Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-03-17
ms. BLAKE 70 DR. DIX.
The Past end The Present, lhe
DearugtiOn OF Homes, 0ud
sac Departure Of Love-
Non zoe sun,

New York Sun, \
Mrs. Lille Devereux Blake last
CIV, niag in Frobishtrs ball spoke IN
repIy TO the Rev DR.. Dix's last leo
ture on the sins Of women. The hall
WIS filed. The reverend gentlem IN
whose discourse we have met to CON
sicer,'' Mrs. Blake said, ION Friday
last address d an audience in Trlnl'y
chapel. two thirds ot whom we're wo
men, a. Beloved brethren, aud sioce
l have listened to the Rev, DR.. Dix on
two successive Frid " evenings, | can
understand how be lives SO completely
in the past. Il is no wonder that he
has no more sympathy with the pres
ent. for he is a theological Kip Van
Wrinkle, who has slept no twenty, but
two hundred years and wakes up and
looks ABOUND him aud is dAzzled by
the light OF the nineteenth century
'Whatl are the stage coaches all gomez
he asks. Do the women no longer
use the spinning wbeell Are they
really studying Latin2 | quote one or
two sentences he has used cOneersing
some women. They have no respect
for property or human rights, tyOu
see, be puts property before human
rights; and Oae OF the worst evils oil
today IS the attempt OF the lover
classes TO educate their children above
their rauk. Hsw dos that SQUAD
When rail- splitter and canal bo5
became nur PresiJenlsf
"rhe Rev Dr.. Dix goes on to de-
scribe girl brOu .ht upiu fashionable
lite. he has no hlrizoH beyond his
immediate surroundings For fash
ionable society be has many words
bat not one for the great army q
working girls who surge through OuE
streets twice q dag. As TO what he
sra 40 ut the fashionable girl, toe
much OF its true. The old defer.
snce has passed away. A hundred
years agJ the gentleman in the
ballroom approached the lady with
grace aud dignity and said; N dam
mas I have the honor OF sour company
10 this dance? end then If she accord
ed 70 hin the privilege. be led her bS
the finger tips 70 her place In stated,
gu idriiie. In mOdera tine. before
Whirling around la the maz-s Of the
waltz. the yvulg man saunters up I,
the young lady aud says: Take
turn2' Tue remedy Is not 10 repres
sing the ambition OF young wemen, bui
ia giving them IA opportunity to be
come useful. 10 place Of The old cour
tesy bet Eeeu mau and woman ,le, thrr'
be gres er mutual respect. Winner
are nearly stiaed At every turn. Tha'l
lives are tbW II cd and made blank b,
she narrow routine OF al uneVent u
life
Il had every reason TO pity Dr.
Dix when he spoke Of the wrecks q
homes all about us, the parOdes 0
homes where slowly are diving out tn
hame life. the home iHtusnce, tn
home training, The hume religion
HOml Why 1t is the dearest nam
10 all our THOUGHTS Have we Tor
gotten our childh ,od2 d. we nc
strive TO catch The music and lsught'
Of tAat distant tim,P But all home
are not happy, aud Dr. D d4res .
charge women attn the destruction o
homes. Where one @omIn By he
fashionable life destroy. her hume
hundred men d stfOy their homes b
their vices La the sst three u0aih
in this els tlTee om' nha, bri X u
their homes. Rhile 1853 men have On
nut altar fires The wife beaier stalk
THROUGH he streets In the nsGspl
pess it is not unusual to ace the he "a
Ing, Another Wife Murder. WI
ever saa the heidiDg, AnetheE HR'
band Murder
Finally. Dr. Dix spoke despliring'
OF love Why the nsw-Tapers, Whie
havs &C ,olnts daily OF unrequits
love, correct De- Difs dsspondedcy
However, he shows SO close az az
quaintancs with novels that he u ,
have no tiua 10 read the newspapers
What is lovs dead? that love vhic
binds he wen and earth tugethei
which " ns6guces an ordinary mort
with beauty indsaerib ,ble, whic
oompels a young couple to 20 out int
the world and min after the rC
nance Of youth has fed, and n
s,Eeugth Of middle age has gomez
lives With them while they liVe, an
lives OH alter they are dead"