Rensselaer Republican, Volume 13, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 May 1881 — How a Bishop Waltzed. [ARTICLE]

How a Bishop Waltzed.

The Mormon church looks with disfavor on the familiarities of certain styles of modern dancing, and the bishops have sought to regulate this matter among the young and giddier saints. At a dance in Salt Lake recently the bishop expressed himself as highly displeased with round danses. He said that it was condemned by the priesthood, and If the saints could not get along without the round dances they had better go home. The young folks remonstrated with him but all to no purpose. “If you must wait*, let me show you how to do it,” said he, and' he got on the floor with a 188-pound blonde. The band struck up the “Blue Danube,” and away they slid. Down the hall glide the bishop and the blonde; the tips of their fingers touch and cruel space between them. This was the ohurch method—the priestly-improved arm’s length waits. Soon there was a slight contraction of the arms and the spaoe between them gradually dec-eased. Presently one ann encircled the fair form. The blonde was the first to give way, and her cheek looked like a sunflower in a turnip field as it rested on the shoulder of the man of God. Bound and rou . n ? . Went they, and the fascinatimr weird-like strain floated like heavenly mual « to his soul. Forgotten was the round dance dogma of theohnrch, and to** •t® l * as*** his JT* k , new to** theology was de»nd one man at leas t utterly indifferent to a future punishment.