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

minute. such dances were not
sensual enough, seemingly. to satisfy
these pardercrs that have no regard
for virtue and would not hesitate TO
come into your homefold and carry
away the choice lambs from your
fslnlltss flofA- a9d hey yills sesk AZ in :
7'trounruon 10 Your dau EfYfer Mime sats
~ a ruse in ~xer hn11nnoou,> anu 1ney
viii lead her down to the booze
and contaminate her and transform
her into hiood-red rose OF lust with
the coutamina ting influences of those
that she meets
Why. evil communication would
corrupt good manners, and these
dances were too mild; they did not
excite enough. And thest. panderers
of the ballroom, they brought forth
other dancers and they gave them
the name OF Bunny Hug and Kan
CARGO Wiggie and Turkey Trot and
Jelly Woobie and Balling the Jack
and Kitchen Sink and heaven knows
what else.-Jack Knife. my friends.
and the Oceana Glide, and all those
things. And II parents only knew how
such dances and others degrade.--oh.
you d shun them as you would a pest
house
Dancing Docs Not Spare Your BOY
The dance doesn't even spare your
COY. ne INDY DC II C3Ii3-IIiS OF y.
1T will transform him into liber-
!. tine, with lustful CLEAN in his eye.
and he looks upon the girl only as
a victim through whom TO propagate
his evils and CRAFTY his infamous
desires.
OH, years ago when fielen was A
! little girl, and George could just
crawl, we went out into the country
where they had n fourth OF July ceie
bration. and they had the inevitable
country dance. They had the plat
form built on a hillside and they had
= a covering over II and IL was covered
) over with linn BIS cut off from the trees
} and long grass and q few flowers were
scattered over to give it n little fra
, GRANGE, and there they were having
the dance. They were having brill
liant oratory. and. oh, the young fell
; lows with handpainted necktieS were
feeding the girls with candy hearts
with reading on them and gumdrops.
They were blowing themselves and
, spending AS high as thirty cents for
lemonade.
And / stood there with Mrs. sun
: day and some people VIC had been
introduced to getting a drink cat OF
, one of the barrels A wcase leyed
from bone -necked fellow with a uro-
: ,digious Adams apple which made it
look az though he had made an un-
> successful attempt 10 swallow
cocosnut was the caller for the
dances. That's rough Job. Gosh
Id just as soon be chambermaid in
t a livery stable,
i SO here he was. / can see him as
he shifted his Odd guild. He said: Get
] your PARTNERS"
Everybody got his pardner. and
I could see him as he rosined his old
! bow and spit tobacco juice enough
: to drown a jackrahhit, and said
, salute your pardners, right and
left: all join hands. To the front and
] back swing your partners"
y \ great big strapping. broad
shouldered country fellow big enough
I to pull street car, wrapped his arms
r around a girl that he had Tor his pard
+ ner and lifted her off the floor and
), shot her heels right out like that.
I said to Nell; This dance bust
u ness all looks alike TO me"
g Oh, yes--surei So there is nothlrf
So insipid, absolutely, as dancing. Ever
o the common walks OF life engage il
n IT, The cut from the square to thf
= round isn't so long
II should ask them to give rea
} son why 1t Is all right to dance, they
couldn't do it. Your love for these
u things keeps you away from Christian
~ Anything that keeps you away from
= Jesus Christ is harmful. whether it,
IL something that I name or not. Any
, thing that will keep God out OF your
y heart it may be your love for money
- or pride, / don't know what II may be
!. hut it doesn't make any difference So
= far as that is concerned, so long as i
" keeps God out OF your heart, ii i
&c harmful. But there are more ave
= nues for a young boy or girl to gt
:. crooked in today than ever before
and il you will listen to me, ! thint
~ I can help you.
Gods Church Forbtds Dancing.
u The church of God forbids dancing
9 The greatest and the most spiritua
u churches forbid it, and are agains
II it. all denominations. Catholics. Pres
II byterian. Congregational. The Metho
Z dist church was raised up by God TO
l. the very purpose of counteractin:
dancing.
God called Wesley to purify tn
, Episcopal church, and the movement
which crystalized into the Methods
|: church was the reouke which Go'
o. gave through Wesley. They started
& out with no intention of starting new
>, church. but with the intention of pu
- rifying their own denomination ant
driving the evils out OF it. That's al
I'm trying to do. wouldn't start an
y other denomination If I could. I hav'
:, had people offer me all kinds o
- money If I'd only start new church
u had one woman worth millions o
= dollars say: IF you will start church
u in New York I'll give you $4,000 {
. year"
II I said ~ don't want your money
{ No. thank you: I don't want 1t.
! am going to try and purify thu
y ones that are already established
r. that's my mission on earth. And i
you'd give me $10.00o.Q00 a year.
: wouldn't start a new denomination
. but "a try and drive the devil on
o of the ones we have already got
Oh. no. don't want anything y
& that kind-not at all. I am tryfnt
o my level best to show you what Coo
S wants you to do and how he woult
It have us live in the universe. And an
# other thing. Bishop Hopkins~--oh. n
was the senior bishop of Vermont. on
s of the mobiles. men that ever lived IL
" Tho Episcopalian Church a I'd
r Dancing is terrible waste of tins
a land. of study and ~ premature inciif
5 mont OF passion"
$ Why. it is incompatible with stric
:. christianity and irreconcilable witt
The posnel ~ Ies,fS Christ