The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-02-02
ON VARIETY SHOWS.
a Dillon Liquor Dealer u~sr"dr Them
and ursrass. the DILLON city C""wcsl.
To- the Edn,r 81 the standard:

and Gpbrakds the DILLON city s"ss"css-
To- the EdIfor 81 the standard:
The apls,aran.c of an editorial I'm last weeks
issue of the lbillou Tribune concerning y variety
show >ssn tn I've started in our city. and its to-
tally one sided view of the matter prompts me
Ia PEN these lines Iva the endcssNor To show the
reverse side az the msslaI.and which lincs,I think
In 0mlnon Justice will obtain - hearing from all
fairly di>lossst ls'rssn>. For the same reason
common Justice, ! trust the Tribune viii copy
this article i'm it, ne>t iss,,e under it, "t,i#n iHt-
tiers heading.
The editorial in question speaks of the oI1i-
ing of a variety show i'm our midst as being harm
ful Ia the morals at our young. and the query at
oncc arises. "Iiow can this be-" Il there not In
force "a city ordinance prohibiting youths le-
meath the age Of ~ from entering u Saloon" So
hong a. they cannot enter, in what can these '>a-
ricties" AFFECT their morals: What they ,o moi
lsrhol.l can Ia No " Use iniur, them
On the other. IL of age and in the habit at pat
ronizing saloons. these youths will enter whether
there lie the attraction of music. song and dance.
etc. at whether simply they 90 fr the relaxation
of billiards.. cards. az for the desire for liquor. u
- evident. then. Thai our moral youth can he In
no possible danger. since their very Zach III
years bars them from entrance.
Again. gambling, billiards. liquor. all are Ii
.enstd attractions. II il >iInpl, u matter Of bus
iness which, all salss'ns adopt to draw custom and
since licensed. II legal and honest merely AT
FAIRS ut competition. tine " III secure the finest
billiard I,lir. another the best liquors an,l cigars.
another the handsoincst card r,,m az the most
elegant liar and fixtures. 81 long as licensed.
such things VIII hr, and extra licenses procured
IN siich Venues Of competition and trade ar.
IHtsstt to III fffttu >ltt t1 TIE county ttsi>nI-
'r's tonk>. ~ few more such h'gaii<asi bu>i-
ne>>e> were organized in the town and the field
is ~ ol"n Ia all saloon men as Ia uDe-''pTp homo
~Jsohdt~' taxpayer" and '.old subs. rii,cr" would
have u" o,.a>ion q" complain. as last week. that
our public >cl,opI il continued with county mon
les diverted from their proper channels. Look
ing AT the matter from - common sense stand
point We cannot wonder that every newspaper
aud town in Montana are giving Dillon the
''grand laugh for being the ~slecpiest and diullesi
town in the state. when from its natural aslNan-
t.iges nf l1ation and surroundings IL should he
the liNelicst and brightest. We have yet tai see
the burg which beneiitted 10y too severe "a sys-
tenn of religious ar moral regulations. Its ultra
morality has In every ease served as q wet
blanket i'm its business enterprise ani interests.
without in the least advancing the ss,n>r which
IL advocates.
Understand me: even "a "a liquor dealer . say
nothing against morality and religion The world
~ better for such teachings. But humanity
Graves amusement and will have IL. And ! VEN
tnre na>>.rt that cleaner and more unobiection-
able enjoy Inent may bc furnished at n variety
show Than il tO he found at presentations of
Spectacular plays, popular bailrts and operas at
the day. the vile drama 'CamiIlc," the weakly.
vicious East Lynne, :" that child of he'll, the
''tht"r"%,n. all of which our moral 90 church
goers attend with wives and daughters. who
Weep over the assumed miscries of
female outcast> AMI mtriaIIs whom
next day they are most careful not Ia brusl,
against I'm the public streets. We dare not as
>ert. ton. that no either town hut Dillon would
.reii'l" ' isass,ns RESTRICTIONS upon. or refusing
to license Vaudeville or variety entertainments
We have yet to hear of one ~ any rate. Besides
wher. il the greater harm in this attraction than
Ia purchase and furnish elegant bars with work.
al French ART. .'froin life hanging upon the
surrounding walls, female fgurcrs endeshabillc
err i'm "A state III utter and br;tlen nudity, some al
life size and stcli is are visible to young men am,
odd. In nearly every saloon in the city: why, ! SAY
II the harm greater to gaze at susl, figures. which
IN life would not ie allowed upon the ,auseviii,
stage a. being ,ewd and indecent. than Ia view
and listen tn "a young woman with some ciuthin,
upon her. AT any rate, singing "a jolly comic soii
al the day ar III, ing revelations in the tcrpsicho
r.an art or 'poetry Of motion" Gan this lattrI
injure the morals uf "a people onctcntl, 81 mucl
as til. gazing upon female figures. albeit painted
ones. - 'a Mother Eve before she had learned III,
trie value of the fig leaf"
] have placed my side Of the question in a. com
mon sense "A way as ! can. and ~ leave IL to the
Just consideration of all men Of just views. The
interests of church and state should never bs
openly hostile. however at variance with cacl
other. IL only for thu sake of mutual peace and
Interest. aud .. for one, am certain, as has been
proven in several Montana towns. that uifFd
morality defeats its own object 10y "a system al
slow hui sure 81 ranrulation, result ing in "a state
of aslhy Ma AMI al coma whence nothing can
aroai>e, and its tomb il la,.lssi: "lpic,i-of city
.,r,linanc,s that cia>he,l with business enterprise.
Dillon. January II. isH.
i.IqUO DEALER.