, 1875-03-15
SOCIAL PURITY.
Lecture by 1Eis~ Susnn Anthony At tho
d1rllru Orern Nouses

drama Orern llouse.
Hundreds Of disappointed people were turned
away from The 0rnnl Opera House yesterday
who had hoped to boar what Miss Anthony had
TO say upon Tho subject OF Social Purity. Tho
following report may give these uufortunAses
soins idoa Of the substance Of her lecture:
Bhe commenced by speaking OF drunkenness,
and i.s detrimental effects upon the purity OF
tae eoe'ai Atmosphofo' anu p1eson.ea nppsws
atatlhtscs In reference to It, sho atatca Tue
United states thero were Goo,ooo common
.rrv,i,v i..virr th.ir f,mi;en destitute aul
A"'An'5' 'e@,'us 'ne'. - .,.a .s..,;a,
rcnh',eas; 10 10 '"ppo'1ea ~ ,it.a ."s 80 ~.
Nine-sonthB OF all lilo crime comm'teo "ss NV
result OF this fearful knd AbcminAho taste for
lEonor. and IL took a4D00OQ0O to provide
fnr cr,m,n.,u and nanncra, n,ne.y.n,no. ono
IVA ... o - ,,t,.,.,,,.-
hunofcotoa OF "hom Meso naao ~ ~ VIZ,
Anco. Thero nero 10000 idiots III tho onlLoa
Rtates, \ ratio OF ono 10 every thousand Of
tho population. and tbrec-f -fourths Of these
49,. ~. .h,,d-or ~ tln,nten uar,s,ta.
"ens , Me cn'Nsen ~ a.u su.... ..s,rn,
/ for Idiots in NOW York. sad this ratio WAS c0n-
ssantly increasing; that 1t cost $500 per osplta
n nrov,do for tbeso imbccics, and therefore
~ m r mn ron. snnu,',v toward tho,, runport,
Tho liquor annually soia a"oun'eu W Fiov,
090, 600, OF S37.50 for eyory man, Woman, t1ld
child In tho nation; or, considering the voters
.,nn,. A1a7. .so mar snnuu, to every nun over 81
1oo' .'o ~t' W. ~ ~. ...,,.-, H., NJ f,od
5earh Of age; enough to snppo1. h'u'' ,'s ln leu
this abnormal appetite uhto'a milao"a
and billions OF dolnrs Uere ostortea
snnua)lv from tho hard-workiug, i1,tlns-
;es. ys co,t aa ,ts tsss' eso.tsz ssTSisa s
.ho iaet hns so co., -. M,.'1ns co,nfrp
saas,;aad snas - ~ o'po1 nes'''A''~''
rr,s No;,, r,u.,,r,ort soa and f.ttorod m
IT, .rs H. ~, III nj what Mies Anthony soen-
VI a,G,. III i,,.,r,d nJr av tohaso th royo
u1,s ~ fror, itnunrs heine annually $50, ,OUu, ,ut0
fom n y nn0 go thst
ee ses ns ,pces 70 sVery
s.a,r, III ,,sofri so~rcc. s,,r ns ahoys mantion.
~ ctII, md ID ,sinos thcrnto nottaiuiup,
81 ria Lay rn,nsns cracie aranst iiouor had done
s. ""uso tat IL Sss wa pv "scdsd Wben thoy @ vent
nunU"SS sua ~" s .r"r tI,o., rrnnia ind tl,nt
s,,aS .5t,oJ .n,, ,stl,,,s morc than nrayern tLat
e2, lucy aao;, auanesst nd nol,ieaI I'D was
,...S., oos'"'' 'A"''
nesoeu. .t. ,,ox At, tim 1ors uoro mad,
h, -,,.n ~ ,,aItar INV docniv uoman tufrht be-
;1t.re.,od l., tIa.n prosec,itons Tor hreac, az
,ssa irn.oa ~ .ein"tio, ;nf.nt,ctdc nh.
| Gaoueo' "''u..o' .ri othar .,ro;i.r
uJGusu' u.iosn"' .trarap apo' n, fr,nnn hv man.
