The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-04-24

I Of these. In the face OF the things
which are being revealed to us, surely
no earnest christian knight can imag-
inc that IL he allows himself to Gun
tenance or uphold in any way or de-
gree this diabolical traffic.
Zach manly a and certainly each
true Knight Templar, when he comes
to understand these things, must ask
business. White slavery Is only one
these evils, and to give the protection
which l I'VE to those weak ones whose
need is so great?" No one can accom-
plish much alone; but the results, II
all work together with the same pur-
pose, will be ample. 1t Is the unmis-
taxable duty of each Of us
CD To see that our sisters, who
may be compelled to work away from
home, have reasonable hours and de-
cent conditions under which to work.
ca To see that adequate wages are
paid them for their work. And to see
also that no man of family is paid so
poorly that the other members of the
household are forced into employment
for the sake Of the family support.
90 To see that those women who
are ignorant or unframed are taught
how to make the conditions of their
homes. their lives and their surround
ings wholesome and pure.
"a To see that boys and girls, by
the time they have reached the age
of adolescence, shall have been taught
the truth in regard to their bodies. Ig-
porance of this is not innocence, it Is
peril. True innocence is the power
which knows, and so guards, itself.
Such teachings may be given in our
schools, but the teacher of them
should be father and mother. Your
children are sure to learn these things.
Let the source of that knowledge be
pure, rather than impure.
90 To cherish in all our youths.
and to inculcate and cultivate in every
possible way, respect and veneration
for womanhood, parenthood and all
hat belongs to them.
(6) To provide proper and helpful
amusements and amusement places,
under healthful and elevating condt-
tions.
CD To set up a standard of purity
in manhood which approaches more
nearly to the standard which we de-
mand of wOmanhood; recognizing the
fact that the standards should be
identical in each.
(S) To visit upon the panderer and
p%rocurer, and upon whoever seeks to
murder the purity of woman, a pun
ishment not less severe, than that
which we infiict upon the murderer of
the body.
90 To make peremptory demand
upon boards of health and upon the
medical profession for the reporting
and q~uarantining of veneriai diseases
in their worst forms, as by far the
most contagious of all contagious.
(10) To make, as individuals and
as an organization, a united and sus-
tanned appeal in the matter of public
purity to the manhood of our COM
munities, state and nation.
(11) And lastly, but first of all, to
conduct ourselves with such tender
ness, solicitude and respect for woman
may indeed be the mark which will
always denote an upright, stalWart,
interrupted manhood.
These things are the beginnings Of
our duty, 1t is a duty to which we
stand pledged; a duty which, because
Of u professions, the world expects
and has the right to expect, Of u.s. If
we. individually or collectively, slight
or neglect the duty, other hands and
hearts may do it in u stead, but the
loss will be to ourselves and to our
order. BY their fruits ye shall know
them" is coming to be the universal
test by which the modern world tries
every organization, and it's claims.
High ideals and weak efforts deserve
ing but contempt,
SlF hHISHtS, our PROFESSIONS are
high and noble. Shall We stop with
that? Shall we sit and contemplate
IA glorious purposes and let the bat
tie, which has already begun, go on
without us? Or shall the TempIar
cross be found in the vanguard of the
fight, where our great leader first
placed it? Our lives, and the direction
of our influence are answering these
questions day by day. May the an
swers be such as to bring greater re-
spect to knight Templarism, deeper
admiration for its members, and truer
reverence n love from all who see
our works, to Him whose sign we bear
and whose work We strive to carry on.