Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-05-25

firm founda ton in the fact of the sur
vival of early forms of animal life long
beyond the duration of the geological
eras TO which science has assigned
them.
Outside Point of View.
Much has been written of late con-
corning the rush to the cities Some
optimists now claim the tide has
turned. That the high cost of living
not only in this country, but elsewhere
has began forcing process that will
compel the city dweller, especially OF
the poorer class, to get off the paved
streets and back to the COW paths. That
the wage Garner must tickle the earth
with the love and force nature to give
out of her soil part of this mans food.
Things a. present have not arrived Ut
that stage in this country. on the con-
trary the tendency just now is for the
wage Garner to compel the wage en-
ployer to pay more, so that the town
dweller can still turn the faucet for
his drink of water, rather than draw up
the moss covered bucket" For put it
down as fact, nothing but the cost
of existence will ever send men ana
women into the country. The so-called
attractions of town life are part and
parcel of the makeup Of nearly all
human beings. 1t is all comprised IN
the one sentence that man is social
animal"
It's not the hard work or the farm
that drives the boys to town. It's not
the drudgery of the work of the time
on the farm that brings the girl 10
town to work in some store shop. tel
ephone office or other occupation Tor
wages barely enough to pay her boaro
and clothes. Its not because of the
actual hard labor on a farm. that AT
the present time such high wages nave
to be paid farm hands. The reason is
the monotony of work in the village
and on the farm. There's no place to
play ad no one TO play with. We are
all children only grown up. the o-cent
picture shows in town are not patron
lied by the millions because they o1er
more than half hours entertainment
These shows have sprung into TINS
wonderful popularity because, they
serve to make people. young and oio'
for thirty minutes TO forget themselves.
and incidentally their troubles ana
environment.
One can go farther and claim that
three fourths of the regular patrons OF
our saloons. begin their life or peer
drinking and all that goes with IRE
and associations of this kind, not be-
cause they are dry, yet because they
desire to get intoxicated. but because
men gather in saloon exactly
for the same reason. drove
of wild horses keep together on
the plans. A flock Of sheep can be
compared 10 the audiences IN our cheap
theaters All this refers to the crowd
the men and women young and old that
are compelled to work, so many turns
a day for a living and then are free
to flock together. With increasing
wealth. subdivisions occur according
to taste and personal makeup. The
prayer meeting does for some what the
club dance does for others. Brldge
whist has an attraction not for card
players because of painted paste
boards" It's because bridge" brings
men and women together. SOLITAIRE"
is PLAYED with the same cards, but
there's no epidemic of solitaire play
ing.
If anyone doubts this theory, let him
watch the crowd in our cities the first
nice Sunday during the summer
months Yes, they crowd the cars to
get into the country. But it's not love
for or of the country. They crowd
| the steam boats on the lakes and on
the ocean and rivers. But not for love
of water, fresh or salt. They are go
ing somewhere, going to do something
| and always with the crowd. Sun
! day excursion on the cars draws num-
| dreds for the same reason. Sunday
baseball, of course, draws crowd OF
/; fans" but the shop girl that does not
know two base hit from
F"grounder." goes to the ball games and
has "a perfectly elegant time Sun
day golf playing would not attract II
each player was compelled to go over
the course alone. The fun is, not in
striking hard ball with hard stick
All this has drifted far away from
"leaving the farm" But it followed
ieasily. And there's a chance for
moral, too. We shall never be able &c
transplant the 5 cent theaters on TO a
160 acre Iowa farm. But We can dc
this we can Ger our young people who
will herd together in their hours OF
leisure and recreation. many forms OF
Entertainment, ffbetter than at presen'
they are virtually forced to accept Ii
is not for the writer to say just Wha'
such entertainment shall consist or
Just what the program shall be. Ar
open air band concert Sunday after
noon in a public park is considered oS
many as Sabbath dissertation. Sunday
baseball is another bad tnins II rms
minds of many. Sunday theaters, chear
and higher priced. are condemned b!
our preachers. Sunday excursions OF
all kinds are even considered harmful
lby some of our lawmakers. But at the
present age of the world, outside OF
,short service on Sunday morning, tina
fairly fills our churches, what are yot
going to do with the crowd that VII
: flock together the rest of the day? Ane
when you have fixed up the Sunda,
Question to your satisfaction, what vii
you offer this same crowd on weei
! days. in place of the many demoraliz'
J ling Kinds Of social amusement and re-
creations now INDUCED in?
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