, 1879-04-19
4 Discussion at TO Amuscmcnts fot 13oYs
and Girls.
Difficulties in the Way Of Raising the
Money Needed.

ra,tot Trinity M. E. Church.
Pastor r'ya; st:: ss:a &Hais:S Church.
/ Pastorst;; raui.s Cniveraailst Church.
AHHr ". PATTDH,
fastor Wabash Avenue ". E. Church.
llectoF uraes Church.
| CHARLIE. EnwAntt rnExkr,
| Hector Christ Church,
p..,o! J;M. .,l,!, o,'9,soy. o,.,
| .tnrMrN MtTcELt,
fhat0r First Presbyterian Church,
IIE0oKE ffxHruEp.
| Pastor Church Ut tho Mtsslth.
| AMoNu THOSE PRESENT
wero President Elmcntlorf, Of the Citizens.
League; the Ner. Or. Ryder, tho Nuy, nrooke
fleriord, tho ltcy. ". r. Crafts, the Rev. A. ",
Pnttcp, ". II. Tilden, e. G. lIalntneutl, q. Z,
hnre, j. ID. Harvey, l.. c. Tal1nalRe, Il. u.
Fowler, james Woods. md Murry Nel.un.
| Dr. RIDER prca!dud, md Matson Hill acted 81
Secretary.
| OBJECTS or MEETING.
Mr. Elmondorf saf two objects were stated
In the calf, but they were not spcciaed. The
| main was to establish place Of rgtl,.
erinS for the young. For some months, II not
| years, there had existed an institution
on 1Wonty-sccouu street, where children
lad conc together mud "a nany as
200 had been assembled there son,c even.
ings lie referred to AicIsner's Hall.
between State street mt Wabash avenue,
Eight drunken children llau beer takou from
there In one night. There was often dancing
Until o'clock In the morning, A,,d the girls and
boys sat ut tables scattered around the flall
drinking, al.l sometimes going homo drunk.
Tho efforts Of thu Cttizcus' League to stop the
sasc uf liquor to uinors had met with consfdera.
blu SUCCESS. As Ato!sncE would no longer allow
children to drink in llts placc, he was unable to
10 business, aa would hundrcds OF other places
minors, unl tic tlall was now for
rent Sumo meetings Of the friends ot
Temperance hal hccil held to see II something
could not he done to educate children In iif-
icrent ray. The building was Large one;
il,ero were too rootns In front nal hall ia tl,e
rear, nllsi It was admirably adapted for plare
ol instruction and entertainment TO tie benefit
of llie community. 1t lad beun noticed tlus
evening lrrtures at Far,yei Hall; they were a
marked success; mud 1t was thought sptne-
th!nE similar might be started OIL Twcnsy-sec.
ond street. The hall-now Used for tientrl-
object, MS he ha stated, In calliuE the gentlemen
together WAS to sec II some mcahs could not be
devised TO rent tl!u building al.u convert It rto
~ institution tliat would do good. Two or
thrce weeks aco 1lo had Visited some saloons,
md n Que saw Afty girls a,i 200 young men. a
there, and he found fifty boys. T6is was corn-
mon all oyer the city. Tho proprietor III thts
llagu. was nrrcsted, but tho evidence was in
sufficient to cot,yfct. The saloon was also re-
sort for thieves, As l3any as twenty-five having
been seen therc at orc time. Thieves had been
cdnratcu at MeIsncr's, u,Ml the young colltanlt-
nated dtoatcrrtblcextcslt. Anjnetituston was about
to be opcnca OIL cottaEo Grave avenue By man
whom 1t was dangerous to hare in the yicinIty.
1t was noticeable that meu who engaged In tlu
Eaoon business gradually became worse.
MR. WOOD,
had looked ut tho hull, mud found It comr,o-
titots, atl the building would furnish all tic
fncilIties needed. Hp rons,t,ercd 1t lrsIrabic
Tint something should be dune to counscract Tie
tAd liltluentcs which now surrounded the Young.
There certainly ought to be enough Interest fot
to curry ola the wurll proposed.
at1s. PAXTON
stntc1 TINT 1t was nut only necessary 10 get the
boys attl g're out Ut tile saloons, but when that
'!as dol!a to nlAHu provision for tlIen,,-uj[ord
them ~ opportunity to 60 10 u better plurc.
It ila! becll demonstrated by tho League That
tltey could bs guttcn out, but tho only placo for
theln nov was thu street. In oruer to aceonl.
plIsh what tho LcaElte had undertaken, It WINS
essential to maize aollu provision fur tho chill
1rcn. hcIsncs's Ilall had brc,l tiot-bcd Of
vice Tor yenrs-hau done lnore mischief than nil
tho other sa!opns together. Tl,era hud been
Of II con lte scun sitting at tlIu tables drink
lug. And tho Youths wllu frcaucnted the place
were not eootblacks mud nGwsloya,-thc riff
raif,- but great many III thcM belonged to tho
would have aturkcl the senSfhl1Ites OF many
pious luther ard nl0ther. ile had known
!ittlo ssls, WHO wcrc supposed TO be nt irirnls
house. to tc 1T a1ciss,crs. stnny Of thu children
churci1rs,-.h largo pnrtIon OF them wore Hunday-
scllool schoiars. Tile paco was ,ar for rent,
4nd thu question was, should 1t be occupied az
n the past' Should not tin temperance and re-