Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-08-12

In a public mhllgo the other day. |
IN Ncw York. a young lady approached |
Lieutenant Hohaon ami requested him .
90 klaa nor. or course the language was |
not 90 direct az that. but % was direct .
enough or him % unleraiand ana De- /
unh0iiaungiy compiled. Very fw
men bu. what would have done 90. no
doubt no the hero ~ the Mcrrimac In
cldsnt drops ont ~ inc discussion ana
Che glri becomes N, subject 81 amin.
adverilln.
Not q ffw condemn the proceeding
unH,'ntedly ne being unwomanly and
even Outrageous. others are moro mod.
crate in their structures. ami very
few cin--or say they cnn-sto nothing
greatly out OF the way In 70 40 all.
Among The latter " the noted pociets.
Ella whcolcr wilcox. whose breadth
o. intellect 4 only oqualsd by her
iarEeuoaH % h0ar;. ami who takes q
ilbcrhl view % ali public questions
!, is not The purpose of the "Ncwa"
60 engage in a discussion Of this par
tlcular matter. and what II has 20 say
has general application. Tho act %
oscillation Il doubtless as old a. the
ssxen. certainly az old ~ the human
race since lt evolved from bnrbhflr
conditions 4 practice thus fortified
by Ions usage. even though opposed In
toto by great many on sanitary
grounds. a. not 60 be- wholly con-
damnsd nor hroug-; under reproach.
The only question Cor those occupying
the proper medium ground would soom
90 be- ne 20 when ANA by whom hss.ns
could take place without objection ok
cert from fhe class spoken ~ who ODE
| De-; altogether ana without makIng
any exceptions. when a young man
aud young woman are engaged Do
proper form 10 become huaband nnl
| wife. o Mss now and then twhHn nl
/ one ln lnlklnED can scarcely be OPP
I posed, al least successfully. while che
klas which passes hTiween parent and
child and "A Eiuctlnod IN that pure ana
unsslnsh regard which Ia born bu;
/ nfVsr made, ID coo sweet ana holy a
thing 20 be- questioned. Tho kiss ~
husband ana wife. when NJ; Tor forms
sngs merely mud without nnoctatlon.cn-
isra into the circle of things from which
an Other paroles are excluded and De-
comes the private AFFAIR % tho two
alone. prlmissuoua klsNng Is hIgh.y
Objectionable ana not altogether free
from rsproaoh, this has reference 90
either sex and 90 an nEss and clndl.
lions, Even among che juveniles whose
social games contain pretty BILE per-
centaEs ~ that diversion. ana where
q Is not NO decidedly wrong. 10 ought 90
De curiall0d tu something approaching
reasonable lm'n.
10 may De said with Justification that
young woman who under ordinary
circumstance would permit a young
man 90 whom she is nos related 90
Kills. her. or an old one either except
for some very unusual reason. would
show an impulsive disposition 90 de-
gree approachug painfully clos, to tho
danger line. This situation would b.
emphasized 10 she went beyond prr-
mi,tng aud asked him 70 do %, ANA
would De atill NOR, emphasized II the
one 80 solicited were not only not
relative but not even au acqualnt-
lnco; and the climax would seem 90 bo
reached II u an occurred In a public
place.
There often ". NJ usual In such
cases. some allowance 20 be made.
one OF those Ia when no actual harm
h Intended or thought o. the other
ahen ths party 90 the second part
has all at once become a c0usp.gu1u
hero ana thereby through q rule of 80.
elety. permitted 90 Do many things
Elih comparative immunity from
crltlcam that plain folk are not sup.
posed TO engage Loo. Even then 0, 10 a
bad practice however Innocent ana
thoughtosl che parties % iis execution,
ana lts badness does not Boo altogeih1l
,n the act ltsef J, Ia @ Development
" man-wouhiplrE that amounts 70
ycophancy and addresses Itself chiefly
% those who lack innate dignity I, b.
quite possible TO give a Atting need OF
praise 10 those VINO do praise worthy
things; TO bes,ow upon them en-
cnmiums which do not descend so nat
tcry and applause which Is not m,