South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-11-09
Good VIII Week.
Why It's Needed
Single Standard of Morals
is Aim of Florence Crit
tenton Circle.

The ultimate goal of this organiza-
ton is TO educate humanity TO the
single standard OF morals. Whenever
| this community has reached the high
plane of morals where it will demand
| OF men the purity of character and
conduct that it does of women, this
organization will cease TO exist and
this city will become the cleanest city
on earth. 1t will be world famed" for
righteousness as we'll as for other
| things.
The Florence Crittenton circle is a
| faithful band which is engaged in the
task OF picking up the poor girls cast
aside by men who are not half as good
morally as their victims. Men who
are received into good society while
innocent girls are held in public scorn
because they have believed promises
which were only made 10 deceive,
| promises which won the very best a
girl had TO give, but were only base
lies
If there is any tragedy on earth any
greater than a girl whose life is ruin
/ ed reputation gone and a hopeless
mother of an unloved child deserted
by the father Of her child and by the
friends Of her youth-if there is any
thing worse than that, / do not know
what it is.
What a contrast to this is the happy
husband and wife who are united
their love for the little one in the
home, the one for which they both
| live and for whom all future plans are
made The home which is the center
Of all life and the bulwark of the ma
ton.
The Florence Crittenton circle
stands for the home at all times.
Many marriages have been consum-
mated in the past year by its efforts
and happy homes are the result in
stead OF sorrow and degradation.
Where this is possible, mother and
child are kept together so that the
real mother love may develop and in
many cases good homes have been
found for them.
One case will be sufficient to show
the good that IS done where the mis-
tress OF a home was willing TO shield
her maid from criticism. She received
the girl and Der babe into her home
where she remained for several years
doing excellent service and her Sc
cret was never revealed even 10 the
members Of the family. They thought
her a deserted wife-which indeed she
was before God. There is a judgment
seat far above that OF public opinion
before which every one must stand
and there a perfectly fair and impair
Lldl luN6lAltNl VIII Nt HANNH ~ NeANA
one and there will be no chance for
an appeal 10 a higher court then. That
final Judgment before the great white
throne will be by the single standard
OF morals for which we are so earn
estly pleading.
Last year the circle helped So girls
not all Of them fallen but some
were unfortunate and needed help in
clothing or securing positions or in
returning them 20 their homes. There
are so many friendless girls who need
help Wont you help a little? If
your sister or your daughter was in
trouble YOU would bless the friend who
came TO her relief So we come before
the people asking for funds 10 carry
on the work another year and for new
members for our organization that il
may keep at work until the day when
that single standard OF morals shall
be set up.
MRS. ANNA r. REYER-