The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1889-02-23
IS WALTZING WICKED?
We ALL KNOW OF ITS WlTcHERY
BUT WHAT OF ITS INFLUENCES?
Is There Any Harm i'll Our Girls Fluttcr-
ing About Inside Glad Mans Armso-
Tho Cynic Says There Is, but tho Girl


She finds strange pleasure in this fair mod.
c.n dance, let lis presume. 1t fills her veins
with dreamy fowings of unsung poetry,
opens up vast vistas Of gorgeous beauties,
crowds her senses with 1owery fragranccs
and does it all to u delightful tune
This is why tho girl loves waltzing.
"4cs," says tho gentleman ut tho other end
OF the bar, rs he lifts tho crescent Of lemon
peel out of his cocktail, "and that is why l
love whisky. 1t gets there"
There is bound to be cy1licisin Of this sort
applied to the elegant exercise of waltZing so
long rs tho girls SO round. Whilo they con-
tinue to cling with mconccaled rapture to
the pure, uncrumplcd breasts of their stall
wart partners some one is going to sit Off
against tho wall and assert that tho whole
business is either nonsensical, undigniticd or
immoral
Well, is it,
You must understand that dancing has
probably been INDUCED in ever since tho
world began. Among ancient nations it
formed an essential OF religious worship 1t
c2n be mado stately, sorrowful weird,
dreamy, devilsh.
Therefore refrain from setting the seal OF
condemnation upon the far extending art of
dancing.
Let us keep down to tho waltZl
TIE WALTZ ANALYzED.
When u man and girl stand up before
each other for n waltz tho sensations of each
cannot naturally DO fairly defined by tho
calm, critical spectator. To fully appreciate
the cntiro unticipations Of tho girl or tho
complete con lectures of tho man it might be
Necessary To so back Il year or so in the lives
of both partners
Suppose this pretty young woman had be-
coln' engaged to the hated riva! of this hand.
son!e young lnan wl!iio tho latter was away
i'll Colorado. Suppose tho young man knew
1t to be Il case of parental tyranny and that
the girl was nuttcring like frightened dove
ct his moment.
They waltz!
There is no need of going round the room
with them. You miss them, and you will
stake your l!fo they arc out in tho conscrva
tory
Now, you will readily admit, l u,n sure,
t,';i tho waltz cScrts an emotional and sent-
;Ae"tal influence upon its participants And
il IN Instance such us the above Il good and
proper Influence, perhaps.
We win inlna5nc ow two fine and healthy
young people of differing scxcs about To
waltz together Immediately after their first
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slender, ,lclicately curved, tinted with the
dainty lues of virginal purity, golden haired
an altogether exquisite to look upon. Uo is
agood formed, strons and clean bult young
fellow, with biz, knowing eyes and a jolly
,nustacilc
she rises from her place beside her mother
and yields herself up to her strange but rc-
assuring partner. The young man dexter
ously wreathcs his right arm around her
small, soft waist
At this junctlre the cynic puts i'll his decla-
ration that under tho decent rulo Of things
the young fellow in question couldn't get his
arm about tho girls waist inside of six
months. And he could only do it then by
proving to her that he had II good mind us
We'll as a good arm. Tho waltz has purified
IN insult into convcntionality.
TIE wiTcm3RY OF 1T ALL
i'lI. TO return to tho young people, who are
no,. floating away over pink clouds liso ser
apis. In tic young mans left hand rests tho
right hand of tho girl. There is really 10
part of the lattor's satiny softness touched by
fingers Of tho man, for at this epoch of social
regulations they are both wearing gloves.
Gut there is tlc little thing, just as pretty us
a flower petal, and crushed, if you ike, n;
easily.
Tho girl slips slightly and uttcrs n faint
little cry. Her partner takes tighter hold Of
Ecr hlad, laughs with her, and tho waltz
reels on, the trner grasp Of hands not being
roluxc;!
'.Ah, ha' growls the cynic "IIc couldn't
press her hand like that in less than ten weeks
if il Were not for thi, vulSarizing waltz"
Tothe maiden in her dance again! Her
fair, young head reaches up to such Il point
a.! he young man Us to bring tho last iiuiry
.,scils Of her golden hair just opposite Lis
lil' There is Il perfume in those cleaning
cola-not f;n artificial perfume, but the rich
Honest fragrance Of clcanncss and beauty.
Tho young man ililiales gratefully this re-
Gle(l olor of hair
WHY, puts in tie cyllic, "hc wouldn't get
aear enough to find that smell in tl..ee
in ,atlls if society didn't give Kim tho priv
iio-t 70 steal it in the heap way lie is doing.
ii You have waltzed you will know Let
rs suppose you are girl; that your right
oI.ctl; comes about four inches from tho shirt
ng!ar of your partner Your neck, all lovely
wish luminous sheen like moonlight, is cx-
actly under his gaze. If you arc not as agile
as :. fawn your knees are bound to bum,
asainst his at irregular intervals Should
tle room be crowded, as it usually is, you
aili he arc constantly coming into collision
"'ilh your gracious but massive companion
'G.lcers. The effect is clustering, even if not
"iGliy disastrous
Let us return to the golden headed example
We took to commence with. There sllo sails
like glad, mad fairy, supported by tho will
ing arms of her silent partner. A scnsuous
melody sighs from tho arbor of ferns and
palms, the air grows heavier with light and
fragrance, there is a rushing torrent Of happy
people flying by like revolving rainbows, the
floor heavcs like rose strewn ocean and all
is glory, melody and joy.
HERE Is TIE CLIMAX.
Bang! TIL, two excited people wo have
been watching havo danced into sort Of
vortex Of walters. They have suddenly
been crushed hard against each other. Tic
young mons lips tavo been driven square
into the girls hair. He has clutchcd her
laa,!.y for support just as she has clutched
l.,..l, AID as Tho crowd whirls away and
!! .;es them standing there free from danger,
aro dazed, FACILITATING, innamed.
.,c!l that settles it!' cries tho cynic.
'''ilis is whcro l leave. II they intend II
r,rry this thing any further than tlcy have
:,-.o>dy, want to be whcro l can Luy u
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