Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-03-05
DEGRADE THEIR SEX.
AMERICAN WOMEN WHO MARRY
TITLED WRECKS.
DR.. BrObst, the Celebrated Chicago Min
lister. Furiously Arraigns the Most
Dreadful Sin of the Century-Talk on
Topics OF the Day.
(From the Chicago Dispatch.)

Association IN the Great Northern
Theater Monday morning, permanent
organization was perfected by the cleo
ton of officers and committees and the
adoption of a name.
In his prelude, "A Pulpit's View of
People Made Prominent During the
Week." DR.. Brobst said, in part:
Standing by the side of the great
king Jesus Christ and looking over
the world, nothing becomes SO inter-
esting as human being. Here and
there one has been made prominent
man, the wife of European prince,
has become conspicuous by divorce
proceedings. Heiress of very large
estate in Detroit, because of the ur-
gent efforts of her mother, she was
induced to marry an impecunious
prince, whom she did not love, for the
sake of his title. AS in 999 cases out
of 1000, where American heiresses
marry European les her life was
miserable. No sad, or more tragic
spectacle can be presented than that
when woman, the shrine of purity,
a woman, the living personification OF
love; woman, the divinest being OF
earth, with the worlds resources at
her command, profanely commits sac
rilege in this shrine of purity, assassi-
mates love and degrades her divinity
below that of the street outcast, who
is the victim of circumstances, by mar
rying title reeking with vile past
and worn by beggar in the present.
The horror of the tragedy becomes
more awful when a mother sinks so
fearfully unnatural and degenerate as
to counsel and urge her daughter on.
American heiresses who marry titled
Europeans are the most melancholy
specimens of degenerates presented to
the scientific mind. They have done
more to degrade the standard of Amer
lean womanhood than all other infiu-
ences combined. What dismal
depths yawn between them
and the womanhood which
rises for approval in the pres
ence of the Great King! Sad and
wretched as are their fates, pity In
their behalf follows hard after condem-
nation.
From this standpoint we look again
into the week and see a man wander
ing aimlessly on our streets, his mind
;v,1, In, 10 hoy nd
with greenbacks. silver and gold,
whom the police have to take in
charge. All, he is not alone. There
are others in our city and country
with heaps of money, with immense
riches, gripping them as tightly as
did this man his valise, their minds
according to the true standard-the
Kings standard-of manhood, as I'M
balanced as his; their moments are
erratic. Irrational in their selfishness,
they go zigzagging on, soon to fetch
up in front of one of the Almighty's
police, who will take them and their
unblest wealth in charge. A selfish,
rich man cannot go on for long with
sane man go on for long in the streets
of Chicago. There is an invisible pa
troll as we'll as our visible.
1--WE look again through the week
and see a woman in Iowa suddenly
dying with grief over the failure of
her son. We see a young Chicago
man of wealth, friends and standing,
and of robust physique, active as US
ual one day, the next day at noon in
Omaha complaining and at set of sun
dead. We see a noted lawyer there
in Milwaukee come in from walk, sit
down in his chair and the :'axt mo-
ment his heart ceases to throD. Sud-
den death! 1t makes one shudder,
does it? Yet, my friends, the day of
death should be the most happy and
glorious day which has appeared up
to that time in your history. The great
King of Earth and Heaven, at whose
side we stand to-day, says to us: L go
to prepare place for you, and If l go
to prepare place for you, will come
again and receive you unto myself, that
where am there we may be Also The
preparations will surpass our fond
est dreams. None knows so well what
will delight us as he; no one is SO gen.
erous; no one can control the resources
of the universe as he can; no one will
be so pleased to have our felicity COM
plete. He will come for us, will he?
His love and beauty will come in the
form of radiant beings who will ravish
our hearts with delight by their love-
illness. Escorted by them through rosy
realms, we will be brought to where
the King has made preparations to re-
ceive us. And oh, what reception
that will be! Put your trust in the
King, and then, only congratulations
await you on the day of your depar-
ture hence.
again we look and the week brings
to our notice the queen, because of
the speech which the lord chancellor
reads at the opening of parliament in
London. The queen, Victoria-I have
seen her and other European queens.
Women, / look into your faces and see
queens. 1 see you crowned in the fu
ture. Queen Victoria differs from you,
not in any personal quality; in moth