Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-04-22
711GE on ROLLER SKATING
og Help and the
The Wh Of DestructiOn."

= De Witt Talmage, the llel,iD well IL
Rev. l !, pj takes up the subject Oh
known pr t;oa and Kinks. 90 The noise q
roller skating o %ll against them and
tho whe!eLS Of tbe rafting OF the wheels
1.-THE noise . oI rs'V which DR.. Talmage Sc
we're two ,' ,0 the Old Testament; In
lectea me he said ARE the wh haaIs III of
one hou 5 IN the other are the Tn ,eao o.
help ana !" The good or the bad wheels
destructloorri,d will determine its destiny
Of this WoiiU rsilwav trains, OF printing
wheels Oh sewing machines, balance
presses, o. ,+ wheels, driving wheels!
wheels, V %o wheel has been applied to
And . nUT Are the roller dnatr, skaoes
amu s1a az help or wheels OF DESTRUCTION,
wheels 81 NV NV time has there been SO
Never N I;s p5 of the subject
much ulSor as now. For the
Of amuSeLnterfive years [ have
last Wen ,:,,r for some healthful amuse-
been lGohi4 he rescue of this nation. OF
men. healthful amusement iner ere mas mas
honest an awful scarcity, There Is no Iack
been an lii T"aN saloons. There are plenty
OF gaillpiLhn a9s where the owner, by the
OF groS;;s sIra Of Sl2 for alcohol can make
expeniallIuual' that he can sell for $500.
mixture ., tl,. Of hell, and all of them
Plenty E o. s% Of honest, healthful amuse-
OPEN there is a scarcity. Seven O'Clock
pe lIo evening finds thousands OF men at
puS Of clearinghouse or hotel. How
@ .E tbay spend the evening? Go to
a- U meeting says one. Well, that
F23i & for two evenings of the week and
G 2nnJov evening, but what of the four
y .a mrs ieft for secular purposes? Go
so iarfnre on astronomy you say, but
g1 r T man is tired out with adding
uE io U, rows Of figures, and trying to
W .,' loI n9aonle buy what they don't want.
H u, Soaasn't want to know anything about
III worlds. for he has hard enough
fine in this.
atom that will help body and mind, and
Viii will enable them TO 90 to sleep at IL p. m.
, ",,i swake refreshed at Z a. IN. That
riH make them not merely splinters of
Enmanitv-not masculine and feminine
onoIocies. People are asking if skating
INKS are providing this kind of amuse-
mont You ask me if / favor them. |
answer. YES, with certain restrictions
without restrictions, no. Some of them
have exhilerated the body and mind,
ciran health and strength, and afforded
Tnocent amusement. But there is as
much difference between skating Kinks
os between heaven and hell. Skating rink
exercises, with proper precautions, seem
70 me to be the most healthy OF al
amusements. 1t eclipses bat and ball
croouet and lawn tennis. 1t is good fol
the nerves. for the muscles and for the
spirits. 1t has all the advantages Of the
gymnasium and the old-time skating OF
Ice ponds, without the dangers. ItwoulC
be well if all our young men took one
4 hour dav of this exercise. 1t would bt
\ well if our American women who decline
4 Dadopt the English habit of the consti
uhOnal walk would turn their back OF
their housekeeping and try for an hour
DAY this eXhileTating sport. The great de
nmd OF this country is for some homes
amusement for its women, who are dyina
for the want of it.
There are possibilities for good in roll
skating which l can see in no othe
+ musement. But now l come to the re
arciOns. Let there be an end to youn
la&es gung alone to any place OF amuse
mEt AnC if a man tips his hat to
4 hirWhom lie does not know at skatin
Hlk let the proprietor conduct him
ts door and assist him down stairs wit
athe NOR .r necessary. Let n
ie bright Ig..- and the music tempt "
pa sensel, Z prolor cation of the anus
nent. Let the Department of the parl
be the department OF the skating rim
Il is time that the people understo,
. that Irritation is Ian alton. When {
! Broadway or Fulton rect, when q
+ world of business men al 2 returning hon
see the daughters of i =0ectable fan
lies with giggling and se emily condu
irving to attract ma 1'Iuo attention.
rmember that the vast majority of tho
who make everlasting sh.pV peck car
hat kind of sail.
Nothing pleases me Sc -nIch as
a young people having a good tim
at is an innocent good time. Peep
capt to forget that they "ere once DO
I'D girls. Go back forty years al
lnk what was best for YOU then. Rhe
nadsm is incompetent 10 give advice
asound ankle. But amusement is not
ranything that does nor fit us for us
nness Alas for the man who make
musement depletion instead OF an au
nentation.''