Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-05-08

Local Comment
The annual T. n. c. A. drive for
funds to support tho work of the in
stitution win be on next Tuesday.
Like . church, this Christian insti-
tuition aims to render far more SER
Woo to boys and young men than It
ever expects to charge up to the boys
in membership fees. The rest Of the
cost IL raised each year in contribu-
tons ranging from $25 to $126 from
each contributor. The estimate Is
that more win be required this year
than last because everything costs
more, and tho ~" 10 affected as we'll
as the schools. About 25 per cent
moro than was asked last year will
be asked this year or = total budget
Of $4,000.
The ~" performs q multitude Of
small services for young men and
boys. It furnishes q wholesome place
for boys to gather. where they can
have as much fun and better fun
than in tho foul atmosphere Of q pool
hall. It superviseS public play
grounds. whore 1925 boys and girls
attended last year. It instructs boys
In gym" work. and 125 were taught
n aVy{ySN q - -
cational work, having shown its edu-
cational films to q told abundance
Of $500 last year, and having had
an attendance Of 5,133 in 1t bible
classes, mostly boys and young men.
It gave outright 49, free member
ships TO discharged soldiers, for
which the contributors to the sup
port fund will be paying. The ~"
found Jobs for sixty-seven men and
boys last year, and housed 26S young
men In its dormitories, where their
habits were under the right kind Of
supervision, and where temptations
were absent from their young lives.
The ~ II organized Christian
service. Tho man whose conscience
tells him that he ought to do more
good for others in this world than
he II doing, but who does not know
where to begin by himself, can put
some money into the support Of the
~" and find an organization of
trained men with . magnificent
building and equipment in readiness
to do work which an individual
could not do II he were willing to
devote his life to others. It affords
every man an opportunity to do
something to make his community
better. and to help young men and
boys to rise to the best there IL in
life AZ he goes along thru the world
money. A few dollars con-
tributed every year to ''Y" work and
other established charities helps to
the procession at ones fun
eral when the undertaken has H.
nally been called.
Parents Of small boys would do
we'll to know whore they are at
night. There arc certain youths Of
tender years who have acquired the
bad habit OF raiding refrigerators.
and the practice has become 30 COM
mon, and % annoying, that ono OF
these fine mornings fond parents
will be around to tho newspaper Of
flee. with tears In their syes, begging
for the suppression Of police court
mention Of the arrest Of their hope
fuls on breaking and entering
charges. Il 10 almost nightly oc-
currence for some one to find that
his refrigsrator has been robbed OF
milk. fruit, or other contents, III for
tho apparent "fun" that It eauses
the youthful mafsudsrs. Lttle babet
have been compelled to 20 hungry
until morning because all the milk
supply OF = neiEhborhood has been
stolen. Worse yet, the milk ha.
been spilled on lawn or pavement and
bottles broken on pavements to be-
come . menace to high-priced auto
mobile tires. The practice,is not only
mischievous, but vicious. Locked
doors prove no barrier. for screens
have been cut In order to effect en-
trance. This adds to the seriousness
OF the offense, for . charge of
breaking ana entering may be lodged
against the culprits. and breaking
and entering may mean penitentiary
or reform school.
4
With Riverside cemetery affording
the beautiful drives that It does,
winding about the wooded plots ana
gorgeous tulip beds. Superintendent
Rubee IL facing the problem Of pre-
serving the cemetery for the pur-
poses 1t was intended. or turning the
ground over a. q trial field for auto
mobiles. The superintendent has no
objection to owners Of new cars US
ing the grounds - = place to learn
driving, where tho inclines and turns
provide excellent instruction. He
does. however. object to the trying
out Of old cars under process Of re-
building. which race about the drives
with cutouts open. perfectly obliv-
ious to the rules Of ten-mile speed
limit in driving. The cemetery super
intendent has been compelled to halt
cars which were running twenty
miles or more an hour. with cut
outs open. to the annoyance Of funer-
al services in progress. Unless the
trial ground idea IL abandoned vol
unfairly some more drastic rules will
have to be laid down. The ceme-
terry was built for other purposes
than a speedway for motor vehicles,