The daily sentinel., 1910-01-13
her son or husband who wins money
n; v,blipg foipt

prOnlDltS 1nFlldtlOns LOT WHlsI party
at which prizes are to be awarded
from being sent through the U. S.
mails. Uncle Sam holds that 1t i. a
violation of the anti-lottery laws"
Mine hundred out of every 1000
men who are gambling learned TO
gamble in the homes. Statistics prove
this. In most cases the social game
of cards was the cause"
THE same tools used in the game
in the gambling hells are used at the
fashionable party. the euchre deck of
cards"
Il am not denouncing the stage of
the days of Rome and Greece. am
not opposed to acting but am oppos-
ed to acting as it is today"
THE stage has a mighty influence,
that influence is for the bad today
Originally it was not
IF there is play that your daugh-
ter should not see. then you should
not see II. One standard OF morality
applies to ALL"
Listen to these words of Booth.
Mary Anderson, Nethersole, South
ern. They are people who know and
who have lived on the stage, hear
what they say and then how can you
The theatrical bill boards are evils
unto themselves. | had just as soon
invest in a saloon as in the modern
bill board with its immoral. suggest
i've guided pictures. -
You would hiss the preacher who
would relate the story of a play such
as The Devil yet you might go to
see the play"
II do not say that all actors or
actresses are immoral but | will say
that virtuous ones are at a premium"
often times behind the scenes
lies Sodom."
when any preacher goes to a
theatre he is out of his place
I'VE never care what may be the
character of the man or woman who
appears before us on the stage. 1t
makes no difference how black his or
her record may be. Character counts
but little on the stage
1T has been said that the square
dance is too slow for the hot-blood
of America. the corners would be cut
off in order to permit closer en-
brace"
Can you as a follower of the meek
and lowly Jesus 90 on the dance
floor and retain your respect as
Christian.
Where one in the church defends
dancing | can point you to IL people
outside of the church who will de
fend my position"
IF your pastor danced and gallop-
ed around this room with the wife
of one of his church members. il
wouldn't be week until he had lost
his church"
IF you don't think it is right for
the preacher to dance. then how is 1t
right for you to dance?"
"Ali the arguments against the
dance can be summed up in this enc
word. Passion.
1T is certain that the dance was
not constructed for physical exer-
cises. That is a silly contention. If
1t is merely for physical exercise why
1t is always desirous that members
of opposite sex dance together. He
or she who makes this contention
knows in his or her heart that it is
not So
Another silly contention is that
the dance makes one graceful. If /
had sweet pure daughter ] would
rather have her wobble like a goose
than to have to be graceful from
dancing
II you want to ascertain the great
good that comes from this much her.
aided poetry of motion and music of
body, consult the tens of thousands
OF fallen women who owe their fall
to the modern dance"
There is Just as much difference
between the dance referred to in the
bible and the lustful modern dance
as there is between hog and
mule"
IF it is right to dance, why would
you shout sacrilege If you were asked
to dance to the music of sacred
hymns of the order of There is a
Fountain Filled With Blood" and
Rock of Ages?'"
IF it is wrong for a man to as
sumo certain position with wo-
man standing still then II is wrong to
do so while in motion"
You ask me, what do you know
about the dance if you don't dance.
Well l don't think have to put my
nose into swill barrel to know that
something rotten is near"
Just think over these statements
from many of Americas dancing
dancing masters"
IF you want to kill the dance,
deal it it's body blow, make men
dance with men and women dance
with women. You know this will kill
1t off but If the dance is all right
why will this occur?''
Every great church in the coun-
try Is opposed to dancing, no-there
is one church that fosters il openly.
IL you want into a church that does
approve 1t, then you had better trans
fer to this church, the one that be-
lieves in polygamy and few other
evils, the Mormon CHURCH"
THE Baptist church. the Presby-