Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-12-08
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There was a time in America when
the stately Cotillion seemed to satisfy
America, but it. is too slow for the.
hot blood of the Twentieth century.
They must have something that will
chase hurdles through their veins.
They must have something that is
fancy. There is nothing that is so
insipid for the devotee Of the waltz
as to dance a quadrille.
Fat Girl In Kansas.
I remember years ago. over TWEEN
ty-one years ago, my wife and l went
out In Kansas to see my mother and
we went out in the country to attend
a Fourth of July celebration. They
had spread-eagle oratory and red lem.
onade, and the young fellows with
hand-painted neckties had little blue.
sashed maidens and fed them gum
drops and candy hearts with readings
on them. They. would spend as much
as 80 cents on them. They had the in
evitable country dance The upper
end OF the platform was on the ground
and the other end on posts about as
high as this platform. stood at the
corner by barrel Of ice water and
Mrs. Sunday and some ladies were
with me
On the platform they were getting
ready for quadrille. A great big red
headed, freckledface, lantern jawed,
| from bone-necked fellow was the caller
! for the dance. Ct had just as soon be
| charnbermaid in livery stable.) He
spit tobacco juice enough to drown a
| jack-rabbit He got into chair and
! rosined his Old three-stringed fiddle
and said:
Salute your pardners-everybod
swing
! y great big, strapping country fel'
low, big enough to pull threshins
machine, had fat voluptuous country
girl for a partner and he threw his
arms around her and lifted her feet
right off the floor and she shot he!
heels right into my head.
| said to my wife:
We'll, Nellie; they all look alike 10
me-
Great Churches Against 1t.
| | am asked to give reason to tho
unsaved, why should they not do it
] know more people out OF the church
that are kept from going in and more
people that are in, that are useless be
cause Of these things. The church Of
God forbid. The greatest and the
most spiritual churches forbid it, ant
are against it. Presbyterian, Congra
gational, the United Brethren and the
| Christian are all against it,
4 The Methodist church was raised Ii,
for the very purpose of counteractins
the dance In the church. God Gale;
Wesley to purify the Episcopal church
and that movement which crystallizet
in the Methodist church was the re
day until this the church has hurled
sermons against these things until i
is a generally accepted truism tina
men and women that don't preach
against these things are too big COW
ards to pose as spiritual leaders c,
they are too ignorant to teach God
people.
| know there are some churche
that tolerate it-they don't encourag
it and any church that encourage
it is too low down to deserve tn
name.
Catholics Against 1t.
Listen. | will take the oldest churc!
in Christendom-the Roman Catholic
Do you think that you can be Cath
Ole and do that? I will give you
quotation from letter from the bisr
ops and the archbishops TO the penar
council: In this connection we cor
slider it our duty to warn our men
bers against this amusement whic
may become to them an occasion {
sin. especially the fashionable dance
which is disgusting and revolving an
Hraught with the greatest danger :
morals
Confessional Shows 1t.
A friend Of mine was going on tn
boat from New Orleans to Havan
and among the passengers was
Jesuit priest. They got to talking o
religion, and, of course, the prizes
stood for the Holy church and m
friend took the Protestant side an
said to him:
"Why is It that the Catholic churc
is getting stronger every day in its OF
position to worldly amusements. e.
pecially tho dance?" The prizes
said:
TT is another argument in favor
: the confessional. BY that We can tie
how our people fall. How do the
fail? They can trace the laxity
nineteen out Of twenty who have 10:
their purity to the ball room.
!, am aware of the fact that there
little . by 4, kid gloved preache
!. rector or priest who does not preac
against it. but | tell you that tt
church gives deliverances against it.
Episcopaliars Too.
0 Listen to me! Are you here, Epi
= copalians? The idea seems to be til,
e the Episcopalians are. broad | don
call anything broad that lets pc
pie go to he'll. Some of the best pc
Y pie on Gods dirt are Episcopalia,
i and don't think for one minute that
t will say anything against them. but
@ will rebuke the sins of that church jul
|, as quick as those OF any other. TT
Episcopal church is the best organize
q church in the United States. II
o were only evangelistic with its mono
@ and power and social position, there
4 not church in the world that cou
Y do more good than the Episcop: