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Show 00- Elder Gladwell Speaks in Favor of Dance Ordinance Taking as big text the words found In the Doctrine and Cov-nanu "R tire to thy bed early, thnt e oe not eary. and Arise early that vour bod-, and your mind may be invigorated, ' Elder Alfred Glirtwell of the Web---ake high council discoursed on the proposed dance ordinanee at .he Fiftli ard chapel last night The speaker said the lex select 1 I the word of the Lord to the La 'rDy Saints, given throigh the Prophet Joseph Smith, and should bp headed by members of the church. He id he wished to bring lo the atten. 'ton of the people the action :f a corn-mi'tfe corn-mi'tfe of dan e hall man-tiers and ("'hers in seeking to kill tne j.-oposed r-ance ordinance that, if ndopted, woul.! cJose all dance halls in the citv at 11 o dock at night The ordinance, h ; ?ald. had been drawn up and the rc-iat rc-iat made i. parent? who desired 'bat their voung sons and daught 1 oe off the streets before midnight. Objection to Ihe proposed ordinanrr M been made, it was stated, -ecaue I - " -J ail 'llm oUU III I ork thaw tad dances are h Id I until 3 m 4 ' the me-rr.inc" Rut. the 1 I Pr 'd, ou surely -annot say 1 France that it is .a progressive m 'ion as to morals neither can we say York City that it ss a paradise "'Perfection The speaker said thai bation that gives Its self over to raidn ight rev3HPS dc(.-vrinr3tf. nna I O'dnight danetnK js not nduMvp lo i M health or hi?h buino efficien-' ' towhi'V nothin'; ot lhe morpl dangoi s I n.C yo'Jn People ar -vp(,9e . I Other objection to the ordinance i I answered bv the sp,aker They f.i v th? orr,inanc.. would be up ' 1 r because in ihe summer time if "nuscmentp wre closed n this cits r ! I ll- lh People would eo to La, : SwS' 01 sPrinKs and other olaccj. I I S?an obctl, the speaker said. I all stuff pr.d nonsense" ecau-jo j i , mJ 8Umrar time it was natural for 1 !SJe ,0 trav'-' 'llstHure 'or the. T? " Tby havo doiuq futUra .P"1 and w111 'lo o " the t re, ordinance or no ordinance " &rR7n,8Prakr 8ald the ojectors had ' S3 !d f Iou,, attitude when thev Whanlhat h,,i car,y Pl08iQP cf OeJ2S 6 PX)osel o dangers to a W ohwU'Dt ,1,an a' Pront. Such of 2Son- lle sald, was not worth .' toih. e!"at,on because the request au MVarly cl03hl wa5 madG chlldrw0 are soekine to protect thou PeonU 8n 'hc "Peaker advled all 1 'he nml 80118 and daughter? r..Curr..i J eiH?I0peI ret and ,hal 16 "cc I Hrent. t ) , hc 8aidl ls a matter fot I aU! 10 'ap in hand Parents arc the guardians of their children .".nd will be held responsible before th1 inrd fori their conduct .1 this life. "But why all 'his howl against clos ; ing dance halls at 11 o'clock'" ilw I speaker asked "Surely 11 o'clock Is I late c-nouch for npeclable people " '.' admitted the hour might e '.y early for "societ dolls" who can spr.d il"' greater part of (he day in b?d and whose souls were being drawfed by the ilife of idleness ?nd empty vanity they were living. 'T.ut Latter-Day Saints ; would demand that their children be !gien proper protection 'nd vuld d'.-imand d'.-imand of the y rommis3ion?-s that 'the ordinance be passed "Satan." the . peaker said, "is a very ! miserable creature, and his ever desired de-sired that the whole human race shar ! his misery .nd u.idnighi revelries pr 'one of his maoy means of seducing . ; people to a 'ifo of sin. These emptu-l tions of the devil should be resist " jthe speaker said. "It was evi8e.it t'.i 1 many people CJOar were. t.-. ih" i)ropr j et of old said they wouid oe, 'Lbverr-of 'Lbverr-of pleasure more than lorers zt i and this fact is greatly 10 lie regrc; ted." |