Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-04-05
THOU SHALTNOTKILL
nFAyr MURDER IN ALL IT'S HORROR
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Aaa UaAsly Crime DsnsaAesd.

The sun sets daily upon . completed
tragedy. Day after day. week after
week, the slaughter OF the lnnoeents
goes on nth frigntful frequency.
Thousands Of little lives are wiped out
BY the hands Of tnoss created only 10
destroy. Many escape the numerous
assault and are ushsfed into the world
the most unwelcems Of little strangers
Delicate women, who cannot bear 10
read the headline OF a printed murder
trial, calmly and effectively plan 10 ex-
eeute their own children.
The isolated cases which fall into the
hands OF the Law are not the only ones
which are horrible and hesrtrendlng IN
their recital. nor DO they deserve pun
isnmsnt more surely than those which
are 50 often quietly carried To a sue
eessful issue. In these cases the IN
centiye Is nearly always a desire TO
cover the first and lesser crime 10 save
the reputation. An unmarried woman,
nine times out OF ten. . young and in
nocens girl 10 sedueed under false and
wicked representations
Mas selfish Hypocrisy.
He gratIfes MS desires Al her expense
knowing that whatever tue outcome
the world will pronounce him innocent
and her guilty. lie feels no responss-
bAily. lie anticipates no exposurei
Tor the woman - generally so lnfatu-
ated with HIM that she Will walk
through the last dark valley with his
name unspoken- SHOULD she betrzy
the chief or equal sinner he can still
disclaIm and oftentImes make . sue
cessful legal contest; or II he should be
proven guilty the world ignores It With
such persistence that 1t soon becomes
bat fragmentary legend. He does
not lose responsibility, he does not lose
caste, he does not lose anything by 1t.
This statement can easily be verified by
calling attention To prominent citizen
who IS the head Of q family and VINO
moves in most exclusive circles. 1t
used 10 be said, among the old resi-
dents, that he was the father OF every
illegitlmate child born IN TINS city un-
less the mother expressly disclaimed
ms responsibility ia tho matter, and
even then there was room for doubt.
Al any rate u was pretty safe 10 lay at
his door all unclaimed children. Yet
inent church, MS good wife by his side
and virtuoas women take hun by the
hand we'll knowing his dark record.
And MS victims, what OF them? All,
for them alone all the shame and con-
tumely of the act. No virtuous woman
takes them by the hand. and the
church. alas, bars them from its sacred
interior. Masculine responsibility and
feminine PERFECTION only are wanted.
A Mark for PisiIsss scorn.
Women who have lost oil IN this way
are most deserving OF sympathy and
commiseratIon, though they seldom or
never get It. The unmarried woman
who IL enclente Is mark for pitlless
scorn and Iimitless derision. She is
spurned by her lover, who cannot allow
himself to associate with one who has
fallen so low, deserted and Al outcast,
without food. clothing, shelter, she is
thrust out at the time of her greatest
trial to shift, for herself and find some
spot where she may live or die as il
may happen. OF what avail her tears,
her prOteststlons. her repentance, even
the devout Christian draws his robe of
righteousness about hun lest the pollu-
ting touch of the victim come TO him
unAwares. Is IL then to be wondered
at that she tries TO hide her first mis-
step by conceallng the evidence OF her
guilt She has Il ~ bear alone and
unaidcd. Her friends and associates
will never say of her, "Oh. she had n
little man scrape,' but that is all over
now" Full we'll she senses the shadow
that has fallen across her love-dream,
and she realizes bitterly that for such
as she
Help there Is none"
Two wrongs Not BETTER Than One.
TIE value of the little life which
beats beneath her heart u as nothing
compared TO her good name, and she
will not stop TO believe that two wrongs
are better than one. The proper rem
edy, or preventative, for such cases y
in me hands of the mothers. When
every girl IS taught the possibilities of
her own nature, and the capabilities Of
her own passions she will he, in meas
ure. protected against the designs of
the tempter. II - too much the fashion
90 Undue young women with the idea
that they ars properly devoid OF feel
ing. Too often they awaken TO = reaIi-
ration Of is existence when il is too
late. and they are lost. Young men
should also receive from their parents
most explicit teaching on the proper
relation OF the sexes. They should be
instructed 10 guard instead of pursuing.
ft should also De made plain 70 them
that the father g "a responsible for a
birth a. a mother.
High-Br-d Nurd-r-sse&
So far the unfortunate class whose
incentive q but 90 cover crime has been
considered. Strange az II may seem
they are not the most numerous trans
grsssors. It - more often the high bred.
swees-faced wife who becomes muir
deress SIMPLY 10 avoid Increasing re-
spoasibilIties and cares. The topic of
child murder - most common oae
among women, though q il called by a
less Appropriate name. Many man
would De shocked beyond naeasure 20
bear his prospective BRIDE inauirinT
eagerly OF her married lady friends a.
IN the safe methods OF svaisiirr
"trpuble.H She desires 20 marry and
she intends % have I'll the pleasure and
profit Of mstrimony with "a little Of -
responsibilities ss possible 50 she be-
gins early - educate herself "a To the
WAYS and means. she does not care 10
he told that the brain Of man has never
vet devised . safe" way of accom-
phshing murder, ard her lady friends
are only too eager TO post Der fully on
the attest and most approved methods,
methods impaired TOO ef,es slss, ~ The
family physician, ne, who - under
scsenn oath 90 enter every home with
cut q thought Of re violation. what's
monster - ne. who, sworn - protect
ard perpetuase hfe, ruthiessiy ard viii
fully DESTROYS e under pledge ~
secrecy ard Tor q nominal fee. Nitn-
perstion snd awful prosecution should
follow hiTn - the PRISON bars aud IA