The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-05-13

exercise. Talk about this being beneh
cial TO health.
"prEp on TOO MUCH DANCING.
II wrecks the health Of not few OF
our young people. There are some
graves In our cemeteries which ought 70
be marked with the cpiiaph, "Died OF
too much dancing" The late hours,
scant dressing. ill-yoniilaied crowded
rooms. with the night suppcrs, seasoning
with spices. swetiening with compounded
sugars. and dccOctiOns 90 eXhlliafate ana
make the feet bound quicker, are Ger
tainly preparing ones self 20 be useiuito
the doctor Damage 60 health and de-
stfucti0n of lile inevitably wait on the
mode of dress of the ballroom WIG
with the desire of appearing 10 best
advantage. people forget Adequately 10
protect themselves from exposure. ana
many valuable lives are yearly sacri-
feed I have known girls clad in tight
rossamcr style 90 go through the steel
clad afr of a December night 90 ENJOY
the hilafiiies of the dance. They went
shiyering on their way, passing men on
the street I'm butiOncd oycrcoats. hurry
ing home 10 escape the cold. ON they
went in their iimsy costume with their
bare arms and chaiicrnE teeth NO."
they plunge into the males of the dance
and ihc whirling, whizling waltz IN an
over heated room. thc atmosphere OF
which is but q few degrees below thai
in contrast with "a hakc-ovcn. bY dill-
gent use of their fans they emerge from
the conflict victorious.
Then. through fhc wintry air. she goes
back 10 her home about 3 OF j % clock a.
NJ Soon o cough troubles hers her
health is extremely delicate.
Then ihc funeral comes. much SORROW
is cXurc- scd at her premature death. toll
lowed by q shaft over BIER new made grave,
ON which Is sculpiuicd rose WITH the
stem broken. and the words underneath .
Death leaves q shining mark. II was
not tine blast Of death Chat broke That
stem. 10 was the yoke Of tine ballroom,
IL was conformity 20 the fashion of the
world. and her physician knew II. though
he may have i'm kindness concealed 10
from the dear girls doiing mother The
day after BAH no dancer feels that his
health has been promoted by his work OF
hours there
Thirdly. We are told that this modern
society dance IS ihe means of innocent
recreation. Recreation. indeed J ask.
Is 70 Co Dee found in the whirl of a dance
that continues from 9 o'clock i. VI.
through the entire night Is 10 recrea.
ton when those who retire from it are
iadcd and exhausted by The laborious
use of their feet for five or Sis hours, and
untitled for ihc work of fine coming day.
The reaper who has been swinging his
.cvihe for hours n o wheat field is NOT
more weary than these iadcd dancers
when their performance is over Who
most need recreation The very people
who spend most time in these dissipa-
lions of society. They cali their indul-
rcnce recreation The people who
need recreation are the people who never
resort 90 these dances tO find IT,
These are some of abe arguments used
90 invcigle members of Christian
churches into the dancing hail.
AstOthemOdcm societvdance. 10 has all
the ear marks of worldiiness. The pride
of life. under no other circumstances
does thc love OF display SD develop itself.
The morning paper IN giving DIS ac-
count of "a ffst-ciass modern society ball,
pavs special attention f0 the clothes
worn hy tho participants. They talk OF
IL as "a dress parade They tell us That
the exquisite Miss s0and-so wore SUCH
and such "a Dress lho beautiful Miss SOC
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