the dancing crowd. And the fact that the dance, as an institution, in no
way stimulates intellectual thought, destines those who dance to remain
on the lower intellectual plane.

Last, and worst of all, the dance robs men and women of their virtue,
and this often at the first unconsciously. If it is not for health and
physical vigor that one follows up dancing; if it is not the peculiar
social tie that binds dancers together; if it is not the incentive to
intellectual growth and equipment, what is it? A secret lies hid away
somewhere in the institution of the modern dance, that makes it the
chiefest attraction of worldly-minded and often of base-hearted people.
What is that secret? Ah, my friend, it is the appeal to the most sacred
instincts and passions of a man and of a woman! This appeal is peculiar
to the modern dance by the accident of physical contact that men and
women assume in dancing, and also by the circumstances that attend it,
namely, mixed society, late hours, and the customary use of strong
drink. No honest, normally passionate person, who has made it a
practice of attending dances, will deny the truth of this charge. One
may never have thought of it in this way, but when he stops to think he
knows that it is true. It is through ignorance of these circumstances, and
of their bad effects, that many a well-meaning person, presumably to
have a good time, or to acquire heel-grace, goes into the dance, secures
a passion for dancing, and through its seductive influences are led into
sin and shame. The following is an incident out of his own experience
related by Professor T. A. Faulkner, an ex-dancing master. Professor
Faulkner is the author of the little book entitled "From the Ball Room to
Hell." A book which every person who sees no harm in dancing should
read.

"Here is a girl.The one remaining child of wealthy parents, their idol