The Mena weekly star., 1913-07-31
FOLLOWS PRECEPT
 OF HIS SAVIOR
Eugene V. DebS Takes Scarlet Woman" From Jail Into His HOme-EXcOriateS HypO-
 critics of Churches

Terre Haute, Ind, July 2i--Helen Hollinsworth, daughter of a MethO- dist preacher, once prominent in Indiana, was recently taken by Eu- gene V. Debs, Socialist leader, into his home from the city jail.
 Debs publicly announced that he had opened his home to the girl and that she must be received by friends of his family as one of his children, and issued what he called his challenge to the chris tianity of Terre Haute.
 The girl had eloped with the son of prominent family and was married. The young man divorced her, took her child away from her and recently she was arrested on the streets. She had been three days in jail when Debs took her ln- to his home. This is what Debs says about it.
 By Eugene V. Debs.
 There is but one thing remark able about opening our home to an unfortunate young woman, and that is that anyone should consider it remarkable. Persecution of these unfortunate girls is the rule, and so common that it attracts no at tention. Kindness is so exceptional that it proVokes widespread com ment.
 Every scarlet woman in the daylight is a living certificate of the christian church's denial of Je- sus Christ He did not ScOIn and banish the erring sister. He loved and piUed her, gave her new life and new hope and rebuked with out mercy the pious, heartless hypo- critics, guilty of her persecution.
 Jesus at the home of simon the Pharisee, where the sinful woman followed Him. turned in contempt from his church-eOing host tO pour out His heart in compassion tO the unWelcome intruder.
 No man who refuses To open his home and his heart 10 an unfortu- nate and prosecuted woman is a follower of Jesus Christ. He may cry Lord, Lord,' but he is a hypo- crite.
 The red light district is a chal- lenge to the christian church.
 "What Christ would do is proved by what He did when on earth. and for which eXtortioners and hypo- critics. led by high priests. all of whom made long prayers and great show of religious pretense. con- spired to have Him ignominiously cruciled as a felon.
 The church of today is no less full of hypocrisy and false preten- ses. It does not rebuke rich hypO- critics and pour out its love to poor sinners as the Christ did whom it falsely professes to follow.
 ''Ihe sinful woman is. as a rule. not a wicked woman, but a sick and suffering woman Instead of being persecuted, maltreated. preyed up- on and driven to destruction. she needs care and kindness. sympathy and love. and that is what Christ gave her in the fullest measure and what the church cruelty denies her, as if did in His day.
 There is deep. underlying cause for the scarlet scourge of modern society. Tremendous fore es are at work recruiting the count less army of sinful women. and un- til this cause is removed and these forces turned to constructive pur- poses society will be compelled to pay the increasingly dreadful pen alties, and in the meantime the very least we can do is to treat the un- fortunate sisters with the same consideration that we do other af- ilicted and suffering human beings
 As flo our homp it's door i- open to fine most sinful woman that wa. ever east off by the Pharisee-. who denied her while proGting by her shame
 We believe, my wife and I. that We are not only our brothers keep CT, but our sisters keeper as we'll