The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-04-14
THE FALLEN FAIR
ga Husband aud Father" Replies -
Herald EdllOe,ai.
= Well wo,ded aud plausibly Plcadra
Argumen.
Some Rather Surprising Statements.

MKmpIAy, Aprll 10 -lCprgespondence j
Nouf editorial on iLis subject, referring 20
% foc,viY o ladies in Austin, for the pnr.
DO above Indicated, partakes OF and fs-
q gta oae OF tlH admirable character siios
% your leading cGit0rlela--openucs' frank
ness ANA ielseness and force OF oXoTession.
But IL Is wanting, ns think, in one Of tho
elements that give ID the HERALD the great
political and moral power v Yields Ia this
s.als-6Uundnesn the mattef referred 10, -
vital % society and trust you VIII allow
yout readers 10 have glimpse al the other
eide.
The reclamation Of fallen women, so far
90 loclety and civilization are brought IN
contact with them, 10 no more practicable
now than IL hos been for ages. They arc
the same In oil ages and countries. The
whole ides IL q MYTH aud VIII only bring
iidioule on those who undertake 10 carry IL
out
A plan or process TO keep meat from
spelling would be a good thing. But the
idea OF reClatming apoili meat 10 untenAble.
There might be stages IN which II could be
made j.rt as good, but the isirt Of rpoilt
meat viii adhere 10 %. A society crgan-
lied and put into practice by leadlng and
inilnenufl ladies IN all onr large toWns' 60
keep women from ililing, would be blessing
10 the race, and no doubt Is success, isthpy
we're To adopt n few common lense rules
aud impress them Oh the minds OF the
young girls OF the period. 90 TO their uu.
guarded and tempting asloclhtion with the
depravod Ot our uWn sex. | would be held
as a ovuic and misanihrore II | were TO
attempt 10 portray the highway 10 the fall
81 young women OF this period that 10 paved
for them In the habits AMI methods OF un-
restricted familiarity and free ION with
mrn. aud the utter neglect OF parents %
teach their own daughie rs what their 600 d
aud sainted mothers taught them.
The idea OF restoring women % society
Tho have drank tho dregs OF prottltunon
and degradation Il wholly untsnahle. The
case oil Mary Magdeleae, you put, ie like
that OF tho "fhiei upon the Gross" intend
I'D 10 impress the possibility OF salvation TO
the vilest OF sinners. A horie thief msy be
saved by repentance and faith-when SIM
cere--eo OF a prostitute woman, II sincere
thing not likely often to'ocour. Poverty
and restitution msy cl1the them with the
pretener, but recognition will arm most OF
them with impudenoe aud preBump tion.
Chains aud bondage may make u hofsa.
thiei beg and importune, bat he will be
thief still.
There is no way for these benevo.
lent Sirs % get sccees to
the drp,gv 4, r-less they go
10 their haunts OF ylcr, which ladies' ought
not TO do; meet and appear with them on
or invite them to their own homes, which
ladies ought not TO do.
But IL by any method they recognize, aud
get Ia communication with them, the effect
will not be TO raise the fallen, but 10 lower
the pure; and still worse, TO make their
calling respectable. II will not be long be-
tore. under the preteuoe OF a desire TO re-
form, bu' with the real intent TO adveriiSe
themselYes, they will CONS 10 the revival
meetings Of ths church. aud make their
pretended poniience CONSPICUOUS by taking
froDt eeaSs to display their ornaments. 10
IL a spectacle the writer has seen IN q dir
tant state. uoder Just such deiuslon az the
one referred TO, add IL freezes the piety out
OF good women st once. There is not, per.
haps, lady in Texas who can put her
heart on the worship n God, when che IL
forced 10 witness the Efforts of prostitutes
To display themselves IN church. IL is one
OF the evils OF the siiustlon, 10 be absted by
and not cure, so far Ds relates
to the pare and virtuous woman az the
phese remarks apply TO FALLEN
women" rs tho woric understands the
term, without intending to apologies for
degraded men.
A HUSBAND AND FATHER.