Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-10-26

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hey taisk tAsy have bsosghs mp in
purity. ssd hsve kspe fFoo he csasscs
a yiee. hsvs dsvslopsa fall familiarity
With Il. and hsve knosingiy plunged
into Il. And Tie psblic reports are
eoss1astly telling al nee vsys by
which danghaass IL respecsahle families
ere drssn into bod courses
Reason tells thai The ineresse Of she.s
domestic ealaaifies In modern tines 10
not without casse. nanas nature 10
no vosse; parental sGecfion and truin-
ing ere - e1ectual; moral snd religions
inAaenccs ere - potent; therefore the
modern increase Of these instances must
have . special csuse which hes arisen
in modern times. They are adages
about the corruption Of evil connnni-
cations. and about vice losing it, hide
oas mien by familiarity, and shout
handling pitch without de6lement,
which are accepted ~ wise. but are
little needed. Or that familiar contact
10 admitted in one shape which in
another would be revoltiag. Respect
able parents would think il utterly
abandoned 10 expose their daughters 70
contact by sight and sound with the
lsscivious vice that is daily exposed in
our police courts and police arrests.
And II their daughters should show .
desire to witness these exhibitions of
depravity in the courts they would
think them deprsved. Yet they think
it NO harm to bring into the family the
newspaper reports Of all this, and to
give preference to those that riot in all
the indecent details, and make them
sensational by expansion ard fancy.
Suppose they try to define the differ
ence in the effect ON the minds Of these
girls, from seeing and hearing these
things, and from reading about them.
Suppose they take into the question the
circumstance that seeing and hearing
would have vice in its naturally hideous
mien, while reading has it tricked out
with sensational attractions. Or sup
pose they consider none of these things
and take it simply on the ground of
familiarity with lascivious vice. Are
the mothers careful protectors Of their
daughters who seek out the papers
which revel most in the vice Of the
community and serve it up in most ex.
banded, sensational and attractive form,
and set them the example Of reading it.
and call il "newsy?' Can the females
of the family be expected to have any
taste for wholesome literature who are
fed daily with this sensationalism Of
vice? Can they remain undefled who
continually dabble in this social pitch?
The women of the town are not more
familiar with the towns vices than they.
When, now and then, q daughter drops
into the abyss, 10 there no responsible
ity in those who have made them famil-
lar with the way?
The most careless parents would try
to keep their girls from the approaches
of the known and professional seducer.
And If he were to send his letters
clandestinely to them they would think
it cause for very positive measures to
guard them and punish him. But there
are many who think nothing of bring
ing into their families newspapers con-
tanning the broadcast invitations Of the
seducer; papers which give to every
man and boy an fundamentally by
which to play the seducer with i'm.
punity; papers which offer Q tempta-
ton to hardened sinners and green
boys to enter into this rsscslly work,
and to every green or ripe girl means
of entering into intrigues with strange
men, unbeknown TO her friends. If We
hear with growing frequency Of
daughters Of such parents victimized
through this agency Of seduction and
intrigue, is it without adequate cause ?
And can we nationally suppose that the
cases thus made public are 1.-THE Of
the whole in which girls have been de.
PRAYED by this means and have escaped
publicity?
Somebody is responsible for this.
Does not the mother who enjoys the
reading OF this stuff corrupt her family
and open TO them the broad road? Can
the father who brings this virus home
to his wife and daughter be thought to
have any nice sensibilitiss - 10 their
purity? These women Of weak minds
and morals. weakly throw the responsi.
bility ON the Newspaper publisher? But
he publishes sensational lasciviousness
because they want il. They seek .
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