The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-09-10
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Wheeling Register.
Jennie Cramer is the name Of a
young, beautiful and attractive lady
whose dead body was found mysteri-
ously footing in a stream at New
Haven, Connecticut, few weeks
ago.
She was the petted child Of fond
parents and popular companion
among the young men Of her home
circle. She was allowed to select
her own company and to have the
utmost liberty Of conduct in her as
sociations.
She was not ''fast" as the term
goes-she was like thousands of 9TH
er girls, only gay" She accepted
promiscuously the company ofyoung
men who were fond of sport and u
good time" without regard to their
character or the place or kind of
amusement to which they led her.
Her parents never seemed to have
conceived the idea of her falling I'M
der evil influences, or much less that
reputation or life were in danger un-
til called to drag her dead body out
of the stream.
How she came to such an end is an
inquiry still shrouded in mystery.
By some she is supposed to have
been foully dealt with by her male
companions, by others that she com
mitted suicide.
But an equally important inquiry
is suggested by her fate: and that is,
whether there are not thousands Of
young ladies in almost every commu-
nifty who, like Jennie Cramer, are left
by their parents entirely without SUI
pervision or care as to the compan-
ions and influences surrounding
them?
This fact is pressed home upon any
one who observes the thousands of
young men and ladies promenading
the public streets Of our cities at all
hours Of the eyening-we were about
to say all hours of the night. Young
ladies in their "teens," with their
arms afectionotely clasped by the
hand Of gushing young men, who
seem to make special effort to adyer-
tise to the public by their attitude
and their airs that they are admitted
to special familiarity with the ladies
they have in charge.
Many young ladies who submit to
and permit such manners. or ia-man-
ners, on the street from their escorts
don't know any better; they don't
know that such familiarity on the
part of a gentleman is gross; that it
is positive evidence on the part Of the
man who practices it either of gross
ness, stupidity or criminal duplic
ity.
A young man has no business to
grasp the arm of young lady for
the purpose Of escorting her through
the street. Such manners, to say the
least, are cloud" A nice sense of
propriety viii not suggest or permit
it. A young lady who has not dis
erection enough to repulse such APP
proaches ought to have her father or
big brother about to command
"hands off" The great danger Of
the times is this growing lack of a
sense of propriety on the part Of
young ladies' They may think to
enhance their personal attractions
and win the affections Of the opposite
sex by freedom, and certain degree
of abandon in their manners, but
they more often lose the respect Of
those who are really worthy Of their
regard, by a lack of maiden dignity
and propriety. There is ALWAYS dan
ger to daughters who are mingling in
promiscuous society without this high
sense Of propricty which every lady
should possess and enforce on the
part Of her companions. Jennie
Cramer's fate will become a more
frequent event when parents have
ceased to observe and inform them
selves of the companionship and con
duct of their daughters who are ming
ling in society.