Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1915-11-22
SERMON TO WOMEN
MATTERS NOT MINCED
OUTLANDISH WOMEN.
Led Solomon, the Wisest Man Astray
What is Going to Become Of the
Men of Today?.

Men Of Today.
Telling his congregation of some
two to three hundred women assem-
bled yesterday afternoon in the audi
torium of the First Presbyterian
Church that "outlandish women" led
Solomon astray. the evangelist, the
Rev. Henry n. Faulconer asked the
question what is to become of the
man of today?"
The preacher took Scripture for his
text and did not depart from it, except
TO introduce himself and to say he
was from Kentucky, was raised on a
race track, and he knew all that he
was talking about. He said he was
speaking for the benefit of the men,,
although they were not present, and
he was talking to women If the men
were there, he said, they'd believe
every word he said for they knew it to
be true, but the women, some of them.
he feared, would not believe it.
His theme was "Outlandish Women, /"
not in the manner of Interpretation
that we generally put upon the word
"outlandish," as often expressed by
the old colored mammies of the South,
but the definition in the dictionary
vulgar" immodest, and he asked his
congregation to look it up. He read
the text which told of Solomon, the
wisest, the richest, the strongest man
the world ever had known, yet even
he was led off by outlandish women,
If this is true of Solomon, what's 60
ing to become of the rest of the crowd
The evangelist said "old maids are
the salt of the EARTH" He deplored
the two standards of morals, one for
men and one for women. He said the
standard of woman is so high that if
tance to fall. Men fall every minute
in the day and every day in the year
yet, in this town the drunkards the
roues, the libertines are received into
the best homes, the best society where
a fallen woman would not be counte-
ranced. The evangelist said he would
like to see woman hold her head SO
high it would make giraffe look pale
How did outlandish women make
Solomon sin? If you want anybody to
sin, tackle a man, he is the most will
ing victim, the easiest to lead astray
Modern dress, the evangelist said, is
the greatest temptation of the age
Stand on the corner any windy day
and see the crowd of men and boys
watch the girls and women go by
These women cause these men to sin
in their own heart. A woman ought
to be dressed so that nobody will
know how she is dressed. She should
be modest upstairs and downstairs"
Is there any harm in dancing? asked
the evangelist. Take the harm out OF
it and nobody would dance a week
after. Dancing with a woman causes
a man to sin in his heart The evange.
list asked the girls and women present
il they couldn't afford to give up dane.
ing because it makes others sin. Play.
ing cards for prizes, he said, was the
same as shooting craps. Three-fourths
of all the women in houses of ill re
pute went through the dance halls
Mothers are responsible, said the
evangelist, for their sons and daught
ers going astray. We live in an age OF
high tension,a nervous age, ,nine-tenths
of the women have St.Vitus dance, anC
children at the Judgment Day will
condemn mothers and fathers for the
damnation of their souls.
II makes no difference how beauti
full woman looks on the outside, saiC
the evangelist, so that she is beautiful
within There is something about un
belief, he said, that puts wrinkles il
a woman'e face. Everywhere th,
Gospel is preached today, women hav,
been slaves before it was preache,
there. She owes her freedom to re
ligion.
The trouble today is the churche
are too luke-warm, religion is a side
issue. Women dress immedestly ant
there is no telling what is to becom
of the boys and girls whose mother
are always at card parties and dances
In closing, the evangelist made al
earnest appeal for better Christian
living and getting nearer to Christ.
There will be no service tonight. bu
tomorrow night and the rest of tn,
week at the Presbyterian Church.