{"newspaper_name": "Holly Springs gazette.", "edition": "01", "page": "p1", "byline": ""}
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DANCING AND HEALTH.-Is It not poSsi.
bic 10 effect reform in the habits OF our
young people with regard TO the hours of
their social recreation2 Daacing which
ought 10 be not merely innocent but health
full and laudable, is condemned BY a great
portion ofthe wise und the pious shunn.
ed as corrupting by very many ofthe young
and the lovely. 1t was once devotional
exercise expressly approved BY The minis
ters of the Most High Why is it now so
generally condemned by The devoui2 Not


because they are Pharisees or bigo;s. us the


ready answer runs, but because il is usually
practiced under circumstances most unfa-
vorable to health and good morals. 1t il
denounced because it Is seen to lead and
ally Itself with depravity aud physical in-
| jury.


The evil in question arises from an abN
| surd habit OF aping the customs Cf The small
class who either do DR. affect to make their
| day of the night, sleeping through the fors-
| noon. These are few any where, very few
| among US. With them, it is proper-lhat
| is, 1t is consis,ent-to dfess for a Ball
when those who work for living are uns


dressing for bed; but for people accustomed
| TO etire before midnight TO assemble for n


Bail at 10 p. NJ and take a hearty supper
! at midnight, is sheer madness They are
clearly breaking down their constitutions


aud periling their lives. The consump-
,ions, rheunatisms and wasting coughs
| which originate al these midni2h ht assem-.


blages are most appalling. Ii is suicide
| TO brave them,


Why cannot young people as emble at
| s instead OF to 10 o'clock, sup, Of at all


as early as 9. and break up peremptorily


al midnlghiR Twenty balls under such


rules would not work The evil that one
| midnight supper now does: Ifthere is not


sense enough among the young TO effect his
reform promptly, the old should take il ia
hand. Parents should inexorablv 70, bid


The attendance of their daughters at any
! entertai nment which is no; 10 terminate


by midnight Will they not think of this2