New-York tribune., 1875-03-06

wors ss sGeS et 1 me earn an honest living She
to the door, of home, and s"'s, oDo "Lit n% no
only an xous to gather to myself quiet They only turn
her away she goes ins n tney All turn her away
comes into the respectable cnuien ana sts aom wa ~ ~
respeea9e pew listens to One and
all. and women there together, tih lie, AHA ,hs
from the G house Him. mat whc hns said to the sister
of such one, "Nethor do condemn
OF Women 70 be- Therefore storm who
has made false step she Is cngi9E on tne prx
and anguish, and she is crying with voice that mas
from the depths OF her son ier mt ep let
her 60 into the abyss necessary for such women TO
live down there for the protection OF our wives anu
Aud men say ont Of this same false teaching We'll,
ceny you cannot mean S 70 ea 10 anp strict line OF
! rectiiude in that Tho woman Is areauy seoineu ,
aSady ne@ now oss s harm %
any by going across that darkened ana slahea
mean 10 say that far as absolute rectitude and
virtue concerned the man VINO goes across ho ho
crosses O threshold already untouched. "The man Is TO
| be held TO accountability for hurting this woman al
| ah this woman at first only went little way and
mad such h'tls path to ,v retsace, trace nIo ana
cesses cUS "f"' Of reasoning have been driven away
into desert space, wnerc living with no women aoons
accused any II he treats her as he nnds
her 1t like unto woman lying out on desert SANDS
country; and as the first man reaches her.
She looking up from her place stretches out nspoS a
bit OF bread to save her from des'ruc%1i1n; %
and the first man OF tue advance ln ahers M
handful OF sand and filings upon her as ne ge' W,
the seeing the deed OF bis comfaue' ro
peats IT. and the next man, what has gone be,
FORE repeats IT, And the army marches on. Inc pe VI
solved itself into silence. On tine army marches anu
one soldier and another and another gamers up M so
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in tortured suff ring, and AM they cry. . .wmhc MAJ
| language for a woman What creatnrel What a we
wretchi she cumbcrs earth; let cover her ever
and more and more and more the SANDS illis GoWd, ,
ful falls Monument and grave built together
this when the great Ipquis%isor % comes ne
think you, will stand condemned-thls womans , mui,
s man Wap IN nns of 70 sa@d nSI o OF
passing by, or the last man who dropped tue iass
breathed out to bear its testimony at the bar
OF Godi Let no man ,hot ay Inc .ct haiserins
light and insignificant onc not 10 be accounted because
it is a collective one. As sald moment ago. tnc act
manliness virtue an even hdeous thing than the
other since man might be swept away by wlirlwnd,
man who crosses such threshold does because he de-
beratey and with quiet BRAN and cold Dl3ed elects 10
Bile women one lower step OF nfamy aud degradaton
All of this harm. all Of TINS misery al OF heHe weigs
society; yet truth TO be taught 10 men because
their scs 40 SuE nu tbe sword IL twoedged il
| cut, the holder when it the victim.
| MANS WELL-BEING DEEPLY AFFECTED.
Since men do what they do IN this matter concerning
women and children and society, what do they do to
themselves What effect has all this upon mans own
| welLbenr mental, moral, physicall / wonder why
fathers who have learned out of the bitter school OF
| experience why older brothers who know tho truth
| in many and many case In sorrow,
why these never tell the truth TO the
boys, to their sons and any other brothers
| ornyuiup in |
mothers who protect their boys against every sght-
harm other than THIS never speak %oTd Ito TO save save
through experience or observation know tue truth IAN
e tnfSs and 6g%se so sHv works sas result il
does And the young man coming dowA VIII say into
sucn Guy as TINS, crowded with people swarning with
| lfe-hc comes poor perhaps, but iull OF nope and
courage, ambition. studying trade studying prOesson
going the factory or workshop or store or count
| ing-nouse determined TO build for himself falr ana
strong mansion to shield hlm-a statue OF Iife he
down this pathway that society tens MN is u
little pastune, ana will do HIM no harm nothing tnAi
amounts TO much mattsr-and SO gong, whai beiaiis
Why do those who know fan to ten him mat
| he wastes all the precious things IN ne
mere fe ws lie has Just SO many years in wch to lay
strong and the foundations OF the life that ~ to
| in which to gather together the substraum OF his
mans life, aud instead OF putting tins money
| away IN sure foundations he wastes IL. Every
his way into such places, eating OF such iorhldden n
dayng away such hours OF iIleness, ne wastes UNI
that might given thought 10 study. TO healthfu
| companOnshp. He gathers HABITS OF ideness amt in
doence, he loses habits ofteliconIfo ana sei's1ei
| hood ia all forms OF beng, .
he OF the vital essence of life itsef-
the power that moves the world the something that
pants pictures. breaches ser
mons that argues at the bar that steades the surgeon
KNIFE 1nat clears ,ne sne pTn @ ' the nycn
tor. tnat manages that conforms tnnt hi. iasn se
Of HE this vial spark OF existence though
he ingng out cup OF water that could DC nlea
at the nearest waysde nm match OF box that
| shoua be endless. Tne waste Uf that lie can ind no
more though he can seek ,ddr it IN e n se aTs no 10
foI himself stores of hdeous memories.
Il indeed there something sweet aud pure and whole
some 10 BOYS life IL stll that lie loves hs mother
| He has gathered such memories make him when he
| goes to his mothers presence ana iIoAS nilo W
his mothers eye. shuddcr away from tue eianoe
| when rec0lecting that she. ms mother, IL "uHan
he has 30 dIshonored all of womdnhood lie may thnk
by and by that he is ;red OF stay IN lS stIEian
harUor by rotten panks and will san away mo
clean and clear water He may thnk that ne VIII,
eye, he may long to. Never ne 40 H. haVhg 'n
| poisoned iruIt, and drained the merry uaught-ruV o'
nature and cup OF sprns are aer az S m & a lam i'm
10 draught that winch produces deeper thirst as nc
Youth and so believing has gone his way. five. ten.
tteen, twenty years. But behind MN then ali these
DAYS aud years, stride after sride marches lme' tne
| aveuger.
| TIE TRUE TRIUMPH or MANHOOD
Do stand here TO accuse and to condemDi l. aye, II
facts that 1t the truth that condemis
| Do / stand here TO speak harsh wordsl No.
| Since fathers will not speak III behalf OF their
| sons l. my fathers daughter, stand 10 speak
! word In behalf OF the OF fathers, who my
brothers Applause. 1t is TO condemn no sins. Look
ing about me this battle Of life how hard II Is
| TO fight, how easy TO fall pretn!nently If the yOung
warrior has despoed ot ali weapons with which 10
fight the of his soul he into the
lict fathers and mothers say OF their daughters,
she has such slight emptation III nature she has no
thought within" And yet they hedge ana guard her
aud her by the PROMISE o all the rewards OF
virtue aud the threatenings OF all the plhshments OF
boy of the young man; y. ne ID not 10 De judged
his sister since he has 81, such te,"p,a0nss nGs
stronger hers Granted. Ia just such measure as