The Washington times., 1922-06-18
DISCRETION IS
! VAF TED AWAY
J IN MOONLIGHT
Many Maids Ruined for Life
as Result of First Fiirta-
ton at Beach.
ROADHOUSE EVIL DWINDLES
Watering Places Now Claim
More Victims Than Other
Places, Is Claim.
BY WILLENE TAYLOR,
CosmopoIitan News Service.

Cosmopolitan News Service.
NEW YORK, June 17.-"Young
Rfrls, beware the dangers that the
summer brings, and especially Of
the flirts at the sea shore; keep
out of the country lovers lanes at
night" Col. Margaret Bovill, in
charge of all social service work
of the Salvation Army, warned
today. She is the ranking woman
officer below Commander Evange-
line Booth, who is ill.
"The sea shore offers more
temptations than any other evil
spirits spot" she says.
Discretion Waited Away.
The soft summer moonlight
nights are upon the country. The
night air is balmy and romance
scented, pungent with the smell Of
dew on flowers and grass. The
night invites and youth forgets the
hour and learns to love to the tune
Of the rolling waves along the
beaches or the call of night birds
In lonely lanes.
more cases of wrecked lives
come from 'sparkin' in automobiles
along the country roads than from
any other source" Colonel Bovill
the Salvation Army. Every one,
especially young folks, feel gayer.
freer, more romantic in summer
than in winter, and there are more
opportunities for flirting.
THE dangers of the summer
beach are startling, numerous and
terrifying. Oh, how can we i'm
press the young girls with the dan
ger of flirting? All girls want a
good time and so, dressed in a
conspicuous manner they walk or
'prance' the beaches, inviting in
suits. They make acquaintances by
day and plan rendezvous for the
night. Unsuspecting, innocent girls.
thus become the victims Of strange
men who lead them to their ruin.
Beaches Take Heavy Toll.
More girls are ruined at the
beaches. than anywhere else, 1 would
venture to say. without having any
statistics on the matter" Z.
Colonel Bovill, a woman Of many
SCdIS CApCIlCuCC anu hSi Owl tiC
mother Of a large family, wants the
young girls all over the country to
hear her when she says to them:
Dress modistly-not prudishly.
1T lowers your dignity to flirt.
, Your innocence beguiles you-you
fall victims to your own unwise over
confidence.
Never invite insults from men
through immodesty of any form.
DO not accompany men to
'sparkers paradises' where the cars
are parked in rows and all lights
are turned off.
do not let the intimacy Of
beach make you vulgar.
Seek, always seek womanhood-
pure and true womanhood."
Road Houses Vanishing.
The old roadhouse-that famous
hunting ground of soul pirates-has
virtually gone out of existence with
the coming of prohibition. The
roadhouse, according to Colonel
Bovill, used to hold the record for
ensnaring virtue, but today, II seems
the country lane and the beach have
usurped its place. Whether or not
prohibition has been successful, 1t has
killed the roadhouse and it's vices.
Now Il Is a rare thing to have a girl
brought into the rescue homes for
drunkenness, once very common.
DO not come to the city unless
you already know where you are
going to stay and what you are
going to do. and have money
enough to last for some time"
Colonel Bovill advises girls.
Attractive young girls keep COM
ing to the city, to find no work
waiting them. With no incentive
left to stay good, no money, no
friends, the gutter becomes an easy
goal"
The Salvation Army today Is
working with a more hopeful class
than formerly-doing preventive
work-with the girl who has made
lust one mistake. Colonel Bovill
saws 80 per cent Of the girls who
come into their rescue homes later
become respectable, self supporting
women.
"It makes me stagger to think
of the dangers your girls face every
day now at the beaches-dressing
in the extreme fashions, inviting