The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-07

Some dance halls give pass out checks, thus making 1t easier for panderers to lure their victims from the dance hall to nearby assignatioh houses. There are some dance halls that have fallen so low that they have a side room over which Is sign, Check Your Corset Here Thus 1t Is possible for the dancers to become in more perfect physical harmony with the excitement of the dance. The sentiment expressed in the quo tation are mine, and we must admit that the rottenness made mention of Is not confined alone to the state of New York or the west. Even Bir- mingham is not exempt. Just so long as such is permitted, just that long will a condition exist that is not at all palatable to the best moral taste.
 Third Akin to the modern dance Is the abbreviated dress. To say that the modern dress is playing havoc with the morals of the youth of today Is but putting 1t mildly. In what way? Action follows thought. The young man who beholds the girl or young lady in a garb that Is inde cent above and immodest below, tripping across the street, does not think IS he OUGHT to think but as he HAS to think Thanks be that there are some sensible girls, young ladies and women who do not deem 1t their business. primarily, to make public display of their anatomy. To these will go the credit and honor of making the world a better place In which to live.
 Fourth; The world Is pleasure mad. Too many are acquainted with the swat king, Babe Ruth. and too few acquainted with the CHRIST KING, the Savior of the world The pages of the dailies are covered with the names of stars Such stars are lauded to the skies. Only last fall 15,oo0 of us paid g head to see that renowned star of Centre coll lege, Bo McMillan. of gridiron fame, in action. His name was on the very tip of thousands of tongues in the United States. The public proclaimed him a star. A star he Is. But the main question is the fact that we yelled ourselves hoarse on Saturday afternoon, discussed his antics until late in the night. and slept Sunday. Is there any stardom in such action on the part of the public? Tn con nection with this, we might mention the schools that pay a greater sal- ary to an athletic coach than the salary paid the presidents of these institutions. There is something wrong with the civilization that pro- duces such. If we would better the condition of the world. 1t is high time that some enthusiasm be aroused over something of greater impor- tance than the mere pleasures of life that make us beside ourselves in frienzied moments. Pleasure ia es- sential to full -orbed life, but not to the extent that it makes of us fiends.
 Fifth. The most widely read lit- erature Is not of the best People today are evidently reading more than ever but it is doubtful if they arc learning more. Was it not the President of Vassar college who re- gently said nine books in ten that we read are not read in order to ap- ply them to life, but to distract our minds from life So much for the way We read, let us journey to the public libraries and get a line on the est circulation. The kind of Htera- ture the world Is scrambling after. It is the novel of the lower and lowest type. A number of recent books by women authors, In my mind, have been justly criticized. A recent artf- cle headed Dirty Work appeared In the Saturday Review, (London), and which was reproduced in part in the Literary Digest bring some facts to l light, with regard to certain class l of literature. that Is worthy of con l sideration. It seems that the Review