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The herald., 1895-05-01
This Social Evil

MS SocloI EVIL
Editor Herald lis it too late or is
there yet time for the men and women
of this beautiful City Of the Angels to
rise and cry stop?
Is there a question today before the
public that so interests the mothers or
the pure-minded of our community as
this evil that is among US? This ques-
tion has not been agitated one moment
too soon, and, fear, a few moments too
late. 1t has gone abroad in our eastern
cities that Los Angeles may have fine
climate, etc. ETC., but from social stand
point its morals are the most corrnpt of
any city of its size in the American
Union. and I think this can be verified,
Southern Pacific. The revolving sight that
young women and men see on first entering
our beautiful city is disgrace to any re-
spectacle community, and the authorities
OF any city should have removed the
shocking ana revolving sight. Where
zens been? If they would pay half the
attention to the morals of this city that
they do to the Fiesta and put the same
energy into the work of removing this
scourge from our midst, we would then
have something to be proud of. The
community live forever. have visited
during my life all the large cities of the
world, and know of none so corrupt in
its morals except Port Said, Egypt, and
confess know very little and am sorry
know as much. Bnt l do know that
the possibilities of this beau tiful city are
limitless, and again We know that the
sooner we do all that is within the power
OF the law to suppress this evil we will at
least be known abroad for our best efforts;
but if community will allow, with open
eyes, vice in its most virulent form to
drag from our very homes our dear ones,
and never once raise our voices to sup
press this evil. what can we hope for?
What is to become of us? Our citizens
who are not interested in this matter and
do not interest themselves. must surely
be blind to the enormity OF this growing
evil in our midst.
Our rooming houses are full of it; the
very atmosphere we breathe is contain
mated with it; we are surrounded with
it everywhere. and is there no one with
courage-with manhood and womanhood
enough to try 10 do all that lies within
their power of pure deed and noble &C.
tions to cry aloud and stop? -
We have young women Just budding
into, womanhood, with their whole lives
before them !; and one old nor young.
cannot walk on Spring street at night
one square unless their eyes must be
shocked by some sight that they may see.
That very sight to an undeveloped mind
may be its ruin.
All this evil can be adjusted if those in
authority will work for the publication
and elevation of our city. It is bad
enough. Men and women, work; don t
let it get any worse by neglect.
7fs-t ANNIE r. .HAMMELL.
One Code for Both Sexes
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Here and There

The Assistance league will meet next
Saturday afternoon with Mrs. Thompson.
Miss Clara Fickert Of Bear Valley, Kern
county, who has been visiting her friend,
Mrs. Streeter of 20S West, First street, for
several days past, returned home last
evening.
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A Serinus Condition

Editor He-ald.-The story Of Genevieve
Amandini reveals the fact that the hand
ling of the Alameda street nuisance is a
many-sided question, and cannot be
thrust upon the city council like a de.
mand to i'm prove our sidewalks, but is a
serious socia, condition to be reached, if
at all, by looking into causes which in
volve the complex problem Of what can
the women do? Where can they 60. and
subject are the following striking words
from the Well Springs OF Immortality.
by B. o. Flower: I'VE enshrine the Mag
dalene IN art and give her place in gor-
geous windows OF temples dedicated to
Him whose greatest compassion was
shown toward those to whom Christian
society shows the least mercy. Nowhere
is the absolute brutality of society so
painfully apparent as in che treatment of
women who have stepped aside from the
paths of virtue. Nowhere is the revolving
moral obliquity of society so manifest as
in the treatment of the fallen man who
corrupts virginity. Nowhere else is so
great injustice tolerated by society as in
the domain Of the social evil. He who
loves womanhood and who gives the gen.
Grafton of tomorrow second thought
will be i'm pressed with the importance of
brayely and urgently insisting that the
maiden caught in the meshes of design.
ing luSt or enSlaVeu by unjust social con-
ditions. and dragged to ruin, shall be
recognized as vi. tim to be won back to
virtue by that broad sympathetic love
which. more than aught else, possesses
the redemptive potentiality, that love
which closes the door on the past and
say: Neither do l condemn thee; go
and sin no more, and which, while saw
ing the victim. unmasks the moral leper
whoipollutes innocence and then filings 1t
forth as a withered flower, but while so
doing poses as a pillar of society who
builds churches and endows colleges. The
only way to accomplish this object is to
bravely agitate the question and show the
essential injustice and the debauching
effect of the double standard of morals.
No better condition can be brought about
without plain speaking, and though the
subject is painful and exceedingly un-
pleasant one. it is the duty of those who
believe that an enduring civilization is
possible only where sturdy morality pre-
walls, to Iace this question with perfect
frankness, no matter how much it may
offend the lepers of conventional society
or shock sickly sentimentality. 1t is
therefore of first importance that we ad-
dress our attention to the feeders of pros
titution. They are the legitimate product
of a society which. while making clean
the outside OF the cup, refuses to have
the poison within removed, lest the SEN
sibilties of its offenders be hurt by the op-
eraton." s. A BOWMAN.
The herald., 1895-05-01

