| Show CHtIOUS > IJ L > SlAtlLII LIIr Vt UUP There la I 00 duyln floe liot that lburublc > litiu of outtollal l d tall > of crluita baa Ibe eOtct ol famlllsrlz lug Ibe public mluJ with the modus olerao 1 In suck caret and In that wy aervea as au educator to tuiny mlLdi leading them In I the direction of wrongdoing Ol c urie a mlod halt I Iualy lei OKalittwlckojriia by training and Irllje from aur dlrectlona la I rat Deere mi by the fsiciuatlnj leniency 10 evil developed In those who devour with eager con every published detail 01 scandal or crime But those who have Lot rtodvol ttrooit moral I tralnlDf sod youig people whcie Judgmeut ou anon matters loss not bien ceve tltJ Into a tlrouglb 01 char acter to rlie alive the evil are t I lujurlouily illrclcd by coo fnbllo lion sod that thla effect Is cpjratlni dlsaitrnusly upon the ueople at larK 10 I nearly maulfait In the Inc reese of th particular clan ot crimes lo whloh newspaper eenaatllnallim has given greatest prominence lu reosnt yeiira It la urged that Ibe public la I mole lo blame than tbe newspaper puollih era for the admittedly lamentable condition It la I accented that II I ono uewipaper dote not give publicity lo the laleit icandal or delve Into Ibo minor Intricacies of lIfe mot recent orion otber newapsper will do ao with Ibo reiult that Ike liaper which relralna from the dIsgust log and demoralizing publication will suflur In III patronage because ol the lush to tbe ctbera This la I true lu I a large degree and therefore oflera n partial excuie for detailed uewipaper ubllcatlon I ol auoa criminal uventa at do occur But even II tOtal excuse b > a lowed aa tufflclent what about Iloaoc owppell which publish Dctlooiol tubing eaollplloo 01 Ibo tmmocel cod criminal lenuency referred lof Thosn now apaI era give to their rotderi ahort itorlci or riovcle In whloh are accounts ac-counts of murderi auloidci icandali I eN 01 a moll eeuallunsi Order tie rtlclei being embelllshtd by Illuitra tioua of the crimes What Is tIe ex cu o for such ubllcatloni II cannot be the claim that a newepajer moat publlih the newt for sunn uovda are lout nw The fact Ie l there la no boootbl excuaa for the publication of Inch notion whloh appeara In nine ot ten papera In the country and which la I Infinitely more baneful In Its eliects upon Ibo iniceptlble public Ihu i are the account of actual occur fencee ThllclnaUui novel boa a far greater Influence on the mind of Ibo young and unguarded than all the olid fool a newapaper baa lo prtaenl and the manner In whim It presume me narrative It I vatlly more Injurious to I Ibo reader for In the fiction Ibe cold licit do not eland In the nay ot a lanclful picture Ibe retpectable newspaper which values the moral ellecla omits own training npn Its leaoo my find meaacoabhnencue In though II deplores Ice utcecalty for publlabloE accounts of crimes actually committed 00 Ibe grcuad Ibol II mU1 thy lb now but II will nol sloop 10 publhb lug fiction alike earns class for tbe 1mloUoo or whIch theme is I DO lawful Juillflostlon whatjver 11 lou I od nllectlon 00 the bead ol famlllea In this locality where eucu can bu Included among the culpable oDe lu say that Ihy woulJ dived their reading patronage from a paper thaI mod I ill id Its aicuuts of criminal evale to pnoieot Iboo lamill lrow tbe pernicious Influence which Invariably Invari-ably attends a sensational presentation presen-tation ol details Vet the nil cr thou ia merited by many leaders ol families In thla community Thalia I Iolamouol 10 lIylog that Ibennaro many beads of families woo In the eagerness to gratify their own morbid curloally for delalla ot icanJalouj cplaodea throw lo I the winds all eon otdenathon I for thu bour cad aalIy ot their children that are Involved But facts compel the statemejt of thla truth And tbe position of Oboe beads of families la I made all Ilia more uu envlaole when they parmlt aud er courage lu Ihelr bcuieholJs Ibote papers which publish fiction of the mOIl delating tendency Thla matter of pernicious tirature I ought ta I receive the moat careiul and vigorous attention from parents Irom eUucJtore and particularly from those who operate In the field ot religion Tbo 1011 nun ar all raJI aud 11 Is I a duly et 1 tbote whole rellgloui oblIgations and coololloo IU them lo protest agalnit the presenct In luelr conaroillon 01 ao IndIvIdual wbou ezample la one of wlckajness to be equally antagonistic to the literature wblob loches wlekdo by rell1 thereof Mere Is a great work necessary neces-sary lu detenie of morality Aa coudl l lion go II my oat bn prcUcobl Dr advtstobe to oodnor to bar r Ideal tbe religious family fireilde the newspaper news-paper which tella of the grIm of the day In as delicate language ash It Is I able lo Its yet a lIon thould be drawn agaliat every paper that tbrowi dAwn Ita bar toaenaatlonalltm end mortild lly In curl deicrlptlons and there ibould bu erected an Invincible barrier bar-rier against adrntiilou to tbe family of the pernicious cewepaper uoveli 01 etude referred 10 the productIon of which la I an aitault on the houealy virtue and Integrity of tbo nation |
