THE DANCE DEMON.
Referring to the denunciation of dancing by the Northcote Methodists, the Melbourne Age has something sensible to say. "Dancing, like all other exercises," says our contemporary, "is liable to abuse. When carried to excess it should be checked, like overrating or over-drinking, or stonewalling ; and when freakish developments are observed they should be condemned, as eensiblo people would condemn, if anyone began it, a practice of eating coal or drinking kerosene, or the making of speeches from the grandstand while the Melbourne Cup is in progress. Those who plead for decorum in dancing are more likely to catch the public ear than those who seek to condemn it without indiscrimination. Many ladies and gentle-, men are required ill times to dance
officiary. It would save a l&t of trouble and lift a heavy burden fwn a Methocii-st mayor ii" lie could ent&t the ballrooM, his conscience quieted by the reflection, 'To-night I'm a majrer, not a Methodist.' " —•
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 23 September 1913, Page 4
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