The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-06
WHITE CROSS SOCIETY.
Mrs. Conklin Talks to an Audi
ence of Men.
TELLS COLD, HARD FACTS
Subject OF Sex Should Be Treated with
the Greatest Reverencs-Man Should
o Virtuous-The Fallen Women
Should Be Protected.

Mrs. Mabel Conklin spoke to a large
audience Of men only last night in the
Mountain View church. Yesterday af-
ternoon she spoke TO the women in the
same church. urging them to exercise
great care in the rearing of their chill
dren. Rev. DIR. Albritton last night in
PRODUCED Mrs. Conklin. saying that the
men of the city were glad Of the oppor-
tunity to heal so able an ~expounder of
the doctrine OF social purity as Mrs.
Conklin. He referred to the great work
Of the w. c. T.. u, Of which %organiza-'
ton Mrs. Conklin is the national or
g~anizer. The audience arose and sans
Coronation" after which Mrs. Conk-
lin delivered a fervent prayer.
The White Cross society, said the
speaker. is not an auxiliary to the w.
c. It. u. 1t is an independent organ
ization, but associated in interest with
the w. C.. T. u. II come tonight"
continued the speaker, ito ask you
men to ask yourselves with all serious
ness and with reverence a question.
The answer may never be known by
any one but yourselves and God. and
that Is, h you are worth to your
selves, your family and your state"
She said that by every word or act
the man decides the future of his pos
terity. Each generation builds the
structure for the next. The character
of the man is transmitted to his chill
dren. The IL, 900. 900 young men OF this
country hold the destiny of the gener-
alton OF men and women yet unborn
They canno commit a good or evil act
without transmitting It to the genera
ton to follow. Creative power is a
Divine gift. given not for sensual pur-
poses. but IL Is placed in the keeping
OF man as a great trust. Mans world
Is creative. the animal world product
ive. The subject Of sex should only be
considered with the deepest of ever
ence and because II is not so univer-
sally considered much of the misery of
the world follows.
Tell your boy truthfully the origin
Of his being, with all sacredness. When
he asks you If he was present at some
particular period of your life, say when
you were a boy. don't only say No
He OF course Will want to know where
he was. Don't procrastinate. Tina
boy has a right to know from his IA
theirs lips all about the origin of his
being. IL he is old enough to know the
unholy secrets impaired by his unclean
schoolmate. he is old enough to know
the holy secrets OF his father. He has
the feeling OF a man. but the judgment
Of the boy. Fake the boy into your
confidence. give him the teachings of
a man. that he may learn to scorn the
unclean schoolmate whose association
may lead him to vice. Tell him the
truth so that he will scorn to desccrate
self. Mighty is the man who
self. Men should be ~virtuous just the
same as women To be %yirtuous sim
ply means to be n man. The life Of
one sex does not depend upon the de-
~struction of the other what Is morally
wrong can never be made legally right.
Men say My wife must be respecta-
ble.' Now, are you respectable? Hap
ny indeed Is that man who can look
into his queens face and say that he
has been as virtuous as his wife"
The speaker put the man constantly
on the defensive. The fallen woman
should be protected. Even the lowest
creature OF the slums should receive
the good offices Of men. She compared
the universal code providing that no
man shall strike another while he is
down with that which provides for the
protection OF fallen women as being
equally applicable. Each man should
die to protect womEnhood, not only
from other men. but also from himself.
The spirit Of the golden rule. said the
speaker, Is all that is needed to-day.
Do unto others as you would have
others do unto you" She adjured her
hearers to remember that character is
habit crystallized." She gave a brief
outline of the objects OF the White
Cross society. It's one great aim Is TO
defend women. II was established in
Londo i'm 1883. Ii is by and for men
only, independent of any other organ
iZation, and deals absolutely with the
thought of social purity. The w. G.
7. L. hopes to raise the man from a
~drunkard's life. the Y. NJ. c. A.. teaches
religion and develops a better class 81
man. The White Cross seeks TO better
the condition Of womankind 10 crush
~ FFNnTnl ffNT which la x- snVEAI.-a. a.
souls In its dealings. Men are expected
to fortify themselves so that when a
sweet looking young girl chances to
meet a nice looking young man and
casts a knowing glance at him. he can
unfeelingly give her the icy stare and
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