EVEN ON THE LORD'S DAY.
"There is hour after hour of this, day after day, night after night; yes, even on the one day set apart for the worship of our Redeemer and Creator, and this in the so-called respectable dance-hall. At the entrance is a prominent sign—'Dancing every night including Sunday.' 'No bowery dancing allowed.' Tell me why that sign if the dance is strictly respectable?
"A young gentleman made this comment to me: 'You won't find one girl in a hundred today, who is not fond of the dance.'
"'Why?' I inquired.
"'Considering their training, it isn't to be wondered at,' he answered.
"'What training?' I questioned.
"'Because their mothers loved it before them, and the girls do not hesitate to say so.'
"Another young man said: 'I can take advantage of the situation, if so inclined, every time. Invariably any girl who dances will drink, and any one that drinks will go still farther.'
"One girl said: 'It isn't what occurs at the actual dance, but any girl that dances often has to fight for her virtue, almost her life, after the dance—on her way home. Often her escort takes her only part of the way. Yet, "like moths that court the candle," even though we know that death and ruin are in the wake, still we will dance.'
"Whoever heard of any man worth the having, seeking for a wife and the future mother of his children in a ballroom?