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Show SHOULD AMUSEMENTS CONTINUE Some people take the sufferings of war so hard that they feel that all amusements amuse-ments should close up. They regard it as unfeeling to continue dances and theatres, the-atres, while so many families have lost sons, and so many are anxiously reading the casualty lists. Some towns are going so far. as to close up places, of amusements amuse-ments for the period of the war. The government has hot- hbwever rec- ommended any such policy. It recognizes recogniz-es that people must have light diversions, or we shall all get overstrained and raor-" The movies'and other theatres have performed an immense service in spreading spread-ing information about the war. Since they began to put on patriotic films and plays, people who formerly had little idea what it was all about, now see the reason and justice of it As a result they arev now backing the government It is a time; ihowever, when we ought ito be ashamed of the easy tolerance that vhas been allowed to many amusements en terprises. It is-' notorious that many boys get ideas of Crime from scenes depicted on the screen. Criminals are often made to appear in the light of herpes. One would get an idea from lots of plays that it is all right to set aside the tie of wedlock as easily as one? discards an old garment, Producers deliberately try to make money by stirring up the sensual passions of young people'. National efficiency depends upon clean living. We can't have strong' .striking, power, and we can't turn but large industrial indus-trial product, unless our young people, live decently and honorably in good homes. Any play or picture or theatre that can't make money except by belittling belit-tling and undermining these principles, is not fit to be shown in war time or any other. Let us have every possible diversion diver-sion for these sad days. But let our diversions di-versions not counteract our national purpose. pur-pose. ; ;., :,.,,. Ajij3r&ift |