The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-11-09
AN EVIL TO BE CORRECTED

AN EVIL TO BE OORREU TED.
SO many caans have recently come tn or
knowlehge pf ladies' being subjected to Insult
Oh the public thoroughfarea Of this city by
geutlemanly- looking llhertlnes, tlal wo nra
constrained 10 call the attention Of the police
authorities to the matter, IN order that all
possible steps may ba taken 10 put A stop 10 n
practice from which New Orleans In the past
has been comparatively free
Wei re aware that this ID very difficult
thing fol tho police 10 correct for tho reason
that the gentlemanIy looking blackguards
take especial care To avoid the notice Of police
men, aud beeause. too. ninaty-i,ina ladles
out Of hundred who mny bo subjected to
rudnness and Insult. instead Of at once re-
porting tho matter to their natural protectors,
suffer 1t 10 pass In slIence, for fear of helng
the cause If serious trouble. still the police
ought 70 be acquainted with rnost of tho class
or aco,ndrals who would lie guilty Of offering
Il lady deliberate insult on tho public strerts.
md by exercising due care and vigilance
might be able tn land some of tho gentry In
The cnlahoose, and give them not"riety
that would not be envahle oven To them.
Ladies' who are subjected to tho Offensive al
tentIOn OF those Villains make n great mis-
take when they screen them by their silence,
for they are thereby mhnldened to think
they may repeat tho ne Sithperfeet impuni-
W. and other ladies' arc made tn suffer indig'
mites from tho same wratehes In the old
days II WAS quite possible for ladies' to Vals
through en- thnro,tghfnrna without fear of
rutlrnesa from any une aud they were treated
with n respect and Difference rarely accorded
to women iii any ntber city and never slrown
them In Eastern and Western cities. OF late.
VIZ hear If lndignitina being offered ladies
III u,r streets Ivy wrotees who generally
tuko good caro- to beat hasty retreat as
| soon as robutlcd.
There AFRO nearly always gentlemen around
I'm the day time who could bo appealed to by
ladies when inaulted md who would GLADLY
undertake. The chnstisement or Tho offender,
and If DIR ladies would only re-
tuap,ber that fact and instantly call
upon bystandors for projections, thoy would
not only receive IT. but tho adventurous liber-
tino would also then and there receive n
lesson In morals and noitenNss TINT would
last him 10 tho ond Of hi enwardly Ito.
The instances which have recently como to
our notice, aud which elicit these remarks.
ara 81 auch Il character III would mike the
check ii every gentleman tingle with indg-
nation and hl4 heart throh with anxiety tn
assist III tho punishment Of tho offender. 1t
II simply intnlerahe that these things should
occur In brna'l tlay Wight Oh our most fro
quentnd thoroughEarea. whore ladies have q
perfect right &C. think themselves free from
I Insult, utftt where tAnp must he protected
| from tho rcpul5vc attentions of those gay
lutharios twho have too long been permitted
| u escape tho chaatiscmcnt they doaerve
cvcn II fcw ag Thorn be caught by the rela.
tlves and friends 0f tho ladies' lnaulted and
madn to ornament lamppOsta on Canal street
| Tho evil IL ono the law Is powerless to reach
aud which tho police can. at best. only
asRist in ropressing. hut If tbs
ladIes will initiate the example
Or ous Or two bravo women We have recently
heard of. and Ut onco Eivo Information IL
their relatives tho price Of cowhides will take
u sudden upward tendency and there will
soon he very little W. complain Of. The Dem
OcKAr Is anxious to assist the lndies In this
regard in every possible way, and we are dc
termned to pursue tie matter until 1t shal
be quite possible for any lady to enjoy /
promenade on Canal or Other principal street
Of 70 90 shopping. without being annoyed by
the conceittd md vulgar blackguards wht
now infest this city We ask. however ths
1 ladies' To assist us by making 1t q rule rcnor
10 their relatives and friends every instance
that may occur. We should like also to b,
furnished the name Of every ono of thess
wretehcs, In order that they may be properly
advertised aud hold Up to public scorll. ant
we promise LII advance to 500 that they re
ceive such treatment ma will cure them for
ever from prosuming to address a lady i'm
\ properly,