gives the
forms and actions Of all the nations great
men, such as thieving politicians, who are
now enjoying their summer sports. Inc
overburdened taxpayers; the yacht, with
Jaw Gould at the helm and his brothers IN
wealth Vanderbilt aud Sage, looking after
the main and lib sheets the giant, Davy
( Davis irving to fall on that excellent soldier
and persistent third termer, Uly Grant; the
/ wicked Tnperson in the ring knocking the
righteous Talmage out of tune the national
I legislators engaged in the scrabble or graO-
bfng dividing and pOcketine their share or
I the 500. 900 900 River and HdrOOr steal the
rotten craft irving to keep af1oat, and eX-
Secretary RObeSOn endeavOrlng 20 save the
money on board for himself, if he can save
nothing else. These, with many other car
toouS make Puck tor August incompaTaDle
It tells us that most of the $50, OOO, 600 River
and Harbor steal will find its way into pock-
cts of COngIessmen, wire pullers and thleV-
ing politicians, who will send their plferlng
members back again to steal more for them
I 1t tells also that many American mllllonalre
thieves are in Europe laying III theIr STOCK OF
old masters, and that the Mourlllo, the An
geIo and the Raphael chrome works in Rome
are running day and night, with extra hands
on oils and canvas.
/ 7 feel happy in being able to inform the
readers of the FREEMAN that Oscar Wilde
has at last witnessed something to please
him He was disgusted with the Atlantic
Ocean. Niagara Falls, Fourth of July ceie-
hratiOnS, Kansas cyclones, and everything
else witnessed in America, until he visited
/ Dirnic at Burlin gton and heard the women
with their mouths full of hairpins telling
each other how the girl from Madison with
} the long, brown hair. carried on with the
/ new preacher. When he heard them the
! aesthetic was delighted, and, clapping his
hands in the eXubeTance of his joy, eX-
claimed " Now | see that American CIVIL
/ cation is struggling for expression" 1t will
| be a solace as well as a JOY TO this innocent
/ barbarian land, that has reveTed his voice
and worshipped his beauteOuS ways, to learn
1 that he visited the Burlington picnic, i'm
I pressed bimSelf faVorably with American
I hair pins and that he VIII not leave this be-
/ ninhted land alone, but take with him
! haIr.pin Ruth, be has found in this land of
/ BOas How happy should be the entire
people that Wilde has found one American
! in dimitV whose heart has long moved with
J the language of the sun1Ower, and whose
voice has been raised for the aesthetic IN
daily life While it is to be regretted that
/ under the practical laws of this unesthetic
I land the English suEfiOwer cannot marry all
! the American Lilies. we should be devOutly
/ thankful that Oscar will honor and marry
/ one of them. There will now beTefnement
/ in life. Instead of one radiant exponent OF
/ the refinement of life, we will have two, and,
[ in the course of nature, will finally come
I dynasty dedicated to the lily ard the sun
/ flower. Therefore, let US pray.
