The Mormons are fond of dancing. Brigham and Heber C. dance. So
do Daniel H. Wells, and the other heads of the Church. Balls are
opened with prayer, and when they break up a benediction is
pronounced.
I am invited to a ball at Social Hall, and am escorted thither by
Brothers Stenhouse and Clawson.
Social Hall is a spacious and cheerful room. The motto of "Our
Mountain Home" in brilliant evergreen capitals adorns one end of
the hall, while at the other a platform is erected for the
musicians, behind whom there is room for those who don't dance to
sit and look at the festivities. Brother Stenhouse, at the request
of President Young, formally introduces me to company from the
platform. There is a splendor of costumery about the dancers I had
not expected to see. Quadrilles only are danced. The mazourka is
considered sinful. Even the old-time round waltz is tabooed.