Sa4ua' S,.a arta .no,v;rr III, ,nn,t,tn.lit,.
a,,s It, k,nd nroyci mars f,tt.r iu
oun 1, ~ en ete i,v viii tl,csn nvs
nF ia tnrtihfe
sn1 nnxt 70 % eprIe o. cte, liz ho9s
islsa msuq ~ R Se- YS5k S;,sns sSS to
H%;.o,n "a a,, Tr,nc;.c, antI:S Lonir md ybnt
ta;a".,,a. 49, - mo.,am ~. .sc@;II.ni ~ tho
,et ~ Int ~" 4ms th"sn ronsit"ted but
aT1N .n,.1i ror,;nn ~ tho uomcn whn
n.S ,frnrnd ,sias from thc rirht
n"t;, Tf;a army ~. continua,lv bn,nnt
| tein,,.taI h., .,.va,,o;rtod dsacrsei uadncCt1
nnf.ri,,m.,cn st.a thomrht II Crcat m,ssMko io
rIas, III f.fnr vnmc,, tn,scti,cr under tha nwron
irr r.,,,rra haatnwcI ,,eor thnr1 hv man Thrv
~ ers nmrn1s ~ rr,s, cnmnnrad with TIN mnlea
"nu 'n,G Iscs s'pne ~ oooa catboc woman a, Nav
| Val. ,asoirsI ~ nron a T,nnijinw Asylum
aiatnr irons rorn-tnt ~ tha and ~ sir montha
% IA. aio I,,t1ar ruaif. Ind hean nlsnod in tho
baakot nh3ch vas hung ont for them, That
mani I'M vo,,nc % womon' from ali e1adea of
;t.b % .Y.n,c ~ ~ % liz 't Fiya poinip
nhsndon.a AMI h,tr.vcd-1. nj, vo,,nr wonen
n s xh9g est f. 1s tvs, 5I1 f. sn dS h.ss s;
nsehels oopng g.oga for 'GF mo children ..cc,d
por n,c9a rs;nctf warnsn tbcro v.s At iesst nno
shandnnod man. perhapn more. In Lonlon thero
wara So o % aeInowlodrod e % ro,pon LOST to virtue,
md eo,,,cctod viii thetn iVo. .0oo mon,
@nT Te .s,,as aoc',s - ,"~csI o. fncr.n.n a,
t.nntation unon tic uart of women 10 supnly
theso ranks. In old times tho various ways il
sn thnr ,tors "e LAM nsy w;t III meonm ~;
mMsa ta1s rt WIZ "i, s;s. anhmn1 on,,n.r.
.t.d aneIadin1 INV wcnyinr md .nInninr' fa.v o,rn
% iofs tbo,r fsthors' ho1ises. Whan they bad to
MrnvIt. avarrriino In r,t drink nnrl wcar, Al.
ovIc nst ~, yor1s. w6ncn vent omt t. ,rn thei,
hrcad Nav that ns.chjnsry md Ohinaunen lid
th,s honacl,old nork theAo young vumen vore
thru.t ant To- work and earn 4 subsstouco,
i9nrs thnr bs1 ~ romnssc viii mon snJ fonnd
ti'n n.icn ~ v1rtus ncsntv Isrdcr ,nsunic,ent
cIc,hin1 = dsnk col,sr for a fome with liz
on11 st66,,,I.r ND IN ac,-o snh naa1sct ~ ths
nn1a uu1u sas.n." a ~ er ssr tse'r nort1on
sr1,an ntsn aho vsnas hor Wv hmm at nicht
frnr. b"+ lad ~ and ii.nail toit' sI,n seas fhs
n,i;1sd hana nj vico nI,,htro:ched' vhsuerinr to
~ nomtcrt nfcsanrc and liz mrn4v ~ 1o.c
v1 ~ .xos'.h mas IN ssicet hi, that myrisds
n,iiod ,,ron snd si1;cs this VAT srmy Wnrc
~ Il, i"r1, F;tI, thn cnnrnro or consoiancn a.
nn-tsrs na,,,d ~ ,vondcr that son,c nnonr thoM
aaen;3ta5 Ibn'a ibo so"tninr1v e,sjer nssi,.
~ 49, "a, ~ rnnadv ttia w,s m m,
.s ~; sme nnt ~ tnmn,otion .o that thss
n1;nht .aie aa'' ~ ss,t ti'n,nsn,ves boav an
/ Al1EAt Aut ooA AatoA'1o'soo. 1U.! ~Ao