, 1889-07-04
THE Y. NJ. L. a.

For some days past Mr.. Jacks,
secretary OF the y. NJ. {.
4 has been in the city in the inter
, e,E that or"..n'zation. That his
3 49,. ire VII bring forth good
.r,u.Is is beyond doubt. On Sun
day night ut Red Mrn's hall Mr..
Jacks gave talk TO the congrega-
ton Of the Presbyterian church, in
which lie gave facts which must GER
taiuly have opened toe eyes OF every
one present. He gave his views as
to why many of the young men IN
the United States, and IN fact the
world, went to the bad. Make
homes attractive, make the young
men who come here to settle feel
that they have some comforts and
YOU will Lave fewer drunkards and
criminals. Make a place which will
in part have the same attraction for
young men as if the doors Of our
citizens We're thrown open to them
A it Is not 10 be expected
that the residents here will open
their doors 10 every one who comes
to the city. A calculation based
upon visits to the churches
and theatres in San Francisco on
Sunday nights shows, we believe,
that the number OF young men at
tending chuch is about one tenth the
number of those in the dives and
theatres, The association aims TO
win these young men into the
churches by making the associations
rooms attractive; their aim is to make
the percentage the other way. The
only way to do this Is to offer greater
attractions than the dives offer There
are many men, however, who would
not go into q church even though
the young ladies of the congregation
were to dress in the abbreviated
garb of the ballet dancer and give a
pas de seul for the amusement of
those present. These young n.en
would imagine there would be some
thing different about it and would
keep away; the surroundings would
not be the same, Those people must
be won by degrees, "bsit your hook
according to your fish" may be true
enough but this class of fish will not
take the hook; you must feed them
up pretty we'll and then cast net.
In the course of Mr.. Jacks remarks
he spoke in the most tiattering terms
of number of young men he heard
talking on the corner Sunday even-
ing. Upon bending his ear a little
closer as he passed them he discov-
cred that the subject of their conver-
sation was the game of base ball
which took place Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. Jacks very sensibly. We think,
did not censure the young men as
much for playing on Sunday as he
did their employers for not giving
them a half holiday OH Saturday.
Mr.. Jacks knew, as everyone else
does, that Sunday is not selected be-
cause it is Sunday put for the rea-
son that the players cannot get to-
gether any other day.
The reading room of the Y. AI. G.
4. iD this city is about as uninvitiDg
as the absence of fluids can possibly
make it. Mr.. Jacks idea is to fit it
up SO that it will be more ccmforta-
BILE than places of low resort, but it
cannot be done without money.
There are men in Port Townsend
who are abundantly able, men whose
every dollar they have to their credit
in the banks has been made right
here in the city, to contribute . small
sum of money toward furnishing the
room. Some of these men we refer
to will contribute their mite, and
while it will not bring cash return of
ten per cent. it Will bring return in
conscience which cannot be counted
in dollars. Let some one start the
ball rolling.