The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-11-04

anCe IN society. Ene sou hDOub neT tAhk very
utter social ostracism, i experienced a series Of
such painful humiliatiSns that must Be felt 70
status suffered terribly. II embittered him
against myself. Things went from bag, to worse,
once full Of noble promise, is bliehted; and I
have become LOST
But not all the expressions Of feeling by the
fallen women was of such q tenor. Notably this
interview with a f%requcnter Of the Empire;
Z" am a f~reeborn Engllshwomon, aud claim
t bssa rish myself ys lg0 ! deny that tESSf London : q tpp CUNT
Council or Mrs. Orniston Chant or any social
reformer in pettieosts' ~ trousers or In divided
that | must lead what he or she is pleased to
call q : moral lite; II this is a free country-as
views OF what is right ana proper, My, CON
science is no concern of theirs There Is not
my cant or hypocrisy about me. I am what I
am, and, I am not ashamed to own up to II.
What I do ! do openly, subject to con;
should mlshchave myself, which I never do;
and don't 30 about %peeping, and prying after
STUFF. That is what / call vice. You may cali
M brazen and barefaced, II you like; but | have
my view of social life differs from Mrs. Ormiston
Chants cannot help It; we cannot ull think
alike, and she Is unable to understand such n
Since all this stir has been uadr I boyo been
asked for my, opinion ct ths question privately.
will let me tell the public what | know and
! suppose | am a heltrr Judge Of what Is
going OF in the world than Mrs. Ormis;on
Chant. First, want to Jay thai Il in al false
to assert that there l. ANYTHING objection
You can discover anything wrong ~ any amount
of rseping. ! should like 70 ask the lady who
pretend, 65o /" h@Ve s sSSn sh s"E en-. a ~ ,nt am a., SG ,al sns
she saw in that place were ther" for the pur-
pose Of meeting gentlemen. WHY does slc
to n place Of amusement and. prllGiH, does
not turn up the Whites 81 her eye wton gen
there for The purposes nt what, thcss vigilance
spies call rinl | am sure, chat ,hc, women
promenade thau they arc IN the stalls of Y thc-
atre, and far more d"rcn:ly than many "a dinner
party. .And II u woman. although ei!r may. not
be as pure rs thcfe rrndes. e. Toys mu.ig.,n bright
pcrfnrmance. ana II chat with q, friend hrtwcen
whites, why. in the name of al that Is honest,
plainly. and the county Council may tahc ii to
heart, ! won't, for one, he driven tnto the streets.
dation. and defy the County Council, or Mr..
Ormiston Chant. or any Christian wv un-Chris-
tian organization 70 trGmplc me ia the mud.
adopt u better lite? p a gentleman asked me The
other evening, and answered him: j don't
suits me; / am very happy in It, and ali The
girls of my ncquaintuncc are til" samc.' Then
could not help smiling II little at him, YOU don't
want u helping hand? | always. Thought he
added. that women tolerated thin kind Of liie
was nothing else for them to do ,NonsenSe.',il
sid; 'mayen,t | q pal" nni Of hHdn 6r, n HEd.h int II
p pleased. i Sni Vwkky, Should V so into u1"'"tdf dull and
dreary place and I've reclaimed, as they call It Z |
don't want TO he reclaimed. and won't be
driven Il am afraid said the gentleman, with
rather r,n e a p GzI.s ib ,eok k:m ina, ~ your tSsi idS S,i 81 d rep w.
stance. by Mrs. Ormiston Chant what does
,nG know aGoG, H., Dr ! rfiR pile Ii,h ,II snS is the
son, what chance has She of learning anything?
Besides. what was there for her to learn at the
solicited any one there in my life: it would not
be permitted for an instant; hut | don't see
answer lin, or that his kind Of thing should
be- called "accosting.'",'
We'll. | spoke to the gentleman. who really
/ can't imagine for what reason, these ladies
pose you and the ladies Of the, promenade are
Indignant about y he said, NJ replied:,l
do shut The house M, What will you dPI he
+ I'D pn ,wsllri iasfG is the Hna Al af,1r tSa sq iht ,seT IS
the Pavilion. We can give them all a turn
Bqt as was bound 70 admit when
aon county Council L they siSso the
Empire. will not bo allowed to rcmain idle: The
to the fore again next year md the year after
until all places, with promenodes,n or which cnn
county Z anf T CSu nc H'S viii be siSut up i"f too poN 81 course 1rs
II may take a year or two to do II, but II will be
done, and then what will become of mer
IL will be quite frank about 1t. | will first tell
you what | mean to avoid at any cost. Itis
useless To tell Mrs. Ormi,ton Chant that she
makes a great mistake when she mixes ine up
cadilly Circus. hideous and really dangerous.
believe, as have said before, as a lad
man %'" OF society sfet O" who, i"q II what some %S;
gentlemen tell me Is true, often carries
should be ashamed to do. | regard myself as
rather superior to, that sort OF person, and il
tf1v bir nsF r Hanr THf But 'P because isSn i dSa't E Hap l%,1
10 wear n wedding ring, and don't see the Inoral-
ity OF selling my body and soul to a man | don't
even care for, for life. in return for high posi-
tion. wealth. and all tie rest of 1t, am ] to DO
downtroddcn into the mire and compelled to
Oily Until the small hours What have done
that ! should be treated rs a social, %outcast, and
/ am perfectly honest, well conducted, and, as
| say, a lady. Then why drive me into the
cutter Why o6lige me to become the
and swell the dreadful class which Sir John
Bridge talked about the other day. Let there
just as necessary to the world as any other pro-
fession can be-, But am not begging for your
joy my freedom. and not be made good against
my will. II | am n social blot YOU mustn't blame
smt time inn III to- WORRY il Out why Nature made
me n woman. Nor do | blame the men; IL Is
very. absurd to hold them responsible for my
~frailty.' | won't have that word. am not
frail. On the contrary, | enter my daily life
with my eyes open, aud II Is the same with
every other woman | know.
"supposing We are turned out Of all the halls
one after the other; are there not still the the
atresI go to them sometimes myself, NOu
don't suppose that the box Ofnce people will ever
he allowed 10 cross-eSamine n lady who buys a
ticket as to her moral characterr Then we shall
look out more closely for the other opportunities
which are already open TO MS. The County
Council can't drive us out Of the supper rooms,
where we are able to wear evening dress and
not mere walking costume. or course. evening
dress would be better, from our point Of view.
BY the way, II my taste Is loud what does IL
matter TO Mrs. Chantr Then, after the supper
rooms, there are the all-night clubs places
which are under no sort Of control, and where
frightful 'kick-ups' occur. We don't want to
Gil mean 20 reform us OF the face of the earth,
they will have to deal with the clubs and all
that goes on In them. They should have tackled
that evil fret, and also with still more infamous
resorts which exist for no other purpose than
dehauching young and innocent girls, and IL is a
crying shame il should be- 80.
"Supposing that the vigilance societies deal
with each OF these places in turn, and are sue
cessful in getting rid Of them for a time, now
will they prevent the abuse of the West End
shops, which have tea rooms and other places of