The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1908-04-22

seeing the world at large Well, he
is jolly and a whole-souled follow,
and as she is young. she likes him
much better than her former boy
friends. who were too quiet. The
friendly feeling terminates into love
on her part, and even he loves her
after fashion. Time passes on. and
at last he has her just where he
wants her She believes in him 10 the
end of the world. They are to be
married, and when he thinks it is
alright to indulge in sordid habi S
before, for he has Travelled the world
over. and when mother has always
told her 1t is wrong, it is just an
old-fashoned idea of hers. They did
believe that in the eighteenth cen
fury. These are the things that run
through the young girls mind
At last it is all over with and she
has made the start. After time the
young man tells her that he is not
prepared to marry now, but if she
will be trhe to him. he will marry
her in five or six years.
Here they part, the girl goes out
in the world, and when temptations
rise up before her, she cannot resist
them now.
At last she is caught violating the
laws of justice; brought before the
public, and it is soon known public
ly that she is practicing prostitution.
AS the public always does, they look
down on her as an inferior, even
though they may be indulging in
the same habits, but have not been
discovered: and she, taking the mis-
taken idea that she can never rise
again, falls lower and lower like a
wrecked ship at sea, until at last she
has fallen into one of those bottom
less pits which is no other than a
house of i'll fame.
OF course. there are many other
things that l might tell, but it would
make the story too long.
might tell of the hundreds of men
who lie in wait for those unfortunate
girls to drag them lower and lower.
might tell of the moral woman who
criticizes these poor girls so extreme
ly. Mothers, don't you realize they
are of your sex, that they We're born
to some mother the same as your
that they must suffer some day to
bring some poor little creature into
the world?
Don't you realize you are making
a mistake? Aren't we all sons and
daughters of Adam? Were we not
all born of sin? Didn't the same
Christ die upon the cross to save
these poor unfortunate, downtrodden
creatures as the one that died for
you and yours?
Instead of teaching your daughters
to hate men, teach them that we were
all created equal; that we were not
born to indulge in sin, but we We're
born to live and to learn; to broaden
our minds, TO enjoy the grandeur of
this beautiful world that God gave
us, to appreciate the life he gave us.
TO love our fellow creatures, not to
censure them.
Use this policy mothers, and ]
think that our number of fallen girls
will decrease much more rapidly than
with the policy you are now using.
Fathers. teach your sons to respect
the tender sex, to care for them as
gently as they would tender flower.
When they are out in the world, re-
81 ect every woman just as they would
their sister and mother.
Fallen women. please remember
that you never stoop so low but that
you can rise again. What matter If
he world does look down upon you;
the world isn't all. There is a pro-
tector for all.
Take this beautiful verse from the
Chambered Nautilus for an example,:
Build thee more stately mansions,
O my soul,
As the swift seasons roll.
Leave thy low vaulted past;
Let each new temple more noble
than the last
Build thee toward Heaven with a
dome more vast,
Till thou at length art free,
Leaving thine outgrown shell
BY life's unresting sea-"
This one beautiful stanza can put
you on the right road. Alwasy re-
member to count that day lost who's
low descending sun, views from thy
hand no worthy action DONE"
Sincerely,
SALONE KIRKPATRICK.
April 12, 1908