The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-24
CUT OUT THE WHITE WAY,
LIVE THE WHITE LIFE.
Hobert NJ. Honeyman Makes Interest
ing Talk Mt Young Mems Chris
tfAn Association.

WithIa plea to forsake the white
way for the white life," Robert M.
fioneyman, one-time secretary OF the
Bowery Y. M. G.. A.. New York city,
put more recently religious secretary
az Camp Hancock. delivered his talk
:. -. -.,sN ~ -raax " u. - ~ "
White Way" in the auditorium of the
central Y. M. c. A. building yester-
day afternoon.
Ia the broad maclstrom Of sin which
leads to destruction, whereas the
white life" is the straight and mar
row path which leads to salvation.
Along the white way" he said, one
finds electric lights bands OF music
and the tinkle of dancing feet. but
this path. with it's alIurements. leads
over the precipice to the bottomless
pit
He narrated some of his expert
ences while secretary Of the Bowery
~" and described the ''rag-tag and
bob-taif' fiotsam and jetsam OF hu-
mainly which he encountered.
u have seen men sleep In lo-cent
beds and eat scent meals" he said
and then float along like telly-fish
on the bosom OF the sea-
There are two streams OF human
ity, he said. one constructive, the
other destructive One Is made up of
people who make the world better for
people without whom the world would
ne better.
Sin. said the speaker. In no respecter
Of persona man, he said. cannot
hide behind the good blood In his
veins or the way in which he was
born. nor can he hide behind his
wealth nor an education. Sin. he
said, L. the arch enemy Of mans soul.
Those who live In the influence OF
the white way" he said, are the
drunkard, the gambler. the scarlet
woman and the suicide.
They say we are going to have
a. dry country" he ruminated. We'll.
hope so. Not that j am incredu-
lous, but I merely want to see. If
am a thousand miles from New York
city around July l, arm going all the
way back to the Bowery to see what
happens-to see what the Bowerv is
going to look Ike without its saloons"
Sin Is subtle. he said. did you
ever hear man say. Gee. drunk
ards life looks good to met Tn 60
ing to be a drunkard4' No drunkard
ever wanted to be drunkard. nor did
one ever start out to~be a drunkard."
he said. He attributed the condition
to the first social glass. then the half
pint I'm somebody else's pocket" then
the acquired taste for whiskey. fol-
lowed by the semi-periodical drunk"
with periods" finally resolving them
selves into habitual drunkenness.
According to the speaker. there arr
100000 prostitutes in the United
States today. Of whom so. 0oo die an
nualiy. The life Of a prostitute, he
produced figures TO show. is ave years.
Not one-fourth OF the cour.ry's scar
let women he sad. ARE willing VIC
Tins OF their lives
He told of the pitfalls that heset
young women stenographers in many
of the business Offices In New York
and other iaf>~ cities.
In conclusion he told his hearers
not to zee how near sin they can live
in safety, but to see how far away
from Gin they can live.
A song service preceded Mr.. Hon
eyrnaus talk.
General Secretary Samuel X. Nc
Kee. o. the Central z. NJ. G. A.. an
nounced that plans are afoot to bring
70 Richmond next Sunday and Mon
day. for one weeks engagement each.
Camden Coeburn. archaeologist, and
John Mcneil. noted Scotch Bible
teacher. at one time associated with
Dwight L. Moody. the famous evange-
list,