Try gal. Maltese Club whisky, $3.50.
unexcelled for purity and flavor. r. Vache
4 Co.. cor. Commer'l Il Alameda. Tel. 300.
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A COUGH SHOULD Nor BE NEGLECTED.
Browns bronchial Tr0ctes" are q simple
remedy and give immediate and sure re liei
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Hurd's Fine Stationery
Special sale, latest styles, at our branch
store, 233 South Spring st.
THE WHEDON & WEBB CO.,
Art Engravers and Stationers.
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Municipal Baths

Editor Herald "A Though but recent
conner to the city, have already seen
sufficient to justify to my mind the pride
and glory with which Angelenos foster
and preserve the reputation of their
lovely abode. From ore aspect as roman
tically picture sque as Damascus of old
must have been in its prime, and from
another as modern and progressive as
oIly westerners know how to be, those
few are to be pitied who can visit this
spot without feeling more or less the in
gratiative power of some one of its
charmful features. Angelenos can. in
short, well afford to be criticised. They
have nothing to fear and everything to
gain by frank discussion of any topic per-
tanning to the city's welfare. and by keep
ing an open ear and mind to suggestions,
no matter whence emanating, that are
reasonably uged and disinterestedly sub
mitted. In this spirit l would beg to
moot subject which I hope you may
deem worthy little of your space.
I allude to the lack of public bathing
facilities. both as regards open swimming g
ponds and the provision of cheap bath
houses for the toiling many to whom the
usual 25 cants charge is practically pro-
hibrtive. The bath should never in a
southern cline be relegated, to the luxur-
les. Any hygienist will testify to its su-
premece importanas factor in defying
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A Liquor Dealers Plant

Editor Herald There are in this city
$50 saloons, the revenue therefrom to the
city is $4,000 per month or $10S 900 per
year. The county charges SIS per month
license, which amounts to $1700 per
month, or $40. 400 per year.
Now what benefit or protection does the
liquor dealer get for the money he pays to
the support Of the city and county gov
ernment?
There are employed on an average three
men to each saloon, or $40 in all. These
men all have families and their support
comes from the money they receive from
the saloons.
This money is all spent in this city.
It all goes out in the channels OF trade,
and helps to keep the machinery of the
city government moving. Owing to the
stringency of the times at present the
saloon men are barely making living,
and are forced to pay high license and
compelled to close at IL O'Clock midnight
and on Sundays, thereby losing so full
days per year, besides six hours every
night.
wOuld-be moralists of the city. and they
employ stool pigeon to go around on
Sunday and induce these men, who con-
tribute $108, 900 per year to the revenue of
the city. to violate the ordinances by SELL
ing to them (the stool pigeons) liquor.
In the police court Tuesday there came
up thirteen cases of violation of the Sun
day law, and in every case called police
man came to the stand to testify that he
obtained beer or whisky in the saloon
from which the man was arrested.
In Chicago two months ago Judge dis
charged a number of cases on the ground
that the men were induced to violate the
law by stoolpigeons, and he stat that if
ever case similar came up in his court
he would fine the policeman.
There is city ordinance to the effect
that policeman found drinking on
duty shall be dismissed from the force;
yet here are thirteen cases where police
men come up and swear that they OBJ
tanned liquor and made arrests.
Is this justice2 The sworn officers of
the law have violated the ordinances
them selves and brought others into the
justice, and he wants the laws adh cred to
by policemen as well as private citizens.
LIQUOR DEALER.
The herald., 1895-05-01

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TO THE EDITOR

lThc Herald under this heading prints COM
munications. but does not assume fesponsi-
bility for the sentiments expressed.
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Drink Shasta Water. wollacott,. 8. areu
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One Code for Both Sexes
Editor Herald 1T il said the property
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ONE DOLLAR A YEAR, and there
is BICYCLE TO RE GIVEN to
the person-man, woman or child
who sends in the longest list Of
subscribers before July 1, 1898 TO
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1895-09-04
citrIo Acid.

