Saving Boys in Calcutta
By Editor
That burning question, “What shall we do with our boys?” is aflame in Calcutta. It is said that in that city 24,000 boys under fifteen years of age, and thousands more between fifteen and seventeen, are being taught to read and write. This, of itself, is a good report; but the rest is not so good. The majority of these boys are confirmed cigaret-smokers, and “so shameless are the snares to impurity that, in broad daylight, on their way from school, mere lads are haled by abandoned women.” Some of Brother Phelps’ little papers—Save the Boys—might do good over there. We suggest that it might be good missionary work to try a club. Just now he is accepting subscriptions at 20 cents a year. Address, Save the Boys, 118 W. Minnehaha Boulevard, Minneapolis, Minn