Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-05

NAV no nrotected Can anv one ask that ques-
+ion when they know that GO per cent of the
service is rendered to married men? Have we
sunk so low in our moral social standards thaC
the marriage relationship is considered so
lightly?
A man will make business contract and VIII
sacrifice his last cent and sometimes even his
life to make good his signature, and yet men
kneel at the altar of God and there make
vow and contract, the most sacred that human
beings can create, the VOW to be true to the one
he loves, and yet deliberately go out and violate
it. We pay price for living in civilization and
enjoying its prizes. If a man does not desire to
enjoy its prizes then let him so to some unc1vi'
lized part of the world and carry on his in
famously immoral and polygamous practlSeS
But so long he accepts the prizes he must
pay the price by clean and decent living, walk
ing honestly in the sight OF God. IL is NECES'
SARY ONLY TO THOSE WHO EXPLOIT
VICE.
One word in reference TO the supply, in order
that l may return to the greater question Oh
that Of demand. l take as type the girl III
the department store We should use Inc
greatest care not to do an injustice TO the nun
dreds of thousands of girls who are in an hon
orable employment, and who even in the face OF
a small wage, are putting up a hard ngnt ana
are winning out There is a type Of girl, how
that the prize is here and not in her country
town. We do not know her numbers We do
not even estimate them, but she must be many.
See her at her place of employment All day
long she is handling fine fabrics and Is tempted
to petty thieVery-thiS is not her great temp
tation. She is trading with people, largely
women who have an artificial standard of liY-
ing and of dress | repeat artificial standard
of dress-for the indecent and suggestive dress
ing of women to-day is one answer to the ques-
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tempted to have finery and eXtravagant clothes.
This is not her great temptation.
See her again as She leaves her place Of EN-
ploymcnt to 90 to little cheap boarding house.
She is alone in a great city-more lonely than
she would be in n forest. She is hungry-hun-
CRY not only for food and shelter, but for
kind word and a friend. She Is starved for
little recreation, and she hasn't nickel for the
moving picture show or even a penny for n
newspaper. She is tired-tired to the point OF
recklessness. And now she meets her tempta-
ton The advances OF men who haven't
spark of honor aye, spark OF craftsmanship,
if YOU please, but who will hunt down their
lawful prey this poor, tired hungry defenceess
child of poverty. She goes down. He goes free.
She is forced into the clandestine and the pro-
sesSiona life; suffering untold humiliation; he
walks the streets as a romancer She is lost tn
her family, herself, and her God; he is accepted
everywhere as a "Sower OF wild oats" TELL
YOU 1T IS NOT JUST
We may have our vice commissions whcn
val do much to mold public opinion by reliable
first hand information. We may Eqve legsla-
ten we may have prosecution: but We shall
never reach even the fringe of the solution Of
this problem until we have that which woman
has never demanded and men have never in
justice granted-He siHgie standard Of morality
for men and 1comeR alike
The hope will be in moral education. Here Is
the work for the Church. Is she doing It?
know of nothing finer for a father or mother
to do. CT sister, than to take the boy and say
to him something like this:
VIII you not make this resolution: SOME
DAY I EXPECT TO MARRY. I AM DETER
MINED TO BRING TO MY WIFE AS PURE
A LIFE AS EXPECT OF HER Or this sug-
geetion: SOMEWHERE. SOME GIRL Is
KEEPING HERSELF PURE AND SWEET
AND CLEAN FOR YOU. CAN'T YOU DO AS
MUCH FOR HER?