It does not seem to
us as though there could be anything more harmless than dancing a cold
blooded quadrille. It is a simple walk around, and is not even exercise.
Of course a man can, if he chooses, get in extra steps enough to keep his
feet warm, but we contend that no quadrille, where they only touch hands,
go down in the middle, and alamand left, can work upon a man's religion
enough to cause him to backslide.
If it was this new "waltz quadrille" that Donaldson indulged in, where
there is intermittant hugging, and where the head gets to whirling, and a
man has to hang on to his partner quite considerable, to keep from falling
all over himself, and where she looks up fondly into his eyes and as
though telling him to squeeze just as hard as it seemed necessary for his
convenience, we should not wonder so much at the synod hauling him over
the coals for cruelty to himself, but a cold quadrille has no deviltry in
it.
We presume the wicked and perverse Dr. Donaldson will join another church
that allows dancing judiciously administered, and may yet get to heaven
ahead of the Presbyterian synod, and he may be elected to some high
position there, as Arthur was here, after the synod of Hayes and Sherman
had bounced him from the Custom House for dancing the great spoils walk
around.
Pages:
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136