The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1895-12-22
AN IMMOpEST AGE.
Pictured Adyertis ments, Thsaters. Etc,
Doing Tn 'ir w ark.
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gus--the common people. IL my critics
mean 1 am a preacher OF the common
people. accept the friendly criticism
bank on the common people. Human
society is like pie; there's an upper
crust, and an under crust, and there is
the between material that names and
constitutes the pie. The upper crust of
society is brittle and unreliable: the I'M
der crus, is soft and spongy, but the
middle class is where you find the gen
uine folks.
ANU always Hs modest in my preach
ing and writing as the work in hand
will allow, II man with broadcloth
clothes. white kid gloves. button-hole
bouquet and stovepipe hat should
come up TO street contractor and
offer as a hand to clean out the sew
ers, the contractor and ali the hands
employed by him would laugh. He
might appropriately perform a mar
riage ceremony, but as to work on the
street, he is not dressed for that occa-
sion. There is such thing as adapta-
tiou Of man and clothes and implements
10 the job in hand.
As minister I'm sure | have never
dressed immo4estly. have never carried
on an lmmodest conversation with
ladies' ana Gentlemen, have never at
tended the schools OF immodesty, such
as the theateT' dances clrcuses' variety
shows and bnwdy houses. Aud have
only been accused o' YuiEar'ty When
have been trying Il, clean up some
dirty gang or INSTITUTION; and 1t is true,
that the most immodest folks, the grad
yates ol some ol the aooVe-nained lnsti-
tunons, have been my seyerest critics.
Ihe ballroom and theater-goiug wom-
III cannot tolerate my immodesty. The
ulaspnemer deiesiN my irTeverenee,
and the Hpertiue abomlnat+s my vui-
garity, sore-hack horse desplses the
curry comb. and sick man can't en-
Joy his medicine.
ln many respects this country is
growing better. We are reforming
along almost all lines but immodesty
and gambling are on the increase.
We're constantly furnishing more food
for vulgar eppctfes. and men are gam
ping on everything.
There's scarcely business house in
any city upon whose walls and about
whose writing desks may not be found
immodest pictures~-nude women used
rs advertisements These pictures are
duly feeding the iusto young men and
destroying the nodestY of young wom-
en-. In these business houses every
fbiDr frcry, Il cirrarett,. IN a pottcraI
bank Is now advertised by half nude
Woman's form, and these advertise
ments are hung up to the gaze and put
IN the hands Of little boys and girls,
young men and young women. And
Just as sure as that the constant use Of
dumb bells strengthen and develop the
muscles. just so sure these lmmodest
pictures quietly and constantly feed
and develop the worst things in us.
Our advertisements are great kinder
gartcn schools of passion and lust.
know Of only few business men who
80 through their stores and tear down
these pictures and refuse to advertise
their business with immodeRt pictures
few years. ago the nude actress and
f' ~ 4ttNr'eN' .Affh+ AAA' pun ~ titlaAl W 80
found only in the low variety shows;
but OF recent years n woman. the mother
OF illegitmatc children, has come TO the
front with "divine voice." and is a
star in the best theatres. The kick
higher Is given at the leading theaters,
where would be modest men and women
so, md where some men are fools
enough to take sweet wives and inno-
cent daughters. don't 20 To the thea
tcrs. hut. il the pictures on the bill
boards of the cities visit are fair rep
reservations OF what Ia on the stage,
then / say no modest woman can at
tend. and no sensible man ought TO ex.
pose his wife and daughter to such
sights.
The Rams Horn. that wonderful
periodical published in Chicago. last
week on it's front page gave us the mic.
ture OF a rnodestly-dressed lady stand
ing on the highway with the word
"modesty" written across her bosom.
Down that same street cornes n modern
woman on a bicvclc. clad in shirt whist.