Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-10-29


the papers and read Of the suicide OF
some man. In most instances they
give as a reason, failing health. This
Is a charitable view. Upon closer ex-
animation we find invariably that II
was failing business and a fast family
The man reaches such a point that he
cannot stand the strain any longer
His family has had his nose on the
grindstone, and they have been whip
ping him up at a mad pace until some.
thing has got to snap. The result Is 9
pistol shot-a, case Of suicide-in or
der that they may get the insurance
and continue on their hell-bound
course.
TX. The Sin Of a Sour Dispositions:
So many people have soured on the
world. They are filled with cynicism
and pessimism-growing old graceful
ly; the older they get the more grabbed
they become. After while they lose
their friends entirely. People had
rather associate with yellow dogs and
cats than to have some sour woman
with this disposition about.
x. The Sin Of an Uncomfortable Tom
per:
I know Of a home in which there Il
a girl who has a stormy temper. She
is a veritable Vesuivius when her tenn.
per becomes stirred. In two minu.
tes she can change the peaceful quiet
Of the home into a veritable hell
Many wives possess this kind Of tenn.
per, and that is the reason that mer
perfcr to go to the lodge at night
rather than sitting at home with the
women folks.
XI. The Sin Of Immodest Dress:
It Is alarming, what extremes that
women will go in the matter Of dress
for when the fashion books will out
line to them these extremes, the elicte
will wear the skirts nine inches from
the ground. The time Is coming when
the legislatures Of the land will have
to prescribe certain limits beyond
which women cannot go in the matter
Of dress. They appeal to the physica!
rather than the spiritual. The hobble
skirts and transparent skirts, and now
the abbreviated skirts all have an ap-
peal to the animal forces. These styles
are designed by the lowest down wo.
men Of Paris; such women as would
not be tolerated in good decent society
in this country, and yet they are
making fools Of the women in this
country. So little is left to the irlagi.
nation. The men are going to the devil
because the women are suggesting evil
to them.
XII. The Sin of Joy-riding:
The devil is never so much Of g
devil as when he Is a gentleman. With.
in the last ten years a new phase OF
his deviltry has come into existence
and that is the night Joy rides thai
young people are taking. would a.
Soon give my sister direct passport
direct to hell as to allow her to get In
an automobile around here at night
with some Of these buck warts" and
"pimps" that own and operate cars in
this town.
XIII. The Sin of Illicit Love:
The meanest woman in this audi
ence Is a married woman who will
violate her marriage love. A good wo-
man is the best thing this side OF
heaven, and bad woman who will
violate her marriage vows Is the
meanest thing this side Of hell.
XIV. The Sin of Hugging set to Music:
Twenty-Five years ago, we had in
this country what was known as dane
ing. Since that time, it has become
plain hugging set to music. The dances
Of to-day, the Cubalo Glide, the Mo-
bile Duck, the Turkey Trot, and the
Fox Trot are the grandparents Of the
The child Of the Tango Is the
dirtiest, filthiest, lowest down thing
that ever wriggled out Of hell, which
is called the Hesitation Waltz. The
dance Of to-day is nothing but secon-
dary sectional love feast.
XIV. The Sin of Flirting:
If every girl could see herself as a
firt as others see her, she would re-
coil in horror from it. When a woman
makes eyes at a man, he Is going to
make eyes back; and then after she
passes, he will tell the rest Of the
standing around on the corner
that she is an easy mark, coming along
fine. Men estimate woman at the es-
innate she puts on herself.
XVI. The Sin Of Divorce:
There is only one nation in the
world that surpasses us in the mat
ter of divorces, and that is Japan. One
woman in every six has been divorced.
In the year 1913 in the city Of Chica-
go, for every six licences issued for
marriage, there were five divorces in
the civil branch Of the court. 1t has be-
come an appalling scene Of to-day.
One Judge recently in California ask
ed to be retired from the branch Of
the court that handled divorce cases.
He stated that ten thousand divorces
had been presented to him, and that
now he had grown sick Of the job.
XVII. The Sin Against Motherhood:
It is no longer popular among some
classes Of women to bring children In
to the world. A doctor told me recent
ly of eight women, occupying social
positions, who came to him with the
and a handsome check, ask
ing to be relieved Of the duty Of moth
erhood. This doctor felt like splitting
into their faces, and turned them
down. He told me that some doctor
had accommodated them, because no
children had been born. Society has
put maternity out of fashion and sub
stituted automobiles and bull pups.
Some men are getting divorces solely
because they refuse to play second
fiddle to fancy dogs
ODDS AND ENDS
Some Things You Know and Some