San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-18

place all over the country for the past
ID years! 1t is true, many arrests
have been made, many fines assessed,
and many sent TO so-called houses of
correction; but what good did it do
| the nation as whole, or the commun-
| tiles in which these crusades took
place: The answer is everywhere
on the streets, in the parks, in auto
mobiles, on lonely roads and, worst of
| all, in every neighbOrhood. Do you
really know VINO your neighbors are
today? Or do you guess" they are
| lit company Tor your family and your
| self! Are social diseases on a very
marked decline: On a decline, yes
but only because OF Il greater number
of skilled physicians, and Il better
knowledge by them OF these diseases,
and not because of vice cru Sades.
" mere is the man or woman, who is
| clean minded, and who wants TO see
| the world male better, whO is not
I against immortality in any form; yet.
Who is the man or woman who - zig
/ enough TO de st.Oy vice and let vir,ue
! relsn! L have an answer. and f.Om q
| wide experience III this Nticld Of WORK
| all over the country. 1t is the only
real answer 10 this problem that has
grayed the hair Of mankind for cen
turtles; the people themselves; eGc1
and every individual. First OF all, the
parents. (The poor mothers and
| fathers always come in for a snare 81
| troubie.l IL the parents would tea ch
their children TO believe in God, first,
then make home a place of sunshine
and happiness, aEl lnculcate frank
and open compan.onsh with their
| ahslI-ny Nfhora would ha nAnI f,f
secret "petting part. =" U have
worse name for thea.l no need for
secret meetings on street corners and
in alleys, and the first step would be
made toward destroying vice; and.
see life as l have seen it, and you
will know that 80 $40 of all crime
| is in some way connected with vice,
in some form or other.
The greatest trouble with reform
ers, is they have huge family skele-
1 ton in their closet, kept muffled by
an air of dignity. and shocked morals,
and pry into other peoples affairs,
exposing them in the press, and in
all, stirring up lot of dirt. instead
of cleaning it up, let it lay scattered
about in the minds of the public.
There will be no need for laws for
| bidding marriage between imbeciles
and other unfit people if the lawmak-
ers will begin TO clean up by first
| finding clean place TO put the
human derelicts they pick up. See
that these girls are treated as You
expect your mother to be treated. and
not rs if she were some poison-bear-
ing animal, and the girl will begin
to see that the world is good place
TO live straight in. and not a place
| to be bounded to death in.
If / were to erect monument, 10
the greatest and most tortured mar
tyrs in the world for all time, I'd
erect one to the heavens for the I'M
| fortunate little ladies who are selling
| their souls for food and existence,
and who would be the first to suffer
| under the lash of law that would
compel them to submit to an examin-
alton before they could marry. there
by closing the gate to their last and
only chance to come back"
Much as / would like to live TO see
the world free Of social diseases" and
crippled babes, l am glad the bill liz
troduced in the House at Austin
was not made into a law, and hope
to see the day when vice crusaders
will turn their attentions to their
own homes first, and then to helping
these hapless offenders of society
| moral laws to regain the little hap
piness that may be left Of life for
'Ae C. B. BROOK.