Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-10-24
NATIONAL PER|LS
THAT CONFRONT US
Described by Or. Wilbur E
Crafts In Hanover Church
Last Night.

As an unofficial prelude 20 the Baltl-
muiv ~snod meeting. which convened
in NeHt Presbyterian Church today,
nr Mllhur y. crafts Of Washington.
surveyed National porils ana Hopes"
last nlKht In an Address at Hanover
Presbyterian Church.
fhlftevn "pvrlla' he pictured as
clouds Ia The national sky. IN groups
vl three In the nrst group he named
dlNofsrA and Increasing Juvenile
pliiue aud Vice. an closely related"
fhp divorce record of cur Protestant
Americans has been long the worst In
ihp world" he declared averaging
uhp divorce o. uveiy ten marriages in
ihe country at large And this year
ih the aosealled wedding month of
June there were fewer marriages and
mure divorces than IN previous wears.
u De- hnl small comfort Ia say Ia en-
rlahhiiun that American women viii.
1901 stand aa much from abusive aud
Hdnltuiuus husbands as women OF
other lands, and that the divorce rec-
uld uf Delaware. Maryland aud the
tNHiflti uf Columbia IN not a. had az
tune uthcra The District has the best
tonNfpaa adopting the Ref0rm Ru-
tNahH diNuve hlll, which is the law
uI CHRIST with divorce only ON
etrlpiulal gruunds IN IN natlonl
parlial there are only Is divorces per
inh.upp net population. while the aver
hHn iur the who'll vountry is igG. aud
thr hlnhpsl naurg O. Nevada. with 65s
MARYLAND has 81 and Delaware ia.
which is lar too many
Tho dvopcs, rcmrdy for this divorce
tNll IH teaching our youth IN school
hhd homie ui tho sacrodncss uf sex, tho
thrtl'cgv of seN (which God Furnishes
murr s.terriN than any ether SIM.
and th1' 'rhvalry 90 sex.
~ 90 thu mcrcase Of juvenile crime
among huys and the less obvious but
more SERIOUS increase of v!ce among
hlrls from respectable homes, we do
noi have "a depend upon alarmist re-
PORTS ~ rplormors. Ask Attorney
itnural naugherty for The facts that
tnH like lrchclis he gave out on
tViuhvr :. The chicago Juvenile
court reports for lts year ending June
au a sllRht falling OF in boy crime, but
g dupided Increase in girl delinquency.
The causes. ~ whose modification we
must nnd cures. are the vicious and
criminal movies. the Jazz music and
dAnUlng. and the so-callcd Soy rides,
which bring woe % girls and thelr
families There is no national society
Than can do for these evils what the
NnlsSaloon League and the ". G. r
have dome for the saloon. The
,hulchea and parents ana teachers ass
turlntluns. hy counties and towns must
uraanlee lu defend he morals 90 theh
own Chldrcu
hluis aud Municipal NlsruIe.
fhe second group of peri Gus cloud.
is iynehlnH, labor riots and municipal
miarule. q u amazing how Americans
after cnacllng the best laws in the
world trust their Enforcement TO the
worst men, and then male matters
WORSE hy taking The law into their
own hands. Labor riots are only
NnehlnR at Wholesale. \ general
railroad strike would be the greatest
huldsun Ol history not one whit mere
fHntlhahle than retail handltry.
The neat group Of petilous clouds
ls sunday prohteering. laaincss and
hypocrisy. and these are very CLOSELY
uhitd Tho longest commandment
u tho ppcaloauo commands real worl
inr siN days. with "a wcil.earued rest oi
ihe dnY iollnwlnE Both ends of IN,
commandment are now grmtly vio
lated Thousands loaf six days on %
un q ioh. aud then demand one dal
uurv lUr subio pleasure.
Hanh'nR brutal sports and broad
tiuih iaNltsFnoss make up the fourtl
Nluun ul pprlluus clouds There &
HiashlHH uf teeth among the hors
fNNe aRuhlprs that ai last the Fedora
hN tu prevent tho mailing az tp
uH the races has passed ths House .
Representatives at Washington I
Nii he Il battle royal Ia the Senat
with tiurlnefs un The inside thl
NWr
n thirteenth eloud. thin hat wide
sNfead. BE- a most surprising conditio
ul civic lfrsspohsiblliy The averag
fiispn saYs let Harding do H. W
NHl nnf national moral victories, d
ihp county ihu state, then the nation
HHd nUN the nations. n seems 20 .
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