NOVEMBKR, 1919 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



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this remorse niul the awful stints of eon- 

 science. And do they escape it: Who can 

 tellf It is suggested by the Sunday School 

 Times, and 1 think by some other religious 

 periodicals that there is quite a disposition 

 now to make fun of the idea of hell. My 

 friends, there is not only something like 

 the hell the Bible mentions in tlie life to 

 come, but there is a hell here on earth that 

 is unspeakably impossible to describe. Ask 

 this man Wrolen about it, and I am sure he 

 will tell you I am right. Wiiy did he con- 

 fess at allf Well, my impression is that 

 the torture of a guilty conscience was sucli 

 that he could stand it no longer. Perhaps 

 he thought confession might make him feel 

 better. Perhaps he had decided that the 

 extreme penalty of the law and taking the 

 electric chair would be a welcome change 

 and a relief from the torture he was endur- 

 ing. 



As soon as this article is in type I am 

 planning to mail it to William Wrolen, 

 Pincknej'ville, 111. ; and I want to call his 

 attention to the fact that there is relief, 

 even for such as he is. " Behold the Lamb 

 of God that taketli aAvav the sin of the 

 world." 



Some of my readers may object; and 

 perhaps they are the ones who urge that 

 he should suffer the full j^enalty of the 

 law ; and, in fact, I am inclined to think 

 that humanity would be better off if he 

 not only consents but requests that he be 

 punished according to the laws of the land. 

 From what experience I have had, 1 think 

 it possiljle for him to go to the electric 

 chair rejoicing — rejoicing hecause the aw- 

 ful burden has been lifted from him, and 

 that the dear Savior has really " paid the 

 price and set him free." 



Our soldiers went to war, and bled and 

 died for the salvation of the nations of the 

 world. This man can go to his death in a 

 similar way in order that married men and 

 young girls in the future may be warned 

 of the consequences of something that 

 starts with what many people would say 

 is a mere ti-ifle. On page 679 of our last 

 issue I published a warning from a poor 

 suffering wife; and now I hope this warn- 

 ing will meet the eyes of a great lot of 

 young girls 15 or 16 years old. Just now 

 the boys and girls of our land and other 

 lands have gotten hold of a sort of spirit 

 of adventure. They crave excitement. A 

 girl of 15 or 16 may innocently laugh and 

 joke with a married man, and it may even 

 go on until there is something more than 

 just a casual acquaintance. The mothers 

 and fathers of our land should be awaken- 

 ed to the responsibilities that rest on them. 

 Watch out for vour voung girls. 



While 1 write, September 11, our county 

 fair is going on here in Medina. I went 

 over there a few minutes yesterday. To tell 

 the truth, I was more anxious to study 

 humanity, especially the girls and boys of 

 our county, than I was about anything else. 

 One of the first things that met my gaze 

 was the advertisement of a gypsy fortune- 

 teller; but, come to think of it, she did not 

 call herself a gypsy. It was some foreign 

 name, and the notice was so worded as to 

 attract the attention of girls especially; 

 and the worst part of it was a whole crowd 

 of girls in their teens tiptoeing just to see 

 over the others' shoulders in order to look 

 at that fortune-teller and hear what she 

 had to say; and from their giggling I 

 gathered that she knew how to " rope them 

 in." I turned around in disgust; but on 

 the other side of the way a similar fortune- 

 teller was holding forth. I am not sure, 

 but I think there were three of them on tlie 

 fairground, and all three were apparently 

 doing a tremendous business. By the way, 

 some time ago in the city of Cleveland 

 there was an ordinance i3assed forbidding 

 fortune-telling, and every little while we 

 hear of fortune-tellers being arrested. Will 

 somebody tell me if this ordinance is still 

 in force in Cleveland and other cities'? And 

 will the managers of our Medina County 

 Fair ''sit up and take notice," and go them- 

 selves and see what sort of entertainment 

 is being permitted here in this county 

 Avhere the Y. M. C. A. seems to be ahead 

 of almost every county in Ohio? And how 

 about the Y. W. C. A.? Am I overdoing 

 the matter in regard to the importance of 

 keeping a check on the amusements now of- 

 fered for our boys and girls"? Much has 

 been said about safeguarding the boys; 

 but how about the girls'? How about this 

 unfortunate girl in our sister State of 

 Illinois'? How much was she to blame in 

 tliis terrible tragedy that deprived three in- 

 nocent children of a mother? We learn 

 from the above clipping that she was ar- 

 rested. 



A few days ago Wynne Boyden, one of 

 our grandsons, paid $15.00 for a flight of 

 15 minutes in an aeroplane at Atlantic 

 City; and while I dictate these words a fly- 

 ing-machine on our fairgrounds is caiTying 

 passengers. Another young relative, 16 years 

 old, a cousin of Wynne, told me he would 

 give $10.00 for a ride of 10 minutes in the 

 flying-machine. Said machine is performing 

 stunts — looping the loop, etc., and it has 

 just set the young boys wild. Now, if the 

 boys want to take a flight, and have the 

 money they earned to pay for it, perhaps 

 there is no great objection; and even if a 

 girl, 16 years old, should catch the craze 



