Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-11-02
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Union Service. y ha rseational
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LARGE AUDIENCE Hs:,rR !, PRESENT.
An lmpassioned Pies suitable
!, Recreation fol 81 1irl'
I u u and Boy

III ana boy.
J, :. :.
Most Of the churches tne CIT:
Joined with the W. c, T.N sunda!
night in a union temper ce meet
ing at the Congregation churcn
DR.. G. w. q. Hill of i1water
Mimi. had been secslfe Az TN
speaker for the evening nd wa!
heralded as temperanS speaker
with new story. The aus nee Wa'
. not disappointed and 1t is e to as
sert that DR.. Hill was the post In
teresting temperance lectu nearo
in this city in many year, mere
was not the dry dust and so tln' u
her which ,itters the addra Of the
usual temperance lecturer ut an
impassioned plea for the pVlslon
~ suitable recreation for NSe girl
and the boy in every town ~ CITY
IN the land which after al is the
only true way to keep th IRON
the snares Of temptation. large
crowd was present.
Mrs. ]. G. Robson, prestdat OF
the w. c. T. o., read the scz ,sure
lesson and the chorus choir me
Congregational church led Id tne
singing Of hymns. One eberi rislly
fine number had been preba a. ~
the chorus, under the leadS np q
Miss Edith Lee, in which Mlfse eon'a Z.
Wolhuter Of Fairmont, MiI,r. took
The solo part. Mrs. Annie puon
then introduced the speaker y Sne
evening who took as his topic. an
and speak to that young man!'
He opined that temperance Il not
always the same old story. ere Il .
are many new things to be wc Aeu
out and many new thingA out
which we should be concernhd. ne
thing which most disturbs slhii e
the younger element Of socisty .nu
the example set before them \ tt'sl1 ttsl1
elders in a community. The 80!
or handled the subject Of Rracsc
and precept with ungloved hi sebS y
and made an eloquent plea for ~
bows of the land who are the fo !
dation for our republic. He ~
quantity humorous at times ahd -
proverbs-always new-were u W !.
by him in illustration with n =
force in bringing home tn true
presented to the minds Of his sAe!
ers.
He related an example OF the ne.
lect to provide suitable CLUBBING
laces for the boys and young me
who loaf about the streets OF An Ell
ening which he stated existed 10 hs
home town. A splendidly qutpps
suite of club rooms is NJ dntasine
there with one hundred an seyent:
f,ve members. The entran tees AL
one hundred dollars, tie annut
dues fifty dollars. and no ySunI
men under twenty-one years are "a
mitted as members. As ressult
none but the moneyed class belonl
.o this club and the younger men ar
not admitted. Upon the other hand
there are twenty-three saloons opel
IN the street inviting with theil
lights, warmth and welcome, ever!
voung man Of the city who has no
!. more congenial resort.
Gymnasium there is none; a
e A. not at all, nor room IN tn
city where a young man may be SAY
ea from the dangers within himself
and those which beset his path
All the world likes jolly boy. bu,
!, we do not furnish the proper run
and recreation for him. he is not So
,np to be jolly long, for the worAe
and the devil are going to meet tna'
,aed for play, and the wild oafi
.own will have to be reaped. ~
.noke also of the girls who rIn tne
.treets of every city; II the mothers
vii, hedge the girl about, the care.
~, narents win be able to look aitei
,he,r hoy. Just as many dangers as,
..u the boy from the unframed glrI
.-oh,em as assail him from tne
,,.,or aide OF the question, and hers