ee evenings of each week, in the large hall of education and
amusement, two and one-half hours were devoted to dancing, in which all
the members took part. These evening dances proved so fascinating that
as a rule very few members were ever noted as being absent. An attack of
illness which prevented the attendance of a member, must be desperate
indeed. In the matter of general improvement the results were most
excellent. To bestow perfect deportment, dignified control of the body
and limbs, with an easy, graceful movement on all occasions, there is
nothing like dancing. To eliminate the depressing effects of grief,
mental or business cares, harassing trials of temper, physical
exhaustion, or disturbed spiritual equilibrium, dancing is a remedy of
marvelous potency. For the key to the reason why this is true, we are
indebted to the wonderful discoveries in psychology and psychurgy made
by that able scientist, renowned thinker and brilliant writer, Professor
Elmer Gates. The following is a very brief statement of his reasons as
to how and why the emotions of the individual affect the vital forces of
life:

"The human body is a collection of co-operative cells, more or less
intelligent and responsive, therefore an important part of the
thinking machine which is acted upon by the superior mind of the
brain. The superior mind is in turn reacted upon by the automatic
metabolism set up in the cells. Automatic metabolism of the cell,
is its ability to carry on within itself the various processes of
life that may be necessary to best fit it for the performance of
special functions, as a particular part of the co-operative body.
Violent emotions of anger, hate, despair and grief, are katabolic,
poisonous and harmful; they tear down and destroy life. The
poisonous deposits left in the cells by these emotions are called
'katastates.' Laughter and merriment, with all the emotions of
pleasure, adoration, worship, love, affection, hope, beauty, etc.,
are 'anabolic,' or life-preserving. The vital, health-giving
deposits left in the cells by these emotions are called
'anastates.' Nature accomplishes her perfect work by beautiful
methods. The cells are fed and sustained by the circulation of the
blood; they are reached from the smaller branching arteries by a
network of minute, thread-like channels, sometimes called
'arterioles.' These a