The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-28
Letters tc tIDe Gdfter
A woman's View.
ditor The Advertiser:

Editor The Advertiser:
 Since in a recent issue of your paper,
 you openly criticfse women for their
 lack of charity to fallen women. l come
 to express why we are compelled to
 Denunciation of all such transgres-
 sions is woman's only safeguard.
 a jealous heart. or even the promptings
 0ame. od Ss'in do o'af arm that S 1t it is iuas
 gift of God. the strength of her, .r own
 that she hate. denounce. condemn to
 the utmost as you call them. these mo- ments of weakness
 so-called charity should envelope wo- man kind; then since every day homes are broken, from the fireside budding
 maideps would hear the mild lamen-
 Poor erring women, they are to be pItied; perhaps they are sorry; let us
 think no more of their shortcomings,
 that they may lead a new life" You say be charitable. but condemn
 such, but I most emphatically affirm
 idly denounce this one thing; for. when
 the mind of the young once gets the impression that, after all. 1t js not so
 disgraceful to be the outside woman. the repulsion lessening when the lat
 ter's life of incidence, freedom from care. then her forgiveness and restora- ton Gas you would have it) is compared her family. of the legal wife. to say nothing of the misery and indignities heaped upon her defenseless head. ~hapniness ne s.seo of Wfves S and % becoming the the bug bear to contemplative wifehood. Is the girl of non character. she is tn , seed of divorce. the gathering smoke and lava, threatening to be the Vesu- vius of marriage.
 The woman in whom the Savior found no fault was repentant.
 If Nan Patterson has repented, we | are in ignorance of the change. Where a fallen woman is truly sorry | for her past, where she comes Defore
 women admitting her fault, begging to | be reinstated. that she may lead new life; I am not afraid to say that women l the very best of women. would give her
 a helping hand as long as she remains Every time anything of this nature comes before the public Christian wo- men are accused of their lack of char | ity; we are tired and heartsore of the ! to rear pure daughters, chivalrous sons and the keeping of faithful husbands
 1t Is not just that we silently bear ths l accusation.
 We do condemn men, much more per haps than we will admit, and yet we | are lenient; for with few exceptions we
 turing woman, there would have been | one less stain on his manhood. Again we know that God made wo'
 man of a fined, purer nature than man | and when she ensnares or allows her
 self to be ensnared by the promptings | of lust, a wall goes up that Christian
 women are not faithful followers of tho | Gospel
 Read your Bible and you will find | that the strange woman's "house is the
 way to he'll many strong men have
 been slain by her." and other things | as forclble.
 Mrs. YounR's broken home and wid | owed life stands a monument to the | deeds of one such woman. And again, MT. Editor, while history records a few instances of which am | about to mention, do you know man | if his wife. mother or sister were tc
 rlake one serious misstep. who would | be willing to forgive them, and take | them to his heart again, as though Il | had never occurred?
 | If so. then you may take the rostuu
 end proclaim from hilltop to hilltop | the cruelty of woman to woman. If you would have women forgive wo.
 men as men forgive each other, then | like men, there must exist no strict moral standard Mrs