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Show A. C. L. LAOS AIEJOTOUS Hard to Control in Holy Place. Three Thousand Assembled in Tabernacle Rflake Things Lively. Willis Brown and Others Talk to Anti-Cigarette League During Lulls in Storm. Tt was with great difficulty that any sort of order was maintained among tho 3009 youngsters who attended the Antl-Clgarctto Antl-Clgarctto League meeting at tho Taber-naclo Taber-naclo last night. Willis Brown, tho organizer or-ganizer of tho league, was the only person per-son present who was able to command closo attention, and at the last even his diplomacy proved Ineffectual. Tho long, sloping aisles and low scats of tho great auditorium wero a temptation tempta-tion to romp that few of the children could resist. They were llko quicksilver no sooner woro they hold down In one placo than they ran away In another. Tho moment they discovered that they wero not supposed to go Into the g'Ulory the boys boosted one another over the jailing jail-ing of tho choir loft and, In a few moments, mo-ments, were playing hldo and seek In the balcony of tho sucred edifice. The good old sextons, to whom such conduct In tho venerated building was an unprecedented unprecedent-ed thing, wero driven to the vorge of despair by tho exhibition of Juvenile lr-rc lr-rc v c rc n c c "Take off your 'al, there1" was tho insistent in-sistent demnnd of one of the old gentlemen. gentle-men. The other busied himself In pointing point-ing the way out of the gallery, oblivious obliv-ious to the fact that tho boys did not want to find the way. Finally. Mathonl-hah Mathonl-hah Thomas, one of tho officers of tho league, was obliged to threaten that tho building would be cleared If better oi'der wero not maintained. Threaten to Dismiss Meeting. "Wo must have order In this house." ho said. "There must bo no more loud talking. There must bo no moro climbing climb-ing on tho seals. You must maintain absolute ab-solute quiet. If you do not tho meeting will bo dismissed." Thoro was a temporary hush after this announcement, but in a few minutes Mr. Thomas appeared in tho gallery chasing two or t'r around the circumference of tho Immonso arc Tho children l!d not mean to bo troublesome, but there was something In tho atmosphero that mado them restless and they conlJ no more sit quietly In their seats and wait for tho exercises to begin than could an older person scale tho choir loft and perform gymnastics In the gallery. Parents Not in Evidence. Parents did not respond in any great number to tho Invitation to be present and assist in the formation of nn adult anti-cigarette league. Mr. Brown took a rnp at the elders when ho told tho children chil-dren that It was evident from tho light attendance of grown people that If anything any-thing wero dono It would havo to bo dono by tho voungstors themselves. "It Is up to you kids," was tho way ho put lt. Mr. Brown's advent was the sensation of tho evening. When he entered through the outer door ho was recognised at once and the llttlo folks all sprang to their feet. Some even went so far as to stand on tho benches. A yell of delighted welcome wel-come made the great domo ring and tho demonstration ended with tho war cry of tho league: "Well! Well! Well! Hear us yell! Wo are the boys of the A. C. L. !" Mr, Thomas called the meeting to order or-der and Invited the audience to Join In the singing of three verses of America, which lt did, with good intentions, under tho leadership of Supervisor Wetzcll. The air was closely followed, but the words of tho anthem did not seem very familiar famil-iar to Young Utah. In the opening address. ad-dress. Mr. Thomas expressed regret that go few parents had seen fit to attend. Ho called attention to the provisions of the Juvenile court bill passed by the lr. tG Legislature and said that under its terms boys and girls who committed minor offenses of-fenses would bo kindly and fairly dealt with. They had hoped to organize an adult branch of tho A. C. L. Boys Sometimes Forget. "In this respect wo are away behind the times hero," said Mr. Thomas. "One reason rea-son Ik that wo havo always tried to teach tho boys that their heavenly father docs not llko to havo them Injure themselves by using tobacco or liquor or anything else that Is harmful to their bodies, but they sometimes forget this and this lcaguo Is needed to keep it in mind." Dr. Benjamin Young told of an employer employ-er who laid a bowl on a plate and put a mouso under it. He made a compact with his office boy that tho boy was not to look undor tho bowl, lt was too much for tho boy's curiosity and when tho em-ployor em-ployor returned ho was chasing tho mouso all -over the room Thoroupon tho boy lost his Job becauso ho had broken his word. Tho moral was that tho members of tho Antl-Clgarotto league should keep their compicU Makes Example of Two. By this tlmo there was so much disorder disor-der that Mr. Brown found it necessary to send two boys out as examples to the rest. Dr. T. B. Beatly said tho clgaretto was the mo3t deadly form in which tobacco to-bacco could bo used becauso it Is Inhaled. Ho suggested that St. Patrick's day should be mado tho dato of an annual celebration by the league. Dr. J It. Paul talked chiefly about the i:ew juvenllo court law. He praised Its features and commented on tho Justlco of mild treatment for young offenders, whoso acts aro duo to thoughtlessness or tho overindulgence of paronts, Mr. Brown, In his familiar colloqubU style, told a number of anecdotes, ono being tho stoi-y of a man In Now York who gave $200,000 for work among tho boys. When tho ministers remonstrated with him becauso ho had not given lt to tho churches and asked him If ho could produce any boys who had been saved by tho work he replied that ho know of one. "And do you think it is worth J2OO.O0O to savo ono boy?" ho was asked. "Yes," was tho reply. "That boy was my boy." Would Have Looked Under tho Bowl. Mr. Brown said he sympathized with tho boy in Dr. Young's story who looked under tho bowl. He thought ho would havo looked under tho bowl himself. Ho then brought homo to parents tho un-wlfidom un-wlfidom of suggesting misconduct to children, chil-dren, tho better courso being to appeal to the boy's or girl's reason and point out why certain things wero dangerous or Injurious. Tho young officers of the lcaguo, President Presi-dent Hudson Ncslln, Vice-President John Hcrmanson, Secretary Will Hall. AsMlst-ant AsMlst-ant Secret try Harry Sworn and. Treasurer Treasur-er Danford Clayton, wero called to tho stand, Introduced and sent out among tho adults with applications for membership in an adult branch of tho league. City Superintendent D. II. Chrlstonsen closed tho meeting with a few words on tho work of the lcaguo. |