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


This r. a word that, very properly
has No character Hoodiumism d ar
rested development. II Is she savage
and barbarlc stage lingering In th'
outsprcad lap Of q false CIVILIZATION.
studies OF cmbryotlc ne snow that
the hlghcr order passes through nU
phases on the l3wtr. The Same IL true
" the various phaaea Of ne after birth
Tho puppy IL distinguished hy love o.
play. The young boy or girl prasofse'
the same love VI romplag ihat u CONF
mon b ths young % the lower animals,
Then come she higher stages o. at'r-
natal development Ia q state " na-
sure both boys and girls of early age
lovr q climb trees, hunt hgala az,
gather bright objects Later thc Elrla
want dolls aad she bIyA tuoia AMI lm-
plomcuia-thc kuift, the low and arr
row, and ln modern shines the pistol
Later comes the stage of develop
mrni shown among HlyAgra py war
paint aud dalrrdau 81. Tho young of
civilized people. Whfu they arrive al
this stage OF gryNth, manifest their
nature BY desire 80 destroy. They
want 20 KIN birds, ut1Uf chickens,
break windows, Ft1al Dc and IN every
act do romethlus against tholr ntgh-
bors.
This Is the mos, critical point 81 tho
lie OF q boy or Girl hurn ln civilization.
Here, more than az any other time. o.
needed the care OF wise parents. Al
"ho1dlumlsm" results from me care
lcsrncia or incUupeicncy " parents at
this stage IN the ne ~ their children,
u these are not carefully Induced a. a
higher tendency az This t,mc ~ NE
they remain Gu state % arrested DE-
ychpmtnt and become the curse VI
clyiliEation-the thieves and murdercra
" the world. How many W those saw
aTca-of-clvlhgnu1n thew are the rcc-
orda % crime show. How great the
crime " parental negIcct iH, ehc NUM-
Der 81 these aaydE d.cIlrrs
II IL a great mistake % suppose that
-hondlumim" IL confined 90 boys and
"wayward" girls. Arrest he develop
mtnt of a child and 10 Tylll De "a hood
nm through life, aud thsrc are men
ANA women all around uB supposed %
be civilized who are true mediums
runts), incapable of ever becoming
anything more than Uyil-du NJ, lying
men.
Some ~ thcso destroyed nearly 600
feei Of fence aruuud my home N udly
10 the adult hlodlum. tho prescrro
or n man or WfEnan " SOLID develop
ment Is a Slurle OF cnmlty, jealousy
ana rage. The adult ho71lum apes
those he or she knows 90 be above
nm, and yet studies means 90 d0.ng
them harm, II "a because they have
never grown out on the savage state w
youthful life. But this opens up a Wow
81 me duties OF parents. Every hood
lpn 3 a peupn Lost, ami that loss wlil
possibly be CHARGED % those. parents
OF guardians who had the care OF the
unfortunate hoc1lumH Ia early ne. I
could tel ~ things ! have seen 10 Salt
Lake city that would mako the people
squlrm, yet nothing I mlglH say would
% more than demnnsirate the truth
iulHoss OF my churge that partnts and
guardians ore 10 blame for pll mood
lumlsm." At another time / viii ten
YOU more Of my observations among
the young ard Ola hU1ilumH IN the linz
mediate neiRtnorh ~ of my home.
lhs destruction " my fence was a
crime that does not luiure me, but only
makes more clear IN fact that c,vlli-
shihm contains anyagery vastly w1rfs
than alVagery. There o. r1, an indian
~ Utah who would have broken my
renee CHARLES ELLIS.