skill after the boy has become a man than to expose 

 him to the influence which predominate about the 

 average pool room in our towns and cities. The 

 summer gardens and country clubs, with their many 

 alluring attractions, profit from the patronage of the 

 boys, but the round table and dancing pavilion belong 

 to both, and the company and amusements which charm 

 the patrons are not always of the kind which tend to 

 long life and prosperity. The boy in the city has 

 opportunities of this kind which, it is to be regretted, 

 are far too numerous, inviting and accessible. Such 

 indulgence does not develop the mind or the muscle. 

 The world is full of enticing pleasures for the 

 boy which should not be fostered by his patronage, 

 because his body will be dwarfed and his mind retarded 

 thereby. It is the disposition of boys to concentrate. 

 Association is their natural bend. This should not 

 be discouraged, but when it follows older heads 

 should throw around those safeguards which will 

 maintain the higher principles and influences. Nature 

 provides for these when the boys would 'a fishing go/ 

 Now, my son, take the grub-pick and a tin can, go 

 into the stable yard, raise an old log or a board, 

 where the ground is black and moist, dig a couple of 

 dozen red angle worms and then return and I will 

 prepare to go with you to the river." 



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