The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-05-23
BODY SUBMITS REPORT
upon The White SLAVE TRAFFIC

day many Of our women are going
to such extremes of dress az to shock
even the least prudish, and open
American womanhood to the charge
of a complete forfeiture of modesty.
The unfortunate side of it all is, that
the women of the church, whose most
conspicuous adornment is supposed
to be meekness, are quite as guilty OF
this offense as are women who make
no religious professions. Until our
Christian women a be made to see
what mischief is being done by such
a reckless abandon to the foibles of
fashion, there can be little hope of
stemming this evil tide. We call the
women of our Presbyterian church to
a practical separation of themselves
from these tendencies of times,
and exhort them to be at this point
examples to their sisters, lending
their voice and influence alike,
against all extremes of dress, and
seeking to lead society in a more
worthy and wholesome direction.
Another contributory factor Is
lhC lhClCdolu6 CloLO III OACltoOiC dhO
unchaste amusements. The dance,
never perhaps what could be wished,
has become the subject of indescrib-
ably vulgar joke, and is calling out
the condemnation of many holding
high places of ecclesiastical author
ity. The moving picture shows, al
though under what is claimed to be
strict censorship, are calculated to
inflame the thoughts and emotions of
the young. The theater, with it's out
rageously flippant handling of sex
problems and situations, as well as
the notorious disregard of so many
of it's leaders for high standards of
marital and even ordinary moral re-
lations, is laying a net that must Sc
duce and capture a considerable part
of our rising generation.
THE literature of the day presents
another very serious factor in this
great problem. Perhaps we are not
mistaken when we speak of it as one
of the most alarming symptoms of a
general condition hat seems bad, in
deed. Nearly every work of fiction
tnat is printed today has woven
somewhere in its plot the i~ntricacies
of a sex question. The book reviews
are a long series of descriptions of
such stories. One would imagine
there was no other problem in peo-
pies minds today. And the most
grave feature of it seems to be that
this is what they appear to want.
1T may be that the flood of IN
clean literature, while much to be
deplored, could not have been alto
gether unexpected, and is partly an
evidence Of an awakened conscience.
Ii this element of hopefulness is dis
coverable, and is real, we will re-
joice in it,"
The report sees real danger in
what we believe inheres in the too
general and indiscriminate publicity
given to questions of sex in the name
of education but qualities tn" state
ment as follows:
"It is understood, of course, in all
that is said above, that there Is only
commentator and high praise for
every movement that would give con-
structive education to children,
youths and parents, to enlarge their
ideals concerning self and sex, and
to safeguard them from evil. No
word of warning here given should
be construed as inimical to high.
minded movements of this nature, or
unsympathetic with the noble pur-
poses they seek to serve"
The report concludes with a set of
resolutions calling upon pastors to
guard children against all factors of
life which conduce to immortality;
commencing those pastors who have
taken up the subject frankly with
fathers and mothers, and calling
upon others to do SO; recognizing the
work of juvenile courts; demanding
the punishment of men as we'll as
women offenders against morality,
and approving all legislation looking
to the eradication of prostitution.