Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-08-20
From Other Viewpoints
As Standards Queeriy Change With Time
Hf ALFRED u. WILLIAMS.

Mor'' and socia! standards change quecrly
ana atatlAi!cs IAN 10 tel! u IN. practical re-
tcHa a We become Older TO glor!fy TN, nust
ana Gecry the present. Let ua see:
i""i"E iichnond as an example and in
stance Forty |ears ago old ladies and gentle
!ne" ""'e talking disparagin-ly and desmond
shSF al IN" decadcnce Of society and morals
Inc most accurate and intimate history OF ans,
I'm" Us IN the novels and plays rittcn in and
OF ;hdt time. The writer's are free 10 d.scrih.
persons and things around them. Judging from
Inc hr!thh nOvc!!sts poets and pIuv,yrigh,s
rom '.u"cii l:!l%i1hctha day 10 Cromwell ana
Iron" Charlie H. to Queen Vic,or!., there were
,""f"eHesS OF speech and manners paruding OF
''ce ana !'cthAc Of intercourse between the
sexes "h!c!I If attempted now would mean ar
rests ~ the police of any BritIs.! or American
community. The British nation ,yould no, fo-
- moment tolerate = ruler yrtn two fam
!i!cs, a. 'Ho6t OF the British kings had during
~" centuries Ia America after tho reyolu.
t.'h "aS an 'p!dein Of atheism, followed NV
intense reaction Free Living tpscoraii:tns OF
virginia adopted the severe discipline ana
i''rS 81 me Mrthodists The old looks OF
common Prayer contain rubric8 forbitldi,,t.
communicating from attendance at race tracks
or on p"".ic bai.a Or ,heators.
'"'f'' -'''e years ago Richmond saloons
"sfe open AL night. II tho prOprictcrs chose.
an" 49, "ay sunday. on Fourteenth street ,vas
. 70" Hi gambling houses. w!dc open, we'll
""'"h ana iF'" IRON Interference or objcc-
b"H as ~" n'at-"ihc". Similar Embellishments
"'fe On Nam street and Broad Street The
"laeh - H"no dealers and players raigh, be
heard q biHr. away at any time Of night The
E' '%aicH dsNrlG;a we're Az Thoroughly rccoe-
i"|"d az any blalhcEh sections in town I;u,
""fn'h WpHtl n't ha"r been allowed on m.
aiFoctt ~ rptt.W.a nov generally worn
'"'hi"H li+"a ard c!Edr"ttca were confined To
'"H IfAiDny class. divorces ware rare and
.H"" .'hH'H lh "h!frerF. Ike Gaze 81 .uuacy In
we i"'ntI. 'Hur. men "iio without uuairua Of
''"H. N'" sprut sunday afternoons drinking
b'.i b" 'h@ bhcE rpomH II burs warned ihcir
.'"''.f 't"ih"i ASSOCIATION w!th EIilB who
t"'hl Ha"''i. TEA" wH.lI bc!ng ncld lingering
"''I'.hy H' tIc outer edges NJ Representative
IunN. "o!a sanctioned thon that
..''' ""if'it w no" and thluHH nov custom.
-iy "N''H nav" r'tg diaErnccful then.
80. b''p' Ncfr at church lar more gcncr-
az ana i'EHIat!y tHHu nOw, wcrc more pune.
.i'.'!F lH re'ipiintncr of religious dut!.4 than
'''./ Nf' "ttH iAr rnloDng abolished ana the
t'""'fF rih".a linden ar rstinc, and duel
''" "hh '"ne .H@ht.ng. tIGH reported In ncwh-
t"l'is Cd. 'Hfftni reWs. bpnirind pld ladlo.
'NN f'' .'iurn i"N - pitltuIIy IT DECADE rc
H ''''tif manners ana tn" ton" Of Foci"ty ana
'i's' 'Ha' "iI.i" nnrn ana c"hrrc Vice ~ sup
F"I ~ iyftHG Drd"r cpvcr. 4ivorccr are
Lf"t.y "n irsrurni marriages ana young
Hn'urt " tps' logs ~ carte permit fatnlIiuri-
'.'s "h#'H ipfmrt!y wDuIh nave meant use az
i'retHutY ~ orr In 8 way" of reaction AZ a
( moment ~ ,rarr}tipn. We have RnIncd "a roinn
i'Fu'f lF l"Hi ir nth"rg. JnhEiDg from paHt
'tF'ft"rre H,th rirn.inr conditions. wc arc
t''Fi GUt fpr an awbfrriEE ami htDuHns for
Ei'N' anI EARNEST efforts for further rrforrna-
/ 't"rr ~Hien. sGnnfr ~ later, wiii succeed. lie
any. 20 Frtm - lee hritrr, generally speaking.
man Herr thr pSoplt ~ "A chhtuty ago il may
he mat our dspcchdaniS OF q century hcnch