Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1868-11-27
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Two-thirds OF the young men oi
any city are called fast. and why
because society has ruled them out,
not perhaps formally, but by not ex.
tending them countenance In its
circles. Men must have the society
of women. fhey may erist for a
time without IL, but sooner or later
the heart yearnings of nature are
hearkened to, and a class, that In their
home circle would be scofled at, grad
ualiy become their associates. This
city is full OF young men accustomed
at home, to mingle In the upper
rades of society, but W hen they came
here no one was willing to take the
responsibility of Introducing them
their employers would not think oi
bringing them into contact with their
families, and the result could not be
otherwise than for them to first spend
their evenings at some place of public
Amusenent, and then when that be
came insipid, to resort to the next
step, some private place, where the
society OF those, ut least bearing the
sex, if not the virtue of Ceasar's wife,
could be obtained for n stipend. This
consideration, small perhaps at first,
soon assumes proportions that their
incomes will net warrant, and they
then seek the gaming table, where,
flattered by the luck generally ut.
tending new beginners, they are In.
duced IN An unguarded moment, to
stake their employers money which,
with unerring certainty, finds its way
into the pockets of some professions al
robber, and the young man either In.
continently leaves the city between
two days, or commits some greater
crime TO cover up this one. These
are some of the effects of which soci-
ETY. Is the cause. Exclusive society
Ia the greatest curse that any commu.
nifty can have, and the man OF eapi.
tai WHO has young men employed in
respectable positions, that does nol
see that they are invited out as well
as to his own house, IN tlotard, blind
to his own interests, and those OF tile
public generally. There are very few
young men who do not prefer the
society OF reputable ladies' to that ol
those the reverse, but they have only
"Hobson . choice, the latter or none
We know young men in this city
with classical educations, honored
and respected at home, who have
been here two years, and engaged In
honorable callings, and have not
made the acquaintance of u single
female since they came TO the city
except their washerwoman, or the
walters At the hotel. Can they al.
ways live SO? We opine not. Soon.
or or later the vacuum must be filled
and the sticklers of society are re
sponsible for the characters of those
who will iill 1t. Parents seem TO for.
get when they were young, forty al
fifty years ago, when the very dogt
knew the steps OF y stranger in town
SO general was the social intercourse
Had they fashionable dens of iniuui
ty then? very few we venture to say
there was no occasion for secret re-.
treats; the latch strings of every
house In town was out to all youup
men, and the mind was diverted from
baser inelinations by innocent diver
sion at home. or at some neighh hors
Had they thirty suicides n month
then? the court records covered will
sedlctions, rnpes and curders? Why
such things were epochs I'm lifetime
now they are every day occurrences
Human nature Is no more depraved
now than 1t was then; in fact with
our advanced enlightenment I'm re
ligion and morals, 1t should not be nc
much. There must be n cause some
where, and we firmly believe tha
modern society must stand Its spon
sor. - Leisure Hours.