Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1878-06-13
Our Girls and their Parils.

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The IfRss has more than once directed
tue attention OF parents to the dangerous
custom which prevails among young girls
ia l'hiiadelphia Of walking upon the streets
al niXht without discreet attendants. We
| nave reason TO believe that some former
articles upon this subject were not without
good results; but SO great an evil calls for
repeated remonstrance, and now that the
return OF spring has brought inc creased
temptations to careless saunterinx abroad.
IL seems important TO renew the warning
against y peril which neither fathers aud
tnotheIs nor tue girls themselves appear
aoie 10 understAnd-untilt the lesson comes
nome TO them IN shame and sorrow. Il Is
not possible that the mere children, girls
scarcely IN their teens, whom we meet on
S"esthul street or on some OF the popular
Ptoihenaues up town upon sunday even
i"S 'ot example, have any thought of evil
Iu 'ne', minus, unless II be so much of evil
as implied In wandering away from
nome without their parents permission, if
not against their command, We assume
'na' no sane persons would give their
uaushseis such PERMISSION. In many cases,
% hAe'y ine 9iIis iease heme ostensiby
:" x" 70 chufch win some OF their compan-
'o"s. ihey are absent ali The evening, and
~ aoo"' ,he time wnen the congregations
arc a's.hissed' or shortly after, they re-
turn. fernaps they will admit having
sAseh httie walk after church, but their
pA'ehts nave no conception OF the peril |
."ey na'e oeen IN until some night girl |
uoes Ho' come nome "hen she Is expected. |
u sue US iu nervous Hutter, and the |
mus OUT thas her daughter has |
M uo "o"est woman ou2 ht TO 60. |
We INTEND 10 speak with entire plalnness |
on tn's matter There are tens OF thousands
oi women VINO nave grown up 10 Phllajel-
pnh, nave married and had families. and
ueir cfeuit oe II said-hase not the
's'"1est susPicioi oi ihe shaFes which are
e'e'S"uete SET ior the young and foolish
ih great clty. One might suppose that
The iil-oreeding, the essential vulgarity OF
lhe tiing might suffice to prevent any girl |
rom wandering about the streets at nigh,
even IL sense OF physical danger did not.
put TIE Siris we have In mind are thought
ess anu unframed, aud they do as they see
'thers 90. once IN while i case IS re-
ported In the newspapers where girls have
,een attacked and grossly insulted by row.
lies but this is the least OF their dangers,
'nd they think with good reason, as they
aik GOWN Chestnut street by twos and
hfees anu ieei The eyes OF the vigilagt 20
'cenen upon them, that they arc IN small
'efu OF personal vlolence. But The police
han very wen knows That while he could
ro'ect gr' from any wretch who raised
hosthe hahd agatnst her, he Is powerlcss
ven oy warning to defend her against the
eo9hufri VINO Is lying In wait TO entrap
sr' IL Is All too easy for a man TO gain
ecoshitIon from Que OF these careless girls.
ie meets hef casually upon the street, GO ,
lS 10 school, perhaps, or coming from ,,
hutcn, and u littie Irritation ripens into
eqaanhtanee or, as Is very common. a .
atS Oh young fellows start of TO "meet ,
o'ne gifi.' As The girls have already START.
u 70 meet tue young men; one of them a
eeoS Sh.Zes an acquaintance In group APP
ioacn'nS ana they all stop together under J
Tue '"iSA' .H.1 rs -, q
ven thss /, Dad enough lhe s,t' "A' pa t
crseil on terms o' 1hA'uia'. W." ;
oing fellows "hoh sue N"o"S ,1,e L
boui. except that they are not SnY o
nat her parents "oaIu ciioo'e 'oI ne. az. :
re. therefore, not 10 U. lic'iS'o'i.u ,St a
ONE; sue hhs suTfehucreu i'ei '5"'S 80 Il
part OF her conscience anu '"o I
OF simple as iuie anu iooi'au a. h''e c
he has weahehed hst ueieuOe c
hem But this may NO. oe t"e .as- " 80 '
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