Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1901-05-24

Stid further. those amusements are
wrong which lead you into expenditure
beyond your means. Moaey spent in
recreation is not thrown away. IL is
al folly Tor Us 70 coplc from a place of
amusement feeling that we nave vast
ell our money aGd time. You may by
ii have made an investment worth more
than the transaction that yielded you
hundreds or thousands Of dollars But
how maay properties have been rlddled
by costly amusemeutS.
The first time | ever saw the city-it
was the city OF Philadelphia was n
mere lad. | stopped at a hotel. and
remember In the eventide one of these.
mea piled me With his insernal art He
was green. He wanted TO show
- the sights of the town. He painted
TIE Path OF sin until 1t looked like
emerald. but WAS afraid of him. l
showed back fron the basillSil-l made
up my mind lie was a baSilisk. re-
member how lie wheeled his chair
round in front OF me and with con
conferred ana diabclical effort attempt.
eel TO destroy my soul, bat there were
good angels in tue aif that night II
YVES 30 good resolution Oh my part
but it WAS the all encompaSsinS grace
OF Il good God that delivered me. BE.
ware. beware. - young man, There
is a way taat seeneth right unto a
nlaa. Gut the end thereof is death"
wors OF rctcmperarcc.
The table has been robbed to pay the
club. The champagne has cheated the
Children's wardrobe. The carousin-
party has burned up the boys primer.
The tableCloth CT the corner saloon is
in debt 90 the wife's faded dress. Ex-
curSions that In n day make a tour
around whole months wages. ladies
whose lifetime business it is to Ego
shopping" large bets on horses. have
their counterparts in uneducated chill
dren. bankruptcies that shock the mon
ey market and appall the church and
that send drunkenness staggering
across the richly figured carpet of tie
mansion and dashing into the mirror
and drowning out the carol of music
with the wLooping OF bloated Suns
come home to break their old mothers
heart
saw . beautiful home where thu
bell rang violently late at night. Tl,
son had been or in sinful indulgeucps
His comrades were bringing him home
They carried him 20 the door. They
rang the bell al l o'clock i'm the morn
ing. Father and mother came down
They were waiting for the wandering
son, and then the comrades. as soon a.
the door was opened. threw the prod
iEal Gc2dlopg iE;o the doorway. crying
There he is. drunk as fool. Ha. har'
Nhtn men so into amuSemPntS thai
they cannot afford. they steal what
they c2nuo; borrow. First they so into
embarrassment and then into lying AMI
then into theft. and when n man gets
rs FAR On rs that be does not stop shor'
or the penitCntiary. There is not u
prison In the land where there are no;
victims Of urSanct:ied amusemcn;s
Aerceanis. is there disarrangrnlen,
in yCur accounts? Is there n leakage.
in your mcrey drawer? Did not IA.
cashnccount come out right last night.
] VIII tell you. There Is q youna man
in yocr store wandering OF into lad
2GuSecscnts. The salary you give him
may t2cet Lawful! expenditures. but no,
the sinful indulgercps IN which he has
entered. aud he takes by theft tLat
which ycu do not give him in lawful
salary.
Row brightly the path OF unrcs.rain
ed amusement opensi The youu: mar
Gays: Now | am OF for good time
Never mind economy. I'll get money
somehow. What Gre road. What 4
beautiful day for n ride! Crack IN.
WHIP aud over the turnpike. Come
boys. ell high your glasses. Drink
Long life. health. plenty or rides ius:
Ike this" Handwriting men hear the
clat;cr OF The hocts anu look up anc
sey: Why. ] wonder where those rrI
lows get their money froml We have
10 toll and drudge. They do nothing
To these gay men life is n thrill and an
excitement They stare at other pro
PIC and I'm turn are stared OF. I'll,
watch chain jingles; the Gun foans:
The cheeks flush; the eyes flash; the
midnight hears their guffaw; they
swagger; they jostle decent men Off the
sidewalks; they take the name of God
In vain; they parody the hymn they
learned at their mothers knee, and 10
all pictures of coming disaster they CRY
out, Who cares?" and to the counsel
or some Christian friend, "Nho are
you:' Passing along the street some
night. you hear shrek in a grogshop,
the rattle OF the watchman's club. the
rush OF the police. What is the matter
now? Oh, this reckless young man has
been killed in grogshop fight. Carry
MN home 10 his fathers house. Par.
onis will come down and wash his
wounds and close his eyes In death
Ihey forgive him all he ever did, al
though lie cannot In his silence ask IT,
The prodigal has got home at last
Mother will so to her little garden and
get the sweetest flowers and twist them
into chaplet for the silent heart OF the
hayward boy and push back from the,
bloated brow the long locks that were
once her pride, and the air will be rent
With the agony. The great dramatist
says, How sharper than n serpent's
tooth 1t is TO have n thankless child?'
Henithfui Recreation.
/ go further and say those are I'M
Christian amusements which become
the chief business OF mans life. Life
Is an earnest thing. Whether we were
born In palace or howell, whether we
are ahlueat or pinched, we have TO
work. Ii you do not sweat with toll.
you Will sweat with disease. You have
soul that Is to be TRANSPORTED amid
the pomp of a judgment day. and after
the sea has sung its last chant and the
mountain shall have come down in an
avalanche OF reck you will live and
think and act, high on q throne where
seraphs sing or deep In dungeon
where demons howl. In world where
there is so much to do for ourselves
and so much TO do for others God pity
that man who has nothing TO do.
Your sports are merely means to an
end. They are alterations and helps.
The arm OF toll is the only arm strong
enough TO bring up the bucket out OF
the deep well OF pleasure. Amusement
Is the only bower where business and
rest while on their way