The Washington times., 1914-03-16
Bv KATE WALLER BARRETT.

A prominent physician said 20 me
few days ago, Il have been read
ing your articles with a great deal
OF interest. 1 am very curious to
know where you will end"-as IL
there could be an end, any more than
beginning.
Behold the puny c:lild OF man, sits
by Times boundless sea.
And gathers in his tiny hand drops
OF eternity.
He overhears some whispered word
of hidden mystery;
He writes it In a tiny book and calls
1t history"
All that anyone can do is to gather
a few salient facts which have a
bearing upon present conditions, and
from them evolve a standard for cur
own attitude in order that we may
assist in Fastening the happy day
when the highest welfare Of each
shall be the chief concern Gf all.
The social evir' is but one Of the
many Ills that afflict the body polite.
Like the physical body. a complica-
tion OF diseases is almost impossible
to cure, because the remedy which
Is good for one Is bad for the other.
The root Of every evil Of the body
polite is found In selfishness-
The keynote to the situation was
struck by the Prodigal Son when he
said: FATHER. GIVE NE THAT
WHICH IS NINE" In that word
MINE" is wrapped the seeds Of
all the diseases from which the world
suffers today.
The social evil Is but one Of these
diseases.
Photograph of Conditions.
A prominent business man in a
nearby city writes: You have
hauled everybody over the Goals.
Lawmakers. preachers. doctors. poll
tlcians. ali have been dragged in.
Who next?'
This is true. and IL there is any
one who has not been held RESPONSE
bic for present conditions. these ar
ticles have failed to be Photographic
of present conditions.
This was what Christ meant to
show when the woman taken in adul-
terry was brought into His PRESENCE.
He turned and looked at her accus-
ers, and said, He that is without
sin among you. let him first cast a
stone at her." and they all began
to go out from the oldest to the
youngest"
What an orderly procession that
was. The old men who knew the
world best said: 1T Is time for lis
to 60. 1t is rather embarrassing not
to be able to throw a stone in the
presence OF these young fellows who
have looked UP to US as their guides
and leaders. 1t would be rather diff
ficult for us to explain why We do
not live up to our profession" And
So down the line.
j can well imagine how some Of
the young fellows would shrug their
shoulders and, with an air OF compla-
cency. say: well. after all. we
are not to blame SO much, because
II these old fellows cannot throw a
stone. how can they expect US to
do it,
Deep Rooted Taint.
Some one has said there was no
she certainly would have thrown
the stone. Whether guilty or not.
she would not have subnitted to
the impeachment without a pro-
test.
Personally, ] do not believe all
these men. old and young had
been guilty of the same crime OF
which the woman was charged.
Christ looked behind the CON-
crete act of the sinner to the ram
ificetions Of society which made
the act possible. With Ris knowl-
edge of the human heart he saw.
even in the lives OF the supposed
respectable and honorable. the
Phariasaical spirit, the unsocial
attitude and selfish aggrandize-
ment which permits the dollar
mark TO be placed against char
acter and the immortal soul of fell
low human beings.
Christ made these men under
stand that while the sin which
the woman committed was con-
6emned by the Law Of Moses the
Sins which they commit were also
condemned: that this was but the
fostering sore which showed the