New Britain herald., 1922-04-17
MODERN DANCING IS
 SEVERELY SCORED
Card Playing and Drinking Also Denounced by Rev. ]. L. Davis

| l Themselves, but they are "dangerous.
 according to Rev. John l.. Davis, in
 his weekly talk on Applied Roll-
 glon, to the Everyman's Bible class | yesterday morning. The sermon was
 taken from the third chapter of
 James and was on the general theme,
 What a big flame little matter Ikindleth,"
 Clean speech Movement
 He called attention to the better
 speech movement started at the Der
 lin power house by Messrs Louis Bur
 dick and F. C, Goodrich, where 25
 men have decided to stop swearing
 and telling objectionable stories. Then he illustrates the point hy call Ing attention to the S3 men who ori- ignaly started the class whose mem-
 horship now is between 1,5o0 and 16o0 and less than too under the largest in the world.
 1 Pledges Support To Mayor He referred in passing to the re-
 cent election by stating that he be- leved the newly elected mayor was Ian honest man and he pledged his
 support to the Paonessa adminstra- ton in any move for the betterment of the city or welfare Of its people.
 We should abide by the wishes of 3the majority and together, work for 1.-the good of the community" he said. |
 Speaking of gambling. the minister lsad no man ever started out to be a gambler, and no gambler ever was Itrained in d saloon. They were train led in the nice, refined homes in so- scial games" he said. There isn't lman that ever played cards, who 4wanted to be a gambler at first" he 1continued.
 Taught In Homes
 "If boys and girls were not taught Ito play cards in the homes, they 1would never become gamblers, be- Acause that is where they learn it."
 He answered the question as to the difference between a sociable game of cards and a game of dominoes or che ckers by explaining that cards are 1the traditional gamblers instruments. n No Place For Minister
 He told of attending a conference of church workers in Scotland one lime, which divided into three groups. Hone group started a game of progress SlNe cuCHTt, dlOlItI SiOup ol IIlNll assembled for smoke and the third group held a dance. ''They were not Adoing any great sin." he said, but ean't you see something better for a group of Christian workers to be do- Ang."
 Maybe They Can't Afford It H He told how Methodist ministers Avho have been ordained within the past 10 years are pledged in writing not to smoke. Whenever you sec a Methodist preacher who has been or lained within 10 years, who is smok-
 nE,' he said, you can walk right up and accuse him of an untruth. And If he was ordained less than 10 years lgo you will be right, because they LII signed cards not to do it.
 The Curse Of The City i The "bunny hug" the turkey trot" Ehe "camel walk" and other similar reak dances were named after ami nals according to the Rev. MT. Davis, because they tend to arouse the K nimal nature of the dancers. He re- F'erred to the influence of dancing up rn the dancers, and said, "One little park of wrong conduct may burn out he whole life of some boy or girl" ], "Modern jazz dancing is one of the urses of this town" he said. Started In Church l He told of a woman, a Sunday |,chool teacher who went visiting the lums In public dance hall among ainted women and drunken men she .,as mortified to find two of her Sun Ray school class She asked them Thy they went there and received the |Leply, We are here because we first iarned to dance in your church.
 "I don't say it's bad to dance" he aid, But l do say it's dangerous. d rather have 40 pupils call me rank than have two people say, You started me-"
 Disturbed The Dog i. "The bunny hug, the 'shimmy' nd other modern dances are demoral- ing High school girls and boys verywhere," said the minister. He kold of tango queen in New York, ho lived in a handsome apartment nd her sole household companion as a dog. Her claim to fame was fer tango ability. When she came cme carly in the morning she would ake up her dog and the animal >uld not again go to sleep. Because this she gave Up dancing. She |-ave up more for a poor miserable ,g than some young people will give |:p for their parents or for Jesus hrist" thundercd the minister. |. EXpeditng Matters |, He told of d very respectable, re- ned family in New Jersey which al avs had a thimbleful of liquor at -e plate of each child, at meal times reformer asked the parents why
 ey did this and received the reply, We want to bring our children up E be broadminded."
 II We'll" asked the reformer why d, pnt you be still broader and put a ol iimblefuI of strychninc at each ''' late? The number of people whs- W Ny has killed, multipies by the ,ousands the number killed by '-ychninc."
 No Limit In Sight
 f''If you get wine and beer, it may pt do you any harm. But alcohol ngets taste for alcohol. If you get .76 this year, you'll want 3.I5 next K ar and 415 the following year and \ us you'll keep on.
 E"A little thing to start with can luse big thing at the end. A little lot fired by Serbian peasant boy, mt nine million men to war and ndled the match that set the world Ire"
 100 Preachers Coming Where were 64o men present Next Endny when the Methodist confer lc1, is a spSSinu nl Aerilpn- a dnln-