New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-14

Their familiar association with the
men, the prolific use Of cigarettes
which the war has so heightened tina.
it seems wellnigh universal, .hc mas
culinity which comes from doing the
work OF men. the increasing careless
ness in the matter Of personal appear
ance-these are the things about which
the men are complaining.
Then, in connection with this there
is the awful dcluge Of vicc which has
degraded 80 many thousands and re.
suited in 80 much disease.
| was told by physician in the
British army that more than 100000
soldiers had been treated by British
physicians alone for vcnereal disease.
This situation has undoubtedly caused
people to lose confidence in one an
other, There Is n confusion OF mind
which partakcs OF doubt and suspi-
cion. Men do not know whether to
trust the women and women do not
know whether to trust the men. And
so this subtle attitude, which really
fastens suspicious upon everybody. is
another element in the social problem
Of the future.
II will prevent reformation, cause
more immortality, hinder marriage and
threaten the free and righteous rela-
lions Of the people.
All Converge on the Home
IL will be seen at once that all of
these phases of the situation drive
straight at the home. And this is the
most serious element in it. To destroy
or even TO seriously injure the home
is more dangerous than 10 have I'M
morality and disease ard illegltimacy
among us; and when we have the i'm
morality, the disease and the illegiti-
macy present with US and combined in
an attack upon the home, then the
situation is perilous in the extreme.
And that is exactly the case at the
present time.
The most discerning minds among us
have known for many years that we
were drifting into state of being
which was gradually assailing the
home.
The drift of population TO the cities,
the laxity of our laws concerning
divorce, the forcing of our women into
industry. their oppression by the CAPT
taiists, the modern feminist movement
with its Votes for women" slogan
each Of these things has struck blow
at the home
Then came that immoral phase of
socialism which openly advocated the
theory Of the homes dissolution and
u-Scd the repeal OF our notions con-
corning marriage. These things eau ed
many people to be exceedingly anxious.
If matters continued for few more
wears in the same channel and at the
same rate Of progress. soon there
would be no home; and since no sub
stitute had been provided and nothing
had been done 10 meet situation That
was threatening TO dethrone all our
morality and place the world in con
dition which moral sentiment had a.
WAYS regarded as the extreme OF cor
ruption. there was ample cause for
alarm.
And now on top Of all that there
comes this war and brings with II
n social problem at least as serious as
any the world mas ever faced before
n problem having all the various
phases we have mentioned, with each
phase leveliing it. attack at what was
left of the home.
If there lives man whose highest
hope for the future welfare OF the
world lies in the moral stability OF
the home, he must now be weeping
his heart out over the danger which
threatens this ancient and holy instr
tltion. And il will behoove him to
bestir himself for solution which
will avert such danger