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Tendency IN that direction wa. OF course inev.
table; but II is by no means true that the
also in othcrvirtuce. Itistrue. h"wcvcr, that
d"ntn9n's , great army OF nunt%runa,es, hos
hsn ave TIER sisters IN oh Other " large carita
II follows That vice in London is more rerul.
s,iye than in more seductive Paris. but what
ness and nsstencc. Nowhere on earth can
annythng De found e. match tho scenes on
ct night, The electric light has not, yet
brought its purifyin. influence to all these
famous thorough fares. and they are thronced
tie hSt DIG %i nsS Ia t" ySrs
SUIT 1t Is carried ON often in the hGldest and
iIn Ham. ryrsiIi,Snt mann; an amsrean a"n,
block ono evening last ,weei without in any
way encouraging attention except by his ra-
ne, hsn si9w pee and he was aes2s',1 by no les;
IicradilY circus there NAV he counted on any
pleasant evening from $50 to 300 bold painted
ihc"s that mark rs distinctly would u brand
London is .alnos. tho only grcnt city in Eu-
rope ." Which does not rccngnize asa nGce.snry
eFii this nrcUl inr institution. which 1t l. tho
fashion OF modern civilization to ignore ns far
nS possible. In Berlin il is mos, strictly rr;u'nt
ton aud restriction. Paris has u similar systom.
. s"a us anminisirnion ~ rather lnX Lon ton
4; the result vice iiaunts itself WHERE i viii.
inHre IS. TO DO sure. an unwrittch police ruln
which torhtds moro than two wOinun OF thu
therefore. lew disorderly houses in tho ordi.
nary sense of the term IN London. 80 vice
ana 6ywnya Of tho town ' Lvcn d DAY & G"ss
n Pna 'Es, corners IL tho fashiopn5,ls %$"sst
In Chelsea, in kcnsin-tnn in Bayswatcr: it,
numbers sccm legion Tho authorities would
stri.inns, ns are employed in tn" German cail-
TAI. but English pnrir sentiment woul not
hermit i. TO adort such n policy wHuli. in
ne ingllShmnn prefers 10 wear Il cloak Of
virtue even though the uncGverinG of tha
degree To mitigate the evil. Til" strongest o.-
position. whom tho .mooted question OF the
licensing of unrhast'y is opened. comes, Of
allies arc always the vicious whom it is
tfhGnEn H. TO Trs,rnn 70 It i in sense trpe
Iresnytorian and the prostitute. the orthodox
ana IN" ontcast. are responsible" for greater
i INN ip this modern Babylon tl.an in
any Other civilized community.
TING paipable prevalence to an appalling OK.
tent ~ London of the two great vices thus lar
con sil"red carries with it Ero1t Of other social
evils IN both cause aud effect. Tho average
ILnEllrh home has thes" many generations
ture must be redrawn' \ Inp!d!y durkonins
shadow OF commercial distress has for two or
in. portenls for the coming winter is
TIN %o iG9 n"e n %nnSd
pirate and unjust. perhaps. to nterroiatG lust
here one OF the most awful records OF inhu.
read it recently with silent horror and then
has tried to forget it. 1t is not story of Hood
! thirsty torture 10y ignorant saragos: it is some
tnlnE lar worse. 1t is merely an extract from
! he annual report Just issued blythe ChiIdrcn's
Society OF England. and it summarizes some
gated during tho past year; It requires strong
nerves to read il. but here II IS:
Furnishing child by putting pins into its nOsrils;
putting lighted matches them: biting chnIs wrist
till n wound was made. and then burning the wound
with lighted matches: burning the hand. OF boy OF
SIX with matches biting til they bieI the limb. of a
sevenmonths baby: forcing bone ring .. feeding
bottle M ard down the throat of thrce.norths.o.l
baby tilt It biei throwing ,tle girl OF two years III
OF bronchitis. nut OF It's bedroom window. breaking its
bones and ending its life breaking n twmvear.old
hahys limbs in three p;aces-both and thigh
leaving them Tn.enic. an! when II moan"d in is main
rTitabiy taking II up from IT. cradle by the broken
arms shaking 1t by them. and throwing II down again:
leaving baby unified out of its for weeks IN
'oadstoois grew around the chili out Of rot.
