The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1914-04-10
their way to an annual revival.
Safeguards of Dancing.

Just take the time now to thought
FULLY compare these customs and
count on your fingers the safeguards
OF parlor dancing as against parlor
courtship or buggy riding. Or COM
pare the modern dining room dancing
party with the uncomplained-of yet in
famous custom of many otherwise
scruplOuS parents WHO allow parlor
courtship where two young people are
left alone for hours without the in
finitesimal idea that their presence
may be disturbed by another. With
the lust devil, to be sure, 'TwoS COM
pany and three is a crowd" Hold be-
fore you, as your two hands, parlor
dancing and parlor courtship and
count on your fingers to be sure the
safeguards of the former Cd Always
more than two, the music accompan-
list, many times more than one couple,
and nearly always admiring friends
and Onlookers. (2) There is. health
full engagement of physical energies
that satisfies physical expression,
whereas in the latter this is wanting.
CD If an idle brain is the DEVILS
workshop" it is more certain that
idle, youthful energy will run to Sa-
tan's service. "a Personal contact is
not so dangerous in motion and by
music, for it is not the psychological
point of attention. In the other it is
too often the direct result of volition
and the sole point of attention. go
The evening passes quickly in health
full action and happy engagement, and
the young people part with a zest for
ho:r x,yI,0 ii CT,
Der will soon embrace them. Are
these not all incontrovertible condi-
tions and should we not change our
wooden mode of thinking and engage
our willing eXhOrtatiOns and minis
tries against the greater dangers?
The Bad Kind of Dancing.
Still, we must confess that there
is much of our modern dancing that
is both bad and ugly. If there is art
and beauty in the one-step the MaXiXe
and the Tango, the purlesque of these
things in their countless awkward i'm
itations make one to feel that it would
have been better had they never been
born. The thing that will most cru
ely murder all sense Of the aesthetic
al; the thing that makes you ashamed
Of your human kind and feel like apol-
Cgizing to the monkey world for the
doctrine of evolution; the thing that
sickens and Saddens and seals the
fate Of all hopeful expectations of
mans social culture, is the fat, fiount-
ing and farcical limitations of these
artistic dances, done by the block
heads who spend the summer at popu-
lar hotels and imagine that they are
engaging to the public Obesity is al
ways so Obliging!
Again, the open puDlic hop is to be
avoided. Here you get an aggrega-
ton of the vulgar The Onlookers are
apt to be vulgar. The evil eye is
present and the culgar remark. All
sanctionable dancing is either an art
or a pastime Let artistic dancing
yield to the governing rules OF all ar
tistic presentation. Let this be invi-
olate to the professionals, and the
stage is the proper pace for its pre-
sentation. Our pastime and recrea-
ton should be as exclusive as our as
sociations and friendships.
The ballet dancing of the stage
needs reformation. The attire will
be more beautiful when 1t is ~ade
more chaste an decent. The GROUP
ings, the movements, the representa-
tive descriptions of the presentations
of the artistic platform will have to
conform to the best Of our ideals OF
art and culture.
Key Words.
Let me close now by giving you
the principles by which we may
judge the good and evil OF modern
popular amusements. These princl-
pies are adaptable and comprenen-
sive. They will help you in all ques-
tions of personal discrimination and
decision. The question of Novel
Reading, Good and Bad; the question
of Theatre Going, Good and Bad; the
question of Card Playing, Good and
Bad; as we'll as the question OF Dane
ing, Good and Bad, or anything else
Good and Bad that becomes a ques-
ton in your moral thinking OF CHS
tian deportment Here are the prln-
ciples and the key word that will
easily associate and hold the principle
for you:
GOD-Good will cultivate the sense
of Gods presence and approval. Evil
will destroy it. Your faith in God Will
help you.
SOUL-Good will improve and en-
rich your souls experience. Evil will
iniure an impoverish it. Your faith
in your soul will help you.
RELIGION-Good will always har-
monte with religion. Evil is always
discordant. Your faith in religion will
help YOU.
BIBLE-Good finds its natural out
flow from the Bible. Evil is the sug-
gestion of Satan. Your faith in the
| Bible will help you.
CHURCH-GOod IS always congo
NAL with the true church. Evil is en-
envy of it. Your faith in the church
will help you.
| JUDGMENT-Good will prepare
you for the final judgment. Evil will
! make you fear it.. Your faith in the
| Judgment will help you.
| ETERNITY-God gives you Heav-
en- both here and hereafter. Evil gives
He'll both here and hereafter. Your