Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-03-28

her free from disease. It is better to
have a certain amount of treatment
than none at all. If we cannot take a
woman with gonorrhea and confine
was done here before the Act to Nit.
igato' was abolished, we can treat
her as much as she will allow and In.
struct her in the use of antlseptic
douches, for by that means some man
might escape infection. II we cannot
detain woman with chancroid, we
can destroy the virulence of the dis.
ease as far as possible, for It is better
to do that than do nothing. II we
cannot keep a syphilitic woman under
observation for two years, we can
treat her as long as she will permit,
for incomplete treatment Is better than
none at all. To quote DR.. Gross:
when pestilence, as, for example,
smallpox or cholera, breaks out In a
community, and threatens to decimate
Its population, every mans fears are at
once aroused, and steps are taken to
counteract It's progress; every citizen
In upon the alert, and every newspaper
is urgent in its appeals for help; hut
here is a disease (syphilis) a thousand
times worse than the most deadly cpl.
demic, doing its work slowly, and. as
II were in disguise and darkness. run.
ming entire families, destroying many
OF our best men and women. and laying
the foundation of untold misery,
wretchedness and woe, not unfrequent-
ly extending through several genera.
tons, and literally poisoning the very
fountains Of life"
Regulation.
We will now take up the considera.
ton Of the method called regulation,
which means usually a systematic reg.
istration Of all prostitutes and perio.
dical inspection by deputized medical
men. In every instance where regula.
ton has been persisted In for any con.
siderable length Of time under proper
supervision by qualified officials. the
result has been in the main satisfac-
tory. 1t has diminished venereal dis
ease among soldiers and civilians, and
brought more cases to the proper hos
pitfalls where the disease could be more
satisfactorily treated. II has decreas.
cd the number Of public women and
produced q marked disappearance Of
young prostitutes. II has made segre-
cation and police surveillance more ef-
fective and systematic. II has restrict
cd debauchery and prevented the use of
these houses as the harborers Of thieves
and other criminals. Can II be truth.
fully said that the "let alone" policy
has accomplished one Of these results?
In contrast to the public display Of
immortality In the streets of London.
Is the following description Of prosti.
tuition in Paris. as observed by New
York journalist:
For many months as you know. the
municipality officers, the church war
dens. and the journals of London have
been excited over this very question
Of prostitution; and no wonder. One
needs but to leave Paris and fall sud.
denly in the streets of London at an
advanced hour OF the evening to com.
prehend the excitement Of its citizens
on this subject. To the Frenchman.
crossing the channel 1t is like crossing
the river Styx; he falls suddenly In
q pandemonium Of street disorder and
drunken RIGHTEOUSNESS for which he
is not prepared. He recalls Mery's
terrible picture in 'Nezim.' and does
not find 1t overdrawn. He sees nothing
like this in his own city, and is sur
prised beyond measure, for he has been
taught to believe In the Puritanism Of
Protestant countries.
when an American or Englishman
Z habituated to the revolving night
scenes of New York or London, first
arrives in Paris he Is astonished al
the absolute absence Of similar scenes
in our streets. He has arrived here
with the mpression-most foreigners
do-that prostitution, and revelry, anc
drunken debauchery stalk forth In the
day and render hideous the night. But
be forgets that he has arrived in city
where there are laws and police tt
J execute them-in a city where refine
ment and the proprieties Of life arr
carried to their extreme perfection. ant
where such license and debauchery a,
prevail in English and American citlei
would be an absolute contradiction Il
the spirit and habits OF the people
The reader will please observe that