The advocate., 1895-12-11

The volunteers win not visit houses Of III
fame and so have the same opportunity oi
seeing nude girls play leapfrog that Dr. Park
hurst and "Sunbeam" Irving had some year:
ago, but they viii patrol the streets, looking
and acting as much like sporty Johns as II
10 possible for meek church-going youths ia
/ look and act.
! They will parade under the electric lights
until some cooling fairy comes along and halls
them with the customary:
"Well, whore are you going, lover"
The volunteer win then try to do away with
his ssnotimonious face, smile serenely at his
fair charmer and walk with her in whatsoever
direction she may suggest
II blue-coSted guardian OF the peace
should stray across their paths and the charms
of the siren have not proven too strong, the
volunteer will then hand his companion over
to the policemen.
II is beautiful, sublime.
Yes, it is very sublime; but 1t occurs
to the writer that DR.. Parkhurst and his
highly sensitive and jealous Christian
(P) followers might themselves learn q
much needed lesson and accomplish far
greater good to humanity If they would
lay aside their disguises and their de-
ception, and, as true Christian mission.
aries, endeaVor to gain the confidence
of the scarlet women of New York in
different way from that which they
are now pursuing, learn the sad story
Of their lives, and, having learned it, do
something to reclaim them. 1t occurs to
the writer that such a course would be
more in accord with the great profes.
sions of these so.called Christian people.
There has been recently published
an incident which might afford them
some very valuable suggestions. This
incident, together with the comments
Of the Southern Mercury upon it, has
appeared In the ADVOCATE before,
but is 80 appropriate in connection
with this Psrkhurst crusade that we
are sure its reproduction will be par
doned. Arresting these women and
Furnishing them with zines and impris-
-onment, as DR.. Psrkhurst and his Wig
ilsnce League are doing, or simply
praying with them as Mrs. Edholm
did, will not cure the evil. While the
causes that produce the evil re.
main in operation, the evil itself,
which is a mere effect, cannot
sbsted. Remove the cause and be
the effect will disappear without
any special crusade against it. But
here is the story referred to:
Recently Mrs. Charlotte Edholm, Chris
tian worker among the lowly and slums Of
Boston, pilotsd delegation Of purity campers
over one Of her routes. Boston paper In
speaking Of 1t says:
"In one house all the girls were meek and
respectful except enc, who laughed bolster
ously ss the reHoPmers sang the hymn.
"Nearer, Ny God, to Thee" Mrs. Edholm
dropped on her knees before the laughing
girl, and, placing her head In the girls lap,
prayed earnestly. The girl stopped laughing
and became defiant She told Mrs. Edholm
that II she wanted to do any good she ought
to go to the factories and stores that ground
down girl to starvation wages Of 50 q week
and force the employers to do justice to the
girls employed"
While all such well.meaning Christian
women as Mrs. Edholm are laborlng TO reform
these fallen girls, plutocrscy is feeding them
into the hopper Of vice and grinding them up
"a thousand doomed to death to one res.
cued by these Christian workers. Mrs Ed
holm should change her route from the slums
to Ehe palaces, where the heads Of those soul
destroying machines live In luxury. Go d.
rectly to the center Of responsibility. Go TO