The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-28
FOR MEN ONLY.
Dr. Wharton Spoke Plainly at After
 noon Service.

pr. Wharton Spoke Plainly at After
 noon Service.
 Over five hundred men went to the city Auditorium Sunday afternoon to hear pr. H. M. Wharton's talk on The Strange Woman" and of this large number it is safe to say that few went away without a determination to, in some way, improve his way of living.
 The meeting was characterized by the same informality as on the previous Sunday, the men again being invited to remove their coats in case they felt too warm.
 A. L. Carter of Jackson. Tenn, the evangelist singer, who accompanies Rev. E. E. Hendrix of Nashville. Tenn, the evangelist who is conducting a meeting at the Cumberland Presbyte- rian Church, touched the hearts of scores of those in the audience by his rendition of Mothers Prayer"
 In introducing his subject, Dr. Whar- ton, whose remarks were based on the seventh chapter of Proverbs, said: We have met here, gentlemen, to consider one of the most important subjects that could possibly concern us as men, as citizens, as husbands and fathers and brothers"
 Continuing, he said that the greatest blessings may become the greatest sor- rows, citing various instances In every day life and winding up with the state ment that "our children whom we love may break our hearts, and woman, the greatest blessing in the world. Is the cause of the greatest bitterness"
 He considered his subject under three heads: Who is she? Where does she come from? and What is our duty? Un- der the first head. the key to his re- marks was that she was "one who had departed from the teachings of her mother.
 They are recruited from numerous places" said the evangelist in his re- marks under the second division of his subject Probably the greater number lead the life after they have been be- trayed by scoundrels for whom hell Is a cool place."
 "Our social standards are unfair in the extreme" he continued. "A man may do almost anything and still cir culate in good society. but women are outcasts from the time they fall the first time. God speed the day when women will demand the same standard of virtue of the men as we demand of them.
 T don't believe that women ought to go into business. They are the home makers. and when a man comes home at night it should not be to find the women of his family also fatigued with helping to win the daily bread. Girls who work in the big department stores are ruined by the hundreds and the temptations that beset the stenographer and her employer are great and griev- ous"
 The speaker presented the objections to the round dance" which he charac- terized as 'hugging to music" in a new light. He spoke also of the night rides to the summer parks and elsewhere as the source of much evil.
 As a remedy for the evils of which he spoke. Dr. Wharton said: If we would treat all other mems wives and sisters and daughters as we demand that they treat ours. or blow their brains out. and if we would get our passions under our control we would be long way to- wards solving the problem"
 Dozens of men all over the house rosa in answer to the invitation of Dr. Wharton to make known their resolves to lead better lives.