Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-02-21
'''F[EECY LAMBS" AND
DISEASED HERD"
Racy Letter Defending Promoters Of
Valentine Leap Year
Ball.

l have been asked by several par
Elephants of the ladies' leap year ball
and also outsiders, to reply to the ar
ticles in regard to 1t that have been
appearing in the afternoon Eagle. One
quite insulting article by Mr.. E. B,
Lomax, who for years was the Wells
Fargo Express Company collector;
another from the A. & M. College.
The latter article was an aggrieved
one. In regard to the invitations ex'
tended to College people, l will say
that all the campus ladies were asked
to take part in this dance and it was
as much their privilege to ask whom
soever they pleased as the Bryan la
dies. On the cover of the program was
printed: "A leap year dance compli-
mentary to the Bryan and College
gentlemen" An invitation was ex-
tended to all the young gentlemen on
the campus, and it would have been
a great pleasure to the Bryan ladies
to have had all the young men attend
unfortunately, the young men out
numbered the young ladies. 1t was the
case here as it is at the A. G. M.
dances: your campus girls are not left
out to bring Bryan girls, neither are
our Bryan boys left out to bring Col
lege gentlemen; but it was our inten-
ton and hope to have you all. You
College men are never censured by
Bryan ladies for having ladies from a
distance to take the principal part in
your Thanksgiving and Easter hops,
and your commencement ball, such as
leading the grand march. That is your
privilege and pleasure. Yes, your din
ner parties and dances have been at
tended by Bryan ladies and these
young men certainly were returning
courtesies to the young ladies or they
would never have been invited. You
spoke of only one anxious campus
dancer being struck" You are mis-
taken, there were at least eight or
ten fortunate gentlemen struck by the
"swaying, nodding, laughing, enchant-
ing peoples of Bryan"
And now in regard to the patrons
and pa%tronesses of the leap year ball
whose names appeared in the paper.
These names we're selected, regardless
of denomination from the representa-
tive gentlemen and ladies of Bryan.
These same ladies are invited to our
homes, why not invite them to our
dance? Why ignore your friends be-
cause they do not dance? Is the dance
so low that you would not ever coun.
tenance your name as a patron or
patroness of these affairs? 1t was, !
assure you, intended as a compliment,
not an insult. We asked your support,
too, financially. Yes, you ask this
diseased herd" (the dancers) to your
your church parties, and depend
upon the young people to make these
a success, so why not assist US
In things that are a pleasure? Yours
Is for a laudable cause you say. |
grant you that, but why ask the sup
port Of "the herd?
You ~disapprove OF dancing in your
All right, don't dance. Your
religion also prohibits lying. gambling,
and drinking, yet We all hav'
few black sheep that follow along |
with the "feecy lambs" and you gen.
eraly ask the Bah! Bah! Black Sheep
have you any wool? And he contrib
ties to the maintenance and support
Of your pastor and church, just the
as the ieecy white demure little
lamb"
We are not the worst criminals, as
noted express company collector
says he is anxious to appoint a shep-
'erG to separate the "1eecy lambs
the diseased herd Let him
hat is without guilt cast the first
The dance has been recognized all
,ver the world by the greatest men
md women Of the land.
1t is all right for our preachers to
condemn dancing, if the church for
lids it, but l do object to a man hurl.
ng insults upon ladies who attend
hese places of amusement.
| sincerely hope that it will be un
lerstood by the public in general that
hese ladies and gentlemen who were
lsked to be patrons and p~atronesses
chosen from the representative
antilles of the community, and hardly
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