The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-01-26
Rev. Sunday Would Abolish
Tipping Light Fantastic.
CARDS UNDER THE BAN ALSO
Evangelist Advises That all Gambling
Games Be Cut Out; What The
Women Should Do.

lay denomces card playing and dane
NC as unmiXed evils. His talk on
Popular Amusements" was sensational.
"1'here are people here who will not
elish my words" began Mr.. Sunday,
but | speak under duress of conscience
that VOL not let me be still.
''The devils engineering skill has de-
ended card playing and dancing with
uch subtle ingenuity that he has let
tut two alternatives open to ministers
IF the gospel-he must either keep still,
)r speak against them and be slandered
nd vilined by those (nearly always the
majority of his flock) who fight for
hose practices because they want to in
.ulge themselves by their means.
"People say, Doesn't this evangel-
st believe in amusements?' With all
nv heart do | believe in any amuse-
nent that is recreative instead OF de
truotive to mental, physical and moral
.ature. | play tennis, golf, baseball
heckers, chess, crokinole, backgammon
roouet-there are thousands of them
hat you won't find in gambling den
'hink of this-many boy enters a
gambling joint and finds in progress the
erv game his mother taught him.
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Jew York society have formed so
ietv of ostracise Divorces, those who
anticipate in cards and drinking, wins
Dpear in decollette costumes, because
f the immortality brought about in so
iety by these means.
81 don't believe any gambling he'll Is
IS dangerous or does as much harm a
he social home where cards are permit
ed. In the former, windows are kept
lose shut and curtains drawn-its FIRE
uenters know they are doing wrong
While at home gaming is open to tho
azc and comprehension of children ant
lade fascinating by an offered prize.
"a man says 4 teach my boy caro-
ames in youth so that when Older
will not care to indulge in them.
III! Then [ understand he is sendin:
| hat boy to law school so that when IL
raduates nothing can drive him int
racticing law. Why don't you give
| i'm a revolver and teach him murde
nd suicide on the same principle?
"Girls, the waltz rubs off you
7omanly modesty, and begets in th'
cry man you dance with a contemp
0r you and doubt of your decency
las that women will not arise anC
CHIT this thing for the good of thei
Eek.
"The Baptists have gone on record
saying that passion and nothing els'
the basis of the popularity of th'
ance 1t didn't take long for the hot
looded goth century to trim the corner!
I fl the square dance of years ago.
"Men gamble, play cards, frequent
ices and gambling joints alone, bu
hey never dance alone. Make men ant
omen dance alone and you'll kill The
ance and you know it. Chief of Pc
| ce Byrnes of New York, too wei
nown to need further introduction
aid that three-fourths of the abandon
| women there were ruined by dane
NC.
a few of one young lady's reasons
II not dancing furnish food for thought
crowded rooms and late hours, which
induce to bad health; permitting lib
tiles to men never otherwise extend
/ and therefore paving the way to i'm
lodesty; temptation to young mel
I hitch should not be lightly considered
ne uniting OF the participation fol-
leditation upon better things" These
,ere not all she gave, but should be
nough.
"The position taken in round dance
rings the partners into such contact
would never be tolerated elsewhere
under any other circumstances. and
he which assumed in any other place
rould induce any jury to grant divorce
statutory grounds. Watch your wife
olded in the embrace of man you
now to be bad. laughing into his face
nd talking what no one else can hear
nd tell me there is no harm in it!
he dance is proving to be the moral
rayevard of the weaker women, for
ere she first felt the embrace of some
udelet and heard him speak flattery
hat led to her ruin. Young men, you of
hat stamp, beware for an avengine
,od is on your track!
.Iook at ballroom costumes! If you
o into a pulpit and tell what you have
witnessed in that line the very wearers
If them would be Mortified at your vul-
arity. Why is it worse to tell of it
han to do it,
Mr. Sunday spoke for more than two
ours. and held the undivided interest
nd attention of his audience every mo
! uent,