Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-12-17
As TO MASQUERADBS.


"lnqulrCr" writes from Monroe,
Sewer county, asiollowE
To the Edilori
Many very excellent things arc said
and written touching tho happiness aud
welfare OF tho rising generation. As
winter, with its customary approximation,
IN upon US, aud tho holiday festivities arc
| approaching, tho minds Of tho young Of
both sexes afo already arranging plans
for recreation and pleasure. lt therefore
becomes a question In tho minds Of
| parents aud ali others who have tho well
faro OF children at heart NJ TO tho kind OF
recreation that would lod accomplish
tho ond desired. 10 cannot be denied that
! changes, properly made, Tend to Tighten
the cares aud brOak tho monoiuny Of
human lifo; and that the character Of
amusomonts adopted has much 10 do In
giving iono 10 the morality ofN COM
muniiy.
Nothing that has yet boon introduced
during tho ages past aooma 10 afford tho
young people such an amount of pleas
ure as that Of dancing; but even this
seems To call for change, aud tho old time
quudrillo that afforded so much pleasure
hity years ago has lost many Of IT,
charms, tho round or contra dance hnv-
iug hkon its place Now even this style
ol dancing with some IN becoming mo-
noiouous, aud craving is manifest for
what "A known among tho elite of society
as a ma querhdc, Ia which the particle
pants assume strange characters.
Now, dear odliof, for tho benefit OF
many who will road your answer. viii
you please stale, Ia plain terms, under
what conditions uf any can matquefades
DO recommended 10 community Of
Christian people such Us Lauor.day
Sainbg
Olt correspondent requests mn An-
swer "in plaiu terms" 10 the question
propoundeI at tho end Of his letter;
and We have no palmer way to re.
ply than to say that we know Of no
condition, time or circumstances when
maiqusTades can DO recommond od 10
Christian people, such a. LAttsr-iay
Saints At some time We may deem It
advisable TO discuss dApclug parties, aud
the general subject Of winter festivities
at length; but Tor the present Il will
suffice 70 say that when tho desire Tor
Inducements becomes 80 impatient OF
resttaint that Il demands the mingllns
OF tho public undo conditions where
the identity Of the individual IL con.
oealtd, as Ia rnatquoradeS, then II has
assumed n form OF ini1mpsIanos that
certainly 10 no less dangerous 10 the
morals Of a community than Is inlom.
porAnoo In any other practice. "rhsrs
10 u time to dance" and there may DO
such varieties Of the exercise 40 are
conducive to the happiness OF those 90.
gaglnE therein, and are 10 no
way injurious 10 good health or
morale. But when participants In tho
dsuco demand as oono0muauts theteo0
unhealthiul aclS or immoral a.sIuia.
lions, or a wni'ky saloon AZ an ud.
iunot to tho dauolng pavilion or
Mosques 10 add to the morbid ssnsa.
tionalism Of tho occasion, tho desire Ia
Tor something that Christian COM
munity cannot approve, Tho young
people among the Laltsr-dsy saints
should DO Afforded amusement. SUI.
iclent In quantity ami variety TO pre-.
cude a reasonable excuse for desiring
festivities OF an improper character;
and II the rulo Of excluding from oil
dancing parties individuals whose a..
soolatious are Objectionable from
moral and religious standpoint were
enforced 40 IL should In. those who