New-York tribune., 1903-03-18
SUNDAY ADJUSTMENTS.
Manu- Vie1cs as to HozU the Day
Should Be Spent.

The subject Of the monthly conference at the
United Charities Building yesterday morning was
Pleasant Sunday Afternoons for the Youth Of Our
City" and speakers took oiametricaily opposl'e
views Of the question
Or : F Elliott. OF the Hudson Guild made a
strong plea for decent Sunday amusements to take
the place Of the many indecent ones which are no"
sIIoved TO run full blast on the hrst Gay OF the
week These places, he said. should be such as
families could go to together. and by offering an
agreeable way Of spending a Sunday afternoon
they would be providing most efectual agent TOT
reur-aIizi7g the attractions OF demoraizng pleas
Tbi. plan has already been put into operation.
the sneaker explained by the Public Education
Association and the West Side Civic Club School
No. &c has been secured for the purpose ana nero
, little music and opportunities for social 1nter-
course are provided on Sunday afternoonA Ine
reopIe IL the neighborhood seem % appreciate the
ur,-ly and II is by such means, Dr. -EaItotS cor
rlUded. that we will obtain true American Sun
dsv instead OF a day that ts DULL vulgar anu
deadeuing."
--,r--+ sr+f-e1v dissented from this view The
ro-k Dr. Elliott had described seemed to MIN a
--s-unendoUs hlun6er." The working classes were
,o+ ~ be uDufted he said. by Sabbath anusenents.
.-zyhat the vorkingrnan really needs, declared
nv Furreu 'is TO see that there is another life
tevond this that is not grinding and toiling ana
struggling and starving. We need to eaten ghnpse
~ the sweet fields beyond the sWeInns nooo WHICH
dressed living green God gave US Oui-
day thar we might have tirae to think and pray
F7,yt ~ vou I'll # full o. secular amusement What
chance is there for souls, either among one
working or any other cIess7 Your Sunday soclai
functions are as bad as anything can be
Or BurreI then went TO say that he thought
-,uc7 zvuoathy was wasted Oh the wrong people
- tre consideration Of such problems. The work
irman vas said 10 need the saloon because ne
4i6 not want TO stay home with ms poor, slaL-
+a~rI5 wife and crying children; but IL seeileu 70
rim 1-he sues kerr that what such q man Iedil!
nee5e6 yEas not the saloon. but The whipping post
r5s aid not think further that the foreign tienht
shouId be considered with reference 10 ire Suludy
TIesrfo1 for when foreigners to this couItr!
~ -3ov our ecclesiastical and civil freeooHa IhsE
rn;Isf necor1e Americans Moreover. he Clio not see
. the schools were 10 be Used for SUNDAY con-
~e-+s WIN they should not be used tor reHsloGs
services. and the end would De tnat ihs PeUit 1o
you'd protest against their being used Tor any
thing but their original purpose II theE %eIJ - -
be crowded with little children all Week CieH
needed Sunday TO breathe zts
Dr. Burre's remarks provoked an animated uis-
-l-sxIon which was short by the lateness OF the
tremendous need for something 10 taEe IIe
place OF the saloon. II the people had decent
places of public resort thousands of them Woulo go
there instead Of the saloon. In regard 10 Nnat
Tor PRAYER Mrs Jackson said that in the oenomi-
nation TO which she belonged II was believed 70 De
rossibe 10 prav without ceasing. not only on Sun
dsv but on all days OF the week.
The other speaker of the morning Robert Hun
%e- hea6uorker OF the University Settlement de-
sC-fbed some excursions to the country arranged
for boys Sunday afternoons by an English so
cial worker.
Miss Kate Bond. convener Of the committee IN
charge presided