The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-04-24
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ING IOllOWlnB LfOH It6 SAn EfaI-d
cisco Argonaut is rather long, but Il
VIII repay anyone TO rea6 every word
OF It:
During the last few years Wps have
seen almost the complete destruction
OF those reticeIces upon sex matters,
that doubtless had their own attend
vent far more, eyilf, than they caused.
q vogue and a fashion. Literature and
the drama, Combined In what was said
TO be a moral crusade, but that wsa
actually O. financial crusade. And now
the churches have followed suit. Moth
Ing Is too private for public diseas
sion, no audience too young for adj
mission and participate no vital fact
too explosive for reckless handling.
Upon every side we zee gross failili-
aTtty at its deadly work. Here IN
San Francisco we are about 70 have
what It's promoters call g Purity sun
| day. Countless sermons VIII be-
preached TO audiences OF young woF,S
en- aud young men with their own sex.
relations as q topic Does any one
with sane knowledge of human naf-
..s s.,Ss <s:s -
quisite delicacy can neutralize the lsot-
son OF, these Sermons2 It is not well;
known to even the tyro in such mat.
tePs that here at last the most fatal
and fifresistable OF all forces is that
OF BuG Gge6tinn, and that reason and
prudence struggle ( in vain against IT..
The cure for this sort Of evil is Tet-
icence and net publicity, nystafy ard
mot fanii iilarsty, the home end not tlie
pulpit the other and not the school
ileaCHeT9 40 erTs IN s suCn5 q IpHlIeEEys
l this is to poison the rising genera
tIoif. Indeed, IL we are able 20 cred II
tia hygtericfl ellH ggern ions oi tlle
woHaen's clubs, be III lag gener kfi1
Is already poisoned by TAMIL
that presents SKI perinlsnE 4 rs e eaas
fng adventure in we'll known isls i
therefore,, it Is time that we call q
! halt to these sex familiar lies. They
have been OF their work Tor some tine
past and now the air 10 beGoIning prl7
fhas been invaded. They hayA almost
/ ipgrsuaGed es tnaL sex is the enc Rhingi
iv1rth king alannt ssl q =
ling about The results are ssif GENTLY.
l sfis upon matnret minds that have
1 learned to govern themselves. Upon
/ iIEmature minds. To whem sale-anR-
Srnment has hardly occurred, Il has
been little short Of disastrous Eve
Ferry sacred mystery of life has been
lcheapened. coaFsened, profaDed All
the protective wells OF mystery and
fsanctity have been broken down and
FIN their places we are offered sthtisS
ltiesi hispital reports, and iodoforni.
/ ut lis these sex fGlnt tics that are large
Responsible for the Juysniie I'M
taiorality OF the day. II is the sex
i i 10 sfaaN5papef, the sax Drama tlits 5s5
inoyel, the sex reformers and She reg
lsnpiI that have created f. And it has
been nuraed BY the apashs and the
i ia.aainn4 nk fha nrer1tf who aye nstlEA
icoltent that the police oman ard
4 8lie ii elinltiency courts shall do the
work that theyI have negIecfea
/ Let us hops that we aFe nearly at
lthe end ae this part gf epoch lest
| some worse thing hatail Qa. It Isl bati
enough that for yeaTs past oar
Isoting people alappId 81 Ee been forced
Ito I've in an atnl0gp here of ppi5 dis
lnnaeicn 6.lllra ralsle 1isly pfi kA.A z...- No.
len sewer. Things VIII have comic Ic
4 Ilfinktp Anne AZ "a I1s1ais,k3 Rr-ssA1s
Jour children 10 SO siklser to schcal
/ or 20 chntEiis forSY fear Uf. tils NO
j nfanlii1ktioh that lrust ensns.