The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-12-26

The story Of ohat ems woman hrs bsen
doing far tusnty-ons years to Aelo fallen
women interested a large audience last svan-
ing ia tho Firsi Unitarian church. Mrs
Mary Hardy, Of Toronto, Cio'da, WAS to
speaker and her ;pbjse! Was white Slavery
She remarked at The oul,ot TIA. che had left
her homs to engage 10 tho york reluctantly
but aha had rsceve} 30 mach encouragement
and so many of her titsr, hsi been cascked
in tbsir downward career that she c.ud
not stop. Hers was an unpopular
cause and it required courage to advocate 1t.
1t was grave question whether morally we
were rot en- the dognwsarl way in .hisCou
try. Intompsrsncs vas hurryiug young men
into ruin and the social evil was eating the
purity out Of young women. She understood
thst thers we're psople in this city who
wished 10 license this evil and send the
tamprets out ca the streets with a esrtii
cate, IS it we're, and boldly wat to bs taken
by the highest bidder. Sle wondered
whether wsmen INST be forever
hald under tho ban Of unjust
laws, Pure laws could rot coma from i'm
pure men. Woman on the one hsAd W's
political nonenity and on the other was =
mere leader of fashion, Ths betrayed still
rhrinks from Furnishing the betrsgsr. II .hs
falls none must attempt 10 raise her. II Sh'
reforms sh. must fly ware susis BOT known.
1t ia Voman'B cruelty TO woman shat h@
caused countless wounds Tns speaker ask d
what right ~onaa hAd to lit string man AND
and crush her siatar woman. II is The iscen'
sistency Of many women which aaiia5resssd
the nunber OF white slaTsq. Tho sub
ice. was enc whi'h -r'u'r'd delicate
touching, slthougs psyp.s rou,1 eagerly read
in the pspera accounts which she dared not
relate Yet tins evil should BE- decrled whicn
brings hundreds Of litls ones into the world
Hh0is nobody owns. "CrucitJ the woman,
let the man 20 FREQ" VAS the cry OF the age:
She believed thst the ballot in the hands OF
woman would greatly advance tie cause oil
purity. There we're brothels under tue caves
ofthe churches sad they outnunbared toe
latter. The door that Ia shut IN $50 lace oil
the erring woman and her oaoa
Should also be shut against the. err
ing man who dishonored hsr Whlle sns
did not believe ia throwing opsn tne doors
II fallen wsmsa, as conservative England re-
Gently did, yet il the eSs was received tne
others should not ba cSRdemnsd. Tna pal
anos VI power to-day is in favor OF IN
crsssing this white slavery. this crime was
followed BY imprisnmsnt, ssthstt and muir
der are, she believed it would % srsA.'y
lsssensd. The boy is tducatsd TO BE- us,i1l
and earn livslihood, while the girl was lel'
largely indolsat, and 10 times OF adversary,
having no trsds 10 follsw, was temples py
the brothal. Sas had closed the dyns eyes
Of fifty Of there women, std thsir
pteous cries caused her each tlns !"
recsnsecrate hsr,elf to thl york. Numosr-
less pArsnts we're weeping iur heir dSNsn-
tiers. Mothers came To her, gas her phq-
tographs Of their ruined girls who had isiI
home, and asked her 10 look for them IN ne,
travels. Mrs Hardy thea related several
instances of that character. She warned
mothers to lock out LIST some day aySnhg
man With tina fastest horse carried away her
daughter. The sons sho1ld be iustilled wltn
respect fer women. Young msn ava nor
think. She said we were all slayts OF sppe-
lite and passion; We wers all white SLAVES
In closing she wasted ladies to make thei,
kitchens pleasant for thsir servant girls ana
thus decrease crime. Her hope. was thM sne
had given her audience fsod for thought