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Show IJijl' Rt. Rev. M. J. Hoban, bishop of tho Jj'I.U dioceso of Scranton, Pa., has uncqulv- p?,!.-' ocnlly declared from tho pulpit of his ! cathedral In favor of permitting work- p'' ing boys to Indulge In nthlotic games 'i on tho Sauutltl1 tm'- Tno language of ij&jl'jf tho bishop, after portraying tho hard- i$'n ships these boys induro, especially In IfflH'" no coa reSlons of which his dioceso wN'1! Is formed, ls as follows: "1 say, lot Lim ilmfmwKmmnfi x - - - - them play base ball, or football, or any other kind of ball, to their heart's content. Tho good Lord will be pleased to see them do it, I avor, pro vlding they aro good boys." Without endorsing or contravertlng this opinion opin-ion on tho part of tho bishop wo merely suggest that the world's sentiments sen-timents havo changed somewhat since tho founding of tills country. Think of what would havo happened to the bishop had ho promulgated that doc-trlno doc-trlno In tlio time of Cotton Mather. |