The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-10-15

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II viii b. noticsd thae soms Of or eoainess
ststablisbments, o. esrtain classes Of thSm, are
closing their 1oers - e. easily hour Of the eve
bmployed Il them to leisure for improvement
end kealthfel recreation- The design 10 bene-
1sloaG = the snd sDoarcdl We may be a.
loeed % deabs whether, - this thing il mana
ged, much , achieved for the good Of young
men. We Do not doubt that some Of them are
the better for this leisure, - Ill Of them ought
70 be, bat that these EVENING" amount to much
10 The way Of good for the young We seriously
question.
The relations between employers and en-
ploycd fail fully to be comprehended By either
party. We ask those who have young men in
their employ whether they know where they
spend their evenings. We do not ask whether
they keep up contemplate espionage over
them, whether they haunt and hound them, but
whether In spirit Of friendliness they have t..
ken them By the hand, provided them with
books, seen that they have contracted no bad
associations, brought them into their own dwei>
hngs. occasionally at least, and guarded them
BY prudent councils. Do you know anything
about thems Do you know that they are mot
in some private den, card playing, drinking and
smoking! Such things have been in the past,
and doubtless are to day. We know that things
are not here altogether ~ they should be-
There is not . year that passes here that does
not witness the Generalization and essential
prostitution OF class Of young men. There il
hardly an employer on Main street who cannot
tell his story OF young men in his employ spoil
ed BY bad associations and habits, and sent
away. There 10 . liccntiOusness here that wO'd
frighten everybody if its disgusting prevalence
were fully comprehended. There are Young
men who walk up and down these streets with
the appetite for strong drink fully developed ID
them. and the stamp Of foul disease upon
them.
Now how came all these things to pass WIN
70 1t that, IN moment, BY some means. an EN-
ployer becomes aware that his clerk il 1 de-
bauche, and that his prostitution has been .
process for months! The clerk has been At his
post promptly in the morning, and fulfilled his
daily duties, and that his employer has thought
that everything was right, but the truth is that
for months, perhaps for years, the merchant has
not known where the young mans evenings
were spent. We ask him therefore whether Ee
is wholly without responsibility in this matter.
These young men come from other localities
mainly. They must and will have society. Ii
employers take no interest in them, and no good
companionship gather about them, evil associa-
tions are sure to surround them. We appeal to
employers, therefore, to see that through no
negligence Of theirs their young men come to
ruin, and to know, as it is their undoubted duty
aud privilege to know, where and how their eve
nings are spent.
A word to these boys aud young men, should
be spoken here, Let them ransack their mem
DRY and look around them, and they will not
hnd single case in which early dissipation did
not lead to bad results. Early drinking makes
drunkArds. Early RIGHTEOUSNESS posons the
very springs Of life. Bad habits acquired in
youth are curse to all subsequent life. Integ.
rity, purity, intelligence, faithfulness and as
ISOLATION with the good, form young mans
best capital. II they have leisure, let them i'm
prove it as best they can. If they would be
respected. if they would be prosperous, If they
would become worthy of pure and noble NO
man, it they would be happy, then the character
they are forming now, should be sound one
they should allow no spot to come upon their
reputation. They should avoid all evil conpan.
ionships They should have high aims and
good purposes and spotless habits
SO We say to employers and employed, see to
1t that the leisure evening hours Of the season
that is upon us and before US do something for
the good OF the young men. See, at least, that
no harm comes to them. All leisure spent in
utter ideness, and particularly all leisure spent
In dissipation, 10 curse rather than blessing to
the young men who posses IT, We had much
rather zee young men held to their employ
ments until ten o'clock at night, than see them
with thriftless leisure upon their hands, that
tempts them into idleness. into bad associations
and INTO dIssipating hapits.