Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-03-27
SHALL CURFEW RING?
rur ALTON LADY, TALKS GnAyELf
TO TIE YOUNG FOLK.
THEY SHOULD GO 70 BED EARLY
ar. NJ Least, They should Not
y.e the streets Too Much NJ
x,ynt--A Wise Suggestion About
the !Churchcs.
fcorrespondence OF the Dispatoh)


az long will there be rebellion against
good order. ,., A..
This is why, .>from New Hampshire 10
Texas North and South. the curiew Deii
rings in early evening hours. and from
Nob,se,ka east dt IS heard, until even
yvoshineton-city yof license and luxury
q. ,hrsa,enod witn SIS sonorous peals Oh
varying. ia
The curfew bell, IKE most OF our ola
..o0s GOOD or had, dates trom
,ood,oo,,al England. Our modern ways
-. &c and are mo.e cosmopolitan.
II would not be amits' perhaps, 10 30
o,,.r some of these ancient Lnshsh heli-
tayos and weed them out. Certainly III
,no nov cs statutory independence the
,.arDaoles of Blackstone, ct al, might DC
..,uo,,od FROM the civil condition OF "o-
man in property rights, rigfNs Oh euai
a,anshi, and other laws, TO sometnins
49, e,,ed for our civilization ana her
progress. o~,or ond
In the interests Of good oIufi
,Doraiitv the curfew bell wouio DC az
,,pmixed blessing. For Children anu
,,o,,,bs Of either sea-, for better s'iee'
aecorum. and to aid the keepers Oh /"
- loco LET curfe-w ring tonight
and every other night
PINGS AT 10 IN GEORGIA
=, vvovcross. Ca, the curfew rings AZ
% III n,,iocS There is also II limit as TO tle
distance In which young people may ,C'atl
OF large. Within the radluS Oh q - -
With pa and ma in the iront 49, 1',rSo,,,
policeman at the corner anu - ,yan-
1en Get n these youngsters go as'Iay
then there must DE uu'n'
doctrine of original sin. l., 1orqe
a. one who has lived much III ia.
c,,ies will acknowledge, there 70 ~ ot
norsonal freedom given 10 0-1 a,,ti-
49, WHITE children and coloreu en-,
aIe. ,,,eee last swarming the narrow a.
W, i've the locusts of Egypt-youhs wv
"a voung girls. OF these last ~, -
charv In writing; pens eVaoe tLie -
and conservative publishers hail "a o ot
ion IL ia really subject 50 i.iuOs se,li,i,,
- rass over than TO deal Win lIt'Ii In.S
70 S "a" 70, Who denies that there Is Inucn'
,ar.,a1ays. ike the passing away OF uu 20
1o,~,Dine delicacy, under the corrosloh -
-, s.bloomer" suits, latitude IN speeVn'
Ia ,be carly familiarity Win slee'
scenes and gossips. ..,a.r,tio,
II e. a serious subject OF coilSi0eI' -,
that even for the pure lnneaI 81 often
utarature and modern thea'iies'4S' 80, 80
cross The danger line, ana tnaI INC -,
~ manners and touchy' slang Pr, 80
which creep somehow into very So ~, ,,ar-
o,ov are horn from over much carry Pc
GIGS O. s.sar, one cannot be too guard
SOM "a, Shielding the tender bud for the per
feet fruit.
sATAN'S PITFALLS
p,,t ~ were asked to name the one
nitfau that Satan digs for careless 1eet'
,yo,,Id unhesitatingly say, 1T Is the pa
,aa,ng Of city streets after night1ah py
,,o,,no neople-and particularly by youhs
lille I 81 the curfew bell SOUND us toe
Sin of warning and bring IN these - =
mods Of street TO the shelter or theu
homes at earlier hours.
This is an evil not known in ruraA me
No 0iscontent that comes TO country
lass an her daily humdrum toh-ho ions
ing Of a rustic maiden's heart Ior PIeeIg
robes or for the novelties OF the "Oi ~ =.
sha has dreamed of. but never known, -
NO ca productive of mischief as TINS
oman way of urban temptation. They Keep
carly hours in some of the large southern
c1,ies where the curfew bell is the police
mans shrill whistle. The result Is the
cI,ngipg TO chivairy and Of old-tme le'
male sweetness and retirement
In montgomery, Ala, two or three years
ago 1 was one Of party from lurtn5i
south. waiting at o'clock +. NJ III IN,
Union Depot Of that city for an oVeruu'
train that would not leave until midnight
Among the passengers noticed Two very
pretty young girls, UNATTENDED "ho W.
going home. 1 judged, from a Visit tC
soutbern relatives To break the wear!
ncurs Of waiting I heard one OF then
suggest 10 the other that they so up
town in the street-car, walk about awhlle
and view the city by electricity d"
not very timid. but l actually gasped a
these two children Of &c. modest, lover
girls. started out. They thought 1t no
thing out Of the ordinary, and none OF
knew the rules Of that quiet southern
town. until the railroad guard matte
them at the door and told them II wa
against the law-they would be subject I
arrest--ladies were not allowed out atte
Q O'Clock .,
nave never seen such frightened girls
'cWhy. IT is as bright as day!' said tn
taller. 1--WE go anywhere in Baltimore
or Washington. If we wish to-!
"And couldn't you even get glass {
coda here at night If you wanted It?
asked the other, with angry tears In NJ
blue eyes.
.'Not without an escort" grimly reptile
the guard. -,
Visions Of Spanish donnas and darn
eyed houries behind closed Jalousles TOE
before me- but was glad of II.
This incident, Of course, was the ou
come of a lax system Of espionage towaI
these innocent girls from childhood up.
THE NORTHERN CUSTOM.
In large northern and western cities tn
streets after nightfall are filled vii
Young women, most of them well-D'
hayed; many, doubtless, without an
parental authority over them whatever.
l have a great pity for these girls WI
belong to the large and deserving class
working-glrls.
one must as a general thing, go behiT
the scenes 20 know the poverty OF the
lives and surroundings. one glance
at the open doors Of close tenement
at the hard-worked mother the bee
drinking gruffy father, the noisy chi
dren, the odor OF food and steamir
heat In summer leaves small room Il
wonder that the daughter goes outsiC
for a change. Cooped up In stores al
factories all day IL Is but natural th
girls with fresh dresses and pretty hat
and with the longing OF youth for som
thing better and higher, should be a
tracted TO the parks and brighter stree
at night The deeper pity OF II all
that once there, the world of pleasu
has so many ways TO keep them-tl
church and Christian women so few.
Because what is needed Is not so mu
20 restrain them OF their lberty--for tn
n hQll-h