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

Dig ont and let ma help you Come
on!
And IN their homes Of grandeur and
Of spiendor. they forgot the laws Of
God and decent rules OF society. and
their little children tug and pull Al
milkless breasts. longing for the en-
brace and the csress OF love. ana
their. homes are nothing but ghastly,
.. <. ssst 7..ss.s ,Szzt - J
t9ntttes aad ytrtne- Their hearts gre
chuck full of bitterness and hate to-
ward the mon that their children call
father.
So It II In the whirl, my friends.
of social pleasures that they hnd
their greatest enjoyment and grAtifi-
cations. Oh, isn't 1t pitiable1 Girls,
Eteer clear. will you, Of the ball room
wrapped in the amorous embrace OF
young menr Young women glide
ever the ballroom Goor lost - ALL
modesty and shame. nignt after night
ana this old carnival of death, sir.
goes on.
Young women, whoee lives. think.
might hare blessed this old world.
but they have becn touched with the
acid and the blight of sin and they
are eGernally defaced and blasted.
sir. and lured By the lnddiSus lip and
by the sen1uA aurroundingA, they
fan ea&V victims TO lustfui. DESIGNING.
Infamous v11e. corrupt, hetltsh. de-
baaoA. isnp-re degsnsratss. who call
themselves men and they ou-ht 70 -
arrested for going around disguised ~
man.
Ghia, VINO preserve sone ssn-
blanee OF dcosoGy at home. oh. II -
seem b abandon n when thsy entsr
the ballroom. There - something
in ehe giar3 Of tho ish0 ana m the
strain Of The musie. and there IL
something In tho Gloss e-ntact. N
ncan. that b;Unts the faner ssnsfoili-
ttas Of Girls and robs thsm u .hcsr
HIN ideals Of propriety snd o. the4'
flushcd cheeks, sir, tho hot orea.1
Of their youthful companions thfhls
them and the flames are minded on
passions alts-r
Dcvirs Stronk1aosd.
That's ono 1T the devils sfons'
holds to lure them away. Why. w
are told thai innocent girls. enticed
into the dance halls ~ damnab'e'
ions, when they left homo they vc-s
free from SIN and from guiss o.
thought Of iniqutty. but whom ncrn'
ings dawn came It found thoce poor
girls DOE sased Of secrets that no CIR
should know outside % legal sanction
Al the marriage altar.
Ot1l They've found II sn fyiDv nke
broken flowers on tina couch, sount
them withered buds, sir. cast away
ost1 -txed. st.g-nattzed -ou know tbs
rest, don't yos, Well, IT'S 200 had
You'n ind thee. girls trrongfng th<
dance halls They tank tbs loud.st
they paint the thicaest. they dre<~ Ca
least and they dance tho most lascfv'
iously, Oh! they whi-i Wal = min
ute. Wait a minute! Wait a minute
They are :ust tasting the foam ~
the cup Of sinful pleasure. poor de
luded girls. They forget the bite
dregs at the bottom tina: they've go
/ to drink yet Girls. ! appeal to you
in the name OF Jesus Christ Yo'
are caiIcused. don't you hear It BE
hold. he hath hid himself among th'
! stuff" Come out
Oh, Il you spend ycur years IN tn
Silly rounds OF dinners and clubs aut
dances ard operas and ali the insan,
and asinine accessories that SO viii
so-caiied society. you will Ans AZ sAs
/, that you've hidden yourself among Ia
stun. that you've passed up crow
and a kingdom, and ell you've got {
show Il vaincloss stuff that hides COD
| eyes and drowns his voice.
Saul Know His Duty.
! O. men Of business, are you hsre
Mem Of the professions. are 70,
here? Wait a minute Let me ~ pei,