Show iAFoFis OF THE iUC Reform in Dancing Recommended Recom-mended by Speakers MUTUAL IMPROVEMENT MEET Mora Elevating Amusements Advocated for f the Young President Smith Alarmed by the Extent Ex-tent to Yhich Card Playing Prevails Pre-vails at Ward Parties Card playing and dancing aro not to bo excluded from the amusement pro grammes of the Mutual Improvement societies the coming year taut a slight curb will be encouraged In the former and the football tactics of tIle ballroom will be discouraged The officers of yic ociety believe with the New York pro Icssoro of danclus that It is not absolutely abso-lutely necessary to hug a girl like a football In the final rush In order to become an accomplished waltzer They believe that 1C the young woman is hold so that She has a chance to draw a breath occasionally during the tcrpsl chorean movements that the pleasure of the dance will not be seriously interfered Inter-fered with and that just as much grace will be attained These questions were touched upon by nearly all the speakers at the convention yesterday and last evening a speaker dwelt upon them at name length and made the hit of the evening In the clever style and delivery employed The llrial sessions of the convention of Improvement societies were held yesterday and they were attended by large audiences In the evening1 a Joint session of the mens and the womens organizations was held The tone of all the speakers was In favor of higher Ideals Bright speakers advocated pro grammes of the most attractive sort for the young people but they advised also features that would tend to Instruct In-struct and edify as well as amuse Referring to the subject of dancing Mrs Mary F Kelly called attention tp the clanger of too much of this sort of amusement I think she said ve ought to try and find some other amusement amuse-ment as well as dancing There ought to be amusements of a more elevating character We can add theatricals and she reviewed the other pleasures in which the young can be Interested She believed the young should have all the amusement they can get but It should be an improvement as well as an amusement society Dancing can be overdone she said I see the American professors of dancing In New York have protested against the fuotbull tactics Now when you hold a football in your arms you do It so she said closing her arms over her breast Nov It Isnt necessary to hold a girl as light as that I am sure I think she could dance just as well and breathe a little freer if she werent drawn up quite so close Laughter Sirs Kelly also spoke against the practice of malting Ihe refreshments too elaborate at the Tuesday evening functions We dont go there for dinner din-ner she expostulated The most of us have our dinner before we leave the house We must provide amusement for the young but we must see that It is of the right sort If we do not provide pro-vide the amusement they will provide their own and they may not always pick out the best sort The speaker Injected much humor into her remarks and she was frequently Interrupted by laughter Ellas Woodruff spoke in favor of encouraging en-couraging the talent In the ward He believed that If there are singers or players in the ward they ought to be brought out encouraged and the talent cultivated although he oltercd no objection ob-jection to the Idea of sending into other wards for attractions lie called attention at-tention to the danger of card playing which he thought was beginning to be overdone at Home of the parties President Presi-dent Smith has called attention to this danger nod has expressed his fears that It was being carried to the extreme ex-treme and that the result could not be other tItan harmful President Smith Is becoming alarmed at the situation said the speaker During the discussion someone In the body of the house thought the attendance attend-ance at boys meetings could be made more attractive and would be better attended If Joint meetings of the boys and girls were held Ever since the earth was peopled said he It has apparently been the Intention of the Lord that man and woman should be together I think it would be more elevating ele-vating to have the joint session One of the delegates smilingly explained ex-plained that sometimes lines of education educa-tion were followed for the girls In which the boys would not be interested For Instance said she we have cookIng cook-Ing lessons If you want the boys to take cooking lessons we are perfectly willing to take them In Roars of laughter followed The speaker however how-ever maintained his ground In favor of educating the children together Apostle John Henry Smith made the closing address and spoke against the danger of going to extremes Not only in amusements but in the more serious matters of life said he vc are inclined as we grow older to got cither too serious or too frivolous His closing remarks were in favor of a higher manhood and womanhood and he urged his hearers to strive for It so that the world would look with admiration ad-miration at the splendid types of young men and women sent out from Utah Time Irrigation congress he said has done much to wipe out the prejudice that bar existed against the people of the Intelmountain country and every effort should be made to wipe It out entirely by our conduct |