The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-16
DENOUNCES SPORTS
AS=HUMAN VOL YES

/, Preaching to a COMPENSATION thaEs
packed Broad-Street Methodist church.
last night on Juvenile Vice in RfcA-
1nond--What. Can We Do About II sss|
Rev. Frank T.. Wells. the pA1t0Hs
thoaghtfully and carefully diagnoee
the inherent and contributing - 49,
OF social sins and in presenting th8s
remedies for existing conditi0na#
soundIy scored the police commiastOn-
ers for not enforcing the laws and dexS
nounced the Broad street sports xa3
human wolves who prey upon chill
dren. sTFS
Briefly summed up, Mr. Wells aftK1s
butes the prevalence OF social vice f1kA
disintegrating home life and lack It
parental discipline and the fashions tns
dress. and In addition brought ntekM
indictments against a yellow pre-
licentious fiction and an immoral StaG1
As remedies for existing conditions hQ5
calls for an amusement OF public 0nanF
ion that shall demand q purifying a. 4
the stage and literature, reform #
woman's dress and that shall mmhM
felonies OF crimes OF vice now Cjn9D
AZ misdemeanors. ss al
Must Enforce Laws.
First" he said. we must dexn41
the enforcement Of the vice laws mfss
ready on the statute books. You n M
as individuals to the police comm
Sioners and ask them to enforco 81
laws against certain evils and y0U M1
apt TO be told to produce the 0v44o41
ef violation and the case Will ~
tended to- An aroused public III
ton should say to those respon91
Tor the enforcement OF the Law x&
they have been put into their uo N
tons and their salaries are p&1d T&
the taxpayers OF the city, and n 4
not your business as individuals
police the city but their buslnsa
is not your business to be detnctt
and prosecutors. but Ii In theix
ness and you are going to 1oo
they do 1t or else get somebody
win. sss|s3
Every now and then we -
little stir about breaking UP the cf04
OF sports who hang out on tho W
street corners and og1e every pl0
and make remarks about her MI
sports still stand on the corners
nothing seems to be done ab0aA
You men who vote can break if 10
you will.
Mr.. Wells declared that il had :
eaid that moral conditions IN IN
mond are better than In most cfff
Of its size, but he believed. Wera = +
curtain OF darkness and secrecy m
lifted there would be enough rSNv
ed to cause many to cry out.
God OF heaven and, nk A4Fth
who didst set d fountain of We11 a1j4
OF holy love In human life, what 1aS
are these we behold. What dean RI
ness: what tanning Of the wfnG
night; what ascending Of thu
Of torment The growth of 1uvo
vice and crime h the sAdde1k
or present-day American life, 81
time has come for the church ~ mn
q valiant part In the crusadA ~
L.. 8llssI(
indiNsrsnes u pars,4<s.
Going at some length into N
mai In man-tha fundamental 60
vice--Mr. Wells diagnosed
causes contributed BY the worif
tho powers Of righteousness mt
In fi~httng the social 0vik W
and Ignorance he sehArncteE4ne1|a
citing causes. but the tndi&
parents and In not dtncIpltnln
children he gtresaed ~ enc
alarming conditions ~ the N
nothing short of s'criminnI ner1
Referring to the safeguaR<ia tlS1
be thrown about = 8ffl an1(
home he gid BeEe
ref0xm n dr. that Win
back to the fashiOus of tQk@
The r6ap0ntS q our Was9eM
dictates Of fashion y plA1an&
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