Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1897-05-07
Answer to crokinole Play er.
EDITOR COURIER.

satisfaction oWei. the attention the
readers gave, to my article ssSomc-
thing to think about furthermore I
am much pleased with the kindly criti-
clsm written, by a ''Crokinole player"
Readers, please read it over again
and you will find some large truths in
it which did not have room to say
III my article. As the writer all
through the letter uses the word I'VE"
L imagine there is more than one
back OF the signature ''Crokinole
Player" The writer admits that much
harm is attached to games, aud further
that the time might beitel. be occupied!
in goodreading and ssdoing some good
unto others" Very true, and by liv-
iE., fol. others and doing good unto
others, will make life more worth liv-
Ing than games. There is a reward
here in this world, and the reward in
the other world for doing good unto
others, pnt there is no reward in either
Tor passing away our time with games.
although mai,y games can be called in
nocent, and by looking a. little around
us we will find more El.an we will have
time to do, iii doing good unto Others.
Our time on earth for loin: good to
others is very short. Our childhood
and studying in schools takes q good
part Of our time, sickness takes !, part
and the strife for our living takes the
largest part, and by figuring this up
the rest OF our time is u FRACTIONAL part,
and why not use those hours for doing
good unto others instead OF PLAYING
games. The kind writer asks il l play
games Well, before l was converted
l was q gambler, q card player. But
after that change in my life have had
no time for games., The writer asks
why the innocent game of Crokinole
was the target. i will only remark
that I mentioned all sorts of games by
using Rev. Elliot's words from pool
table to marbles. ;" but suppose card
players thought the same. would
be glad to hear also from tile card
players, and by considering, this over
in IL friendly way, both You and will
learn some good out OF it. We may
find the line between the evil and in
nocent games. And about innocent
games, cannot see any evil in either
q Crokinole table OF q set of cards.
l mean the material part OF it. The
Crolkinole table is made of wood. the
play cards Of paper. The only diff
ference is the Crolsinole table costs
more. But the evil comes in the way
of using them. The same game might
bring evil to one person while not to
another. A dear brother OF mine in q
western city, for some reason stepped
into a. bar room, there he met some
acquaintances who asked him to take
a glass. of beer with them. He said
"no, thank you.'' The beer drinkers
then called for q glass of water and
asked him to take that with them while
they drank the beer. He said: 'No,
not from the bar, but ii you will go
out to the faucet with me will take IL
glass of water with you but not here. !.
[ think he kept on the right side of the
line. I believe that there can be times
when I would be justified in taking a
glass of beer, but for the example
have not tested drop of beer fol. the
past thirteen years. There is no harm
in smoking q cigar, but for the ex-
ample for my own boys and others I
have not put a cigar in my mouth for
over ten years, and so with games.
AS long as you play Crokinole you
cannot very well work against card
playing because the card player will
hit you right back, and for that reason
it is better to leave it alone.
You ask, how will we suit all?
Don't try. 1t is rs impossible as talk
ing q trip to the moon. About doing
something for those who have no place
to go, the writer says: .'let us look up
a remedy" 1 say, amen! The Y. NJ.
G. A. is doing an extensive good work
in all the larger cities in that line.
They have music, papers, libraries full
of good books, rooms for exercise and
they allow different games in their
parlors. But the Salvation Army is
doing more for those then any other
denomination. They hold meetings
every night, and by having lively
meetings and good music they draw
the biggest crowds together of those
that have no place to go and then
preach the gospel, which in all cases
is a radical remedy against all evil.
Yours truly,
p. SKANsE.
I have 3 and year old transplanted
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