Telegram-herald., 1888-04-27

kalitt 81 10 0i1of1tttss 0<s Per 4l.<. wktf
desire 70 refora ths10. and leshag that
rsfoFmafi0n could nof bs brought zbsus hy
shallinz them cat bom the only soessgy
shieh eousa give thea sas inesntsys 10
reform- While the kntenE Of society On
this ilue nay have kesn rlshs Ia tie msin.
il has worked cat = result different ffeEn
what We had sxpected. and instead at re-
forming il has rather encouraged the evil
d0er. confirming him fn his course Bat
the Woman. for whom there Was no for
xiseness-no escape provided - has been
doomed 20 . life of $50 z-son or prostitution
tell yea. my sis-srs. us have all along
been doing too much Tor men. excasiGg too
much for them. because they are men.
Why should their sea IN t1e eyes of society
or the ixw De an excuse for immortality and
lndulgenes in vice. any more than II they
had been born . woman. Why should IL
be expected OF woman that they 20 down
into the slums. the highways aud byways.
doing for men what they ought 10 do tor
themselves Why should lhs wifs De ex-
peeled 10 sacrifice her liberty. tine and tai
ents 20 her husband, lest, percnsnes II she
fail ia any assigned uifsly duty the bus
band may be driven into Dy aud forbidden
waya Why not rather make him
feel pers0nsi responsibility for
his own salvation. relying upon
himself TO hold himself from the evil.
Why should he who Il strong enough 10 re-
present not only himself bat womsh too.
lay his downfall, If il comes to that. upon
her shoulders 10 bear! Why should the
daughters of the family be continually ak
horted by the press, sfrom the platform and
at the freside 10 sacrifice their young fresh
life, especially 10 the making of home at
trsctiye 10 saue the boys. when ten TO one
after having done all, the boys won't be
saved. Let the boys De taught that it's
a 1..s~ h~t4 ~s.l ho "a
support of the sister. One gets so tired o
the silly sentmentaiity that demands Of
woman a continual sacrifice of herself. that
censures her for all that goes wrong in
home and society iiie and st the same time
handicaps her, so she can't do anything To
bring about different state Of affairs. If sne
would. As rule it works not the good her
sacrifices merit. bus rather encourages men
In directions W here they should be strong to
| command d,hOld themselves and SO often
| do We see il in homes where most is done
| and sacrificed the more sure Is the downfall
| of those for whom the sacrifice was made
| When men from boyhood up learn 10
| stand or fall on their own merits or
| dement's and woman helps her own and
| represents herself then will be the dawn
| Ing OF the morning that ushers in the day
| of new dispensation of a pure manhood
| and q strong womanhocd. A different
status for men anu women. Ever and anon
| our hearts bleed over the announcement
| that q girl, perhaps not more than 10 or 10
| years of age, has been arrested charged with
| being common prostitute. But whoever
heard of q man being arrested for being a
| common libertine. But, why not? We
build Msgdslen homes for fallen woman,
| but who ever heard Of q home for fallen
| men. But, why not? Why not establish
homes for fallen men and let them be named
as such, in large gilt letters on q swinging
| sign board at the front entrance, that the
| ideal may be before the world that man
may fall as well - = woman, and when
they do the fall is just as criminal. Don't
let's have this worlds one-sided. Let the
| mark OF tb" b@sst be as visible upon man. 5
iorehead when he will live out this lower
| life, as il is visible upon the wonan's and
this mark shall cause the twain to be
driven from the city, that evil may be
| abolished from our people.
Elice Hopkins, of England, be-
gan the work just right, when
| she took this matter right home
to men. lecturing to them alone and SO sue
cessful was she in pressing home to them
| convictions of their own responsibility to
| save the world from q social curse, that
| many who went TO scott returned home to
pray. Let's follow night on in that line and
see what the results are.
What hope Is there Of q better day NOR
| ally and sociallyr Every little while, from
the Governor OF our State down to the Chief
of Police OF our city, word is passed ali along
the line. that while humanity is rs il is. y
very little can be done in the direction of
reforming men or protecting girls and
| women, and the rank and file take up the
| refrain and echo "wnile humanity is as IL
is" what can't be cured must be endured.
| By humanity As used here they mean only
| men. In all eandor we ask when will hu-
| manity be any different while liberty is thus
given them TO carry out the lower instincts
| OF their natures withou. restraint, and po-
lice regulated places are provided as schools
of culture and hotDeis OF vice? The admis-
sion of our Chief of Police that he per-
niLted houses Of ill-fame 10 exist ia def
ance of state law and city charter because
be thought IL better to allow such places
under police regulations rather than
| to subject respectable women to insult
upon the street, was enough 10 demoralize
every male citizen of Grand Rapids. Shades
OF our ancsstorsl Has it come TO that in
this land of the free and home OF the braye2
Come to be that we count ourselves as
powerless 10 cope with an evil which in its
power To contaminate and demoralize q
people-its ruinous invasion of the home
circle, Its neartless robbery of child-liIe oi
its rth-right-its degeneracy OF the rising
manhood OF our nation, laying its ruthless
psisying hand upon the ties that bind and
the love that enobles and seeks its own
menacing national Institutions and dethron.
ing governments by deosuching the units
upon which government bases its strength.
nursing an evil by the side of which intem.
perance might be deemed . minor sin. One
OF our city pastors may have been little
extreme in his statement when be said in
bis pulpit, better . nation of drankardr
than one unchaste person. Could We
separate the two evils. and were we forced
20 choose one, give ne intemperance with lis
train OF Ills than q prostitute nation.
have taken pains To fnd out what police
regulation for such places consisted Of aud
| its the saune old story, womsEhood humil.
lated, woman the victim, man going scoti
tree.
think I voice the sentiment of the vo-
men of this land. when say. we want no
protection bought At sucb price. But We
do ask that the ballot be placed in our hands
as our weapon Of defense.
/ will not believe that msn are ss bad a,
the Superintendent of Police says they are
Nv erperiencs with men mas led me TO be.
lieys in them more and more. All thai
humanity wants IL = chance % express and
live o1t the good that IL 10 them We dig
deep and vide bitches around them, hedge
ND the vsy Of escape and then wonder aad
wonder that snY should be 50 bad a. 10 fsil
therein. With such pitfalls made n fbe
pathway of lneIperlenoe9. uDsuspecting z
glrlaood snt b0y yhood. do you wonder hat
they 90 down the dark and siiyPeTF way
when tnst way is-nsd. 80 easr that to-
Say srnz nan. though fool, could n0'
! fsil t. itll therein sad even tbs " s8on o1
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