The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-12-19
CAUSE or IT ALL

Dear Miss Grey Tho letter Of
Mrs A. /. a." comes like note of
sanity and reason in all this nicken.
ing hysterla over vic. conditions por.
truYcd In our dailieH recently.
An OF this bosh over an EFFECT
and not ONE WORD ABOUT THE
CAUSE Ia pr~post.rous In these
days % intelligence and equal rishtH.
all the different remedies" for the
outward plague spot. but not one
remedy for Its SOURCE -
our good men la the puipits rave
aud rant about VICE. totally dinrv.
Earding the fact that Il is wholly a
matter Of individual consciousness In
man or men. vhosr work IL u. pray
= not that % n. ministers. Go
change the conscience - these sol.
diern and sailors. 90 teach thcfn the
love Of cleanliness WITHIN as well
as without. that 20 Indulge In the
form OF sin Ia TO d.fiis tho temple
Of the living God. that ., ls the de-
sire for ard the act itself that dr.
grades. no, merely che danger OF
disease or its consequences
nu, not ono % th. ministers who
are 80 active In this campaign to
clean up seattle" has denied the
risn, or privilege Of thsas soldiers 60
seek this degrading sin. not warn
ms OF protest against the sin Itself.
only % %. disease Not one I-rson
tn this movement has gone 20 the
real source. e.. meas bar. desif.a
on the one side. and the economic
conditions that force women into
this method 81 making money on tho
other
ono % our prominent ministers 10
quoted an saying recently that ANY
minister who stood UP In hia pulpl;
and said tho world was any better
should hav. his "toagu. jork~f cut
By tho rvots."
Then Why DO such ministers con
iinue 90 drmw ior,iiy ~alart.. for
making the world better u they are
no, delivering Tho goodaf We can.
not make people be good. The Mas
Tor did not. Ito led them to a better
belief. chRRxe of h.aFs. better de
sirca.
why do not tho ministers of Seat.
IL. go down 20 Camp Levi. and
preach. the gospel Of Jesus Christ
purity and ioVsi and change the
hearts % our soldier lsds from a love
Of induiEeDe. TO a loathing 81 ~
This 10 the mission Of the followers
Of Jesus This Ia what they are
PAID TO do. We do not pay the
mayor 10 do this. yet they would
lmp-arh him for not doing ~ha,
they have failed TO prevent
IL Christianity a failure Or 4.
the failure In tho method IN. advo-
Gates Of 3, havo applied or taught IL
Did Jesus stone tho Mardaieu'
No. but he whipped the money
changers out of the temple and un.
masked hypocriNy
And with all due honor 10 the
mothers q our soldiers and sailors
II these mothers did not inculcAte alb.
solutc purity into tho CONSEQUENCES
~ their sons aA we'll As their dasEh.
ters In the home training. n they up.
held the double standard ~ morals.
then a great deal Of tho presen, men.
ace Go their boys health can be at.
trtbutcd 20 that
Mrs. a. l.. O." iH quite right. Men
and boys DO SEEK dives. vice and
dance halls. For n number OF years.
the writer's route downtown lay
thru the restricted district" Al
ways there were soldiers and sailors
TO be seen there both brfore and
since there was licensed vice They
80 o. their own volition lot their
superior officers punish them for be.
ing down there M well as TO arrest
and fine the women
GET At THE SOURCE TO CURE
TIE EVIL. l.. n. y