Blavatsky H.P. - Chinese Shadows

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Chinese Shadows

by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky

H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writtings, vol. 9, page(s) 24-29

Publications: Novoye Vremya, St. Petersburg, No. 4293, Wednesday, February 10(22), 1888

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CHINESE SHADOWS

(From the London Correspondent of Novoye Vremya)

[Novoye Vremya, St. Petersburg, No. 4293, Wednesday, February 10(22), 1888]

[Translated from the original Russian text]

Vicars of the Anglican Church here are at loggerheads with their own Bishops. And on what a subject, if you please? On the subject of ballet girls. The Bible and the ballet are to be harmonized. The Reverends Haweis and Stewart Headlam, socialists and well-known preachers, stand firm for the right of the clergymen and the clergy in general, to frequent ballet theatres daily, and from the pulpit both praise the character of the dancers. However, the Bishop of London, Dr. Temple is of the opinion that as long as the dancers appear in such short dresses, the