The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-05-17
81 one mans plain truth to manaooo
and to Gods supreme design.
Woman'S Hate.

has a woman, or women, lSiiio
against him. The hatred OF d "onn,Iai
is blind u~nreasoning, cunning. cruet
and ~Datient. Herod, who had peen
hit hard by John, yet admired, Wflll9
he feared him. But HerOdlaS RESET
not night or day until she should 81,
compass the death Of the maj VINO iao
eSDGse6 her shame and sin. Jolh
had held up 10 public gaze, IN Words
Of bligfting condemnation, TINS No-
mans perfdy. Her subtlety dlScefn-
ed that so long as he IVed ner aiolu
upon Hcrod was in danger therefore,
she conceived the dlaDoncai plo' -
his death. which revealed in the worst
Irht voman's crafty knowledge Oh
= ans nature, and her cunning use o.
az tools in order to accomplish q COY
| eted vengeance.
That there are such women as
Hcrodias and Salone in the world Is d
fact which ~humanityS instructive
! Rivalry and self-respect IS feluctaht
to confess. Therefore THOUSANDS o.
Youths go into tho way which LEADS
TO death; all because q misguided
nrudery has caused parents and teach
ers to permit them to cherish the oe-
l,ision that all women are as good as
their own mothers. NO boy or
girl is prepared to live IN
real world who does not un.er-
stand. while he or she abhors, the
vickedness tina exists therein. lg-
norance is not purity. The unspeak-
able .svhite slave" traffic, which Is
now shown to have dragged its hide
Gus trail over the entire extent OF the
continent. has been made possible, III
good degree. ecaus children nave
! been kept in ignorance of the eVIl
that is sometimes ~incarnated III hu-
man beings. When we see life in pro-
portion. we recognize the existence of
HerodiaS, as we'll as OF John II Bap-
fist; of Herod and his flatterers. as
well as Of Jesus and his cleaG-lived
disciples.
Tie Dance OF a Princess.
CunningIy deyising the Feast for
King Herod and his captains, Hero
dias caught him at the rr2ht moment,
when the liquors had done their work
in his befuddIed brain. With daring
abandon she brought forth her own
daughter, Salome, in the role Of a
dancing girl. Needless OF the degra-
dation OF this daughter OF kings. she
herself. had trained her in all the
s~ensuality of the loathson1e oriental
dance. Her appeal was frankly to
tho lowest passions in the kings ma
rure. The dance she gave was Of the
sort which may be seen today IN
Egypt, Turkey, India and in the South
Sea Islands.
1t may also be seen in the theaters
Of New York, Philadelphia, Chicago,
, and other large cities. S~ardonically,
the p~resent-day historian must record
that the taste of society Is getting
down to the level of the debased and
corrupt people whose Unbiased pas
sions have put them beyond the pale
Of civilization. In degenerate's inter
probation that IS more degraded than
the actually, this scriptural incident
has been widely given throughout the
United States az the opera "Salome.'
Other operas and dances especially
vile are Comrnon Oh the stage. Eic-
ton seems 70 keep pace with the stage
| in increasing pruriency. Newspaper
reports OF vicious deeds grow less
yelled and more suggestive every year,
) Is Is even said that conversation in
| some so-called good" society grows
alarningly loose and risque. What
? does this all mean? The symptoms
: are alarming. Does the remedy not
lie in the message Of d new company
{ Of John the Baptist who. first MAX
! ing sure OF their facts. Will pour forth
L the cor eranation OF the most pure
$ Jehovah upon such things?
I When Two Heads Were Lost.
! Paradoxically, his story Of the
= hero, the coward and the woman
: ends IN the Baptist's losing his head
but keeping his crown: and in Herod's
. losing his crown, though he kept his
head, physically. So long as a per
, sons spirit remains reenant, 1t does
, not much matter what happens to his
q BODY. John was b~eheaded, but death
!, is only a trifling incident to such a
life as his. Those cold lips, which
. ttle prostituted princess pore as a
chastity load upon a tray, are still hot
with messages OF manhood to the
$ race. Johns is a deathless voice. All
:. his life took added power from the
manner Of his death.
g on the other hand, poor, pusil1ani-
nous, passion-swept Herod. lost his
crown OF self-control, and seif-respect.
e tie abdlcated his throne OF manhood.
e and became the lave or a dancing
girls "hlm. His place in history is
forever fixed among the of
e ools and weaklings whose wills are
: out when wine is in; and who care
! so much for what they say" that
I they are the easy tools and mariners