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308 PARK AND PLAYGROUND.
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victims in their parents of tlie great ; to sati moral sfy which pestilence these , owing unnatural to the fathers love and of drinking mothers
be compel " that procured in their the ? gaols children The of unquestionable to Liverpool resort to and any authorit Glasgow means y we by he which have found quoted money several says can of ,
the these as to truth age most , of the unhappy these fact is frig children sufficientl htful . details " y horrible Even with supposing . respect If any some to one the should sli neg ght lect doubt error of
streets children of , a London walk throug on Saturday h some ni of ght the or narrow Sunday and morning thickl , y will peop suffi led
cientl There y confirm are a few them points . on which all the witnesses on the question
agree . One of them is , that many men , not originally drunkards , firmed and not in caring intemperate for drink habits for its from own the sake temp , nevertheless tations of company become con and
conversation offered by the public houses , which they have not classes strength state to resist that . they Many themselve of those s best aware acquainted of their with own the inabilit working y to
, resist Leesof temp Leeds tation who , desire has done to have much it for taken the out instruction of their of way the peop . Dr le . ,
resist says , , " it the they policy cannot , of , the the appetite working for classes strong drink is to is avoid of such temp a peculiar tation ; best
physical and moral over-riding nature , as to destroy all their impulses . " vicfor which the
whence We do the not above wish general to multi statements ply details are of taken e , would furnish report ample materialsOur object in entering on some modes and forms in which
. the demoralization of the lowest classes is most glaringly displayed is to show its connection with drinkingand to give a slight idea ,
men more and would women be impossible and the , of fearful the town influences , habits surrounding and amusem the ents path of _,
of infancy and childhood , . About two years ago a series of letters appeared in the Liverpool Mercury _^ giving horror such and a description in of the the
recreations of the people as awakened surprise minds of their more educated fellow-townsmen , who found it hard to believe , as well they might , that such degrading pastimes could
be shared , in their own town , by persons with whom any heading days Social afterwards business Evils his reprinted " title mi Althoug g page ht under bring with h we the them the agree title words into of with contact " L " him iverpool Publicity . that These Life publicit the ; " letters true the y is cure author a were pre of
-. liminary to the cure of social evils , as confession is the first step to amendment , yet it would be impossible in this journal to quote
verbatim from the worst instances . The few extracts we shall make are from those least likelto offend the eyes of the reader , while they
illustrate the fact of y the intimate connection between drinking and all other vices . It is very desirable that all persons interested in
the morals of the _jDeople should read this book , remembering that
308 Park And Playground.
308 PARK AND PLAYGROUND .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), July 1, 1858, page 308, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01071858/page/20/
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