The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-10-31
DEADLY MAN TRAPS.
A Preacher Tells of What He
Saw in the Dives.
WORK FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY.
EsetoP Garrett Describes the Me-
Brotherhood's obJeets-Great
Choir Festival.

The Rev. Kenneth Duncan, OF the Second
Presbyterian church. preached last night be-
fore vel filed church on personal obserys-.
tons about the "The Man Trays of the City"
He took mis- text from jeremiah v.26: "For
among my people are found wicked men: thew
lay in wait as he that setteth snare,; they set
trap they catch men"
AZ the outset the minister diseiaimed Any in
fention 10 b. sensational He exuresae4 him
self ~ deeply interesteI In the moral welfare of
the community anf felt that, as servant OF
God, II was his duty tospeak to the people the
truth concerning matter OF such vital impor-
tsnce. he said that, while traps had certain
legitimate uses, there was no excuse for such as
ensnared men and degraded humanity In bis
opinion each man, no matter what his conSi-
ton mentally or morally, had a right
30 endcavor to rise and work on,
his own career with freedom and that
II was not fair TO blame God for the evils
that existed and allow Him no crcd, for ali the
good that there was I'm the world. He then
charged that Satan had always been cowardIy
In the selection Of his agencies TO entrap the
souls Of men, and that the Evil One a, ways
pandered to the lowest and most depraved
tases
ths city there were 1900 young men, OF these
1000 were connected with the churches, and
the other 4,co0 were daily and nightly sub
jecting therns Ives to the most depraved temp
tations. The preacher said he vas not trying
oape DR.. parkhurst: that he had not gone
about under the care of the police department,
but had ventured out alone, and be had seen
thing that made him trcnbIe for the safety OF
his own little innoceat boy
In his description the minister spoke OF the
character Of the men who visited these man
traps, the associations of the places aud the
bats used to capture the victims The kind of
men he observed frequentng low dives and
variety thea,ers he said xsPa nj ,y,ar
mechanics and boys. He saw thousands of men
hanging around pool tables. boys drinking beer
ard gambling without restraint, and what wor-
ricd him most was TO see the boys Slipping away
from home associations and taking their first
steps toward a moral slavery 70 satan. He said
be left one of these deus at midnight and there
were still hundreds hanging around. still fntox-
ieated with the destinations OF the resort
He spoke with loathing OF the associations OF
these man trapA The pictures on the walls were
oil the most indecent character aud the
houses themselves were places not built for
honest things. In the theaters he was &C.
costed by painted women. who had lost
their homes, had abandoned shame and
had forgotten their wardrobes. He said
that the music was the vilest he had ever heard
and that the whole atmosphere was tainted
with corruption. aud he charged that the gov
eminent was at fault in allowing such things to
disgrace the city ana imperii the future of its
young men.
The speaker then turned his attention TO the
bait used to trap the men, aud said that In most
cases II was drink. He said that in these dens
women we're employed to induce men to drink.
and that these abandoned creatures
were paid q commission for every dol
lars worth OF whisky which they caused
to be sold lie said that there were
300 saloons In the city, and that they cost
nuslly I. 100000, and $4,000 more in loss in
wages. and he proceeded to show how much
good could be accomplished with the same
amount of money turned into useful and lsgti.
mate channels.
1--WE need two canals" he cried out In a burst
OF eloquence, zone which viii certainly bring
manufactures in lite train, and the other which
Shall carry of the strong drink which ID slowly
running so many OF the people with its perni-
cious influence
In conclusion, he said that the church was
doing all IL could to stop the evil. the home was
exerting Its sweet power to drive it out, and
that the conscience of the people should awake
and compel the authorities to wipe out these
fexterinx sores.
second lecture OF the series will be deliv.
cred next sunday evening In the same church.