Show MUM FOLLIES the ibo way best beat to combat vice is not by spasmodic efforts but by slow yet persistent anda avora some make the mistake of attempting a hurried reform and then losing heart because their efforts fail they should remember that the prevalence of vice has not grown up in a single day in tiny any community but little by little it has taken hold on public sentiment in this thia city are many young boys who spend their evenings in the saloons and billi billiard aid halls A few evenings eve ninga ago itu an Ex QuillER representative counted counted no less than fifteen boys under eighteen years in a popular billiard hall on center street they were watching the games in progress and probably one half were nere smoking cig cigarettes aretteR in ili other saloons in iii the city more young boys of the same class clasa it was estimated that more than twenty civo young men were that evening spending their time antho in the billiard halls balls who 0 ought to have been a at hom homeer eor at some someplace place olse olae improving their time in some pleasing intellect intel leef ual aal occupation the night we speak of was no holiday it was what may be ba witnessed any evening except sunday we mention this thia fact to call public attention to a growing evil in the corn com As stated above we do not believe in a spasmodic attempt to eradicate it but we do believe that some bome systematic work nf it reform should be begun A young man yearns for society of his equals he does not always love to be at home of nights hud and if ha goes out these cold evenings there is no place for lidai to find cud com company paDy except in the saloon in view biow of this thia fact it seems to us thero there ought to be reading rooms debating clubs or soine public publio places where tho young man could get together without being in such close touch with vice as in the billiard halls hall s the boys would soon eoon take kindly to such places of intellectual advance advancement meint and patronize them instead of the saloons loona ea we have evidence of this in the establishment of republican publican He headquarters during daring the last campaign young men used to gather there nearly every evening and their thair time was well spent we hope hois that something of the natu nature rewa wa have suggested may be in inaugurated algera augu rated ted wo we believe there are ara enough persons interested in the mattor matter to establish in arto pravo an excellent reading room business men would gladly contribute contri bate toward its support while hundreds of parents would as gladly donate a usef useful al book this accomplished a little missionary work would bring the young men to such auch a place in preference to their visits to billiard hall halls i if our plan bo be not acceptable per haps hapa 0 other means may be suggested sug geste der the columns column of tar zu will always be found open for the furtherance of any moral reform that may be suggested we feel deeply that something should be done to counteract the tha influences which are degrading ding BO many of our young men we have a ready already had of men in wrecking their lives by drink before they have reached t the age of thirty such instances should be strong arguments against letting the tha are aut practices remain unchecked |