/ have received a circular from dancing
master and several clergymen, who have com
/ bined to put down waltzing. This dancing
master and his reverend cOpartneTS are send
/ inc their circulars to leading clergymen and
/ other great men of the country, soliciting
] their aid and influence in this great and
/ good work they have undertaken. They
contend that WattZiDg is "lmmOdest, vulgar
+ and demOra IiZinp." The clergVmen declare
( that ''waltZine does more injury to the
young than many of the vices that are
/ preached against from the pulpit" while the
/ daucing-maStef adds have seen couples
so closely interlocked that the face of the
Will hal Df
/ palpitating girl in his arms" He goes still
/ further and actually declares that he has
! " seen kisses interchanged amid the mad
/ deninp waltz" Now this is terrible to con-
( template. 1t shocks me to think of it. Such
famiiarities should not be allowed. 1t is
/ true, that when l was young man, in pos
. session of a pair of good dancing legs, such
/ sight as that Of beholdnC a young man
/ throwing his arms clear around young wO-
/ man and pull her so closely TO him as though
fearful of losing her, might have appeared
/ to me as no great impTOprlety I'D the dance,
/ but now, as an Old man with pair of legs
I that dance or shake of SheiT own vOlitiOn,
! such figure of dance would appear very
. immOdest and terribly demOralizing. Such
( a sight in my old days would be very un-
I pleasant one to contemplate. 10 witness
. / scenes such as a dancing master has often
I witnessed, that of "a couple so closely in
/ terlOCEed that the face of the man was actu-
ally in contact with that of the palpitating
I girl in his arms, " and kissing her amid the
maddening waltz" would, in my present
Waiting condition, Shock and COM
pletely unman me. Oh! the improprieties
Of the waltz. Think of a man bringing his
( face in actual contact with WOman'S soft
/ cheek, and, in word, hugging her and
I kissing her Oh that such a hOrrid custom
. should be sanctioned by society Oh that
I could, in any mannOr or degree, aid the
dancing master and his reverend cOmpatri-
OTIS in their crusade against the wicked waltz!
I How to aid them | am at a loss to know.
I The dancing master himself has doubts
about effectng any great reform in the
/ wicked waltz. He says the dance as now
practiced is worthy of tie strongest COnde m
/ nation, and proposes simple experiment,
/ that OF merely joining hands, but at the same
/ time acknowledges that cit wOuld't afford
the lady that sense of support and protec-
! ton that is derived from the pressure of her
| partners arm about her waist"
What is to be done in reforming and cor
recting this great and growing evil that de-
tracts from the purity of ladies who indulge
/ IN the waltz and affords men opportunities
that should not be allowed, l am at a loss to
divine. | can think of nothing but moral
sUasion and even that, fear, will not be
equal to the emergency, for the average wo-
man, like mother Eve, has a will of her own,
l fear the average young lady has a consid-
cradle share of that quality which Milton
represents as heing the ruin of our first
mother namely: determination to 90
her own way and see for herself, an1 have
little confidential interview with the serpent,
/ Notwithstanding all that could be urged to
tells US that Eve said to Adam: 4" I can take
care Of myself, and don't want you to be
always numbering after me with your advice.
You think the serpent win injure me, do
you? Now, that shows how little YOU know
about me. The serpent, Adam, is a very
agreeable fellow, and helps me to pa s. away
the tme but he don't take me in o, no :;
there's no danger of him ever getting around
me. $50, my dear y dam, Just 20 your own way
Inithe garden and let me manage for mvSeif J"
would like much, indeed, to assist dane
lng-masters and clergymen in this Christian
work, but am pOweTless to aid, except by
advise, and my advise is to use moral suas-
lon, and even in that / have not full conf
dence. Whether in the terrestrial regions
there viii be saints and angels develop
Ewes form OF Self-will / know not: but i'm
this world of imperfect sanctification | know
that the fairest feminine angels develop this
quality in pretty energetic forms. | regret
much, indeed, that l am powerleSs to aid the
dancing master aEdTeverend friends In their
crusade against the wicked waltz g. n S
MYSTERIOUS OCCURRENCE ~ HUNTING
/ DON COUNTY.-A SoltiIlo CORES spOpdent of
the Mt. Union Times tells the following:
/ On the 2lst day Of July, while Mrs William
stake, Benjamin stake and several Of Mrs Stakes
/ family were eating a ten O'Clock piece in their
{ meadow q nat stone three feet from them
{ rose mp slowly and turned over. A few minutes
beIore Mrs Stake had placed this stone there for
the purpose OF sitting on it, but had changed her
/ purpose and had set down on the ground some
three feet from 10. The in form is rlerfectIv
nat on Two sides, "a inches thick, with a face of
I eleVen by ten inches, and very nearly forms a
/ fourth Of a circle. and weighs Is pounds
m raH off alft ftza1rr