El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-03-25
"CONDEMN NOT LEST YE BE
CONDEMNED" IS NOT OBSOLETE

livery community is occasionally shocked by the reve-
Il laon that engaged in honorable profess
sion holding position Of trust has wandered from the
path Of honesty morality Often the disgrace falls upon
men OF women whom the community had placed every
confidence It has always been So and probably always
VII be until the arrival Of the golden age when SIN IS no
Unfortunately these incidents often have tendency
cast reflection upon the whole profession with which the
guilty persons identified. This altogether wrong, for
wrong doing not confined to any profession bust
ness IN fact calling free from who violate their
trust Il mistake to believe for instance, that because
sometimes lawyer engages IN sharp practices, the legal
profession is filled with crooks. And because minister
Of the gospel every while IS shown to be leading
evil lie II does follow that the majority Of the men
Of the cloth not all that they should be-
Recently two army officers IN this part Of the country
figured in sensational tragedies One stands convicted Of
mansaughier result Of lamentable shooting affair."
the other IS dead because he figured IN love Triangle THIS
is net reflection upon army officers whole, but many
seem to think So
In the theatrical profession another example, there
Is too often inclination the part Of the public to pick
the eigh lights" and hold them up examples Of the
tire profession. The and who get most adver
Using because Of their immortality lack Of propety
often held examples Of the stage and its naughnes
when there thousands Of people in the profession whe
heard Of except models Of decencygood hus
bands and wives and citizens.
There is too much Of tendency among to confuse
the dongs Of few with those Of all to take the actions
Of the exceptions Indicative Of the class.
From this viewpoint has the old mothernaw joke
unranted IN 90 cases out Of 1oo for matter OF TACT
there ten times good mothersnaw than there
ii tempered Nine sonsinaW rise up to bless the
mother Of the they love to who jokes about
her Yet, because occasional domestic difficulty IS
caused by mothernlaor alleged to have been caused
by herthe world still accepts the okestrs standard and
laughs when @motherinlaw" is mentioned.
Because banker ont of 500 proves false to his trust
and gets off with funds have The standard joke about
the banker and his "Trip to Canada" Nobody says
anything about the 500 perfectly honest upright bankers
who get cent Of anyb0dys money. The unusual
lone abscondr gets the notoey and bankers generally be-
come the butt Of the jozesmithl
The story might be continued Indefinitely. Because the
unusual what the public talks about most the unusual
IN every stratum Of society, social business gets the
most prominence and there Is tendency to ese class
for what member Of the class is guilty OF.
It would be well for any inclined to bring any class Of
people into dsrepute Just because two Of their
Der have fallen, to remember that the thing might
have happened nay happen to persons with whom they
are themselves intimately associated No profession and
no business no community lodge, society, church
is free from unpnciped One day another their
sins find them out Then there Scandals often invol
ing others than the guilty
When these scandals the public should dissociate
the guilty from their associates professional business OF
social life. Most wTongdong done IN secret and It Is IN
fan to presume that persons share guilty knowledge
because they were close to the guilty before their
guilt known belong to the class profession
II Is still unfair to drag down any class or society
Of en because corruption, dishonesty immortality has
been revealed among very few Of the number and Is
unfair to crticise on one false step
Sometimes It IS false accusaton-When they have
good points, which, If given the proper credit far ont
weigh all the evil they may have done