The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-01-30

Boundary line between truth and false
hood, henetty and fraud, virtue and VieI
they know nothing about Let u give VI
all the lsms, and girls and boys be put down
to the study Of common honesty. Honesty
In It's ultimate and entire meaning, Lei
Us no longer pray the good God for bless
iDRs, but study bow to avert the curse thai
will come upon q demorali1ed people.
Except for the poor am In doubt
whether the Sunday school be not exercis.
inga pernicious influence, by taking the
child too much away from the care and In
struction Of the parent, and by its many ex.
cursions and exhibitions fostering spirit
Of unrest, to say nothing Of its appeals TO
the vanity Of the child. Not long since l
was shocked TO SEQ q pretty child Of hall a
dozen years exhibited in q Sunday school
kneeling with Clasped hands and upturned
eyes repeating the Lords prayers. II was
beautiful and artistic, but where was the
devout reverence supposed to justify the
act oil prayer7 Girls having.a reader taste
and vanity and being more plant than
boys, are everywhere brought to the front
In school exhibitions, fairs and private
theatricalS. Indirectly they are trained for
FuOllSI NV piAvaSo IheG ShN wv sVuuAoht
Is to be found In the numerous disclosures
madeby thepress wheregirlS in some way or
other have brought shame or disgrace upon
their families. Handsome girls study
elocution, theatricals, anything but the
economy oil o home: some few succeed,
some are wrecked; some marry; some fall
into total unknown eclipse. have been
and am consulted by hundreds Of girls who
hoped 10 utilize their beauty or talents in
some career Of the kind. Not long since
distinguished physician Of New York was
suddenly called TO girl who had fallen
from the trapeze In private gymnasium.
She lay perfectly insensibie, her exquisite
form suggesting the motive for the PROBES.
sion she designed to adopt, while a dozen
or more others OF similar beauty Of phys.
ique stood around In profound silence. The
proprietor informed the doctor that these
young girls were mostly from the country,
tarmers' daughters, tired Of drudgery, they
said. Further he remarked; "Their cour.
age Is wonderful; they dread no peril.
When l urge them to 60 home and tell
them Of the hardness Of the profession,
they will not give It up. l have applica.
tons by the hundred"
So it is on every side. Girls are pretty
and vain, and long for notoriety in 80 many
ways that the wonder ia that more rather
than fewer do not fall into utter rum.
Once, the parent in doubt as 10 the best
method Of managing his household held
out his authority by bringing in the coan.
sci Of the parish minister, but the prestige
OF rhe pulpit is now so much weakened,
and thesense Of worship so much less than
formerly that the young Of both sexes
SCOT at the old fogy preacher.
Next comes the mass Of fiction poured
from the press Boys gloat over scenes OF
bloodshed, and examples OF brute force
pictures OF men in deadly conflict and wo.
men in unhallowed peril; exposures oil
limb and attitudes Of indecorum all de.
signed to inaame low senualism or slim.
ulate degrading passion. These publica.
tons are legion and should DO suppressed
by the strong hand OF the law as destruct.
i've OF public good. We need no censor.
ship OF the press, but when we see mad
dog We shoot him, and when caterer for
the young deals in contamination he
should be indicted and suppressed as
dangerour nuisance. Thegreed for wealth
and the vanity Of display are fostered by
the praise Of expenditure and fashion by
the public press. self.denying goodness Is
at discount; thesweet homeliness OF viz.
tue, jest; the old tender oracles and fine
reverences that go so far to elevate and in
spire, rank with old fogyism and outworn
sentiment.
But enough! It is possible to restore the
family to its ancient prestige and patri.