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Show TIIZ "SOCIAL EVIL.' Hisowhere w. i le i'eura.i. rcvetveel !y telecraph. a brief sysop.-is of the ;e- port given to the public oa tho working work-ing of the laws to regulate tlte "social evil in St. Louts. T.:e rep :.wl deeiarin so, ev:de:i:!y rries t s . c v . im proveoj. ::t in the mnals of that city, as a result of the registration system. How correct that may be we are not ia a position to say t.-e.it tee meagre information roee-lve.;. iiut one thing is very evident, in ail thes efforts to control and direct public morals; a serious mistake is tsaie i-j commencing to deal with the subject. It b evidently pres-juiied itat woman alone is responsible for all the prostitution prosti-tution and its depravity which are such lamentable feat-arcs of modern civilizatiori; and the laws are made ae-cordinglj-, for the penalties are meted out o woman while man is left comparatively com-paratively untouched. The assumption assump-tion is wrong ; and tha legislative action ac-tion based upon it is equally wrong. . 1 |