Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-09-08
A Warming.

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Jennie Cramer is the name Of young
beautiful and attractive lady who's
dead body was found mysteriously float
ing in stream at New Haven, Connec
ticut, few weeks ago. -'.i --.l
She was the petted child of fond pa
rents and popular companion anon,
the young men Of her home circle. Sh,
was allowed to select her own compan
ions and to have the utmost liberty o.
conduct In her associations. hiA siiH
She was not "fsst" as the term goes
she was like thousands of other girls
only "gay." She accepted promiscuous
ly the company of young men who were
fond of sport and good time,' with
out regard to their character or the place
Tor kind of amusement to which they led
her, al-l ,Io'f =ti tIE ih
Her parents never seemed to have con.
ceiyed the idea of her falling under evil
influences, or much less that her reputa.
tion or life were in danger until called
to drag her dead body cut of the stream
How she came by such an end is an
inquiry still shrouded in mystery. By
some she is supposed to have been foul
ly dealt with by her male companions,
by others that she committed 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 commune
ty who, like Jennie Cramer, are left by
their parents entirely without snperyi-
sion OF care as to the companions and
influences surrounding them?
This fact is pressed heme upon any
one who observes the thusands of young
men and ladies promenading the public
streets of our city at all hours of the
euening-we were about to say all hours
Of the night. Young ladies in their
"teens," with their arms afectionately
elasped by the hand of gushing young
men, who seem to make special effort to
advertise to the public by their attitude
and their airs that they are admitted to
special familiarity with the ladies they
have in charge.
Manyyoung ladies who submit to and
permit such manners. or ill-manners, on
the street from their escorts don't know
any better; they don't know that such
familiarity on the part of gentleman
is gross that it is positive evidence on
the part of the man who practices it Ell
ther of grossness, stupidity or criminal
as -.1lf rt-.
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
loud" A nice sense of propristy will
not suggest or permit it. A young lady
who has not discretion enough TO re-
pulse. such approaches ought to have
her father or big brother about to COM
mand "hands off," The great danger
Of the times is this growing lack of a
sense of propristy on the part of young
ladies. They may think to enhance
their personal attractions and win the
affections of the opposite sex by free
dom, 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
dignity and propriety. There |
Is always danger to daughters who are
in promiscuous society without
this high sense of fpropriety which eve
ry lady should possess and enforce on
the part of her companions. Jennie
Cramer's fate will become a more fire.
luent event when parents have ceased
to observe and inform themselyes'of the
and conduct of their
who are mingling in society.
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