The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-13

Wii dhoW Il sixteen -yedr-Oid Sissy
now you hear me! think that 8
fool mother that will allow a sixteen.
year-old sissy to float around town
and joyride and hit the cabarets till
O'Clock IN the morning with a
counterfeit sport with weak jaws and
weaker morals, puffy eyelids, green
vest, pair of spats on---oh, she's
opening the front door and inviting
sin and disgrace to cross her thres-
hold.
II you don't know what kind OF
company your daughter keeps or what
time of night she turns in and hits the
hay. I want to tell you that your
roar when the tongues Of gossip get
busy win sound about as pathetic as
q wheeze on a Jews harp.
And the fool girl who insists on
spooning with every marriageabA
young fellow of her set ought to be
backed into the woodshed and re-
heved Of her over-supply Of affection
with a pair OF slippers laid on across
both hemispheres.
I'd rather that daughter of mine
would kiss a blind hog through a
the thirteenth OF the month than to
change partners three nights a week
with the lights turned out.
It's good deal harder to marry OF.
girl that has been paved over by
every zap in the community than it
u fatten sheep on baled shavings
or pineapple ice. You can't goldbrick
sharp-eyed sutton any easier than
you can fasten a pair Of pajamas on
billy goat. And by Joe. I'd give
more for one good God fearing
pant-patching. sockdarning, bread
making. praying mother in Israel than
I wnr4d a uhnt $r~ fv~I a af
little fr'zzle loaded sissies OF our day,
my friends, and the way they are liv-
ing and how they are going
eousness in business will lead not on
why call we me Lord. Lord and
do not the things which say" in
business?
Wait a. minute! I believe God calls
men to business: believe that right
~ to the success OF that business but
to a tremendous influence upon moral
character in the community. as well
You never can separate your man
hood from your business and when
your divorce your business from re-
ligion God Almighty will divorce him.
self from you.
TOO often business consists in get
ting all you can and keeping out OF
the penftentiary. A northumberland
was asked by friend of mine
How many men have you known
where the pursuit OF wealth. the pas
sion OF riches. has not injured their
character"
And he replied, Not one"
oh. II l don't sell the sensational
me. my competitor will"
And said barber, III don't keep
my shop open on the Sabbath. my
nefEhbef will :.
Jenny Lind. the Swedish nightin-
gale was commanded by the king OF
Sweden to appear in the palace and
sing for the entertainment of visiting
royalty one Sabbath. She refused to
go, saying. II can not"
And when the king commanded her
presence, she refused
state and was driven to her home.
md AZ her liege Lord, commanded
her to come and entertain the visit
ing royalty She arose and said.
Loyalty to Christ.
Il owe my loyalty and my alleg-
lance to q greater and higher and
mightier monarch than thou-Jesus
Christ-and / will not 60"
As President Butler. of Columbia,
said one time in an address, greed for
gain and greed for power seems to
ssss~C 0(Sh oiniAtHe uS u tIic Ola tlfTlS
distinction of right and wrong and
among business men and men at the
bar are found advisers. shrewd and
successful. who are substituting the
penal code for the moral law. Right
and wrong has given way to legal
not legal or Illegal or better yet,
honest law-honest and dishonest, y.
and II we fail in forming those traits
which make for Christian character,
all of our learning. all of our power
is absolutely useless.
Bluntly put. my friends, | think
this: The trouble with America is
the lack of moral principle. New
moral statutes may be needed but
statutes cannot put morals where
morals do not exist.
You cannot raise the standard Of
morals by raising the scale of wages;
you've got to go higher than the pay
envelope to find out the cause OF
vice and OF virtue-and it's in the
hearts Of men and Of women.
tell you men OF Richmond to-
night. the thoughtful business men
all over this land are awakening to
the perils that threaten our cities and
our civilization In the widespread
disregard for the old-time principles
OF integrity. honesty and manhood
and business men everywhere are
recognizing as never before that IL
civic Righteousness prevails. II graft
IN high places Is overthrpwn. il the
great avalanche OF vice that threat
ems our nation is stopped. II the tidal
wave OF tntemperance and dissipa-
ton that threatens the young man
hood of our land and imperiis our
destiny as nation-if these evil
forces are going to be defeated It
will be done by and through the re-
ligton of Jesus Christ. That's the
only religion.
why call We me Lord. Lord and
DO not the things l say" in poll
tics?
am not a partisan. I believe in
the man instead Of the party. AL
though I am Republican. anti-sa-
loon Republican, l vote for a Demo-
crat II he Is better man that the
Republican didn't vote for Will