East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-05-13
What Next? or Opportunities for Law En-
fcrcement League-by r. c. Bean

dIa his thinking for him on matters
social and and even domestic Then
cane along some common men with
Uncommon zbili1y, men who thought
for thesslves and translated their
thoughts red-ho, into action-mefi
Ike Martin Luther. ROussezu. Carl
5elSi. Oliver Cromwell. George Wash
ingron znd Thomas jefferson From
rae thoughts Of rhese men came the
Reformation the French Revolution.
the War OF Italian Unfty. the Civil
War OF England. and our American
RexolutiOr And after all this vast
amOznt Of struggle and blOOGshed.
the average man. over q large part
OF the ezr1h-s surface found them
selves free 10 DO their own thinking
Let Is as a League and as indfvidu-
ais. take. advantage OF our Opportu-
Kitty 10 do our OWn thinking For as
he (any mani thinkerh in his heart
50 i he II & man thinketh nothing
in his heart he i nothing
II Is peculiar age OF the world in
which we live. and move. and have
our being II Is an age Of great
! extrzvzgance- Perhaps the motor
car i the best illustration OF this fact
I In its proper use IL has been a ire
mendOus conservator OF human ener-
-. <hile IN rs abuse il has been 4
world vide and almost criminal ex-
I rrzvzzznce- But in our total OF ex-
I rrzvzgznceS il has been only one OF
many offenders To the high priced
thezter. the cafe and amuSements Of
I all kinds. in country and city alike
much blame belongs The manager OF
a large cafe in New York City esti-
i mated that on last New Years Eve
1 the sum OF two million five hundred
! thousand dollars was spent in that
CITY alone On suppers. Ihea,er tickets
: cabs. saloons. tips 10 walters etc
j spent Iegitimately that sum would
! have build up many an industry
, The great failure and tragedy Q.
z life Is all around Us. in a nation OF
! people who. as a nation. have ceased
= = Be pure in heart; OF who, even i
individually pure. declane TO be eldei
trOIhers and sisters
= Nobody has the courage TO figh
J the battles Of purity We sneer a
= AELLDl- &DlleltChr AE AG-E-- NI-l-
: ate the Purity League Against IN
: evils OF alcohol we wage a sOmewha
: successful warfare, against the evil
>. Of immortality We 10 very little In
l. subject i unpleasant. the evil Is dit
> ficult and insidiOus-
The dirty story goes unrebukec
= the dirty story teller unsnubbe'
lel What clean sentiment there is IS tiIni'
Il We indulge in eaphemisms- Nev'
II papers use the words spicy an
y -riSque- where they should use II
ic words poisonous and nasty" Gel
IN sors bar PLAYS which are merely plai
ID spoken and wholesome. while Permi
OF ting music halls and lewi and u
dressed comic operas Alleged goo
e citizens pour out their dollars to Il
Il duce yeung girls 10 appear on Il
sr stage in costumes and pOstures al
Id dialogues which should result in a
ne rest The monthly magazines pri
e cOrrupting stories which they vou
er not have dared 20 print a generati'
n ago There is much can't about art Z
n arts sake We are told that 10 4
nS pure all things are pure-as thouI
rs any grown person were so pure
2y 70 Be beyond temptation
u The conclusion Of this address "
,ss Be published in Thursdays East or
ter eouiaul