The Washington times., 1914-02-25
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III wives and blind babies are some
of the crops that grow in the gar
den Of lust. and. alas, upon babies
and women the heaviest part Of the
burdens fall. because they are more
susceptible to its poisons and suffer
most desperately from the effects.
II the cost. in dollars and cents. Of
bringing back to some sort Of useful
ness the thousands who from vice
have become incapable Of bearing
their part OF the worlds work were
considered, the amount would be
startling.
The Nameless Grave.
Even its recognized results show
it to be one of the greatest enemies,
to economic progress and efficiency
that civilization has. In the hos
pitfalls. warehouses;. and poorhouses
are found its victims. for. sapping
at the very foundation of virile man
hood. il unfits its victim for efficient
and remunerative employment.
II the nameless graves of women,
which dot every graveyard. were
counted the number would amount to
more than those slain by any other
weapon. No graveyard is without its
nameless grave. In Bakerville, Cal,
a small place. more than 800 such
graves may be found in the cemetery.
Even in old Alexandria. there Is
the nameless grave Of the young
stranger which is pointed ont to
all visitors. Tradition tells US that
"'she was passing fair" and came
to Alexandria in Colonial times on
a sailing vessel. She had luxurious
appointments and every mark of q
person of consequence. When her
little one came the mother died. and
both mother and child were buried in
the same grave. Some weeks after
ward a tall, distinguished stranger
came and with bowed head sat and
wept beside her grave. He gathered
together her few belongings and he,
too, disappeared.
In Sorrow and Anguish.
1t is a story soon told. but who
can recount the sorrow and anguish
in life? On every hand may be found
the evidences of the price she
paid,
On the desk before ne are four
pictures of girl will call Daisy
THE story of the world Is In yo'r
face.
1 gaze upon it. hearing through
dead years
The wailing of the women of the race
The melancholy fall Of many
years"
The first picture Of Daisy was
taken when she was sixteen-fresh
from school, the blush of youth on
her cheeks, and the glance Of hope
and enthusiasm in her eyes. the dar-
ing of youth in her heart
The next is a picture OF Daisy at
eighteen. with a group of friends.
Health and happiness shine in their
faces, but alas-they have no thought
Of the responsibility for Daisy's tu-
ture
In the third picture 1 nave Daisy
at twenty-ill. the consequence OF
sin, in the ward of charity hos
pital. The ange, of mercy who sits
beside her in the picture came too
late to save poor Daisy. But almost
with her dying breath Daisy said:
Take my picture as / am today.
and contrast it with what / was only
a few brief years ago. ia order that
other girls may be warned
The last of the group of the
Daisy Pictures Is t1at of her fu-
neral. and well might her tomb rear
this inscription:
Sacrificed on the altar of ignorance.
greed, and lust
Wages of Sin Is Death.
Nothing could be more eloquent
than the recent ending of the beau
tiful Virginia girl. Florence Schenck.
who died a miserable old woman at
the age of twenty-five. and whose
history is known on two continents
Only seven years previous she left
her quiet home on the outskirts OF
Norfolk.
On her death bed sne said:
Always my sermon Will be the
wages of sin is DEATH and always
will I address myself to girls. weak.
pleasure-loving girls, who know not
what they say when they utter these
ominous words. L want to see the
world