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Show H A SERIOUS PROBLEM. Thackeray says: "It is better for ' you to pass an evening once or twice a HH week In a lady's drawing room, even H ' though the conversation Is slow, and H i , you know the girls song by neart.than H In a club, a tavern, or the pit of a M theater, All amusements of youth H to which virtuous women arc not ail- H I mittcd. rely on it, are deleterious in H' I their nature. All men who avoid fc- H male society have dull perceptions, H , and are stupid, or have gross tastes, I und revolt against what is pure Your H club swaggerers, who are sucking the B butts of billiards cues all night, call m femalo society insipid. Poetry is or - H ' , Inspiring to a Jockey, beauty has no K j charms ror a blind man; muslo docs H not please a. poor beast who docs not B j i know ono tuno from anothor; but as a M pure epicure is hardly tired or water H L sauces, aijil brown bread and butter, 1 M r protest 1 can sib for a whole evening I, .talking with a well regulated kindly1 'woman about her girl b'anny, or her 1 bov Krank. and like the evening's en terialnment One of the groat bene tits a man mav dcrlvo from a woman's society Is that he Is bound to be respectful re-spectful to her. The habit is of gieat good tojour moral men, depend upon il Oiii education makes us the most eminently selllsh men lu the world." If somejoung men In thlJ community commun-ity would conduct themselves upon the lines Indicated above, there would not be so much profanity, druriKcn-ii(s druriKcn-ii(s and totteness indulged In. In this community ttleic are some young men who cannot be excelled In those virtues and traits of character that go to make up good men and they are in the majority too, but on the other hand there ate some who go tn the opposite cMicuic boys that aiclow and vulgar, di.siespeetful to their parents par-ents and their seniors In years, they are mean and low, and Indulge In talk that is disgusting and revolting. Such boys are a disgrace to the names of their patents. On the northbound train from Salt Lake, last Prlday night, was an exhibition exhi-bition that was a disgrace to Cache county, being revolting In the extreme. The progeny of Llveipool docks or the slums of New York could not use any more loul-mouthed. low, vulgar and indecent language then was heard Id the smoker. Had not Conductor Ho-gan Ho-gan been an exceedingly patient man he would have ejected the offending characters from the train or had them arrested. Clients In this community have been Importuned, plead with, to give moie attention to their boys, while voting, to hold thein within bounds, but as yeais roll by boysheem to become worse instead of better. In many instances at the age of sixteen bojs ale beyond the control of their patents., and they expect to have a living still at the expense of their fathers. Vet after all the care and anxiety to bring them up properly when upon theveigcof manhood, they aie u disgrace to the fathers and mothers who gave thtm birth. A serious pioblcm confionts many of the patents In this ((immunity in this te-gard. te-gard. Theiuiestion might be properly asked, What can be done? The only thing that can and should be done is for people to' do their duty toward their offspring See that thev are kept itnddr control at the proper age, and not allowed to go hither and thither at pleasure: hold their, responsible re-sponsible for thair conduct, inquire Into their actions when away from home, and not let them tun as cattle. Duty toward children does not Imply that the father must alwnjs be kind and Indulgent. If the boy does wrong let the chastisement be commensurate with the deed. The more you coax and plead with some boys the worse fiey become. Have them set a proper otain pie for j dinger ones of tlie family, and as they approach manhood see that environments or the right kind surround them by making home pleasant pleas-ant and attractive a place that will busomclhtng far beyond a meie eating and sleeping place Know where the children are at night, if they frequent places where profanity and vulgarisms are indulged in: sec to It at once that it be "cutout:" insist that while they partake of the hospitalities of the parental pa-rental roof that they are subject to the directions of thu parents. Different Differ-ent methods liavu to be adopted with dilTeient children, but there Is one general rule that can bu applied in every family, and that is for fathers to stand at thu head of the household and be supicme. These few suggestions are otlered for tho reflection of parents, and we admonish ad-monish them to see to it now that their ollspring receive the proper care and training at home, being kept away from those vile places that will degrade de-grade jour boysand bring remorse and sorrow to you In your declining years. |
