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Show H; Petition to Enforce H: ' Ourfew Ordinance. BB BH BB BH Llast wcok a potition was pro- B eon ted to tho City Council asking BB B ' for ta Htrict enforcement of tho B curfew ordinance. This law B 'provides that no person uudor K fourteen years of rto shall bo H upon tho public stroots or in pub- H ' lie" places after fho ringing of tho K 'cttrfthv3, without "n propor guar- B V Tho enforcement of this law is B certaitiiydcsirabld as it is well H known ttiat little childrou have B ' been allowed to congregate on B it Bf streot corners or other public H places aVd re renin until n late Bt hourVQftcourso this has been H truo only of somo children. WM Tho enforcement of this law B will not eileut most homes as tho B children aro proporly looked after bYbYbYA B by parents, which moans that B' tho boys and girls, at least ot K tender age, aro at homo in tho B family circlocither readiug some bYbYbYb VbJ' uicovbook or visiting with mom- B borVof tho, family. B itfwoulcl bo a blessing to many B young i men and young woman B ovorjfiburtoon years of ago, if less B thotrjlime wero spent upon tho H Btrcots and nioro of it spent at hVBVswS home in tho pursuits ofsomothing B elovating to tho mind. H As a gonoral rulo streot loafing B H engaged in by indolent peoplo, B who profor immoral stories to HB , - good literature or companionship BbYbYbYbYh V, in tho homo. It is a serious B&BEV matter for boys and girls to form K suclV habits. Thoir parents Hf should co-oporato with ovory B " mo vomont designed for tho forma- WAwM' ion S00t babits and against HBBBhI |