The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-05-25

| quantities. This Hood Of filth pours
upon our newsstands with q daily vol
ume that is unthinkable There is about
itnot one rcdeeming feature. The French
novel in its native accent has q certain
art and certain worthiness because of
| its literary excellence, but we are flooded
with the most clumsy and brutal and
vulgar translations OF these filthy French
productions. Thus dragged through the
mud into the English language, there is
about them in their fearful odor not one
| redeeming trait.
The French novel, as translated by
our American scavengers, is bad enough.
But the vilest stories Of literary corrup-
ton seem just now to be pouring from
the west, The western rascal, who seeks
In clumsy way to initiate the French,
sinks to depth Of infamy, clumsy
bestiality, that would drive the modern
Frenclman into monastery if he had
his choice between the perusal Of such q
book and the abdication of life. Let me
quote the announcement of two Of these
books that are fair samples Of the hun
dreds found on the average newsstand:
This story is considered by many to be the
| most interesting and entertaining ROMANCE
| OF GAY LIFE ever written. There Is somo-
| thing about IL that Charms and Fascinatee and
| wins the admiration of every reader. The
herQtne is one Of those WILD, RECKLESS
| DAREDEV1IIS that every now and then
dashes upon the world like Blazing Meteor
and by Brazen Audaclty and Wonderful Check
creates Sensation that makes her at once The
Talk OF the Town and the Star of the Street,
She delights in being called Wicked Her own
A.. H. -.
is Mother" she said II will not go homel I
will not bo goodl twill not reformi will al
ways be
IA GAY GIRL OF THE TOWN.
She laughs with Horrid Glee at Mothers
awful Curse, Defles the Officers OF the Law,
Damns everything Good, and in every possible
way endeavors TO be the Wickedest Girl in -.
She Drinks, Swears, Fights, Lies, Steals and
takes pride in being Abominably Bad. Some
OF the situations In this story are Frightful In
their Fiendishncss while others arc Ridiculous
In their Ludicrousness 1t is a well told tale
one that will be carefully preserved long after
trashy yarns are dead and forgotten-and IL
destined to take Front Rank among the Real
istic Romances Of this Fast Age.
IT IS THE FASTEST SELLING BOOK EVER
| PUBLISHED.
Most Liberal Terms TO Dealers. Agents
wanted everywhere.
Here is specimen from a second an
nouncement:
A ROMANCE CROWDED WITH WILD EX.
CITEMENT AND STRANGE ADVENTURE.
The story told by the author is one that re.
lates entirely to the Night side Of -, nearly
every scene, from commencement 10 end be.
ing at or near tho Ghostly Midnight Hour. The
characters are all taken from life, many real
names being used. Every phase of City Life il
| depicted so truthfully as TO mako each chapter
of the book one of Sensational Excitement
Nothing is omitted that may he seen Under the
Gaslight. Tho Tiger" is visited in his lair
| The Scarlet Woman is pictured In her Mag
nihcence and her Degradation. The Assigna.
| tion Fiend plays prominent part. The plot 1,
| one admirably calculated to bring out the
Fiery Element in writing that has made the
| author famous. Every chapter contains some
thing Hairraising and Bloodcurdling. 1t con.
tains every element of popularity as Sensa.
tional Romance, abounding in Abductions
Street fights, Stabbings, Shootlngs, Plotting,
| against Virtue, and many more exciting theme.
that cannot fail to interest those who like Il
read Of city life IL Is. 1t is fully lustra ted
with full page engravings.
These are not exceptional books taken
from the newsstands. They represent
the average book now carried by the
newsdealers in our public places. car
select from among well stocked news
stands at least 100 books equally al
; vicious as either Of the two described by
their publishers. These books are ISSUED
by the tens of thousands and hundreds
of thousands, and they carry the imprint
Of publisher with the advertisement
to all dealers and to the public. A MAI
is now serving term in the penitentiary
at Joliet, Ills, for selling obscene liter
ature, He was at one time q BOOKSHELF
In Chicago, but through drink fell int
evil ways and began the vending of evi
books. The postoffice authorities at las
secured his conviction, and hs Is now
serving his sentence. To show what sort
Of progress we are making, the books fol
which this man was convicted and sen
tenced to the penitentiary for selling are
not one iota worse in any particular thar
the hundreds OF books that are now
Haunted before the eyes of the public by
thousands of newsdealers from end tc
end of this nation.
The dime novel is the power that il
molding and fashioning the lives of oul
boys. Here they get their education
The'editor of one of our leading dailies
describing recently our newsstands, says
with just sarcasm: "The dime novel il
more plentiful than the sands of the sea,
The old fashioned schools delight to give
a certain amount Of instruction in worth.
less branches of knowledge, such as
arithmetic, writing and spelling, bat they
have no value or any important share in
developing the character Of the boys
and Of fitting them for the active duties
of criminal life. In the department of
murder the instruction given by the
dime novel writers is all that could be
desired. There is not a possible method
of murder that is not fully described and
illustrated by brilliant examples in these
educational works. Our boys are taught
where and how to deal effective stabs, in
which part of the body to plant pistol
bullets to the best advantage and how
to understand poisons slillfully without
too great danger of detection. Not only
are they taught how to kill, but, what is
of far more consequence, they are deftly
led to look ON murder not as repulsive
and dangerous, but as an elegant and
desirable recreation"
AN HOUR WITH A NEwsBoY.
Nor does this villainy stop at books
which are openly sold frona our news
stands. 1t is evident that the business
should even go lower. Newsboys accus-
toned to handle this class of publica-
tions 80 successfully seek matter even
more salacious for their prize trade. Go.
ing out of Cleveland short time ago,
the newsboy on the train, after / had
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