The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1913-08-08
POST OFFICE BAN
ON SEX ARTICLES IN
MAGAZINES URGED
PURITY LEAGUE WOMEN APP
PEAL TIC BuRLEsoN TO Es
TAsLIsH CENSORSHIP.
SPECIFIC COMPLAINTS FILED
Saturday Evening Post and Forum
Articles Are Cited ty the Officials
Of the Association for His consid-
Grafton.

peals made N Postmaster General
Burlesoa by officials of the National
Christian League for the Promotion
of Purity, the United States Govern
ment is urged to establish a censor
ship ove- magazines to prevent the
too frea discussion of sex problems.
Specific complaints are filed against
the Forum, the Saturday Evening
Post and another weekly magazine.
"The Tiger" which appeared in
the Forum for May, Is cited as the
most Objectionable style Of fiction.
Miss Jean Sized, of the Purity Leag-
ne, refers to the one-act drama,
which was Written by Witter Byn-
ner, as garbage within the covers
Of a periodical, whose style, reruta-
ton and history have been such
that few parents would take the
precaution Of examining it before
placing ii in the family libIery."
She declares 1T is case Of SNUG
Cling poison last the guards"
|. Letters we're forwarded yesterday
to the Postraster-General by Miss
Steed, who Is prominent as church
worker in Harlem, ana Mrs. Eliza
beth 3. Grannis, Of No. s East
T,uo1fth ,tra.,i x,h1 fo- wanna ,hoc
half century has been interested in
reform WORK The three articles
complaint OF are The Tiger" 1.-THE
Woman Who Tried to be Good" by
Edna erLer, in the Saturday Evening
Post of June IA and I'm the House
of the Livins DEATH" by e. Hilton
Turbey. which appeared in another
weekly magazine for June %.
In her letter to the. Postmaster
General Miss Steed said:
"The specimens to which refer
you arc selected because they Illus
trate widespread tendency which
ought to be promptly checked II
these publishers are properly warn
ed and assurance given that all on
enders will be held to the same strict
accountability in the future the
stream Of current literature will
doubtless be materially purified and
You will, haze done an immense pub
lie seryi'e"
& Mitchell Kcnnerley, Of No. East
Twenty-nintL street, editor ond pub
Usher OF the Forum, said:
"Undoubte0iy these complaints are
prompted by honest motives. but
am convinced that The Tiger which
we published Ii May, has had trem.
endous moral effect have receive
ed letters fl1n all over the world
commenting The Drum for taking a
broad-minded view Of the sex prob
IONS.
"Witter Bynner brought out &
great truth in his tsory, and he is
high-minded and sincere man. / am
going to continue to print articles Of !
this char acter when I am convinced
of an author sincerity of purpose
We have reached an age when we
must face great responsibility. and |
it is tie duty of a magazine to dis
cuss these problems in free and
frank manner"
Miss s eed informs the Postmast-
er-General she believes the publish
ers of the magazine would desist
upon proper warning from you"
At the New York Public Library
a reporter fol the New York Ameri-
can was told last night that there I
has not been any unusral demand for !
the three periodicals mentioned by
Mrs. Grannis and Miss Steed in their /
to the Postmaster Gen. !
eral- No effort has been made, it !;
was said, to have the three articles |
In question withdrawn from circula-
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