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Show ; Parents, where are your children? Our children are our glory, but if we rear them in a way that they 1 bring reproach on our heads, our j glory runs in'-o sorrow and partakes of the bitter instead of the sweet. We ; wonder how many parents know', where their children are when the time for retiring to rest 1 arrives? The old saying "Early to bed and early to rise, makes one healthy, wealthy and wise," is just : as true today as it was when it was first written. In the Doctrine and Covenants we are told to "Iletiro to thy bod early that thou inayest not be weary, rise early that thy mind may be invigorated," which, in substance, is the same . as the former quotation. From the complaints of various Citizens, it is safe to say that there are quite a number or boys and girls in this city, who are on our streets at. unseasonable hours of the night, quite often; insomuch that it has been Btrongly urged that our city council should pass a Curfew Ordinance and rigidly enforce the same. . Wq have been cognizant of crowds being on our streets as late as 1 to 3 o'clock in the morning, when there were no dancing parties held to entice them out at that late hour. We think the young ought to make a practice of retiring to rest at an early hour, much more than they do. Late hours destroys their health and weakens them for future usefulness, use-fulness, not mentioning the various vices which late hours are often productive of. Some are easily fed into various kinds of sinful acts and too much care cannot be exerted over such to keep them out of the company of those who are evilly disposed. Now we have opened the ball and we shall be pleased to receive for publication, articles pertaining to the care and management of our young people, and whether it is deemed best for bur city fathers to establish, curfew rules and regutations, or not |