The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-04-04
our GIRLS.
What Shall we do to Prevent Their
Being InsuIted in the Street.
Another Phase Of the Social Prob.
lem Which Demands Con-
sideration.
A Case in Point-A Growing Evil
Which Must be Checked.

There are many different phases Of the Sc
cIal problem, and not the least among them
= that which comes under the head of the
query, What shall we do with our girlse The
girls are all right, and the present difficulty,
made more apparent day by day, is how to
prevent them from being insulted as they
pass along the street. 1t is not meant to say
that every young lady who has the hariihood
to appear upon the street, either upon her
way to school, or calling, or shopping, is in
suited, but in many instances they are. Any
day, the weather permitting, the favorite
lounging corners may be found occupied by
Ioafers who make it their professional occu-
patton to remark upon every lady as
she passes and stare her out of countenance,
at the same time INDUCING in conversation
too obscene and vulgar for the lowest resort,
much less the public streets and most fire.
quented thoroughfares. There are a dozen
corners in this city which ladies dread to
pass, simply because they know very well
that they will be made the subject of COM
ment by the lady-killers and "mashersn OF
feminine hearts who make it their business
to do so. IL is absolutely painful for a lady to
90 out upon the street with such an experience
as this to undergo, for 1t must be undergone
AS any day fit for a lady To venture out either
to promenade or to do Der shopping, finds
the loafer at his post, primed and ready for
action. 1t is the business of the police 10
make note of this, and to promptly dis
perse these disreputable gatherings. Com
plaint is never made to the officers, simply
because, and reasonably enough, no lady Is
willing 10 lower herself so much as to appear
in court against man who is SO depraved
and uDmaoIy as 10 make IL his business TO
Insult all of her Sex AS they pass along the
street.
ACAsE IN POINT.
There was a case up before the police judge
the great extent 10 which this evil has
spread. 1t was the case, referred to two or
three days ago, where young girl from ST.
one of our hotels, IN search of a boarding
place, was accosted by a young man who
was standing upon favorite corner, and she
very foolishiy, but without knowledge OF
harm, accepted his escort He had possibly
been on the lookout for such game, and did
not let the opportunity pass. He was "A per-
feet stranger 10 her, and she to him, and lie,
city, took liberties which he would not have
dared to advance to any young lady resident.
Engaging in conversation, he led her to the
not the most reputable portion OF the city, by
any means-where, after a vain attempt To
induce her to accede to his wishes, he took
what money she had and then escorted her
back to her boarding place. In the course of
the preliminary examination held yesterday
morning before the police Judge, the defense
undertook to show that as the girl was &C
Quainted with the names of several no.
torious prostitutes in both st. Joseph and
this city, she was necessarily, by implication
at least, not as pure and indebted as she
ought to be, which was Justification OF the
conduct OF the young man, who thought her
also . woman OF the town.
TOO MUCH OF THIS BUSINESS.
The police judge, in making the announce
ment that he would withhold his decision in
the matter TOR day or SO, took occasion to
address q few remarks TO the prisoner, es-
pecially regarding the testimony given by
him when put upon the stand. He said 1t
was shocking beyond degree the extent TO
which the practice of insulting girls and Ia
dies upon the street was carried on, whether
the Insult consisted of the attempt To open
1t was an evil which must be checked in
some way, and that, too, at once. He had
known the prisoner for a long time, and was
deeply grieved to see him under such circum-
stances, but the law must take its course.
He then remanded the prisoner to the county
jail until the decision should be given.
RUNNING YOUNG GIRLS.
Among these street-corner gentlemen AZ
quite a number of "mashers" who do not
confine themselves SO much to the insulting
of ladies as they pass, although that Is a
branch OF their profession, as they do to the
exercise of their seductive arts upon unsus-
pecting young girls, who may be foolish en-
Ough to allow these lady killers to become
familiar with them. They pursue their cali
ing openly and unblushingly, loudly vaunt-
ing any new victory they achieve 1t is a
business to which stop cannot completely
enough in the law to prevent their open,
braZen efrontery making itself SO hideouSly
and repugnantly apparent upon the public
streets, 10 the shame OF every passer-by.