Enormous quantities of citrio acid are
used in calico printing, in pharmacy and
in the preparation Of artificial lemonade,
About y ounces f170 erainsJ puro
citric acid dissolved in pint of water
gives a solution which has tho average
acidity Of good lemon juice When di-
luted with several times its bulk Of wa
ter, sweetened with sugar and scented
with a single drop of essence of lemon,
an artificial lemonade is cheaply pro-
duced, which is much used rs o cooling
drink in fever hospitals
1t has also been used in tho navy as q
substitute for fresh lemon juice in tho
treatment or prevention Of scurvy, but
has been found much less efficient. In
fact. this artificial lemonade is by no
means equal TO that made from puro
lemon juice, whether used Mt table or
for invalids. In rheumatism or rheu
matte govt tho fresh juice of the lemon
is preferred ON account of tho bicitrate
Of potash which it contains. Pure lemon
juice is also valuable remedy in sore
throat and diphtheria. Cases have been
recorded in which children have appar
emily been cured Of this terrible disease
by constantly sucking oranges or lemons.
Pure citric acid possesses, like some
other acids, the power of destroying the
bad effects Of polluted water used for
drinking, but 1t is perhaps best to boil
tho water before adding o little citric
acid to it.-Chambers' Journal.
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A Ere Curtain of Water.

An effective device for tho protection
of buildings from fires in adjacent struc-
lures has been successfully tested in
Boston The idea worked out in the ap-
paratus is to maintain sheet Of water
between the fro and tho building to bo
protected. This Is done by placing on
every open side Of the building near the
top line of perforated piping for car
rying water. The complete apparatus
consists of five inch standpipe, OK
tending over tho upper story. From 1t
runs another pipe around tho sides and
front, from 2h to a inches in diameter.
On tho front arc three revolving sprin-
klers, and one is placed at each exposed
side, In the center. Tho arms are Of
bronze metal, slightly curved. At each
end Of the arms is ball nozzle, such
as is used by fire departments ON regu-
lar hose lines. At the base Of the stand
pipe is Siamese connection for four
lines of three inch hose. At the Boston
test fire department steamer furnished
the power, and for about Is minutes
poured through the sprinkler delivery
of 1000 gallons a minute, completely
drenching the walls and keeping con-
tinuous sheet Of water from top to bot
tom. st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
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Tho Durham Rites.

The durham Rites speak Of great
store Of ancient manuscripts possessed
by the house to help the monks in their
study. The "Rites" go on to say how
the store included "the old ancient
written doctors of tho church, MS other
profane authors, with divers other holie
mems wourks, so that every one dyd
studye what Doctor pleased them best,
havinge the Librairie at all times to go
and studye in, besydes their earrells. f"
From the same Rites" we learn that
In the dormitory each monk had little
chamber to himself with window, or
bit of window, and in the window a
desk for books, so that no eould study,
If he pleased, in the hours spent in the
dormitory. Special directions were
given that the monks and novices were
not to be disturbed in their "carrells'
while they We're studying
In their care for education In days
when all training for the young, save
in arms and field sports, was compara-
lively little thought of. the record of
the monastic orders is an honorable one.
Besides maintaining "song school, "
the moro important houses regularly
trained their novices in other learning
and again, to use the words of the
Durham Rites, 3" "yf tho Master dyd
sec that any of them weare apte to
learnynge and dyd apple his booke, and
had pregnant wyt withall, then the
Master dyd let tho Prior have intelli-
gence Then streighteway after, he was
sent to Oxford to school. " Other peo-
pie, too, sent their sons to the monks
for education, which was sometimes
given freely and sometimes paid for.
Mention has been made OF Oxford.
The durham College, besides the
pupils sent up from the abbey, adj
mitted regular students. A purely
monastic college as early as A. ID. 1888
was founded in Oxford for 10 monks of
St. Peters abbey, Gloucester. This. be-
fore tho end of the thirteenth century, de-
veloped into great Benedictino house
Of learning. and lorg list Of abbeys
united together to maintain this Bene-
dictine college at Oxford, which -four
ished until the reformation. GUAR
terly Review.
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The esteem in which the sailors call
ing is held in Massachusetts, coast towns
is indicated by true story that comes
from Gay Head, q primitive community
ON tho island of Martha's Vineyard.
A teacher was wanted at tho village,
and sailor, with Indian blood in his
veins, applied to tho town committee
for the position. He had to pass an OK
animation by the committee and trem
bIed at the ordeal, being sadly unlearn-
cd in booklore.
The chairman began tho examination.
"Mr. ---, what is the shape of tho
earth?'
at is round, sir, ;" tho candidate an
swered.
"How do you known"
because have sailed around 1t three
times. -
"That will do, sir. y oH
He received his certificate" as q
teacher without another question being
asked Youths Companion.
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WHOLE NO. 1892

