The Devils Lake world., 1922-01-25
JAZZ. DANCING
JAZZ PICTURES
JAZZ HOME LIFE
REV. CASE DEPICTS HOME LIFE
IN BABYLON, CHICAGO
AND DEV. LAKE.


which constituted large part of
the society doings Of Babylon and
Rome, and more recently of Chicago
and Devils Lake. We are using
only part of the sermon, and so we
leave the reader to the tender mercies
of the preacher:
"The other evening I called upon
you to take stock and presented
some of the facts to you. Let us
face them this evening. What do
they mean? am sure that anyone
that is fairninded will have to ad-
NIT that the life today is tending
hellward, and our pace in that dir
ection is swift. We are having
"good time" as we go. All kinds
of exhilaration and "joy rides" and
"jazz." We have jazz music: and jazz
pictures, and jazz married life. We
have turned on the gas, in fact have
clamped the accelerator down and as
one man said in speaking Of recent
"party' more truely than perhaps he
knew or meant: eve are having
hell of time" That is just it.
O., I do not ask you to take my
word for this.
Ask the historian and he will tell
you that jazz is characteristic sign
board that indicates that the road ends
soon and unless a turn to the right is
taken the nation or civilization travel
ling along that road will soon be hurt
ling over the precipice into oblivion.
Such the case with Babylon, Assyria,
Egypt, Persia, Greece, Rome. In each
case orgies Of sensuous, lewd dancing
preceded the downfall of these ma
tions. Early in their history they
were strong and clean of life, Then
came the time when they were un-
clean, enervated by luxury, sapped by
dissipation, and overcome by excess
eand weakened by licentiousness; and
then in those latter days that were
characterized by prevalence of what
we Would call today "jazz" they
danced themselves into the abyss.
Let us ask the scienest what he
thinks about this.
II do not known about the loss
of souls' says biologist, "at least
in a. metaphysical sense. What pen
alties may be incurred in the here
after by sinful or improper conduct
on earth. are, beyond the ken of ex-
perin1ental science. But I do know
that natural law cannot be violated
with himpunity either for ourselves
or for the next generation. He'll
to me is retrogression of the species.
In this sense agree with any theo-
logian aasi to the consequences of
degrading practices. There is no use
to quibble over details In so far
as jazz dancing relaxes morality and
unde7ndines the institution of the fami-
ly it is an element of tremendous evil
Besides the testimony of the scion
tist l woul place the words of Prof.
j. Louis Guyon who characterizes
the "shimmey" as "pelvic massage
and who declares that many couples
should have marriage licences before
stepping upon the dance floor. Prof
Guyon, by the way is the proprieto,
of the largest dance hall on the west
side of Chicago. It is significant that
he has barred jazz dancing and ever
the "fox trot" He says:
"Now modern dancing is creating
an army of degenerates: It is break
ing down the moral resistance of the
younger generation and taking its
toll lin girls who succumb, under its
insidious influence, dancing the auto
mobile rides and parties" that follow
the evenings dance. I am not a re-
former, but am against the "ont
step" and any other vis-a-vis step
Present conditions cannot 20 on. l.
the public does not become nauseatet
with its own ballroom conduct ant
reform Of it's own accord, dancin&
will have to be purified by statute:'
(from an interview in Chicago Tri
bune.)
The scientist is interested solely i,
the physical and mental aspect bu
he condemns because he knows tha
70 per cent of the special surgica
operations upon women are due dir
ectly or Indirectly to the disobedienc
of these laws of God and Nature? H
also knows that go per cent of tn
blind are deprived the light of da
for the same reason. Mans deepes
instincts cannot be safely trifle
with.
With the jazz dance and for it W
have "jazz" music. One Of the lead
ing dancing masters of the Unite
States, Mr. ,Fehton T. Bott of Dayto,
Ohio was asked; "Is there anythin
bad7about jazz music itself?" He sale
"There certainly is! Those moanin
saxophones and the rest of the ir
struments with their broken jerk
rythm make purely sexual appea
They call out the low and the rowd
instinct. All of US dancing teache,
known it to be fact. We have see
the effect of jazz music upon on
young pupils. It makes them act
restless and q ro>ydv manner