Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-08-18 | Page 34 | An Epochal Change

! AN EPOCHAL CHANCE. j The f:im. '"Fit tj rivt.'" wak-h uas , r-'-''i:.ed at the .alt Lake theater, is an innovation in the never-ending b:;t- tie a;aiii.--t so-dal oiseae-:. Today thf ! battle ii being fought far more intelligently intelli-gently tli a u ever before. The rcaoii iiv.s n.ji .-n iiiii''hf perhaps, in the rhnnje of methods as in a change of principles. Once it seemed to bo the accepted theory that the subject mini, be tubou outside the doctor's office. tienerai i;i :ior;fH-e prevailed and few attempts u'cre made to wae war intelligently on the disease. This was due to the long-i long-i nc u h'ated folly that the young man must have h'd fling, no matter at hat ust to himself and to society, especially to pure women and to children. As long as that point of view remained there was no hope of ever combating the curse, suecessf ully. 1 1 wns only when those engaged in flie battle began to preach that continence con-tinence should be the act-opted law until un-til marriage, that it was not necessary for the young man to have his fling, ami that, indeed, if he did he would bring down upon himself and many others a curse it wa-s only then that real progress began to be made. Such is tho theme of the film "Fit to Fight.'' It is to bo hoped that it will be seen here again. Meantime it will be sent throughout the state. Those who have. made it possible to convey this priceless lesson to the men of the state deserve the gratitude of all. A Canadian soldier -who suffered a loss of memory through shell shock, has been reconstructing his past life by the information secured from relatives, friends and former associates. The office of-fice cynic suggests that in his experience experi-ence relatives, friends and former associates asso-ciates are veell prepared by practice to keep oue's past life vividly-beforo one under any circumstances. Seattle Post-Intelligcncer.