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Show SOUNDS WARNING. Tho following criticism on tho provulouco of tho dancing habit in our state, takou from tho oditorlal columns of tho Rlohflold Sun, has Bpooinl valuo on account of tho woll-known woll-known ability of its author and tho not that ho is not trammolod in any way by religious rostraint: , "Onoofthoso days tho fact will (lawn upon tho minds of Utah parents that this mattor of incessant and por-potual por-potual danolug whloh is carried to gross oxcoss iu ovory sottlomout iu Utah, is an ovil that should bo knocked out of commission. In itsolf danoing is a harmless amuso-mont. amuso-mont. Whon carried to an extreme, as iu Utah today, supplanting ovory othor nui"somont, it is a onrso. A woll-conduotod danco, not a nightly or weekly affair, is n most delightful function and is roally n healthful oxorolso. Rut tho danco hall today is not what it was twonty years ago. It is being donouucod throughout tho stato oh a stopping stouo to vice and orlmo. Hundreds of young girls iu Utah today attribute thoir ruin to incessant patronage of tho danco hall. Huudrods of young drunkards in Utah frcoly assort that thoy acquired ac-quired tho nppotlto for rod liquor iu tho ball room w,horo, in somo settlements settle-ments nt least, a kid doesn't think ho is n man unless nt tho danco ho has n bottlo of whlskoy in his coat pocket. pock-et. It is nil coming to this, that oxecsivo dancing Is bolng viewed with disfnvor by tho best pooplo iu tho state. During years to como it will bo gradually relegated to tho roar of tho procession and instead of being the only nmusernout, will bo-como bo-como ono nmuaomont among many. It has become n ohostuut |