eyes, tomorrow " And sho returned
his kiss and went back to Pietro.
The next morning Pietro was unwel.
Nothing serious, he said his head
ached q little, and he was tired and
needed a rest. He would stay at home
until the evening, and would then go to
Cazzio's and play dominoes as usual,
and be all right again in the morning.
So that day Tessa pushed the organ
about the streets without assistance.
But during part Of the morning she
rested and talked to Fillipo, who seemed
to have forsaken his barrow to follow
her. Their talk resulted i'll some agree
ment, for, as he left her he said:
''Then, Tessa, will be waiting at 8
with the tickets. And remember we
must catch the boat, and you must
manage that Pietro is out" and she re-
piled:
81 will get it; he will be at Cazzio's
at 8.
At dark she returned to the court
and, as she passed, Fillipo nodded to
her from the shadow of the corner and
| b11OWNo bWO oANhOon-
She climbed up the rickety staircase
| to the room she had shared with Pietro.
He was not there; it must be done at
| once.
She crossed to the corner near the
window. Tho board moved easily. and
she felt for the tin box, and found it,
and carried it to the lamp.
The box was very light, and fear
came to her as she opened it and saw
that It was empty save for fold Of
dirty paper.
With trembling fingers she undid the
paper, and held it to the lamp and read
| the words
"Goodby, Tessa. I have decided moi
to wait for the fogs. We will share now
and part. You shall have Fillipo ant
! tho money that was hero. Goodby,
written in Pietro's rude scrawl.
Fillipo waited long at tho corner
| and at last crossed to the house, and
learning from the woman standing n
the door that Pietro was out, walked III
the stairway and into the room.
| Then he, too, read tho paper, ano
his sorrow was joined to Tessa's.-
| Edgar S. Turner in Sketch.
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THE YOUNG WIFE.


they say her smile was sweetest when she lay
In that enthralliug power whose Guise is
sleep,
And I remember now 1t was her way
To smile in slumber deepl
Yet when pressed tho hand that lay so still
And called her nnme and smoothed her pref
ty hair,
She answered not nor soothed with her sweet
will
My fond hearts crushing care.
How softly lay the iaces on her breast
Methought she was so lovely in repose
That surely paradise was still more blessed
In claiming my sweet rose
A roso that thrived In sunshine or In shade
Until at length death touched the tender
bloom
And withered it just when 1t would have staid
To brighten in the gloom.
And then at this my heart fell crushed and
blad.
was but conscious Of that vague unrest
And ceaseless yearning that doth fill the mind
When brooding death is guest.
| Dear patient girl who was SO loath to hear
single word against my ruthless ways
And who will guido me now with gentle fear
| And who win speak my praisef {
Oh, still she sleeps. The jasmine
blooms as then,
| And nature bears Its warm life from the
deeps
| And summer birds sing lightly once again,
| But still, alasl she sleepsI
Omaha Bee.
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LIGHTNING AND RussERs.
Wear GoIoshcs During n Thunderstorm n


