St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-02-22

saloons, also the theaters. believe In them,
| encourage them and go to them all can.
get as many young people to attend as |
can. / skate myself aud last week | won a
medal for being the awkwardest skater In a
rink here. l think there is no better way to
get the young people ready FOR
Sunday than to take good
skate on Saturday night. 1t warns up their
blood. believe in sports of all kinds. |
go IN for roller skating and other amuse-
ments heart and hand as u means OF grace.
This brings the boys and girls together.
Young men come to the cities, go about
alone and are apt to go to the devil. They
learn to skate, then get with the girls and
become good men and graceful. Look at
the young bucks who come from the country
and attend our university. They associate
with the girls and indulge in the different
kinds of amusements and become as grace
ful as the actors on the stage and learn all
sorts of etiquet
Dr. T. Walton of st. Paurs P. E. church
dimpled his large, Vanderbilt face with
smiles as he said: sMy dear Mr.. GLOBE,
you could not have come to worse place,
for to tell you the truth, have never seen
roller skating rluk. 1 will say, however,
that can see nothing wrong in them, in the
abstract Why should they be any worse
than skating on the pond of ice! / believe
in broad, philanthropc and liberal views,
optimistic rather than pessimistic. Every
good thing may be abused, and l don't be-
lieve in condeming the rink simply on this
account. To my mind, and looking at it
from the standpoint of what knowledge /
have of it, should say the roller rink is a
mimic wOrld-a miniature world-with its
good mixed with its bad, and with Que to be
cultivated and the other stunned. Or, say
roller skating is like dancing, for instance
l would not, generally and promiscuously,
set the seal Of condemnation upon it, for of
the right kind of dancing l approve. 1t is
part of childs's social AMI pol tie educa-
ton. There is so much talk of roller Kinks,
| must really go and see one.'
Bishop Foss of the NJ. E. church repre-
sentcd about seven separate ministers and
pastors, when he said: Il have not a word
to say, as yet. ] have not given the subject
the attention and thought that would justify
me in committing myself IN published in
teryiew.'
Father MeGolrick of the Church of the
Immaculate Conception pleaded entire ig
norance on the rink subject. ''Indeed,"
said he, Il know nothing at all about it. l
cannot say, however, that have heard any
thing that would induce me to regard the
rink as an immoral agent. In fact, the only
thing ever hear is Of great deal of sport
and an occasional accident or two"
Rev. j. H. Tuttle, pastor Of the Church of
the Re leemer (UnlyersalisD said: II know
compar lively little about roller skating and
have thought very little concerning IT. I
no ha.a Pa fha inLy al nd
must say that If 1 were younger and a little
less portly l should be tempted to in
dulge in the sport myself. l regard skating
as very fascinating aud invigorating. 1t
would be more healthful to do your skating
on the ice in the open air, but it's out of the
question in this cold climate. Skating, like
any other amusement, can become harmful
through over indulgence. Like dancing, 1t
depends upon the associations it forms, and
the extent to which it is INDUCED in. II may
be detrimental to the moral nature
in some instances, but isn't that
true of any pastime or sports
do not think We should
prohibit amusements, 'but rather seek
to control them within proper limits. You
might as well try to check the Mississippi as
to stop the young people from enjoying
themselves. luese liu HlOTdl lcuuSuCleS lldl
exist in rO!'er skating where there are large
concourses Of people, but declare that when
watching the skaters at the rink, the thought
never once presented itself to me. Some, /
know, object, but then you will find people
who are oppnsed even to croquet. | should
send my children to the rink, but should
want them TO come home in proper season
and not TO go too much. Like all pleasures
in life, the evil lies not In the pleasure itself
but in the abuse of it.