The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-24
JUST TAKE A NIGHT OFF
Have a Peep at the Y. n. {. AS
Practical Life.
PULSE OF A NOBLE WORK
Building Tcc!ning with Scores OF Young
Men Bent on Strengthening Their
Minds and Bodics--Rcsults Of
One Nights Observation.

One Nights Observation.
To the Scranton man or woman who
delights In an evenings jaunt for the
purpose of observation, of seeing things
new and being entertained. The Trib-
une can offer no more valuable a
suggestion than take a peep at the
Young Mems Christian association
This does not imply peep at it's prin'
ciples or ethics. but it means to see
and feel the actual, daily throbbing
pulse of one of the most practical and
far-reaching Institutions of it's kind ex.
tant
Every night in the year. particu
larly in the winter season, the Young
Mems Christian association building
affords an interesting object lesson o,
practical teachings to the beholder.
Early in the evening, the young mer
who have been bending over books anC
accounts, selling goods or teaching
school, begin coming into the building
intent on physical recreation and eXer
cises literary research or social amuse
ment Usually the Office or bushes:
suit is put off and the light, cool gym
nasium suit takes its place. At O'Clock
on one evening of this week g. spectator
from the gallery of the gymnasium
would have seen twenty-one busines!
| and professional men, and at 8 O'CLOCK
between forty and fifty young mel
lined up for class drill conducted b!
the physical director--a drill which on,
man said stretched every muscle il
his body except the ones back Of hi
ear" drill which discovers Il man.
weak spot, and sends him afterwarC
to that special apparatus which viii
best increase it's strength.
1t Cures Insomnia.
This exercise is finished off with {
graded shower bath and a brisk rub
with the result that WEAKNESS and de
| preston are thrown to the winds, ant
| the man whose brain was tired at
O'Clock finds himself as fresh at
O'Clock as though the days work wal
ahead of him instead of just behind
1t is safe to say that of these men ther'
are few who find themselves troubled
| with insomnia.
Coming UP to the next floor anC
counting the men who are engaged II
the reading room we find at one tim
thirty-seven men posting themselves OF
current events in the midst of an un
surpassed supply of daily, weekly ant
monthly newspapers ana magazine!
and reviews, covering all subjects
scientific, religious, fictitious and news
Conversing in the reception hall anC
parlors eighteen others are to be seen
One group is discussing photograph.
and another talking over the events %
the day. In the office the secretaries
are busy attending to the various want
of the members whether they com
from the gymnasium below or tn
school rooms above; and the genera
secretary is engaged in his private Of
| flee with a young man who wanted ;
| private conversation.
Its Educational Classes.
On the third floor classes We're II
progress in penmanship with thirty
| about the same number, in Englisl
branches with thirty-one present, il
geometry nine present, in the mechani
| cal drawing elementary class sevel
present, while in the bath rooms an
game rooms We're twenty-five others
In short, 19. young men were in tn
building at the same time, the major
ity of whom came to spend the entir
evening. AS men were coming and so
ing all the time ii Is safe to say that a
least fifty others came in during tn
evening, after the above count wa
made, bringing the attendance for
single evening up to 242
These young men represented ever
section of the city and all classes an
! occupations. The rich mans son wa
there, the poor mans son with equa
privilege and standing, and the clerk
the mechanic and the breaker boy
Some were there for recrea tion an
some for hard work. All We're recreat
ing in the truest meaning of the wore