The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-12-07
EVANGELIST BROWN
DECLARED DANCING
ruins YOUNG GIRLS
az ~ gIt ~
81 Address To Women Only He
Scores GambIng, almpurlty .% 6,
n !. aand lntemperancs = ~, =.
ttA aNg#|H fH.9Ha.s .
BALLRoOM LAST STEP
). 80 - ON HIGHWAY TO RUIN
Women IL Society Who Neglect
Their Duties Are the Devils r.
,.s atY@ DDecoys,s .a a., ns .:..',."

49, y "oeCOySsTi"ii hcr,.u
- cshtral Union Church was filed to
espaeity when Evangelist Brown yes,
tsrdhs afternoon delivered his mes
atge, 1.-THE Devil . Deeoys," for the
e1fs,of women only. II was the largest
audience that has attended the meet
thos 10 date H..
e-ESory seat In the church was oecu.
1fed and there were only three men IN
TIE assemblage, Evangelists Brown al
6lfffy, and an usher. Beginning the
service, Mr.. Curry sang the old sony
1NObody Knows But Mother" He was
IN good voice and gave the number ef
feetively. Then for an hour 3, own ad.
dressed the women, first calling fer n
khow OF, hands to ascertain the percent
aye Of those present who vera :otherN,
those who were wives and those Other
Who as yet claimed no man b. ties
ssfohger than brother or sweetheart.
p.The three greatest evils, said he, ere
gambling, impurity and intemperance
~ spoke at length on each, delivering
his sermon lecture with considerable
is9@eT. His text was the third VeIs,
of the Dist Psalm, "Surely He will de-.
txer me from the snare Of the evil
0Re.h p t'.' g.. s.,,. 20.
Attacks Social Evil
Perhaps his strongest and most tel.
ing points were delivered at the social
eeil, the subject which perhaps, drew
he audience. On this subject he said
ftsStatistics. tell US that there are
rearly $4,000 s0iled mothers in the
FEntted States and more than million
Rirls who are making merchandise Of
their bodies, Knowing where such q
NE leads, why do girls get started on
such q road Statistics say that more
than 960, 900 of the 60O, 900 fallen wo-
mon attribute their downfall to the
dance. Not one Of q thousand Of the
falleR women went TO- the down town
kfilroomtto learn her first step
49, Somewhere higher up they start,
cpd the ballroom Is the last step on the
read Of The moral Ieper,l The more
beautifulsa girl, the greater her temp
tatienss Therefore there is some com,
pehsntion in not being competent to OBJ.
tfi1sfifst prize In d. beauty showJ,a
Mothers shenid teach their girls the
dangers Of the dance; that the hours
are bad, the positions bad, the, dress
tad Persons today applaud dances
which ten wears ago would have landed
thin In Jail. * @ -
Qiris Not Materially Had &c..
81 Most persons have the idea that
The girls who lead immoral lives arr
ueturallys bad and come from bad en+
Nifonyhents, but statistics show that
TIE majority not OILY are beautiful but
epliage bred ~ =
~ A girl who has been taught to avoid
aanelng aud cannot dance a step will
Hct 20 tosa dance hall to learn, but #
iH the house Of friend she is urged
To- try, she will do 20, Then, later on,
slIe goes 10 the down town ballroom
H0h1 her name becomes implicated in
y scandal, and then often she continues
on Tie downward road. Perhaps she
WIN pot be found out and eventually
mhfries; ! can conceive nothiI worse
than 70 feed that II our loved ones knew
llSabont MS they would put us out of
t9pif arms. II. - o.
az. Church women often set the exam
plewbieh leads to the downfall of girls
aud believe al the Judgement Bar
at God these women who hold to the
,ehafrchs yet persist In living a WORLDLY
life viii be Responsible for the down
fAll Of many boys and girls. They were
ti,6 decoys who started these young
pidplaI or
cory Told BY Banker
The speaker cited the instance of u
b4hter who came TO him at one Of his
Ibft fings, after be had delivered a ser.
nqh on. gambling and told him the fol
loving story;
gssThis banker had kept in his employ
oaesaf the most promising Young men
~ town. One day friend came tn
the employer and informed him that his
clerk had been gambling. The banker
rkfused to believe II, but on investigat-
ibg found Il true. He gave tbs young
man his choice, either TO sign or swear
nevei TO touch q, card again. He gave
him ! few days to decide and at the
Of that time the young man took
his aath 10 forsake the gambling tables.
"A 1.-TWO years later this young man was
To- the ihoneGofl A2society womaH aud
Idisonal friend, where card playing was
E,ip& oiivRhis woIasII insisted tha, he
sanplete q group at table. He tried
~ beg, Oh, saying he had not touche
asard for two years. She would taxi
~ refusal, so he sat down, thinking
~ would play until someone else could
sit in.lt 4}H rf@24 - ,,,S
EBelatyywoHlan Devils Decoy
W. However, as soon rs he heard the
ilip Of the cards, he became seized 18th
the gambling fever, and when he LETT
tiekho,iss pc pf9eeeded to a gamblinc
.s9p where he played all night. His
alhhi oytf sAdilldiieO ysgel pot; only that
hshad ganbled every penny Of his own
hjlt was using the bank s money. He
disehsrged him, and in two years time
that young man died from dissipa'
mi Brown stated that although the
society woman was quite unconscious
% II, she was the devils decOy in this
instance.
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k.woSk has been resumed in WaiPiC