Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-04-20
The White eros. Army.

MANS UNACCoUNTABILITY TO WOMAN AND
SOME OF THE THINGS 1T HAS LED To.
From the Chicago Times.
As remote the time Of solomon the secret
disorder known a. the social evl was n problem
OF Church and State, and IL has continued un-
solved 10 the present day. Every age has iet
its curse and every generation has found good
men and women struggling Ia avert IT, Through
these thousands of years the reformation energy
has been wasted because u has been misdi-
rected. Attention has always been centered
upon the result; there has been little at
tempt 10 destroy the cause. The great crime OF
the ages. born in barbarism and nuTfured In
Chrisiendom, has been the theory ui the In
equality OF man ana woman under the laws Of
moral and physical nature OF mans superior
| lily and unaccountability 10 woman.
Accordingly all the reforlnaiory measures
have been directed against woman, the effect.
and away from man, the cause, in combating
all forms OF moral depravitg. Movements for
the rescue of fallen women, however charitable,
benevolent, humane or Christian In their In
ception, have invaribly failed of their broad
purpose. IL has been like gathering up leaves
OF the forest shaken from the parent stem by
rude winds and chilling frosts against which
the tree has no protection. The leaves are
never restored TO their former place and others
continue TO fall. Ii has required an appalling
length of time to teach the world this truth
sn III The me 10
looked squarely into the face OF the scarlet
woman and confessed the truth that she H. an
effect not a cause: "A deliberate creation, not
a spontaneous growth. Ii has come To bc un-
derstood that purity in woman prcsumes virtue
In man, ana that man degrades woman before
woman drags down man, With tine recogpi-
ton OF this fact came the perception Of the
real mission, and in recent years there have
sprung up orders and associations tor the ee-
walton OF man and the re-awakening OF man.
hood.
The White Cross army is comparatively re-
cent institution, but IL already has substantial
strength and is performing grea. work. IL Is
an organization for men only. and exists 10
teach true manliness, To teach the true basis of
physical, moral and spiritual he nth. Its nve
cardinal obligations, To which all who become
members OF the order soemnly pledge them
selves are "to treat all women with respect and
endeavor TO protect them nom wron and degra-
dation;" "to endeayor toput down all indecent
language and coarse Jests; ito IN tintain The
law OF purity equally binding upon men aud
women; To endeavor TO spread these principles;
to use every possible means to fulfill the COM
mand, keep thyself pure" Zach member 10
supposed To become an active agent OF social
morality, and the society, through Its commit.
tees and councils, aims To correct the great and
invidious crime oil silence 10y acquainting youths
and young men with the knowledge through
lack OF which they become victims and scryants
of vice and disease. The Bishop OF Dunhan,~
who started the movement in England. dc.
ciared: Not until IL Ii generally Recognized
that a man who has wrought a woman's degra-
dalton is as least as great an offender against
society as the man VINO has robbed "A till or the
man who has forged a check-nay, much
greater, Tor he has done a far more irrcparable
wrong-not until society II prepared 10 visit
such an offender with the severest social penal
ties will there Toe any real change for the better"
A GhostIy Umbrella.
From the Chicago News.
In a little downtown saloon yesterday more
than a dozen men tried To sneak an elegant
ivory-handed umbrella which leaned against u
white marble panel at the end of the bar.
Although several OF the men were evidently
experts not one could manage TO secure IL.
Whenever the bartender caught q gentleman
i'm the act-and he managed To catch them all
he put up glasses for himself and the dishonest
patron, for which the patron always paid.
'sStoriny weather outside" remarked a WELL
dressed man. catching sight OF the umbrella
and moving over toward IL. "Another scltzer
and lemon and take something yourself" re-
marked the customer cordially. Then a hand
slipped down behind the pleasant gentleman
coat tails and began CROPPING around. Pretty
soon il touched the panel and moved ca utiously
across its polished surface. IL didn't find any.
thing, and the gentleman who owned IL stopped
whistlng suddenly and grew red in the face.
He coughed violently ana walked 10 the other
end of the bar 10 expectorate. On his way back
he glanced sharply at the panel and saw lean
ing against IL the ivory-handled umbrella. The
performance was repeated. The stranger
beginning 10 show signs of having an epleptic
fit when the bartender leaned over ana said
dryly: cant you get it?" Abem, well-ah,
you know-my umbrella-you see, gasped the
gentleman. "les, It's a daisy, amt ID. Jim,
the night bartender, put her there. He's got
talent" The umbrella was painted on the
panel