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Show X KCt'llOAl'll TO .ML.V. I.-r the early days of Utah's settle-ment, settle-ment, when "Mormon" rule held tway and civilisation la tald to htvo had no lullutnce, In Ihoee tlmeaof "Mormon" barbarltin and lack uf "Ueiilllo" re-fluement, re-fluement, jwoplo never locked their doors at night aud a woman could travel, on foot or In a vehicle, alone at any hour by daylight or In the dark, without tlie slightest danger from man Auy departure from Ihe strict rules of virtue was so rare that a case of uu. chastity w aa a shock to tho w hulo community com-munity that illrred society to He depths aud cajsud greater saduess than a death. The chango that haa como needt tu description from us. It Is ajraotlmes unsafe for a mm tu travel alouu at nlgbl In Hilt Lake or Ogden Olid no w oman ought to be abroad after nightfall night-fall without an escort. We were led to thtwo brief reflections reflec-tions by Ihe following, In thu AorfA -trmncan Hit lea tat January by Oscar Fuy Adams, which elioivaupa stata of allalr lhat la really "a reproach to men" and a disgrace toio called "civil-lullont" "civil-lullont" "Think for a moment what lalinpllel In tlie ulugle fart that In no psrt nflho world I It define! safe tor a woman to goslone after ilsrk, nor, lu many luenll-lies, luenll-lies, by day even. It la not enough to reply that woman inu-l have a trust worthy masculine csoirt because she la llintd, Why ahould alio be tliial.lt Under similar eirrumstauoue a man may fear Hie poraonat violence of an enemy or the loss of hi money ao l a slushies. A woman has to dread man's "wllduo an 1 tbe ehaunea of the dark." In plain word a, ahe fears thst, If unstten lo l,aome man will seek to rob hsr of her honor. And la not this foar of hsrl an arraign miut ofclvlllia'loii lla.lff How much be'ter duos ilrlllsod uiati show above his siasge brother In relation to IhUiuatterf It may bo urged that It la tlufalr lu huld alt man reaiiotislble far tbe lawlesaneaa of a minority! but what la this but to coBfeaa that Iho majority are nim ericas to reetrtlu the mlnorttv, or lo ssylhst Improvemsnt In thla regard la ImiH-asihlef If lu Ihe alcluliv of every largo town In tho United rslutca there lurked a doaen or more llerce wolvoa, thai, after nlghtrall, went Into Hie towu au 1 luiiipieiw.! on such ofthe cllltsus aa Ibsyeuuld secure, wemay wlihoutmiich tlniibt assstt that such a stale of things, w ben onso found to exist, would come to a spe ly termination for every man would feel that tho common aafutyofall demanded tbo eaertlon of Ida strength lu Hiecouteiit with the wild bessts. Hut let It be understood that the honor of erery woman Is endangered when sha goes from place 10 plaoe alons at night, and we accept the ftel as na reproach un our common manhood, but merely fancy tbatall rwiiihcinouti of duty are sutla-llrsl sutla-llrsl It wo provide defrnselcsa women with a rosjionslble male escort." |
