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Show DANCING TO EXCESS. The nmttsment mot common In t'tnh Is the dance nnd seldom Is there foun 1 a person with the temerlts to eten suggest sug-gest moderation In the fatorlte pastime pas-time II Is therefore, with leasure an 1 full approtal that wo reprint the following sensible nnd seaaonible article ar-ticle upon the dance from the Logan Journal It would he a ters profitable nnd pleas-ant pleas-ant tarHtlon If the soung people of In-gnu In-gnu could think nf an I become Interested In some form of sielal nmuement other than ihe rttrlnstlng lance during the turning winter Dim ing Is n pleas mt and evn h allrful terrtnllon If nol Indulged In-dulged In Ii ece.i but II Is notlcenble ut the bonus nf the popular soung ladles those win II I not miss it elnale dance tint after the ex ltemnt that sllinii-Isted sllinii-Isted llieni to such unwise unel tlolent exfttlon has passed It takes reteral date to reenter from their exhaustion during which period thes nre unlit for ant bus taliel phteleal or mental effort The ex ertlon requlr d during a single etenlng of uninterrupted lancing might well nppnll a t rofesslnnnl strong man nn I Is certain it loo much for eten the most robust female The w lltz Is one of the easiest dances tet the dancer must raise the weight of the hilt nt leist once ench second hence a I'm poun I glrlelurlnga llf teen minute waits would raise a weight eqlllVfil nl lo 1.1 isM poun Is or fnrts tlte tons If require I to lift ns much with her ban is during an entire night the mere thought woull ca tee her to faint Dancing Dan-cing Is entlrelt I io strenuous nn ninuee meiit when cnntlntl d for hours Located In such nn e Ideational center ns Logan the Journal might well hate made the point that thc ferqucnt dances In thnt cits and at the tarlous colleges there Is demoralizing to students to u high degree Kten though the dinoea bo glten on faturdiy night, the pnr-tlclpntlon pnr-tlclpntlon nnl prcrantlon distract the minds of the stu lents for two or three dase pros lout and thc utter lassitude for fort) -eight hours following tho ctcnt, renders thc participants prictlc-nlls prictlc-nlls unfit for school work Not onls In Ihe school towns but In nearly etery settlement throughout Utah the rosl-tltc rosl-tltc etll that results from cxcesslte dinclng Is ctldent As a rule the din-ces din-ces In the countrs settlements nre opined op-ined with projtr nnd often far too often there Is ti strong olor of whisk) throughout the hall before the dance Is closed It is not an Uncommon thing for the soung men In attendance nt the dances In the settlements tn make frequent fre-quent exits from thc hill for the purpose pur-pose of drinking from n bottle concealed near the building Another frequent nccompinlement of the countr) dance In Utih la the most reprehensible practice prac-tice of some )nung men who go from one settlement to nnnther where elan-cea elan-cea nro known to be in progress nnl endentor b) nil me ins In their power tn rake up a iUirrcl or fl(,ht during Intermission or nt tho close of the dance At suih times It not infre-quentl) infre-quentl) hippena thit )oung ladles both with or without escorts nre grossl) Insulted This Is plain talk on the subject of dinces In Utah hut It Is not thc utterances utter-ances of a film tic. nor of one who Is opposed to dancing, upon principle. It is in honest cxpiesslon ot oi Inlon based upon ictunl persoml obtrtntlon In some of the rutal districts of Utnh Thc lntermountnln rnrmer and ltnnch-innn ltnnch-innn nj ptnls to the better element nnl to the leaders In etery rural settlement settle-ment In Utnh to reduce the frequency nnd elcvito tho moinl tone of the dances |
