The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-16

crown. YOU We ueAIu SAo SA+t W
duty; Great God. what arc you dtily-
da.lyins with the stuff for? What
are you trying to hide for?
on my! Remember please that
stuff is transient. stuff In al weak as
d rope OF sand and N unenduring
as a cloud Of smoke or vapor. Oh
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,hat.z eternal That stand ,vhen the
mountain peaks will be incincerated
INTO ashes.
+ sampson had strength but he FAIL
ed. He put his head in Deiilah,s
lap and she clipped his locks. Deli
lah was the first woman barber. So
I'd like to put the red and white
sign in front OK every saloon. l
say: Keep away. my boy. they VIII
shear your locks"
WIN shear Your Locks.
I I'd like to put 1t In front of every
home of shame. Keep away, my
boys. they will shear your locks.
Id like to put 1t in front Of every
saloon. I'd Hike to sec 1t UP In some
institutions Of learning, In some I'm
iversities and some serninartss
Keep out Of thsre, They viii shear
your locks"
Poor AbsoIem had beauty but he
tried to put his father out Of bust
ness and DO went down to gravc
of disgraca- Alexander had tho
power of a conqueror and he wrap
!. him and sheathed his sword and
craw.ed into his grave tbs conaueroi'
OF tho world when he was only
lhirty-two, bat b. died . alavS TO
strong drink He hid himself meath
/. the stuff.
oh. lnsersol Was eloquent! Grand
But he filled because he hid himself
beneath he stuff.--Infidelityl
Dig out, Come on! I've coIae hern
tonight to help you II can. The
ioutward things sfor which men anu
women struggle. they are oniy STUFF
the RY aat emergencies and tho
great exigencies CT life. They viii
mot see you through. sir. these great
things that we battle and fight for
never
The Lord kept back OF old Saul.
yea But God hasn't forgotten
where you ara either. Oh mol He
never went into that homo OF shame
that the eye OF God didn't watch him.
lHe never went into the hcil-hole Of
damnauon and staggered out with
ibis manhood fascinated that the eye
iof God didn't watch him. Oh. ID
didn't see him
God kent track OF Saui.--5es. and
he is keeping arack OF you. And he
Is watching you with the tntsns<
com passion. sir. OF a father and
Eyearns--oh. / believe that the hear,
OF God la almost breaking for the
privilege OF throwing his arms around
this city and around America. and
the world. to pull men and women
ifror, beneath the carnage OF blood
shed. from beneath unbsiief. from BE-
meath the things of night In which
nuititudes OF our people that other
wise would be noble, have hid them
selves think Gods heart Is break
, Ing for the chance tn pull you out
, Let me help you. Come on!
Now. God wants to give you king
dom, SO don't let the stuff. keep yov
} away, win you? Say. young men
wait a minute. appeal to you. tht
wealth of the world. intellectural
! moral. social. financial. political
religious. It's all within ycur reach
il. vii, you, Use It for grea
purposes, and for unssifish service Il
, humanity. not for selfish ambitions OF
Qualifications OF desires, to assassi-
nate your chars cters to do Il
Don't Hlde Among Stun.
And, don't hid.. my friends. aznone
the stun. and shirk your crown.
beg Of you. Oh. go down TO billiard
|, halls. see young men playing pool
smoking cigarettes. oh. most al
, members from weIi-to-do families
but the language they use and thu
recklessmess OF their manner woult
, indicate that they were citizens at n
] uncsvilized country, and that theyt
, been reared in an atmosphere whers
gentility. nliai. respect and love and
decency and manhood were unknown
ike K in algebra
They represent = class. not al
, young men. just simply class. and
they have been spoiled 1T home. and
the pool rooms, the saloonA and thu
; houses Of Ill fame, tinish up the 5os
/ and leave them abandoned dere.ict1
, out upon ths high seas OF passion
selves to b. good citizens. good hus.
!, bands and good fathers, they are
: sowing the seeds which win produces
, a harvest Of misery to themselves
. tears. anguish and sorrow to thai
= parents.
It's young men such ~ these WIKI
, feed the flames Of lust and OF pas
: sion. who I'LL the houses Of Ill fame
, with the flower OF our gtrlhood and
{ who brutaiixe their minds with ori'
: atea. sell their souls for rum. In
twenty-eight years. the average Az
of criminals In this country has fai.
/. len from thirty Ave down to less thar
! twenty and It Is going at = rapidit,
that stagEers the people We arr
facing conditions that are absolutely
overwhelming.
Young women. wait q minute
Girls, I appeal to you. Oh! We heal
;, 20 much about the daughters OF thu
poor. Why. we have been given Il
understand that these are the ones
that make up largely the population
: in the dens Of vice, who Haunt theil
garments OF shame in TIE public
face, who e-tice, young man from
paths Of virtue
) We've teen led to infer. from wha
. we read and what we hear. that IT.,
the daughters OF the poor who al
I the columns of the newspapers witt
notorious stories of low intrtgues. ant
disgraceful amours who turn out Il
be faithlcss wives and heArtlesa
m others, who invade happy homes
, and seduce by their amorous smiles
. the careless, the weakened husband
,, from this arms of his wife and from
the children.
Oh! listen 70 me. Don't yen know
j. that some o. the most offensive 20
!, cial careers, Some OF the most no
foriO,ix wrctches have heen reared fy