The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-07
THE PURITY EVANGELIST.
Mrs. Edholn Conducts Two Meetings
~ One She Talks tn Men only.

in shcarn chapel promptly at 3 p IN. witt
song and prayer, led by Mrs Belle Dlandon
a member Of shcarn church and a teacher
In the city schools Miss sybil Cimpbrl
presided at the piano. Mrs. Blandon intro
duced the speaker.
Mrs Edholm began by describing he
Summing trip in Houston. She said thai
she and tho other women who went las
Friday night threw themselves uron the'l
knees with the lost women around them
and sang Jesus Lover OF My SOUL" ant
the girls sang with them, which act shows
without doubt that they are girls whc
nave known the light OF home love ant
| religious training.
Mrs. Edhom then bowed ia PRAYER and
earnestly plead that words OF burning truth
would be put upon her lips that she nigh,
brins conviction into every heart that
heard her. She prayed for tho poor. suffer
ing girls who were on that Sabbath passing
perhaps their nrst day In the haunts OF
shame, amid the drink, naths and obscenity
ana Tor the who We're there. the husbands
and sons and brothers of some good wo-
man.
The speaker then arose and began by
telling thrilling story Of girl whom
she found dead In morgue. She had COM
miiicd suicide from sheer despair She said
That the girl had been a married woman,
whose husband had been drunsard and
hau deserted her and not knowing how to
care for herself. she had almcs been wen
into the life to keep off starvation FOR her
self and her child
Mrs. Edholn said that In the Houston
slums. in a few moments every girl wi n
whom she talked. was sobhing and saying
tiSt she was there because she had to be !;
because there was no place for her to &c.
where she could escape from her life. Sac
said that tho traffic In drink, the awful
temptor. was the prime cause CT TIE traffic
in girls.
Mrs Edholm told thrilling instance
OF procurer's methods OF entraping girls.
She said that this ficndish man OF whom
she spoke, goes Into the cities aud to the
best hotels. He sports fine clothes and Is
dnshing young fellow He hangs around
the hotels and picks out the prottitst girls
He watches the innocent little school girls
ard he pursucs various methods OF entrap-
ping them. He can not make love to her o.
persuade her to visit some relative In an
other city or go as companion. he puts uDol
his hand or his handkerchief an awful <ug
in the form of u powder Then h SAYS:
Excuse me. but there is a spot on your
check" and he brushes II OF with his
handkerchief and in few minutes the
drug has done Its work. she is under his
power and he can do anything h. likes with
hor.
Mrs Edholm told OF case which she
mad found 1t necessary TO lay before the
chief OF police IN Chicago. young sill
a stenographer. came to her for pro;ectlon.
She said that three or -four times cool
looking, matronly woman In stopped he
on the street and In the shops. and asked
her to coi.e to her house. an address In a
OF i'll fame. When the pretty
young stenographer repul7cd the woman
with n frightened heart. the snarcr snli;
You Will come ono day AID YOU mi hit
as well come now" The cai'f Of police
said: What can do? Some YEA thy man
has spotted that girl and he viii have her
if he can get her. He has probably prom
ised that procurer $500 or 5000 for her.
shared by fair or foul means.
Mrs. Etholm gave yesterday one OF the
most forcible speeches which have ever
been delivered in tho city Of Houston In
behalf OF purity. She told tho story of
her own life, how her husband was as good
and brilliant as any wonan's husblnd. She
lived here In our city then. The fiery drink
took possession Of him and he ended his
tearfully sad life in an Insane asylum Tho
horrors Of drink bring moro men Into that
awful maniacal house thlr good Christians
know or They are full of the wrecked,
and ruined IN mind and body. brought
there through the cursed saloons. Men
ruined ard discussed who are your hus-
bands, who are going to be the husbands
Of your daughters.
Charles NJ. Crittcnt0n and of his bless d
work She said that once a reportcr asked
him why he spent all his money in TINS
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