Telegram-herald., 1891-12-06
ARI1HI MIN YIR1uOlS!
Gertruds Gsiety Answers ths ouss-
tiol Plainly.
SHE SHOWS Up aly's HYpOCRlSI
Aad Feiisws BIN rhreGgh his Devious
Wsys IN Psstartn< AZ shs iaasssst--
- nsa are rare whsa rhsy SaA~
uos be oEhsrwiss

''Is the girl Of today virsuousy'
What = startling auestioa u as< and
who aside frem Ella Wheeler wlieox
would nave dared sro4eh such sub
lect- Ella IS wise Ia her gensrxtson.
however. aud steers clear or the more
profound problSm. IS The modern man
viItuous? 1ae far writer tac.Gly sd-
msts tDAt there are questions one - Al
n,ost ashamed To answer. and thsrs are
other lnquisles TOO vast 10 face. Ella
says that young men have strange
nllsconcepuon ol the modern girl who
Il more free III her mai nsrs and lie
than her mother and grandmosnsr be-
fore her. That "a perfectly true. and it
IL also true that tie modern girl has =
strange misconeeptlou OF the man OF
today. She b~iieyes nim 10 be pure.
hon, 'rable and ehlyalrous. not IN
isolated cases. but III every case. Man
hood - 10 her ufaI lt was ~ Eve be-
fore the brat CD Fple dlned on apples
ana cider. She iofms her estlnizt 10 OF
his character by her knowledge OF her
brother wno shows her only tue better
part OF his nature. she Is b.iud W the
Tact that the early ASSOCIATIONS OF the
roy are ssicssm wha. they should be.
Boys Gvsa License.
Strange as Il may seem boys are gen.
orally allowed Tue broadest license IN
the matter VI companions anu time
spent where he PHRASES. A mother w. no
never permits her daughter TO be away
froni home one moment without know
ing just where sue -, will allow ner
to- To have hours TO spend when and
wntre he pleases. The result is soon
apparent. lie AAds companions ready
10 instruct hlni n all the charming
mysteries of sin. lie dr.fts Cd . iy IL ,il,
hls mothers aHe sisters hIgn estimate
OF purity ard be!OFc he realizes II there
are deeus plac 4 TO MS credit whlch
would dishouor hardened villain. His
own estimate OF morality suffers. He
finds old ideals and opinions astray.
lie encourages growing contempt tor
purity IN either man or woman and
soon tie expresses 10 openly. lncred-
uhty supersedes belief and h.s self con-
celt surrounds him with = zone OF
PRIDE. Two often these are Character
istles OF the young man OF toaay. The
genuinely pure young man is noted too
seldom. and he - generally an object
OF derlsion 10 ms morally impure com.
panlons. The man ot twenty-six or
tweEty-eight years finds the outlook
changing generally. His ideas ex-
pand aud he longs TO be thought
II oble AMI chivalrous. He sees the
wrongs OF his early youth and strives
to make amends by offering 70 the So
called weak CT sex defense and pro-
lection. He longs TO be considered q
model OF virtue, and nearly loses sght
OF the fact that the genuine article de-
parted long ago, possibly when he was
IN small ciotles- These are sad facts
TO confront, but custom makes th-m
less serious to consider. Socirl y Will
open wide her doors and weico sc .
man whose life has been q series of
wrong doing.
Demands . Pure Wife.
One such act ss he feels free 10 per.
form would brand . woman forever
and render her paIue most infamous.
yet u IS such men as these VINO seek
for Their wives young glrls OF unques-
uoned purity, not only OF character
bu. of thought. The prospective hus-
band takes mental inventory
Of all the charms and graces
OF the young girl whom he hopes TO
boIor % With his name. His own
faults aud iaIiiDgs are concealed with
care. Should any come to light they
are .hurrIediy passed over aud buried
where no desecratng hand will ever re-
open the hallcwed grave.
The latitude a lowed American girls
Is not always her protection. More
often she tinds her defense IN her own
well Established principles and ideals of
honor. A matron IN speaking on the
subject once created CONSERVATION by
saying before q room full Of ladies that
the woman who claimed never TO have
been insulted did not know what An
insult was Yet that woman was OF an
bonored family, bad lived under closer
protection than most girls nave. and
was, st middle age, above suspicion. Her
assertion. though res e.ved W tn appar-
ent SURPRISE MAS affirmed By nearly
every woman present. IL betrayed the
fact that base designs linger IN many
masculine breast and that womsn's 9
honor In best proteci ei when protected
by herself. lie young girl may be
trusted with . ma companion freely
aud fully II size knows enough Of her
self, OF human nature. of msn' natuSe
IN partiCuias to guard her own safety.
III she - ign' rA1t, or perhaps unin-
formed IL better wort TO use. her
safety can best be accomplished by
SURF unding her with circumstances
winch will net permit undue familiar
ity from masculine admirers. Men are
vlrtuous, ths v are ssvsvs known 10 he
virtu0us when rcun stances will not
permit them TO b. othersise.
GERrRrpE gArErY.