The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-07-07
People Forum

Stands by the Editor.
HoULTs W. va 1uly T.
I;tiatur West yirginian.
Nv pear Sir see that You sas.
reearding yoar stand On ne seeiai
.esiis 81 the pres Jay tilas ssas nisasl
Is left So - ~,
IA Seen YOU ana The 81 ate loIlftlss
oiiIy count is one der nd my l11f
io,,i1,{on counts tor5 little but g hope l1ts
s Ss4st 3sill pardo my yo 1tls
snare dine to tell yotl I. a Il1lp sss
!, Jonr stand ON this ms, ter.
some people object TO mend on ing
4 ha l, many evils We have. claimlng thati
sSi,scl, psr.sons are fknock ers and do-
si az much harm: That is. g narrow
.5yiiswl a wrong cannot be made ri l,Ll5
nv ignoring It or claiming II does ine y.
ssy,st Il am no Christian Scientist.
d5n,t believe real disease can Pc g.
cured BY ignoring 1T or pretending toi
believe there is no disease:
4 IKE sam Jones i believe n caltlps
a spade a spade d.
az conrse 1 understand what the Y
's.s+e journal is driving at. They are
.,,s,ne the, word society. in Sits broad
'est sense and even then we are all 7
too hay In our moral ideas: Society
a usually understood, or those people
who consider themselves as repre-
senting what Is known as society OF
me upper four hundred -of all large
cities. which Is, surely, to use e com CON
mon term t'rotten" or else the news.
inaner reports Of divorces and all
sorts Of scandals in high life are g
lot of lies and should be suppressed.
But 1 have known many things IN
nv 1,IAiteti sphere that shows me you
are right. We have one moral code
for the woman and another for the
man More than once we have seen
airs from the best of Christian fanil Z
les traduced and ruined by men many
Gears their senior and even the com
mon country society in which 7 was
rafsed would make Of the poor unforz'
innate girl pariah and an outcast.
But you could see no. difference IN US :.
attitude toward her traducer.
without mentioning names will
saw that a friend whom ! consider
most Trustworthy once told me the
following:
He had been west and returning py
way Of Cleveland met an -aequainti
ance from Fairmont at a hotel After
some conversation the Fairmontera
mentioned being in company with
several other business men on a bust I
ness trip. When asked about The oths
sTs he smiled and said that they had
started out to visit places Of III re-
mite where shady women congreI
gate. They had importuned him 10
20 along but he had declined with
thanks saying there was q little wom-
an hack iii Fairmont whose company
was good enough for, him. ! wish
knew that man. without knowing his
name. I have ever since felt q warm
snot in my heart for him. One man
h a,l that crowd Of respectable gen.
linen m dared to stand like Daniel
nut where we're the ninety and ntne2
surely society should have higher
moral requirements for men.
III notice the quill pusher who edits
the morning paper does not seem TO.
like it because you sermonizes.
why. bless his copper.plated cast
iron conscience, good sermon once
a. a while is one Of his greatest
needs. Even If it made no impres.
sion OF the adamantine gtzzard which
ii lieu Of the real thing serves as a
substitute for his heart, 1T could at
least do him no harm:
well do I remember as boy ]
used to have great fear of some
body else's opinion and Of another,
boy who would loan me "Graybeard,
the Terror OF, the Seas" orsrhree-
fingered Peter, the. Terror Of Devils
Gulch," and other books OF equally
elevating tone.
How stood In dread when he came
around to catch me reading "crusoe"
or "John Halifax or Youths Com
panion" and say with great scorn'
where did you get that Sunday
school book or paper" as the case
might be, but have since learned to
care not a pickayune for anybody's
opinion when I feel am right, and I
think no man with back bone any
stftfer than dish rag viii be tntiet-
enced in his course by any two.for.a'
penny critics and know you won't
Yours for the truth,
JAS. D. BOWMAN,
"The Hoult Correspondent.
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