tennc.s: leaving another 10 lie for days am!
nights on mattress alive with magyots: keeping
Inc stninps of little amputatcd legs gore TO
have the child with its little taco puckered up uan
TO excite pity: tying rope round hoy OF six dipping
him into canal. leaving him immersed iii exhausted
bringing him IN, recovering linn. and putting hln, in
,s1: repeating the misery time asser time: shutting
up To. h"U:s IN DARK closet Two year old cni Tightly
binding the ar,ns together or thr.cycar. Of! chm,
and doing the and end ia NE: keeping n cn,Id
always IL cool cellars IL! ~ flesh became green;
rnocN ny down with the is: dyrI hov: driving OH.
The frs; teeth OF baby wIth the est: coping upa
child tor months IN room without ronTeni-nces nun.
shing 1t for "ithng the floor" Tor food throwing
!cav.ngs OF plate" on to II las you would throw
them TO tows." srolrgnG chilli TIL /, - a mass OF
bruises ;hcn breaking its litt. Jaw in two. tying
cords tightly roGnt li;;!e thumb' then tying them
with extended arms. the foo: OF n b".tsraI chem
beating 1t will thorn husn.
And for pathetic. tragic irony what can
equal this:
A little girl OF i've. who had been tortured by her
father and mother by being tied crurihx.wse 10 tho
foot Ot al iron Deastead in the morning wlth h"r
face to 1t. aud then beaten from the the heels
in her one thin garment. with buckied strap: mud IN
the evening turne and tied again with her hnck to tho
prGstead III the same fashion and thea n0rgra with
he strap from thr0a: knees: in the morning
being left all day and IN the evening NJ; n.n'. Tts
1h!d in the new home to which after Ipr. ,orlur her
ornentors. she was sent by the society on srciuga
,rucIhI. slowly, soemny sal II was Ike that"
, And to ccorrecta popular misapprehenson
this should bo added
Tho hR6itutiou OF the poor as class 10 n, onn
Whit more deserve TO be called "hauit,.ious Of
'ruety" than do the hab'ta;.Dus OF tbs rIrh AMI
never does the drunkart surpass seldom is lac de IT,.
ra'c enough TO equal. in NabDIcnl inVentIyc"ss tn,
clear that education rank. and practice Of .rg.",
ties are fully compatible with fervog ami ,lcv-
ion in cruelty to children. To stamp any of the ,h,s
II hfo with Its practice. or to eAemp, any of them
rom It's practice your nmittees experience has rei
Tered impossible to IL.
have 10 desire to attach nm undue sicnia-
'ance TO this fearful and urreure,rl.tativo
phase OF he dark side of English life. hut 1t is
Ilnse which does exist. .pnu |! should not be
ignore it. Thcrr is Il significance.
.nd dark one. in tho inanner in wnrH Ln:.
ish justice deal, with the Il.nIs who tear and .
END and turn aud mutilatr their w"akrr VIZ 1
inns. England inadequate. puni~hMeuts Tor /
'rrrity have long been Il hyword. II was /
ltlea rs IN encouraging sign -. PROGRESS tn |
Ilhrr lay when II London magistrate npp~"! |
/ sentence oil four nlontHs IN tn" ""IihOJ'r T
upon an incorrigible wife cater who NAl B
!phlly crushed in the wuml's ch"eN bono ,
With y shovel Another wretch who had I
Matched his !ittlo hau&htrr tro!a her i.nth- /
bed and nun. hor out 81 II window rcCo,Ncu " |
81 Jar exemplary punishment.
is II possible in scnlchlrI; cor causes to i!HI |
l common SiGniiicHnc" attaching 1" al ih"ec
svils! Is there nnyth!n. IN the modern l,u:-
ish temperament to account Tor tn" great
'ni"ad pf inrhriuty among wu'"cn. iur "a" IN !,
'hacked haunting 81 Nirr. for ihr iaiiurn - !,
punish OutragoS against the weak can ma