Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-01-02

ers loaf on the sidewalks and wait on
street corners. Here they come down
the street arm in arm-two young
girls with fresh. rosy faces. Album.
dant braijs Of hair fall down their
backs. Natty little gowns come to
the shoetops. They are school girls
and in their early teens.
Somebody's darlings! says the Seat
tie Star.
There is no chaperone and no es.
cort. The girls are out alone and the
hour is rather late. Watch them.
Eyes are not modestly dropped when
the eyes of the passer-by is fixed
upon them, and yet the eyes Of the
girls are not bold eyes. Is there just
a hint Of swagger in the gait as they
pass some young MANI Is it only
sweet and innocent girlhood that APP
pears in attitude and pose, or is there
something added?
As you watch these young girls
something hideous grips your heart.
A couple of smart young men
knowing young men-follow the girls.
Young men and young women are
strangers to one another, and yet
there is some sort of Freemasonry be.
tween them. The chances of the
young men are bold. The eyes of the
girls are not timid as they turn them
backward with the hint of a smile.
Flippant words are exchanged
God help them; those slips of girls
are on the edge of a precipice!
But what can one do7 If their nat
ural guardians are not there to pro.
tect, what right have you to inter.
fere? Here and there may be found
a brave spirit whom a great pity will
to stay and warn, and take the
risk, but such Good Samaritans are
few. i
And 80 young girls, infant women {
fine passions and powers of wo-
manhood, thinking to tread the prim. q
rose path Of dalliance, go down to i
ruin. O
Whose fault is it7 il
Is it the fault Of the girls9 Who 9
them out into the night or per- a
nitted them to go unprotected Who b
allied or neglected to warn them of b
emptation? Who supposed when 81
hey had dressed their girl as well as o
he neighbor girls their duty was
one?
There is only one answer to these
uestiOns-Father and Mother. at
What does your girl know about
10 abysses beneath her feet if you pc
not point them out? What does c,
lie know about the sacredness of her
when every association tends to of
How can she prize herself on
; she ought when her parents TO not
'i2e her enough to protect her from -
How will she know the
estimate Of herself when she
'es not realize what she is doing2
Think Il moment. /
Your young daughter is social in
n instincts, and must and will have
ciety. But she has not your expe.
ence. She does not know how to We
scriminate. Perhaps she is pretty, ne
ID therefore in more danger. She
~ be u little vain, and Graves ad.
ration. She steps over the line UNI thu
Have you held her conf. ma
nee in order that you might let her
things through your experienced
es? in
Do you care what becomes of your lat
tie girll got
Of course you do. Should she 90 par
ong it would break your heart.
t you are neglcctful or "easy." l
Il have a sort Of theory that it is a mu'
n kind Of girl that cannot be ske
sted out of ones sight. 1t de. Civ.
.ds upon what sort Of parents she con
, upon her teaching, upon the girl.
while you hold to your theory q
ignorant trust, the little daughter Wet
y fall into the hands Of a villain. ter,
5 it your girll in
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