Popular Amusements

CHAPTER VI.

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DANCING.

"Dances not all alike"--Bad and Worse--"The German"--Mere motion not wrong--The Old Gentleman and his Exercises--Imaginary Scene in "Happy Family"--REASONS AGAINST DANCING: 1. Lacks the Elements of True Recreation; 2. Has a Bad Historic Name; 3. Inconsistent with Piety; 4. Leads to Undesirable Associations--Evil in many ways, Page 89