The Washington herald., 1918-02-16

4 from me. That's my mission IN
life. that's what I'm trying to DO |
with all the power that I have in |
II you only knew the letters i re-
ceive In the course Of year thank
ing me because take the stand
do regarding dancing, ana n Won
only knew how many girls come ~
me and tell me that I didn't tell
one-tenth of II. how many OF them.
you'd be amazed.
You say: The dance that I at
tend and that you speak of are dif-
ferent. You say: Il attend the
club"
Well. you talk about the dance of
the slums. think they have got
you skinned in many ways. They
wear more clothes down there than
you do.
Do you know 10000 girls leave
home every year for a life of shame?
Last year there were 10000 girls
ruined in this country. Five thou
sand month were ruined, IT'S every
day, a young life blighted every
eight minutes. dragging them away
from God and truth. Three-fourths
| OF them are ruined by the dance,
according to their own word.
Did the drunkard take the first
drink in a saloon7 No, he was
taught TO drink in a home, at some
social gathering.
| Where did that gambler play the
nrst game OF cards, in a gambling
den? No. he has become proficient
In the art Of gambling in some
home. Now he seeks out the gamb-
ling hall. and on he goes. But the
gambler always plays his first game
OF cards in somebody's home. for a
prize or something.
How About Enectt
Where did the girl get her first
premature excitement of her passions?
As Bishop Hopkins said, Down on
some ballroom floor. the fashion
| show"
I am giving you the facts; you can
do Just as you please. 1 am telling
you it is one of the thingE we have
got to consider IL we want to make a
success out of life and 20 out and do
right for God and for his truth Think
OF II. young men-hear me! Think Of
II, you that love womanhood for wom-
anhood's sake. you that have a sister
of Your own! Three-fourths OF these
foul creatures that waddle out Of the
path OF virtue and are ostracized and
| stigmatiZed. went down as the result
Of the dance and its influences.
Statistics only change in the aggre-
gate. but the percentage seems to hold
good all the way.
1t is estimated that there are 500,
900 fallen women in this country.
Three hundred and seventy-five thou
sand Of them attribute their fall as
a result OF the dance.
Some man will say 10 me: ''Air. SUM-
day. am / my sisters keeper"
No, you are her murderer Il you
are encouraging and championing any
cause that produces her downfall. II
you are doing that. you are her enemy
I am her friend. am trying to warn
her of the things that ruin, although
it may not ruin her. That all may be
very true.
have never contradicted the girl,
and I never will, that tells me that
she has danced without any prema-
very true, but II should come back
here a year from now, could you
tell me in same thing?
You make the men dance by
themselves and the women dance
by themselves and it'll kill the dance
in two weeks from New York to
San Francisco. II you dance be-
cause you like the exercise, you
can get just as much exercise with
your arm around a man. and you.
my baby. can get just as much ex-
ercise with your arms around an
other woman. Come onl All right.
And you can dance just as we'll with
some other man as you can with
some woman. You talk about the
love to dance for the exercise, but
you make the men and women
dance like that and see what hap
jpens-it'll kill dancing. when you
separate the sexes, gooy-by to the
Idancei
Some one says: 'T like to see
horses run"
On Horse Racing.
So do I. Gosh, like to see a
horse get out and run. 1 like TO
see anything like that, whether II
is a horse or an automobile, 1 like
to see them go.
They said: I'VE don't have horse