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Show i THE COST OF A HOME VICE. j It cost last year to educate the chil-; chil-; dren of I'rovo for teachers ?6,712.1o; i the additional expenses of the schools jwo ild not raise the figures above '$10,000. It took not more than, say ! $loo,(jo'0 to supply all the wants of the ! children of the city, in addition to their , education . In other words, without j economy being practiced whatever, j i'rovo city paid out last year for the I support and education of its 3,000 chil-! chil-! dr 'ii under the age of IS years. $110,000. H cent low estimates say tint in a ye ;r I'rovo city pays out for intoxicat- in liquors, outside of that used for me licinal purposes, $130,000. Headers, how does this sound? Figures Fig-ures do not lie. The comparison is ap-pa ap-pa ling. Parents, read this little sermon to y .mr boys. Vou need not tell them of the heartaches their recklessness causes their mothers, or the moral havoc liquor ci 'ates. This is enough for one lesson. It short and will be easily understood an 1 will not tire them. Just ask them Itoihinkover the facts above stated. '; will do them no harm. j |