Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-11-03
"HOODLUMISN.'

This r. a word that. very property
has no character. Hoodlumlsm - ar
rcntsd development. II L. the savage
and barbar.c stage lingering In the
outaproad lap of a false clvlliEauon'
gtudIes of ombryotic ne rlow that
The hirhcr order passes through OH
phases ~ tho lover. The H1uo IL true
OF the various phhscs Of ne after birth.
The puppy r. distinguished BY love OF
play. The young boy or Eid praso'aes
the same love VI r1mping that u CONE
Then come the higher stages OF ante
natal development Ia state ~ na-
turs both boys aul Girls on early age
love b climb tfrra, hunt ncalH uui
Gather bright collects. Later she glfla
want dolls aad she boys tools ari im-
p!omonts-thr kulfc, the low and af-
row. and in modern times the pistol,
Later comes the stage OF develop
mont shown among HayAFra hy war
paint and dulradau s. Tho yuung %
civilized people. whan they arrive al
this stage Of FrySih, manifest thclr
nature BY desire 90 dcstroy, They
want 10 kli birds. Ht1ue chickens,
break wiu,iowH. steal, lir and Ia every
act do romothius against their n0Eh'
blrs.
This h the mos, critical point ~ the
lie OF a by or Eirl bnrn In civilization,
Here, more than az uny vihcr time, q
needed the care OF wise phruuts, Al
"hlodlumlsm" results from the care
lcaruefA or iufrupetrncy u parents at
this stage Ia the ne ~ their children,
u these are not caUfully Induced % a
higher tendency az this slmc " ne
they remain iu O state o. arrested Dc
vehpmnt and become the curse ut
clylliEation-ihe thieves and murdurcrs
Of the world. How many ~ those saw
aEcs-of-civlhzaulu thew are the roc-
ords % crime show. How great thf
crime ~ parental aer'oci d., chc NUM-
Der 81 these aaYIf u el1rrh
10 II a great mistake o. suppose thhl
-hlpdlumhmi' u uIunrai 90 boys ana
"wayWard' girls, Arcs, HE develop
mtlI Of a child and 10 wlll be- q hood
lum through HE, aud tharr are men
ana wlrnen all around aus supptgd %
De civilized who arc true holIumH
trunta), Incapable on ever b"clm.ug
anything more than Cyil-dH u, lying
men.
Some ~ thcro destroyed nearly GOO
fcci OF fcuce around my home Mlgdly
night.
10 the adult hl0dum, the prescrre
80 - fNHAIA ~ fNAAAA 700 N'NNhA NA'"'
ment Is a source OK tnmliy, Jealousy
ana rage. The adult holilum apes
those he or she knows 90 be- above
MN, ana yet studies means 90 doing
them harm, II a because they have
never grown out 0f the savage state W
youthful life. But this opens up o Wow
~ The duties OF parents Every hood
lum "a a perron Lost, and that loss Will
possibly be CHARGED % those, parents
or Guarfilns who had The caro- of tho
unfortunate hoc1lums Ia early NE.
could tel ~ thlngs / have seen In salt
Lake city that would mako the people
squlrm, yet nothing / mlsdE say would
90 more than demunsirate the truth
iuipess OF my charge that pargnts and
guardians are 20 blame COR OIL HOOD
lumism" Al another Time ] Will tell
You more OF my observations among
the young and old hHHilumg IN the I'M
mediate neiRioorh 80 " my home.
Tho destruction u my fence was a
crime that does not lulurc me, but only
makes more clear the fac, ina. c,vlll-
kht.lm Clutalnn sayngory vastly worse
ihan alvagcry There D. tpi Hn Indian
u Utah who would have brokln my
trnee. CHARLES ELLIS.