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part Of II on the sands, where tho sexes
mins'e with degree Of freedom that
would not be tolerated on tho street or
even In ballroom. It 10 tIno TO crv oil.
in protest.
Ihe spectacle Of haIf.naked woman
and men lying about tho beaches. and
often In each others arms, should not be
Tolerated In any civilized community.
Canon Liddon has passage which va
may we'll read and ponder:
When Greek thought was keenaat an,
Greek art most triumphantly creative
and Greek political life SO organized q,
10 favor in degree elsewhere unknown
among men. the play OF mans h,eheet
natural energies. Greek society was nen.
etrateo through and through by an in.
visible enemy. more fatal in it's rayaRe
10 thought, to art. to freedom, than the
sword OF any Persian or Macedonian foo
And already in the age OF the carly
caesars Rome carried in her bosom ,ha
secret OF her impending decline and taIj
In the coming centuries.
OF. raul detected and exposed II IN
Terms which are more explicit than thoea
employed by Tacitus and JuyenaI The
uie-olood OF race may be drained away
less hoDiy IMAM ON the battlefield Every
sapaety lot hlgh and generous exertion,
or LOT the cheerful endurance of SUFFERING
at the bidding OF duty. all the stock of
moral force on which a country can reIv
IN It's hour OF trial. may be sapped do.
stroyed, annihilated by a domestic traitor
so IT Jared with imperial Rome. The
rate OF the great empire was not really
decided on the Rhine or on the Danuhe
Before the barbarians had as vet hegmn
10 muster their savage hordes along the
irontlers OF ancient civilization. their
work had wcll-nigh been completed. their
victory had been won, In the cities the
palaces. nay. in the very temples of the
empire.
"'And upon what resources could ,he
oid Pagan society fall back in its alarm
at and struggle with this formidable foe?
IL could not depend upon the State. The
Emperor was the State by 1mpersona.
tion; and not unfrequently 1t happened
that the Emperor was the public friend
and patron Of the States worst enemy.
Nor could any reliance by placed upon
philosophy.
Doubtless philosophy means we'll IN
some OF ITS phases. in some of its repre-
sentatives. But philosophy is much too
feeble thing to enter the lists success.
FULLY with animal passion; and as a mat.
ter OF fact. philosophy has more than
49, oSSN SoiiPelleQ OF CaJOleQ into plaC-
Ing her intellectual weapons at the dis
posal OF the sensualist
This enemy Is our enemy. It Is not
imaginary. 1t Is real It is at our doors.
1t stalks abroad without disguise It's
agents are legion. Its power grows
apace. Never was 1t SO bold, so strong,
SO impudent as it is here and now. Nor
are these manners confined to the vulgar
East Siders.
Under the flag of the Knights of Colum.
bus some Of our own young men and wo.
men spend Sundays and holidays in bun.
galows and tents at Coney Island and
Rockaway in this less than half dress,
dancing and amusing themselves on the
sands.
Let others do what they will. we who
have the light to know evil and the power
: to overcome it should do all we
e can to limit It.
~ EVIL is not to be triied with.
mss There is only one way TO handle
#A it. That Is to avoid the places
3gMa where it prevails and the persons
&A who practice it,