The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1882-09-07

vance IN the improprieties Of the
dance. ln the old days the waltz
was comparatively modest now it
IS just ths reverse, and the waltz is
calculated TO. do more injury to
the'young than many of the vices
that are preached against from
them the pulpit and deeply de-
plored in private life.
A GOOD SUBSTITUTE.
But suppose you succeed in abol.
lshing the. waltz, Professor,
where will you find aoy dance to
take lts place ?
We'll, when the necessity arises
new dance will be invented
that will have all the gliding
grace and the glorious exhilirs-
tion of the waltz without it's de.
lirious voluptuousness. Ny own
intention is to substitute the Min
uet de la Cour,' dance intro
duced by Louis XIV, of France,
which kept it's place in public es-
TEEN for centuries, but has Of late
years gone completely out Of use.
1t was partially revived in this
city in 1876, but was allowed to
drop out of fashion again, prIn'
cipally for the reason that
the ladies and gentlemen who
danced it we're compelled by
the dictates of fashion to dress
in court costume, which is
very expensive, and is at the
same time repugnant to the fierce
republicanism OF Americans. The
dance consists of marching, bow
ing and turning and develops
all the graces that the dancers
possess. It's great recommends
tion is thatit is perfectly modest,
and admits of no hugging such as
We see nightly in the waltz
You speak with much force
Professor, with regard to the i'm
morality of the waltz. Do you
speak from personal observation
or from hearsay p
From personal observation. l
have made it my practice for
years to attend balls and parties
in order to keep pace in my teach .
ing with the popular demand. l
have no hesitation in saying that
attribute much Of the vice
and immortality now prevailing to
the insidious influences of the
waltz. This may seem an over
straining of the point, but it is
my honest conviction. I tell you
that, in the higher circles young
ladies at parties and balls are
absolutely hugged - en- mbraced
would be too weak to express my
meaning-by men who we're al
together unknown to them before
the music for the waltz began to
inspire the toes Of the dancers.
Is this pleasant sight to con-
template P
THE MADDENING WALTZ.
Then, in the lower classes, the
license of the dance is much more
shocking. have seen couples so
closely interlocked that the face
of the man was actually in con-
tact with that of the palpitating
girl in his arms. l have seen
kisses interchanged amid the
whirl of the maddenlDg waltz.
The persons interested 10 this
crusade intend to send rcalars
to the leading clergymen and the
heads Of the great ecclesiastical
organs and institutions Of the
United States, and ask them to
aid in the great work. DR.. Way
land said be would help US in any
way be could, and promised to
write to Mrs. Gen. Sherman, the
authoress Of a book in opposition
to waltzing, asking her assist
ance. | also wrote to that lady
requesting her advice as to the
conduct Of the crusade. Mrs.
Sherman's book takes the ground
that the waltz is immodest ; that it
detracts from the purity of young
ladies who indulge in it; that it
gives to the young men oppor.
tunities for tamiliarities ttat
should never i'e allowed, and that
il is, in TACT, d.noralizing in the
extreme. Size holds that no young
lady should be embraced save by
the man she proposes to marry,
and that the close contact of the
waltz is dangerous and injurious
to the modesty and purity of
womankind.