Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-11-10
Faithfully yours,
LIZZIE o. THOMAS.


AE6EON6lBlIlTY
Dear Household: We are In the eleventh
month Of this year: ten have passed swift
as doves wing" aud with scarcely any more
70 remind Us OF their flight Soon the year
viii be gvne and as we look the past we
viii. or should. ask ourselves. what has the
year given u.s. What have we done to help
make Il = year Of gracef''
have had this idea In my mind for some
time. and have also been wondering how many
have gone to their places In the cemetery,
places unmarked BY flowers. unhsllowed By
prayer and emphasized by bopelessness? Did
you know that statistics tell us that 10000
girls and women die every year who have
worn the trappings OF sin and carried the
marx OF the BEAST Sixty thousand whose life
story must not be told nor names written
for the world to readi sixty thousand graves
upon whose headstones no mother may look
With yelling eyes. but with the hope OF life
together in the house OF many mansions These
sre- the cold. hard facts, and the question
naturally arises, Who is 70 bames who
sowed the seeds Of infamy and shame--whOse
training Lax that the tempter could
overcome the scruples of modesty or find
panions IN crimef Far be Il for me 20 accuse
and mothers are united in teaching their boys
and girls the fundamentals OF Christianity and
the fnndamentals Of eomOmR decedcy there
are oniy rare Instances OF heartbreaking life
stories. Where girls are taught that real la
dies Do not talk Of kissing - = pastime aud
holding hands as Joke. one does not find those
giris With the beautiful bloom brushed Oft
heir modexty nor their eyes brazenly open TO
taught that sowing Wild oats Is not an oceupa-
ton for gentlemen. much less a necessity. and
that the ten commandments were given 10
mankind for a sane rule OF conduct and not
for the women Of the family. aud them along.
there you may look for youngi men VINO are W
form the bulwark II oornation.
The tempter Is not going 90 have the chance
% put in bis awful Hork II girls are taught 70
avoid even the appearance Of evil. Temptresses,
Alnsi the pity Of It, Ike spiders. lie In wait
FOR their prey. bat the carefully trained girl
generally has instinct that something is
wrong. Too often the girl has daiiied with sin
anti the tempuess Is met bali way. There
are four prime causes 10 lure girls to their
rsIn: nay. five. and ! want you TO see II you
are helping tho seeds or preparing the
soil Tor such seed Unconscious influence l.
10 eA ,sas s Us , beware "a now We
for evil.
Love u drrss, lazlness. thinking one can
skate along the edge Of sin and not fall IN.
lgDorance aud overconfidence in strangers. Girls
70 10 cities; they are not skilled IN anything
to make decent living; they get work that
barely keeps body aud soul together, aud In
stead Of being satisfied with the clothes their
nleager salaries pay foE they accept presents
and with the first gift their chains are rveted.
soon they are told they do not have to work,
and then their downfall is complete. Three
The stories, alas too often on the bed of
.harty hospital, you would say that the Ia
ooFer in a coal mine Is 60 be envied In com,
garrison. I will not enumerate the steps Of
iaziness or any OF the others except ignorance.
How many OF the mothers and fathers who
gead these pages have talked to their sons
and daughters about their bodies, the living
,enplc OF the Holy Ghost? How many, when
those sons and daughters have started out into
the world. have taken them into the inner
sanctuary Of home, have told them OF the
wolves In Sleeps clothing lying In wait for
them and have instllled In their minds the
danger OF that first evil eompanions Every
day sees boys and girls 60 20 their doom who
viii meet their parents, their teachers, their
neighborS before Gods Judgment Bar with the
cry You never tried 60 save me"
Sixty thousand women evey year. How many
mem God alone can tell. Don't imagine lie
will hold them guilty and you go through the
pearly gates II you had a chance TO say a
word In season and did not. Sincerely,
MRS. FULLER.