A CURE FOR LARRIKINISM.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1274, 10 January 1883, Page 2

A CURE FOR LARRIKINISM.

/.■ The Bishop of-Milbouihe, whose chief ; eharajtaristlcis itrbng'compniehie, hVg" 1 propounded a cure for larrikinism, As • reportedly the" Argus,"/the Bishop »• '■ tontlyjleserlbed the-wonderful work ao--5' .flomplisjiid in St. Pitrt's psriihpioudon ? Pocki^!'how yjl'the pfpple were*m»i» ■'■. -^?*^ 500 xommunl; : .«wU-weri.g«ljjJfed.from amongst one ok the 1 oweot>popfilatiorik in London, mj<p the olergy'could siy at last; of % district which had bean:• sink,«f;injpurityi 'not only has lopen professional sirt'been swept away.ifrorn tho fltreetsif.St/Peter'i," but, ■• betides there is.not one known house of ill-fams in the whole parish-Hhoßgli iuok places swarmed rouud its borders." "How / were these'.'miraoles. wrought? %f bishop quotes-from one of the workers ' who assisted inthe reform :-in ingthemen fill the now schoolroom, siiioking, reiding, playingbagatelle (there' are tables), orjakittles, or racing in (he, running groundi, oulside. r Wodnesdjty eveninjshfie desks sra'c.lear.ed.' . and the neighbors pour in for the weekly* concert, : which-o'rice a'•month' 'resolves ilself into a ball. The drum-and-fife 'band practices, twice'/* ; Wsik, as also, the stringed.-, initrumi&t. band. In the winterM there .nil all sorts jof things;., going on-theatri« cals, iiiKger ohtertaihmehts—anything to keep them out. of the public-housas and , out «f the'stree'is.-' The lads' club, which'' ilevoteditjelf principally, to athletics, was,., undor the' .superintendence' of •'»-. pj,'iji', ! officer known as tho" chucker.out,' , :aud l >' ,Baya the author of tlio. account'froui' which.l am.quot.in/,- «■! No boys' • xlnb'. In-■•; ■ the east: of Loudon can possibly exist •■' without such a functionary." There'aw many good people who willnothe able ! to" : get through I his paragraph without'' if' i;asp. Bagatelle, ■ skittles, theatricsls,'', i 'nigger : entertainments, concerts,■-bii(i;, :; anda"chUcker.out'— isto'be, ; ; git. out of' sneii,woiks of dftikneiw'./ai; ( these? ; Yet" ; the Bishbp,,'b'f Melbourni,': evidently behevea'in them; •*That : isi: the way, depend upon.it," he " and tho only way to conquer Melbourne larrikinism and sanctify the overwhelminjj wild energy which boils over in its excesses.". Who'.has.grealn'esa of hearfcto try.it oil a J- i J ...i..