The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-12-27
DIX. WEITH TALKS OF CLARA
SMITH AT PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH ON LAST 81 t\DAi


personally in any manner
shortly after the funeral and when
the purportcl Clara Smith diary was
being published had an interview
with Mrs. Ramon. She asked me
whether It would not he possible TO
tolegraph the ministers at Kansas C!ty
to stop the publ cation Of that sensa-
tional matter, stating with tears IN her
eyes, that it was hurtful to girls, that
Il would give them a false conception
Of life and be almost sure 10 lead some
astray. | told Mrs. Hamon that telr-
ed 1t would be impossible to stop the
publication but that ! would try my
hest. Agreeable To this promise
wrote Burris jenkins, editor OF the
Kansas City Post, and received from
him very courteous reply, thanking
me for the interest that l had taken
and stating that the sympathy OF the
enti.e world was with Mrs lianloh'
but that no paper would stop the pub
lication of that diary as it was mat
ter of news.
Il dismissed the matter from my
mind at the time. but about week
ago in d business house in our city
saw Il very attractive girl speaking
across the counter 10 a young man,
and in The course Of the coh|'rso-
ton she handed him great bunch OF
clippings stating that these We're the
clipplngs of the Clara Smith diary,
end all the other news concerning her
which she had read carefully and saved
for him. This reminded me Of my prev
ious conversation with Mrs. Hamon,
and 7 realized that Mrs. lannon's pre-
dictions were true-that girls were
thinking OF these things and feared
sometimes TO their detriment.
This is why am preaching on this
subject tonight
'"It is we'll known fact mat wo-
men condemn their own kind when
guilty Of the crime Of immortality A
woman who has transgressed in this
manner cannot come back, for her
own sex will not receive her. This
makes it almost impossible for fallen
women ever to reform.
Another fact has been observed
that while women almost always con-
denn their own kind, men almost
invariably acquit them.
AN attractive woman tried by a
Jury OF men, is practically assured an
acquit.al.
This is wrong. If women would give
their own kind the hand OF encourage
ment ana lead them back TO clean
aiy ? 1ItterlN
condemn them there would be an op-
portunity for a woman to come back
but as It is nothing but despair and
degradation is their lot.
''E is also unfair when q woman
has been guilty Of crime that she
should be acquitted simply because
she is a woman. There should be equal
opportunity and equal justice ioi
mon and women.
more than that, the double stand
ard of morals between men and wo-
men Is wrong.
"A man ought to 30 as clean as his
wife.
The young man ought to be az
clean as the girl ne hopes 70 marry.
Why should there be one standard
morals for man and another for wo
man2
WHY should a husband demand
,slrity in his wife. while he lives the
life O. a, libertne?
These things are wrong.
The time must come when purity
will he required from both sexes
hit IL will never come as long as
ihese sensational yellow newspapers
publish such detcstlble stuff as that
We have been reading recently about
the Clara smith case.
81 do not refer to all the papers, hui
only to those that We're yellow ant
guilty.
There is another thing that W.
must remember-that our wrong-do
inps hurt others.
THE sins OF the fathers arc visited
upon the children unto the third and
fourth generations.
The young mln or the young wo'
mar who does wrong, inflicts greater
hurt upon the parents more times thar
upon himself or herself.
why will children forget this ant
bring heart breaking sorrow upor
those who love them most dearly?
The father who has ;oiled througl
the days OF his youth and struggled
20 support this boy or girl certainly
deserves some consideration and th'
mother who went down into the very
shadows OF delth 10 give this chill,
being. should deserve the love an,
and contempt from her offspring
These waywerd boys and girl
little know Of the pain and suftcrln.
hey cause their parents whQ sacrl
flccd everything in their behalf
Another thing must be- remembered
-muuduu sympu.hy without jus
basis Is wrong. 1t is preferably prove
80 forgive, but forgiveness without re
pontcnce Is weakness.
"lu he history of David, when h
transgresscd ne was accused by M
prophet. Nathan, In the beautiful
& parable of the man who was robbie,
of his one beautiful eve lamb. David
sitting as king and judge was indig
nant az that wrong and pronounce'
q sentence of death upon the robber, bu
.ihe prophe. pointing the finger o
accusation into the face of the kin
said, Thou art the man.
''navii, instead OF attempting TO jus
tify himself or find reasons or excuse
Tor his cvil conduc., instead of plead
ing physical desires, fol- upon hi
knees in humility before God an
contested his sin. and not until the
did God forgive him for the wrong an
even then David could no. avert IN