Daily Republican., 1885-07-15
stems 30 Rain,

Hardy an exchange reaches us that
does no. contain the report of the drug
ging Of slne innocent female who is
casually throw into bad company Tae
Philadrl ohia p-ess of yesterday e,ps-
cially con;ains al sccoun: OF a villain
GUS ac, viii u IS only one Of thou
sand that is oc c;ur!iug every day, but
one of such deli bera.e atrociousness re-
sulting III the ruin OF yolng
lady, that II seems almost strange that
warning should not be taken and young
ladies pu. upon their guard against the
recurrence Of such acts of diabolical
wickeiness.
The case referred to is that of young
lady of hitherto spotless character, aged
II, residing in Philadelphia, who, on
Frid u uight last, by appointment met
another. young lady Of her acquaintance
AMI the two proceeded to take walk.
Nothing more natural than this, and
no harm in IL 30 far. But soon q couple
of young men are met, known to the
young lsdy's companion, and introduc-
tions follow. Well, there was nothing
speci lilly wrong in all this, provided
the young men were OF good character.
But they were no, although the first
lady, whose name was Mary Brady,
thought they were. She had reason to
think 80, because her friend, Mary
Carson. would not introduce her to
anybody but nice young men of good
character.
There is where Miss Brady was mis-
taken. She had fallen in bad company
before she me. the young men. Her
female companion was as intent upon
accom- plishing her ruin as were the
young men she met in fact, she was
but the employed agent OF these young
men to hunt up fresh victims for their
hellish lus. Miss Brady did not know
all this. She might have stood firm
against the blandisb ments and tempta-
tions of strange young men, but she
was not prepared to look upon her
friend, Miss Carson, az an adept in
strategy and her worst enemy. There
is where Miss Brady made the first
fatal mistake Young ladies who
would preserve q good reputation must
be careful Of the kind of female COM
pany they associate with. A corrupt
female is the worst of company, and
more to be Stunned than a dozen of
young men on hrst acquaintance. The
steps took by Miss Brady to her degra-
dation were gradual and rapid. First
the unfortunate acq uaintance with q
bad female Then came tie introduc.
tion to two strange young men on the
street corner.
There was Miss Brady's chance for
escape. She should never have en-.
eoursged street corner acquaintance,
and from this place she should have
bounded away towards her home like
an innocent lamb freed from the
clutches Of ravenous wolf. But she
did not do this-indeed she did not see
the danger, and We can readily excuse
her. But the next step was q monstrous
one towards her terrible fate, and she
should have rejected it with the most
vigorous indignation. That step was
to accept an invitation to enter a cor.
ner saloon and partake of beer. Tha,
was the fatal step.
Everybody is prepared to ask wha,
infatuation could have entered into the
mind of any young lady of respecta.
bility to induce her to enter a saloon
under such circumstances Poor
Mary Brady, she is now but the moth
fluttoring around the gas light, the
charmed bird incapable of escaping
from the certain destruction that awaits
it by the snake that charmed it.
We need say no more after we state
that Miss Brady drank two glasses Of
beer with her companions. OF course
they were drugged. 1t is the same old
story of dragged beer and drugged
wine. The consequences that follow
are always the same. Miss Brady let
hope behind when she entered tha,
saloon in such company. When will
young ladies learn discretion, we are al
ready to ask ? Many of them never
They are 80 bent upon following tn.
pleasures of the world that ruins then
that no word Of warning will ever b,
needed. But there are others who will
take the warning. To them we would
say, beware of the false female friend,
ruined herself takes q fiendish deligL,
in Turing others to destruction ! Be-
ware of corner acquaintances. The
hbertine stalks abroad everywhere. He
stands srrayed In deceptive smiles un
der every corner gas-lamp, watchin,
for prey. None but the giddy and tn,
foolish exchange salutations with him
Ruin Turks in every glance that fl ,she
from his eye. and death hangs in ever,
word he utters to lure helpless victim
TO a ruin worse than death.