Wear GoIoshcs During n Thunderstorm II
You Arc Afraid.
The ono thing which woman most
dreads-barring of course, a mouse and
being out of styles thunder shower.
Many most estiniable women, Of charac-
ter and force, who can lead great cru
sades and revolutionize society, go all
to pieces at clap of thunder, and q
good many men, too, for that matter.
1t is not agreeable to be struck by
lightning. Nor is it at al necessary.
There is sure preventive-as sure as
it is simple, inexpensive and always ac-i
cessible-a pair of rubbers. If woman
will simply put on pair of rubbers
when the lightning begins to flash and
the thunder to roar, and will stand ON
the floor 50 that she touches nothing
else, she will DO as safe as IL she were
sealed in glass cage.
Rubber is a nonconductor OF electric
ity, and if the lightning has to go
through sheet of rubber to get at you
it will leave you alone and take some
thing else. In other words, when you
have on pair of rubbers and are not In
contact with anything, you are perfectly
insulated.
This is not a theory merely. 1t is q
fact proved by innumerable experiences.
A pair of rubbers has saved many q life
in thunderstorm.
Last summer Horace w. Folger Of
Cambridgeport, Mass, was on pilot
boat in Boston harbor, when thunder
shower came up. He was ON deck wear
ing rubber boots, but steadying himself
with one hand by wire cable from the
main topmast. Lightning struck the top
mast, shivering it into splinters. Down
the cable went the current. Folger was
knocked unconscious. When he recover
cd, he was full Of aches and pains, but
be pulled through. If it had not been
for the rubber boots, the current would
have passed entirely through him. AS it
|. was the current could not get through
his boots, SO it passed down the cable.
1t might be well to add that pair Of
rubbers to be effective against lightning
must be sound and whole. Do not put
ON an old pair with a crack in tho too
because electricity will get out of very
small hole when it is cornered, and u
pair of defective rubbers will do you no
| good. New York Press.
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DINING WITH TIE PRINCE.
The Hospitality of Albert Edward at Mari
borough House.

borough House.
The Prince of Wales gives in the
course of the season certain special din
ners at Marlborough House, which In
many essential respects differ from those
which he attends at other peoples
houses. The guests do not number more
than 40 people, including the ladies and
gentlemen in attendance upon the prince
and princess. When members of the
royal family arrive at Marlborough
House. at the outer gate, the fact is at
once signaled from the lodge, SO that the
Prince and Princess of Wales are never
taken by surprise, but are i'll readiness
to receive them.
The dining room in which the ban
quet is served is magnifcently deco
rated apartment, with a ceiling of white
and gold. On the wall on the left hand
side is great square of red plush to set
off the presentations of plate which have
been made to their royal highnesses dur
ing the recent years. The Prince of
| Wales, as host, sits not at the end, but
in the middle scat, at the side Of a large
and long table. Table decorations are of
| massive, ornate and rather heavy
character. A very high centerpiece is
filled with flowers, and more blossoms
| are placed in tall vases resembling speci-
men glasses
Probably Marlborough House is the
| only place in London in which tho
knives and forks are laid so curiously.
| To each guest two forks and no more
are provided, and these are placed prongs
downward, reversing the usual method.
In addition there is one largo tablespoon
and one large knife. In no circumstance
are two knives permitted upon the table
simultaneously, and for this rule very
strange reason Is assigned. His royal
highness is very superstitious, and on
no account will he incur the risk of
having knives crossed inadvertently.
The wineglasses are placed. by the bye,
In limo us straight as u company of
soldiers. and the services are simply fold
ed in two. Small water bottles are used.
but apparently finger bowls are tabooed
in Marlborough House,
| Dinner begins Mt S AZ p. III. and lasts
for one hour and ten minutes. Rapid
service is insisted upon. Yet four or five
walters only are allowed to enter the
dining room, which is, however, some
distance from the kitchen. Celebrity and
dispatch are obtained by the employ
ment Of a small army Of assistants sta
toned behind the scenes.
For dessert royal blue sevres is used,
and when the time has como for coffee
and cigars the custom is once during
the year, and only once-the night of
tho Derby dinner-to hand to each guest
silver lighter Of unique design. Nc
two lamps are alike, as they have at va.
rious times been presented by different
donors to the Prince of Wales, and each
one has its history. Ladies' Home
Journal