Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1913-11-21
What he lIatter itIa5
Devils 4 Lake

II III your last ssue5 the above Dues
TIL was as ked lin an q ref riiings
to- the cost of iii lliiViin
is the trouble the cost Iii ghsl iV-;
ling or the cost of ~ living b
1t There is a vast diff erence between
| the two questions.
~ Eighty OF one hundred doll airs Il al
month may not buy all that a family
wants. but it should buy all that
they need. AZ 1t is; not what we need
but what We want that makes us poor.
i II know that many families in Dew
lis Lake liYe on forty five dollars d q
month The man receiving twice that
salary should consider himself for
ltunate. a 55f 53s$ s5@
/ II Il believe that the man on the small
I er salary usually Lives as well SO far
/ as the inner man is concerned, but
he does not dress as well, neither does
4 he support an ANTONIO ile, nor attend
1 a moving picture show six evenings
Iof the week II; ISL FAN NJ
4 Devils Lake is too small a town to
{ support two such play houses as it
does. $5.y x. E95 NJ
1 Go on the street at the hours Of
iopening and closing Of those places
and observe the streams of people at.
4 tending. Does it not occur to II yo,l
4 that this must be a constant drain on
1.-The finances of the citizens Would it
met be a better policy TO use some sof
4 this cash for necessities instead i OF
\ having those things charged to your
Iaccount s3I8 S,s1i 5y::l 4 \, s.ss Is +
lsome recreation" True, we must OF
I! should have a needful amount. II
seems to me that many ofIDevils Lake
Il citizens are daily t.recreating. ''I /
Z lis it necessary for sane human be
4 ings to be entertained and amused
1 constantly? When we ren, ember that
& cards were first invented TO alnuss
S; an inbecile king of France, it would
II seem that intelligent, educated people
4 should not depend on such things fol
their enjoyment solely. s55ss
z, z i Some of the p1ays#anl pictures ak
!, educational and uplifting, bnt. man:
fare not. We have many kinds II o
.s$: Why not organize a twic,
ia week "stay-at-home club and ge
taccuainted with the family. one,
r. asked ia Young man if; he felt repais
I tfor attending those places eVery$night
and he answered, Ut ere as no wher,
E31else to so: tits pitiful to see al peopl,
B spending, 50 much of their time AM
f{{llnoney for imp orted entertainnen
when for the greater part of the yea;
home talent is dor1nat hi Il N
II Why not conduct the opera hous,
!. on the municipal system as old coun
d tries do Open its doors only for
81 coed thing and not oftener than TIL,
town can afford. \: .ssa5s
Our ancestors were not furnished
witll#amu emen4 contin uaiiiy MA
!. are ave $sde gen Grating ri Is 81
.Eii3s When the late state Sunday schoo
Es'oclv ention vas being hold lin Devils
B. B Il Ike the empty seats were; a conden1
nation to the tastes Of its people, a.
there We're present many OF the. hes
g speakers in the state as we'll as som.
4 from distant states & & " ISL
One evening some prominen
4 speakers were to discuss, The. DO!
!, and HIS Father" The first speake;
4 asked, Where are the boys y a visi
& tor replied by asking, Where are; TIL,
fathers" Some one answered Go tx
81 the show houses and you will fint
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