The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1909-04-29

81 oudOu Is the WlckeuebL city On
80 Il the startling assertion of
\. W Kingscote. Greenland, one Of
lands foremost social reformers
former chaplain of her largest
settlement, Dartmoor Prison.
Sas arrived at this conclusion only
~, years Of patient and mature
-.,seration, during which he has
-asred the English metropolis with
~ ~ York, Chicago and various Eu-
.s,n capitals. Furthermore, he is
..nsred to back up his statement
IN an array of lurid facts.
me Rev. w. Kingscote Greenland,
4, brings this serious indictment
Inst the worlds metropolis, has
40 wide experience. He has de-
IA his life 70 sociology, and is IA
6sr with all the countries of Eu-
~ having been an extensive tray
n, IN France, Germany, Italy, Aus
a. Spain and elsewhere, knowing
@sr languages and their peoples
IA more than this, their vices.
c.mnaring them all, and making al
lance for national traits, climate,
osditons and other mitigating cir
Instances, he still maintains that
sssor old London" deserves the fate
,.,sd out to the wicked cities of the
pnle The author of this charge
.,slnst London also has had the op-
,ortunlty of studying other wicked
Tsonle at first hand in the largest
,,lson in England. where he was
,saplsIn for many years.
In the course of recent interview,
NJ explained in detail why he con-
sdered London 1.-THE worst ever"
a1n the first place." he said, take
me question of the immortality Of
to5don. notice that many English
reople speak of London as If it were
ths pink Of purity, but they support
rbat they say merely by pointing out
mat London is not as bad as it was.
But II l say to-day is a wet day it is
no disproof Of my statement to say
that II was very much wetter day
Yesterday. without a doubt" he
continues, London has become the
worlds capital Of vice. Its immoral
Hy Is of the stolid sensual sort, un-
redeemed by the French mans
grace and artistry of lovemaking or
he fasteners glamor. Whatever
Hs streets were like in the past, they
are at this very moment a disgrace
to civilization"
DO you maintain that London is
worse than Paris?"
You may stroll about Paris all
dAy and night and never be troubled"
~ Tie reply. when comparing
London with Paris" he continued,
'or indeed any two cities, a national
standard of morals" must be taken
into account If a man in Cairo or
Constantlnople has three wives, we
are not justified in calling him i'm
Amoral, because 1t is allowed under
be Mohometan faith, but a three
FiVed man in London or Paris or
New York is indictable. London's
immortality, therefore, is immeasur-
ably the worse because Of London's
syoved standards of morals.
'Isuppose you know that the no
torious show houses of vice in Paris
that figure so luridly in the after
experience Of the Saturday to Mon
day English gentlemen are kept by
Americans and English, and the fam
Gus Moulin Rouge with its can-can
dance is run by the brother of one OF
our greatest English comedians. All
Parisians laugh at It and disown it,
and say that it is kept entirely for
the English
And the American cities?" l
asked. do you consider them bet
Ter or worse than London?"
Personally, 1 do not know the
cities Of America" said the reverend
inter-yiewee, "and though from. in
formation which pours into ones
ears every day about them one feels
sumeiently competent at least to in
sutute comparisons, / will not do so
because l never have trodden their
streets. This 1 hope to correct next
august, when l am trying to arrange
10 accept a few engagements at your
great Chautauqua gatherings, may
md Chicago and New York" he con-
unued, better or worse than H. G..
Wells, Donald Fraser and scores OF
oheT have found them, but there is
enc ping I am confident l cannot
nhq Pem, and that is-worse than