Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-07-26
Orr GR0wLER-

This morning We looked cautiously
into the erovlery and saw the old man
in his chair so completely absorbed IN
tbonoht that be did not notice orr en-
trance. There was a cloud on his fsa-
lures foreboding storm OF some KIND
No doubt he was suffering from bilious
mesa or dyspepsia, bat be thought ne
vas a moral philosopher laborinR with
.ha nrobIen of human destiny; for De
soon reused up and inquired: DO you
know the meaning of the word pessifn >
;arn Then, without waiting Tor an
answer. he continued: Beg pardon
OF course you newspaper men EMO"
everything; and you know then' 'na'
this vorld-the people, ! mean are go
IN destruction as fast as their pas
Ems and appetites can carry them
w;II mention only few facts ia support
80 ,bis abatement. The use OF aleonoilc
Jionors ia increasing in spite oil ali TEN
xa,ancs and prohibition efforts. lhere
20. No, he 30 many public drunkards'
NJ there certainly are more priVste
ones. else the consumption OF alcoHU 1i.
liouors, in proportion 10 e.ou hl IIl1'5
ant. would not be so iafRe'g ,hDI 80 -
as recent statistics sho~. TUG ~
tobacco il also on the lncteas,' 1
mining the nervous system anu .S'<
the general health. INSANITY - W vac
increase. From almost every go 80
comes the report OF asyiums o'eieio 80,
ed and appeals for more roe'n loI sNe
insane. lnfdelity, bV ~hlcn 4 80
disbelief in the doctrines Oh tli9 ms
tian religion and a disregard oi the M
requirements. Ia on the lncfe'sS. lnn
delIty. by which / mean oi7fegatu vi
the marriage VOW and ie-senlhR Oh tno
moral sense as 10 chastity bri0fe ina', I.
mage, is on the increase. flitS ou1 Vi
every hundred children born IN rance
and Germany are illeRitimate' iatee
percentaQe of marriages III Al! couul'i :
result in divorce, aftsr lev years o.
married misery. Prostitution Is 1851
becoming a legal and respectfo ie ousI
ness. according TO one OF our Ia"ye's
the foundation of all business anu
which. a medical writer aEhrrns' out 10,
its existence virtuous woman womb
not be safe in public.
"There! How do you ike tnat PIC
ture? Ieould preach you a long sermon
ON each one OF the points mentioned
and give You an array OF facts that "ouiu
discourage you.
And speaking Of pictures remlnds
ma that an unsophisticated editor VI
southern Oregon paper has Just discov'
e,ed that some ladies of the highest re
sneotability, residing IN his town, have
hecome 40 narcissine in taste AZ TO nave
their photographs taken, not necessarily
n, male artist nor for public exhibl'
,iou in costumes but little more dense
than that which adorns the Greek slave
He IL not aware that such pastirnes are
common amsuR the wealthy and aristo-
cratic ladies'. There ia no accounting
for taste nor it's changes. Formerly nc
r.snectabie woman would wear a white
stockino or a pin heel shoe. DeBouef
GREAT picture of Adam and Eve, for
few wears previous to it's destruction by
Are. vas visited by thousands OF the bes'
Ladies' and gentlemen in .he land
Thirty wears before its exhibition was
nrohibited by the New York police as an
immoral painting.
"But / am wandering. / only wan
TO got YOU thinking about some OF th'
evils we have and some we are threat
ened with. The pessimist Is of use II
society. His representations may b'
visionary, but they cannot be more harm
ful than the blind, dreamy hope o1 the
optimist. II is not always pleasant u
listen 10 the growler. nor TO a preached
who rebukes us for our sins; hut II the,
speak truth, We should take heed anc
profit thereby. Some time | may refel
to some of these subjects again; for yor
know, IL You wish to make any impress
sion on the public, IL must be done by
repeated and vigorous hammering.