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Show t" ------ . amusement halt and plenty of enter-ilnment enter-ilnment for Its young people. Mead cw, and Kanosb seem to have a tirge population of young people with nothing but an occasional dance to entertain en-tertain them. The people, there seem to be well off and spend plenty of loney in Improving their stock and .aving It well taken care of. The boys re worth a good deal more but about .1 they have to do la to loaf around ve ft ores lu the winter and chase ound tbe streets summer evenings. It a hardly be expected that the boys Ji8tay at home every evening and nj They want to meet their fellows must have some outlet for their plua energy. anosh has a vat-ant school building i .it could be converted at small ex '-nse Into a gymnasium and basket lull hall with" a pool table and other rallies and with entertaining magaxlnes iL I periodicals. If this was In charge of a caretaker to see that there was no cigarette smoking or disorderly conduct con-duct It would be safe, Interesting r'ace for tbe boys. If there Is not some such place as this tbe boys will find lts Innocent means of entertaining themselves. Without some place like this the toys are likely to find life at heme dull and are more likely to sue-comb sue-comb to the evil attractions of the city. We think that every school house should be a aoclal center of Its community com-munity provided with a variety of means for entertaining Its young people peo-ple The Chronicle will be glad to furbish fur-bish free plenty of magazines for such I -place. We think It Is a matter that t parents' class or the mutuals of any i mmunlty might well take up. , MOW ABOUT THE BOVSf When we were over on the east side are could not help but notice what few (n neaos there are for the entertainment t;t jf the boys. This fa especially true of kl Meadow and Kanosh. Fillmore haa Its t irhools and school activities, gymnaa- ( um. clubs and moving picture shows. m Dak City has Its gymnasium and baa- let ball teams. Leamington has a line jD! |