The record-union., 1893-08-11


and the prosperity Of this city at the ex-
pense and sorrow of the many?
1t IS liberty on one side and that on the
SIDE OF revelry and vice. If any more
liberty IS TO be given to one class Of citi-
Zeus than another it would seem to be
Wlso to give it to the better class, but we
only ask fair play. Il. NJ. STEVENSON.
Reply to "a Father.''
EDS. RECoRD-UNroN: on Monday
the 9TH, read an article in your paper
headed "a Fathers Advice" After read
ing it carefully I arrived at the conclu-
sion that it was not only "advice." but 4
reply to the article in SATURDAYS DaDer
on the ladies Entrance question.
FATHER" remark cd that "Mother did not
inform the public of the class she had
reference to-" The Bible speaks OF oniv
two classes-the Just and the uniustIand
those are the ones l referred to. He saws
mother knows well enough that the
better class OF women and girls are above
being seen IN doubtful places Of anv
kind" Most assuredly she does Thank
heaven that there is just such a class
right here IN our city, who are living pure
and beautiful lives, and these are they
VINO are dong all in their power to ele-
vate, ennoble and encourage those who
are struggling against the great tempta-
tions that are besetting them or every
side.
Father" need not hatter himself that
the we'll brought-up grip is always safe.
How natural for some to think their chill
Gren are too well bred to be enticed into
wrong-dolng. BE not deceived. The cry
to-day IS, ~ hat shall we do with our
girls?" and it comes from every grade Of
society. sad, indeed, when your only
reply TO them-if you speak the TRUTHS
that they are beyond your influence or
mine.
will relate an incident that occurred
recently. A lady very elegantly dressed
approached me and said: Excuse me-
Mrs.--, with your permission | would
be pleased To converse with you a
moment" l replied: Il will listen to
You with pleasure" She then related
her great sorrow to me. She said.
u am Il lady Of wealth and culture. I
have never known what want means. for
every wish has been gratified. | have an
elegant home in this city. and every
thing the world affords to make me
happy, yet my heart is broken. l often
wish / were dead, and sometimes am
tempted to commit suicide. Nv great
trouble is this: l have a lovely daughter:
nature has done everything for her: we
have given her liberal education. She
mingles with the best society. but She is
lost. Night after night I walk from one
side-entrance saloon to another in search
OF her. ! ain obliged sometimes to order
a carriage to take her home for she is too
intoxicated to walk"
| replied to her that she must have a
very good idea with regard to the work
ings Of these private places. Could she
inform me who visit these pIaces2 They
must be a very low class.
She replied: You are mistaken-some
of these ladies move in our first-class' So
ciety."
She mentioned fifteen or twenty that I
know personally. She then related what
she had seen, which is too horrible to re-
peat. Father says, in his advice. that
if Mother" IS really sincere in her Ell
forts to stop this great evil, why does she
not strike at the root Of it, and counsel
the mothers of these girls?'
There is good reason why she does
not counsel them. Most mothers would
not believe it, and | might get nv cars
boxed soundly, and the father would
have me arrested for slander within
twenty-iour hours. If l were to strike
al the root of this great evil | would close
every saloon in the city-yes, on the face
Of the earth.
Father is quite right in saying that
girls are not kept strict enough at home.
\ es, nome IS the place for them to be
LAt1A III W AAttl AAAG liiGtttSs our great need
to-day is what France had in Napoleon's
time-mothers; mothers to teach with
unremitting vigilance the necessity of a
pure. beauufed character, and watch lest
evil habits creep in as inSidiously as the
serpent approaches-lesI thorns appear
with the lovely blossoms. God NAV
sometimes work miracles in character
trans formation, but He oftener works bv
means OF fiXed laws and through human
agencies.
''Faiher's'' advice to mothers is verv
good, and l VIII gladly emphasize everv
word of it. \ girl should be taught that
she is no more 2 servant when she is
cooking the dinner and waiting on the
table than she is when she stands behind
the counter of a store selling goods. In
fact, ! consider the home labor far more
respectable. The mothers should teach
their daughters by precept and example
10 make home attractive and beautiful
paradise whore angels would love to
dwell. II they would do this the ladies'
entrance would soon lose its patronage.
Father must not forget that be has
some responsibility resting on him, as
well as Mother A MOTHER.
Prisoners En- Route.
Deputy sheriff T. p P0rtb of San Rar.