Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-17
BOOSTING FOR Y. NJ. c. A.
ICouncil Eluffs Nonpareil.l

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Msrshalltown citizens are boosting
for V. II. G. A. building. There is
NOT much question but that the eHort
Will be successful. MarshaiitoWn mas
a renutat:on as tive wire town or
the bsst sort. II has large la"o'
,,or,lat;on. including factory workers
and railroad men. 1t has aboAeheu
saloons its face is set Ike fint To-
ward righteous ideals. The purpose
OF men behind this Y. NJ G. a. move
ment is to make >iarshallto~n safer
and a better place In which to rear
bovs and girls. building such as
,hese people have IN contemplation Is
an instrument designed TO help MA :
terially in achieving this END.
There are just two vital points IN
connection with work of this K'hu'
First and foremost 10 the inaupitae'e
fac. that you can not transform ees
into man without passing thru al
tine wears ,hat stand between me
/ cradle and manhood estate. Durihs
these Years his mind is like Iowa son
This soil will grow hunnrea bushes
of corn per acre. or ii VIII gro" oie
crops Of cockleburrs or 1anaaiui ,
thistles 1t all depends on the k,na -.
| seed sown and allowed to take reo'
| and thrive There is just one aiHer
snce In this connection. the corn h1us'
! ne cultivated to get the best results
weess mead no cultivation. they VIII
,.,.o core of themselves If LETT nnhis-
t;;rbed. And this Is Just as true 81
bov.s mind as IL liz true OF d corn
| so,d Y. NJ. G. A. building III
uarSha,l,onn will be 20 the boys OF
that city what high grade. thoroughly
/ tested seed corn IS to well prepareo
iowa soil. IN one case IT is a c1oL
F.! of splendid corn, in the ethe. ~ .
manly men. The saloons have peer
| ou.ted I'm Ainrshalltcwn. This pre-.
mares the soil for the reception o. eoo'
seed. Every cradle contains the pos
| sibility OF good citizen ana the pos
sibility OF criminal.
The second consideration Is the
worth OF this wGrk to the men no" VI
/ the lob in that city. The truth Oh 'ii'
matter is that 1t offers splenolo op
portunity to all the citizens OIL wa
city VINO wish TO DO something ieai
worth while for themselves. IL is
divine and an immutable la" lhae i'ie'
can really and truly only heip thei'.
selves by helping others. .nrhesi'
knows this. He is cs;nny Scotsiia,
and has tested the depths In pursui
Of wealth. Rockefeller has reacheo III
same conclusion. Helen Gou!d ais
cerned this great truisfp. Peaooo.
C,,rard and scores of others nave tesei
sed ON this score. Men bring nothin;
Into the world and they take no'hin'
out. Wealth accumulated VIII In I'M
obstinate Service to humanity aio,
endures. Then men whose names WI
endure in MarshalltoWn are the ONE
who have helped eliminate the saioo,'
and who will now help to put eood see
.nere the weeds formerly grew: =
msn might Just as we'll try to lift MIN
self by his boot straps as TO GET rea
pleasure out OF life in any otner man
ner than by giving OF his substance y
. good cause we can no more se
away from the responsibility whicl
bears down upon us in this diiec.lo
than we can get away from the IL
that surrounds us.
Marshalltown men Will see the ios.
o, the situation as it presses DOW
upon them. By and by the facts WI
} stand out In bold relief: % ms w
stitut,on is an excellent tool Tor tn
fastening OF character In boys "
II Il an opportunity for men OF mean
, to buy q, pleasure for themselves tina
| will never pail