The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-05-29
Cynthia Crey's
LETTERS

S'-in the name OF decency. why
don't you print some Of your char
aeteristle answers to some Of the
letters recently published In your
column, particularly those Of "E.21"
and "c.3o"i
When people have done wrong.
but are trying to do better. We
should So all In our power TO help
them. ", having fallen. they rise
again and keep towards the beat In
life. they deserve forgiveness. aid.
and friendship. They may fan In.
Vulnerable times. but u 10 perse.
veranee that counts.
However. when they aeknowl.
edge immortality and feel no shame
In H. believing that all others are
like them; they need 20 have
something said or done 20 wake
them up 20 tho fact that there are
people In the world who have high.
err Ideals and live UP 20 them.
The two writer's In question and
many others who have sent you
similar letters must have all their
lives associated with a different
class OF people from those I have
met.
There are exceptions. but PEG.
pie usually find what they look for.
! have attended sunday school and
high school and know a great mum
Der Of Girls In ano out Of both, and
would certainly place the average
Of morality higher than one In ten.
My associates always had plenty OF
heslthful fun, but undesirable and
questionable topics were strictly
taboo. have been 90 situated
most OF my life that ! have been
thrown with men more than WON.
en-. Only one. by his topics OF cor.
sersation and actions. ever attempt
ed 20 create an atmosphere In
which an Immoral thought could
live. Without doubt. many OF the
others were not moral, but ! place
tho average Of morality much high.
er than one In q hundred.
a clear and clean understanding
Of all the functions Of the body 10
desirable. but the wholesale dis.
eusslon Of ses problems has been
carried beyond the bounds Of whole.
someness. In advocating a single
standard. too. many seem rather
vague. From their words. you
might think they prefer 20 adopt
the lower part Of the double stand
ard. 10 exercising the self-dlseL
pine neeessary 20 make the higher
ore possible.
Let them remember this:
The bird with . broken pinlon
Kept another from the snare,
And the ilse that sin had stricken
Raised another from despair.
Zach loss has lie own eompensa-
ton,
There's healing for each pain.
But the bird with the broken plnion
Never scared a. high again"
am q years old and not eross.
eyed. either. Honestly. now. what
10 your private oplrionf o. A. n.
Al gave my private opinion
when I answered the first letter on
this subject. Some reader did not
agree with me and sought 10 cor.
rect the advice | gave the unfor.
tuuate girl. and another reader
didn't agree with either OF va. 80
out OF II grew discussion Of the
SET question. have been printing.
not my own personal opinion. but
the opinions OF the readers. Now
I have printed your view. which II
a good argument for morallsts.
would say. however. II you have
spent your 20 years In the small
town from whence your letter
came, that you have not, as yet.
had an opportunity 10 meet the
great. big world as II really is. The
moral standard OF small town Is
much higher than that Of large
city. Why Because In the VII.
lage everybody knows who and
what every body else Is and what
they are doing. while In the city,
two people may live for months
with but a plaster wall separating
them and still be total strangers.
Because OF tho fact that my
work brings me up so close to the
secrets OF so many lives. and the
shock received at discovering the
loose moral code OF such numbers.
probably makes me just little
prejudiced at times. Your letter IL
good. and appreciate the thoughts
OF a good girl only hope that In
the future years you will not meet
with phases OF life that will shat.
ter your present high ideals" and
cause you to lose the faith In hu.
mainly you now have.
Dear Miss Grey: N what "Mlss
e., 20" says, that In her opinion not
one girl In ten 10 what we can call
strictly moral, then nlne-tenths OF
what we call the double standard al
ready has disappeared. do not
know n "Miss e.. 49," 10 correct In
her estimate, but I do not think she
10 far wrong; especially as I have
had my eyes opened by knowing
this to be true OF prominent
church woman. . paragon OF wom-
anklnd. loved and esteemed ~ an
example for our daughters; yet.
when II comes TO sex. she was like
her so-calied weaker sisters.
Now, Miss Grey. I think II 10 about
time we women face our true selves.
These sex questions are all two
sided: like a quarrel. they can't es-
list alone. n we are only 10 per cent
more moral than the sterner sex,
this 10 surely no great ground for
either critleism Of men or Boosting
for ", for ! firmly believe that fear
Of consequences alone keeps far
moro than 10 per cent OF our sex
moral. Our sex has nothing TO gain
by being unfair or unjust, either to
men or 20 ourselves. N we are what
WA ara wa ara and no denlaI nr