Show USES OF DANCING FROM filom the commencement of the settlement of this territory dancing has haa been very popular it has been ver very y common in every eity city town and settlement old and young rich and poor male and female engage in it freely there is no general injunction against it religious re or social if any of our 0 u r citizens have serious objections to social exercises the number of those citizens is very few and their influencer influence is scarcely if at all appreciable upon the community at large in utah concerts are not very frequent and theatres theartres the atres are confined to very few localities while in none of our cities clues are the latter regularly open throughout the year dancing parties therefore have weve been the only universal means of af public social assembly and for this end and that of recreation have they been commo commonly encouraged and this without sense of condemnation on the part of their uphold upholder erb era 2 among the advantages of dancing are social intercourse amusement recreation healthful exercise and the attainment of ease elasticity gracefulness and elegance of moy movement ement carriage and nd manners all these advantages however are not attal attai attainable bable nabie exe except ept epi by the exercise of prudence in the management of and attendance at parties of this kind he would be a bold man maii who would affirm and maintain that learning or practising practicing the art of da dancing neing was necessarily injurious nj urious physically or morally 3 to young men 0 or r young women or that it was not positively beneficial bothem to them some people may have no taste for that kind of recreation ai as some people may have no taste for cricket or baseball base ball or football foot ball or racing or rowing or music or poetry but nut such individual distaste does not prove the sinfulness sinful ness or the impropriety of or the evil in any huy way or the inexpediency of the particular i recreation or pursuit which is the object thereof if a man dislikes dancing that is no proof that dancing is of evil tendency asa As a social entertainment danet 1 ing affords opportunity for the formation and cultivation of acquaintanceship ship and friend friendship sh ap among onea ones on s neighbors aud and and mud fellow citizens cit izena and for the wearing off of in individual crankiness and alid stiffness of behavior public concerted dancing is ls au an excellent antidote to that dreadful mau honta and that ugly awkwardness of deportment which some excellent young and also elderly people display when in company perhaps there are no better schools than awell a well weil conducted dancin dancing g school and the almost consequent public ati lilic dancin dancing 9 i assembly for jhb acquirement of graceful of carriage and ease and even elegance of manners the ballroom is an excellent institution there the music the holiday attire and surroundings roun dings I 1 the he general cheerfulness the movements of the dancers all conspire to relax the strong hold which business and common cares have upon the mind and lift the solises out of the narrow ruts and humdrum routine of every day ilfe life elevating the guests to a new sphere of eda enjoyment tny isy for a time actually and afterward by way of generally agreeable and frequently delightful reminiscence As a healthful exercise dancing danchig s stands high hi in the eftim estimation a of mahy many it is even held to be wh when en judiciously engaged in 0 one e of the best possible remedies sa and n d preventives re ve n es of that hydra disease of di sease Fease dy dyspepsia gep pep iia sia I 1 of which american peo pl 1 effrom from L ome bome cause or another appear to have a more thau than ordinary share for these reasons among others it is evident that dancing is not an institution to be indiscriminately condemned but on the contrary in many things to to bo be heartily approved |