The weekly soliphone., 1917-07-26
MANS ESPONSIBILITY FOR WOMAN'S
 DOWNFALL.

trict. The closing edct was issued more than week ago and women who, for reasons known only to self and God, had conducted themselves in a manner wei have been taught look upon the climax to compete disgrace compelled to pack ther belongings and leave for more inviting fields
 This is as 1t should be. The idea of permitting houses of i'll fame to be operated lcentousy with the knowledge and approval of officials in charge of the administration of state and municipal laws is beyond the pale of decency, yet who IS even remotely ia niar with conditions in these districts cannot but feel
 sense of pity for the unfortunate who sud- denly deprived of means of livelihood originally de- veoped through the misadminstraon of public policies and by virtue of an concevaby low standard of moral thought upon the part of the public at large.
 The hypocricy of the psalm-snging deceivers Who kiss the Holy Bible at Il m. Sunday morning and at il D. of the day fondle the form of the women they have assisted in sending to hell, constitutes chapter of small importance when pause to slider the situation of the girl who went Wrong The ridiculous logic of our double system of moral concep tion, through the exercise of which in virtually all the walks of life permitted to do with themselVes and female companion pretty much all that passionae nature dictates is at the most ldcrOus and flmsy excuse conceivable.
 Most of familiar with men and boys WhO| have travelled the road at pace too swift for the keep ing of any of the Commandments yet these same felj lows today acehigh in the church and in busness Gfe Some of the heroes of the Amen Corner who shout louest and pray hardest responsible for the down. ward step of girls for whom they blasphemousyI
 ofessed to entertain the utmost love and respect Their sins have been forgiven but the women to WhoseI downfall they contributed branded with infamy and
 cross of shame. And the stranges thing in connecticut with the entire story is that the male element of ths same public which shaped conditions and set the traps for the aluement of youth and innocence, usually be relied upon to say deputable things about al girl whose conduct is not above reprOach than all the devils in he's dance-has >t forgetful-but unmnd- fuof the temptations thrown out to girls and depend ent women, friend the Moral Man parades beforeI society's mirror model of proficiency beneath theI canopy of Heaven and lantern whose lights shine outI and penetrate all the dark of the earth He con- demns the ballroom because he knows that the tOuch of beautiful brings natures agencies into play, and he holds communion with himself and his acQuaint to protest loudly against the vanes of life. InI his sight the very existence of beautiful form is con trary to all the teachings of Divine ogin and he con- sideis it his duty, if false step is taken by memberI of the gentle to whisper the fact to every receptve and spread the story until it becomse an acknoWl edged scandal. He may have contributed at former time to the delinquency of trusting companion, but the fact today weighs but lightly upon his conscience and he has atoned for all such by warning others against the .Vipers of the District" Occasionally oneI of these Human Regulators is found by policeman inI quarters not his own, but family promnence and so cial standing prevent scandal and the Lord forgves all when He knows the heart is right, though the flesh may be weak
 There is a moral in this discussion that should not be overlooked We refer specifically to the prac- tice of speaking conemptuously of wayward women,i while at the same time receive into homes andI shake the hand of the man who caused the woman'sI downfall This double standard of morals permits tool many unworthy to be elevated upon social pedestals| in the very midst of wilderness of human wreckageI and scared hopes When girls whose lives are ceanI and pure taught specifically by their fathers and encouraged by their mothers, to demand of maeI companions the standard of sexual relation that demands of woman, the bawdy house will automat- ically disappear and red lights will be dimmed.
 Society whole is entirely responsible for con-