The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-02-17
Conditions No Worse, Gen
orally Better, Than in
World Centers, Asserts
Pastor-You Must Look
for Wickedness in Definite
Place, He Says at Trinity
GIRLS NOT INSULTED
ON STREET, HE AYERS
..'Barbary Coast Is a Credit
When Compared to Lon
don Music Halls" I'VE
Get Just What We Want
and the Voice of the Peo-
pie Is What Counts"

Upholding San Francisco as city
where a person desiring to see wicked
ness must look for it in definite place,
where young women can walk down
the streets at night without fear of be-
ing accosted, Rev Frederick w. Clam
petit in an address last night at Trinity
Episcopal church termed it a city no
worse, and in many respects much bet
ter than any of the great seaport cities
of the world.
In the last analysis large cities. par
ticularIy seaports. are not greatly diff
ferent." he said. "and among them San
Francisco stands a pretty good chance
for favorable criticism"
Rev. Mr.. Clampett professed lack OF
sympathy with periodical and wavelike
reforms. saying that city administra-
ton could not well recognize petitions
for reform signed only by clergymen
and few citizens as the representa-
tive opinion of the city.
CRTTICTsEs DIR. AKED's STAND
The recent caustic criticism of San
Francisco's moral conditions by Rev.
Charles F. Aked he dismissed with the
simple statement that "one man in his
desire to improve things, gave San
Francisco a moral stigma which, in my
opinion. it did not deserve"
.I have known many big cities" he
continued. sydney, Liverpool. London,
Baltimore, San Francisco and others,
and in some of them I lived several
wears. There is no place where i'm
morality is so rampant as London, and
Glasgow on Saturday nights is bed
lam let loose. Such can not be said
of san Francisco. which is free from
these tremendous dangers.
young women may walk down the
streets of San Francisco at night with
out being accosted. and young men will
not he approached for immoral pur-
noses. which is not true of London or
Liverpool It is a good sign that the
neople Of San Francisco are awakening
70 their moral responsibilities. and it
IS my great pleasure to be able TO take
part in a movement for Improvement.
LONDON AND BARBARY COAST
L spent night going through the
Barbary coast with the assistant dis
trict attorney and a detective. and the
conditions are the same there. no more
nor no less. than in London. We get
Nust what we want and the voice of
the people is what counts"
Doctor CIampett took exception to
persons who pretended to be friends
Of San Francisco, but who were in real
ity its worst enemies, and who exploited
its darker side in other states. with the
result that the city got an undeserved
reputation. In Mayor Rolph and the
hoard of supervisors he expressed great
confidence, saying that he believed they
were really anxious to make San Fran
cisco a moral city.
At the same time he criticised the
production of plays in this city. which.
he said, would not be tolerated else
where and which did not seem to shock
the families who saw them.
"The theatrical managers give them
what they want he said.
DANCE HALLS ASSAILED
Fashionable Summing parties ought
not to be allowed. in Doctor Clampett's
opinion, and in this category he re-
ferred to resorts at the beach where
many families numbered among the
first in San Francisco 60" So called
respectable dance halls also came in
for severe condemnation.
The most immoral medium for the
downfall of young girls is this kind of
dance hall, where. under the cloak of
responsibility. moral downfall is sure
to result" he declared.
He also objected to the presence of
so many apparently respectable young
men in the red light district at night.
He recommended an official censor to
Examine all moral conditions in the
city and closed with plea for more
emphasis On family life.