Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-08-03

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trough STUFF than In any town II
the state of Its size.
i Certain things get on some foihs
nerves but you have to take peopi'
MS they are and the wise way Is t'
direct energy where 1t VIII be KEEP
i within sane aud decent channels.
4 u Take the swimming pool. FOL
years the whole boy population hikeo
.Ifol the river evenings and sunday
afternoons stand one or two deaths
yeaf resulted, not to mention othei
things that happened. Now the boys
are In the pool, safe, well behaVeu
and cOntented.
Take Sunday baseball. lot OF
folks object to 1t but the fact Is that
Sunday baseball has been played III
/ Enterprise, Hope Chapman, lSQio-
tmon, Heringtob and in s09 per scsnt
of the towns and cities OF the cOnn-
1 try for years. On Sunday afternoons
| In past years cars were loqded 1ttl
Abilene men and boys and fhey hfked
of 10 other towns. Those who had
no cars were restless. SVRdsxafftert
moons was a. time for SNp u Boting
and Of Der thing In the R4 fers at
the raYiwayg gardS ahig m e&herg.
Now the btys and ynen 90 o1t to
well conducted marx and areysatistl
fied-and the police are out ofa JOB.
Taking dahcing. Many folks OBJ
ject to that For years the summer
has seen scores Of motor cars DRIFT
out of town every evening to take
young folks to dancing floors; set up
In groves somewhere, without regu-
lation or care In management. They
drifted back along toward morning
much to the worriment OF parents.
Now they go to well-conducted
pavilion near the city, where strict
regulation is maintained with u
O'Clock the closing hour and where
two or three hundred Onlookers SIT
In cars and apparently enjoy the
Among these latter are
scores Of church people and there Is
no chance for anything bat the best
of conduct. Young folks-and some
older folks-will dance whether
Others like 1t or not; 1t is better to
have it we'll done than poorly done.
The Country cl ub furnishes
healthy exercise and social enjoy
ment for 1SO members and their
families. Instead Of going to Salina
or other towns the members are
home with their families. Sunday
golf worries some folks, too, but the
business man is going to play goil
on Sunday-he does in every city
and in every town large enough to
have links from Penobscot, Maine, to
San Diego, California. II 1t Is not
possible at home, then he will go to
A neighboring town. 1t Is health1ui'
exercise and it is better
TO have the golf players here on sun
lay than send them elsewhere.
We have no lakes, no mountains.
most of us cannot afford to trnVel
to either. Such amusement as we nave
must be evolved right here at home.
It would be ideal perhaps to have
everybody sit on the porch evenings
and all day Sunday, except for ser
vices. and metlitate-but the world
will not do that. Folks will nave
relaxation in some way and the only
is what way. Human ma
turc Is human nature. Whatever
may be ones individual views. plain
common sense repeats the old lesson
that we must take things as they
are and that 1t Is far better to have
at home under proper conditions such
relaxation as the people Of COM
munity will whether every
body likes It or not-than to have
this furnished away from the com
with no regulation and no
oversight
Abilene is today giving to its
people sane and healthful outlet
for their super abundant energies
and because of 1t there is less work
for the police than in years and the
morale of the community is on
higher plane.
Abilene Is a good town-ahd it is
worth while to look over it's activities
md realiZe lust how good 1t Is.