The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-01-17

finding, but this 1 affirm: No loyal men,
Der of the II. L. c. ought TO be salts
fled with our" page until every ad
vertisement is crowded out Of it, and 1t
ought to be the ambition Of every one
of us to make the Howard page the ban
ner page of The Sentinel. And. with
our noble three hundred" it will be
strange, indeed, if this cannot be accom-
plished. Let us all work 10 that end.
My admiration for the club has in
creased greatly during the last four
months. The self-control charity and
patience exhibited by the members ]
never saw eQualed by any organization,
and this is saying a good deal.
believe the plan suggested by out eN-
president should have cur earnest con-
Sideration. The objects OF our club may
we'll engage the hands and hearts of all
who are interested in the uplifting OF
humanity. One Of the greatest needs to-
day is the discrimination of pure liter
ature- AS a man thinking in his heart,
so is he" People think of what they
read-they can't forget il. Therefore. if
one reads pure literature, one thinks pure
thoughts and vice versa. And our ac-
tons are occaSiOned by our thoughts. I
give an example: In a certain county I'm
Ohio is published a paper-nameless here
forevermOre. The editor Of this paper
is one of the Vilest men imaginable
judging him by the paper he edits.
have watched the effects Of this paper
on those who read it for years. And
the result L have seen has been and is
such moral degradation that it IS un-
speakable. l used to think that the
saloon was the most potent factor for
evil In the world. But I've changed my
mind. Vile literature is the greater evil
OF the two inasmuch as il communicates
more people. And what are we going
to do about it? II seems TO me that our
club could throw out the lifeline to
N a ny rnr, has,,
flood Of evil that is overwhelming our
country today. Believing this, 1 sug-
geSt plan that has been in my mind
for some time. First, that our president
appoint someone TO distribute. where
most needed. all literature Cpure liter
AZURE, mind YOU that the other members
of club way feel disposed to send him
or her for that purpose. Second, that
such member thus appointed shall be re-
quired to keep a record Of all literature
received and distributed, and shall sub
NIT a written report of same TO the an
nual convention Of members when and
wherever held. All this. Of course, sub
ject to the decision of club
Ida s., glad to see you on the pa ga
once more, but am afraid we will never
agree on the subject of 'heretics" One
thing I am certain of-from experience
| that if 1 believe a church or club to be
corrupt. and an exponent OF evil-while
it borrows the livery of heaven 10
| serve the devil in" that / would SAY
| my piece" and get out of such an organ
iZatiOn without waiting to be kicked
out" Going out only because one is
| compelled to looks like one does not
have much faith in their own convictions
after all, and, that in spite of the things
which one denounces as abomina BILE
! that one likes that sort of company
pretty we'll after all. Eth? "Gano. -
guess you must have been eating
hasheese prior TO your last advent on
the page. The "Mindie" you refer Il
was the first II. L. c. secretary
Paul Quace," you certainly have
never caught the spirit of our organiza-
/ ton, TO be squelched SO easily by a few
| mistakes Of the printer. Come back
| Pledging myself anew to work for the
| success Of the club and with hearty con-
| CALCULATIONS to all Of our new officers
1 remain, yours fraternally,
~. PIRATES"
Altoona, Kas. Jan 10.