The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-15

to love the church of God and l am
trying to get rid of these things that
drag you away from Christ.
! Somebody said to me; bib. the
church is too strict"
deny the charge in toto, Who can
}tpo AsxEus, in tss1.juA44Ass x s..t satsy xas.S
t.Nssa nag ,asn se9ssn, sae;,a .>ss..s ~ & ass
low, IL he has two or three suits on
his back And il one church won
take him in some other church around
the corner with the name orthodox
will take him In
SO there you are, and where are we
drifting to?
/ oh. The church loves it's young peo-
pie and God is indulFen. with them.
1t doesn't want to see them adrift out
upon the high seas of this old world
it is unspiritual
Dancing seems to be hugcing
match set to music. is about the only
way can figure it out, and when Ii
/ Hung Chang. the great Chnaman,
came to this country and was In New
York. they took him around to let him
see dance. He looked at II and ne
said to one of his friends why don
they sit down and hug?
That's a good one: He couldn't see
any use in all that just for hug.
That seemed to be all he could figure
out of it, my friends.
! Now. it's a crusade for all--not sim
ply some OF you old rheuma,ics that
couldn't dance II you wanted to, Many
preacher is seeking new Celds to con
quer why Because his church is
backslidine. The church is honey
combed by the great food tide that
seems to have swept through It.
In town where was preaching one
time they had club hall where dances
were frequently held and they had
heard a sermon They used to have
about twenty five couples u attendance
at the dances Some of tie girls vert
to hear a sermon. but the old woman,
who was red beaded. said she didn't
propose to have any EVANGELIST tell her
what to do So she wouldn't 20 near
the meetings. II anybody would ask
her to go, shed put UP hluf and say
~ can't go; YOU know, must take
care of my child"
She had baby. but didn't nurse
IL. She fed II on Nestle's food and
| wouldn't even nurse her own baby
Shed wade through the elush and snow
to 60 out to a literary club meetin g
to read paper on RuslSir ard 'The
Lady of the Lake" hut wouldn't come
to meeting She was q congregation
alist
She learned that the meetings would
proba bly, spoil dance that had been
iEAdiiIIHi ~ilt 'dilt0 CIV fftG Ntn4 NC X y
thoroushtred- tshe had eran Of Ken
lucky thorouehhreds. nd they were
birdsl. and hitched them up 70 a Iittle
carriage and started out It was a
dandy outfit The horres hadn't been
out for n long time and they were fprl
of ginger and they caught to bits III
their teeth and started down the street
or the run,
There was about an inch % snow on
the ground, and they turned M a street
to 20 TO the harm. Sha RULED on the
line, bat they had instinct enough "a
keep on their way. and hey pulled
the line from hcr hands. nd around
the corner they went on the dead run
and the carriage went on two wheels
and out the people went
She struck on her arms and on her
breast on the snow Nd ice and she
shot across the street twenty feet away
and hit the curhstone T. knocked rer
tnsenSthle and tGer carried her home
and summoned three ph"rlcf8us and
they worked on her for n hour and 2
: half When she gained consciousness
she looked up and said, NY God. what
have done 10 hight a.. ma; your cause
? Srar" my Iii" for my hahv's sake, and
viii, go to the meetings II am able
: TO walk
, tell you. as soon ss God Almighty
. gives you rap on th~ s-;ne you W.
: see soma harnl--take IL from me. Dor
you dare lit yourself against God
, cause or kingdom want 10 tel you
: that Don't any man er.r dare &
e'an1 out On tho street corner and
.9tr~ this government, M friends. Il
he doesn't want 10 go behind prisor
walls. Gods cause is going 70 stand
, over the opposition Of amy tndiltdu
, or combination.
: Not everybody that PA cards WI
he a gambler. but every ~a~lb'er play.
90 do
, viii be a prostitute, but 'hree- Fourth'
: ~ all the fallen women fell as result
: Of the dance
Not everybody that da,ces does 50
from bad motive. not everybody that
. dances viii be had-no. certainly not
! But every man and woman carries r
I his or her breast passions the same q.
. bad men and women carry. and TIM,
= your breast becomes finder box. art
r you ought to he careful where YOU 70
2 and what YOU do. lest yot, ignite Il ans
explosion be caused that win wreci
e YOUR purity and manhood nd woman
t hood.
t Dance il Dry Rot Of Society
Oh. in nay opinion, til" dance is ~.
1 dry-rot of society. In the ballroom III,
= srtie% are taken that you dare not tax,
anywhere else and under ny other cir
! 'umstances or conditions: II you dix
! they would be sufficient grounds 70,
COTrt
, and the souare dances hrire the pcsi
. ton OF the bodies in su~h attitude IVA
: II isn't tolerated in decent society
. Are you n married mar" You den
: dance, but your wife doeg. You ma,
have won her from q ballroom. an,
YOU accompany her and you see he,
folded in the embrace Of some mar
e that used to be her lover and you go,
her glide over the sn Doth floor he
2 meath the lights and tie fantastic
, music. talking about scratching yo,
! don't know-und you stand there an6
! say you don't see any harm in It.
: want to see the color Of some buck,
t hair that can wrap his arms arour,
my wife and dance with her. an
( SONG to nonopoiize that hugging my
: self-take it, from me-
] Now are you a father? Are yo,
brother? Yes Do you accora
- lrany your daughter ard your siste
G to a dance and as the hours pas
{ see fellow after fellow come up anc
, write his name upon her card fo
the certain numbers ana her nam.
e upon his card for the corresponding
numb ers, and you see her folded ir
his embrace. His name is as com
I mon upon the lips of the prostitute
az 1t is upon the lips of the societ,
girl. and he will spend n night lock ef