Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-10-21
REVOLVING.
MeLean's Enquirer Personal
Column.
IMMORAL AND DANGEROUS
Free Advertising For All That Is De-
bauching Is MCLean's Policy,
RUINED LIVES, BLASTED HOMES.
Leading Religious Editors Condemn
1t as Utterly Vicious.
MR.. M'LEAN RESPONSIBLE FOR IT

Is a Man who WIN Prostitute His
Newspaper to Such Debasing Uses
Entitled to Public Respect, Much Less
the II CHEST Honor Ia the Gift Of tho
People Of Ohio?
The Cincinnati Enquirer circulates
throughout the state of Ohio. A news
paper is a public institution. and is
therefore open to condemnation for its
failure to uphold high moral ideals.
No war is waged against The En-
quirer's political teachings. 1t has the
right to advocate its political ideas
without interference, but where there
Is serious infraction of morals it be-
comes duty to condemn its corrupt
ing influence.
The debasing feature OF The Enqui-
rer is its personal column. The per-
sonal column is black spot on the
morals of Ohio There is no necessity
of turning back and searching through
the columns of past editions Any is
sue will convict it. The personal col
umn carries at its head this striking
notice:
"Frea Advertising No Charge"
The inducement held out to the pub
lie to patronize this column is FREE
ADVERTISEMENTS. Three lines of
any character can be inserted free
Clandestine correspondents are invited;
flirtations of a dangerous character are
encouraged; designations are brazenly
arranged; suggestive advertisements Of
a debauching character appear daily
Attention is directed to the following
advertisements, which, for convenience
are divided into two kinds.
First-Correspondents Solicited.
The following are taken from the is
sues of Sept Z, 1899:
Gentleman correspondents wanted.
Box 142, --, Ohio"
Gentlemen correspondents wanted
by two young ladies. Address Box 800
and 80, --, Ohio"
Gentlemen correspondents wanted.
Box 80, ----, Ohio"
Do the parents of the young women
who thus seek gentlemen correspond
ents approve of this method of finding
them? They may be in entire ignor-
ance of their act. The towns referred
to are small, and only an occasional
copy of The Enquirer finds its way into
these communities. The young people,
knowing this secret avenue of procur-
ing correspondents, rent a box in the
postoffice, put an ad. in The Enquirer,
and avail themselves of a clandestine
correspondence. The correspondents
are mainly among the girls of rural
communities. Some designing fellow
takes advantage of the opportunity, an
swers the advertisement, and, unknown
to the girls parents, a correspondence
is carried on. -he unknown knave
finally makes a proposition to the
young girls to visit the city, and the
quiet country girl, overcome by the
rosy pictures of city life, fees from her
home and is ruined, and the blighted
life of the fair young girl joins the sad
procession of those who are the sub
merseu tenUh III great CITY,
S oond-Ass gnations Arranged.
The old and young make use of The
Enquirer as medium for immoral
purposes. IhefoIlowing advertisements
are taken from the issue Of Sept. 10,
1899:
indianapolis, middle-aged gentle
man, who met lady on Pennsylvania
avenue and afterward walked a few
squares with her let her know why he
failed to keep the appointment for
Monday night; will be at Pennsylvania
and Ohio avenue, If possible same time
Monday; II not write to c. Y. A., En-
quirer''
Ihe following advertisements are
taken from the issue OF Sept. TO- 1899:
Anna, VIII see you at o'clock Sun
Gay afternoon. Pumpkin roller,
"Red Hat was at appointed place