Show BOWERMAN ON RESPECT lOR WOMEN Local B Baptist Pastor Elucidates Elucidates I dates Opinions About Mormon rmon Ideals deals SAYS YOUNG MEN ARE VERY FOUL MOUTHED Declares Polygamy Is Now Taught in Utah Hom s. s asKed cd this mornin morning to explain more explicitly what ho lie meant in iz his Ids Than Thanksgiving sq in day a bermon sermon at the union nion services at ut Phillips ps church when bespoke he be spoke of the tho low ideals ideals' in homes and lack Inck Of if e respect for women wo wo- men mell I Iho lit He Rev L. L S. S Bowerman pa pus pas J tar tOI r of Baptist church said that he lie had never u heard Ilear women so carelessly arell h spoken of as when mentioned by br Mormon on young men lie He also o stated that polygamy gamy was n a nack lack Jack ack of respect to 10 women and that th the thi buy low ideals in the wore were evidenced in iii in the Mormon girls who were educated thc iii home home- to marry 11 when young Ou antI and become thin tho mother cr toas to tt as us IS man many nian- children as is the thc Lord would I give Io o them In his address yesterday morning Mr 1 r. r Bowerman said a id One lOnC of our local papers has assigned as as- assi si signed ned as one of the reasons reason of the so so- I called poverty and Ind handicap of or t the tho o Mormon people is tho collection of the tithe o Wo think tho paper p in error in this The true cause is b not iu in reference reference refer refer- ence Once to 01 the tithe but hut the low i ideals eals in ill tho the home lionie and atul tho lack Jack of respect for women When hien asked this morning to state his bis views more specifically which ho lie mentioned in his Thanksgiving hing sermon termon the Hc Rev Mr 1 Bowerman said aid Criticise Mormon Monnon Homes By t fly By Jow Jow ideals in the Ironic horne I hind had reference to tho thie way the tle lie Youn young Mormon Mormon Mor Mor- mon people ure are arc I do not think t they hey arc taught the hi higher her thill things s in life in iu the home This has been proved provell to me nie on ou many occasions ions 1 by Mormon Mornion young mellan men mell an anti and boys loys I never nc have hia-c heard worse talk about women than from the tin mouths of young roun men have hac expressed iu in their then conversation con con- when u i I have havo been within hearin hearing Ulin things s about women that 1 I or any other man who attempts to cIrT carry himself as a gentleman would b be he ashamed to lu repeat What hat they tile sl said tl shocked and grieved rie me mae If the they had hal been taught ht to look upon womankind in tho time true pure light they never nc would have hao allowed themselves to have uttered tittered such foul talk Know No Better I I i have hac c even cu u heard hcan young Mormon boys talk about their girl friends in a anost m most st disgraceful manner seemed to think little of what the they said The They 1 renew no bel bettor better Practically everything c I have learned earned about the Mormons I 1 have gleaned from my 01 observations since residing residing re re- re siding in Utah Ono One can cant can't t help belt but sec if iC he lie pays pars any attention whatever what what- ever e that tho the young oun Mormons arc nrc i ignorant ig of the tho higher Wa way of living It Itis is evident on every hand C God God does docs not Jot pa pass s by t the tho ho sins ius against tho the home and thus thins it is that lint the tho Mormons are arc handicapped in a certain sense Educated in Polygamy Ie Lack Lack of respect for women of which I spoke in ni 01 sermon ermon yesterday is is' vcr very wil apparent iu iii Utah This condition r will exist amon among tho the Mormons aa at Ionas long Ion longas as thc flue aro arc tal taught ht PoI polygamy polygamy- am- am and I 1 think tho thic young people are l bel being edu- edu CI in in I t that hat t crime today torl- r Just fust so long as the Mormons conti continue me to pm-ac- pm tice ice polygamy am and to lo believe c that hat a woman woman is only made niale for the time purpose of getting married and raising as is mans man children possible as ag just so soong 0 ong will tho the lack of re respect for women women prevail ail in Salt Lake and md Utah amon among time tho ho Mormons I I h have o 1 observed cd that time the i idea ea of marriage and raising children is s in instilled instilled in- in stilled into tho the Mormon ormon girls when they ire are vcr very young oun Because of the tho early pori kno o olon along lon these lines received at home marriage is iM is on one of or tIm main mama things s the they think about when their young minds should be LC filled with girl girl- ish thou thoughts of pure pleasure love and ha happiness 11 e Looking to Marriage I I Marriage e occupies their minds minIs to toa toa toa a marked antI and time they look for the time when the tue ceremony ceremony shall shaH be performed per per- formed and amid they see to 0 it that that time comes as quickly as possible Have have lIan they tho been ceu told toM otherwise Xo No emphatic emphatically lly noI noI no I r call raIl i ha having more than one wife lack of re respect for fOl women All 11 high high- minded persons will n agree with me mc too 1 I 1 think hink We Vc ind timid this sort of lack Jack of respect a amongst the Mormons Mor Mor- Jo mons from froni the head hend of tIme the church down I I don don't dont t see sec that it is improving conditions conditions con con- amon among the Mormons to tu o ha 0 a conti continual I preaching i liz about how good goodo OltI wo o ar arc antI amid that is just j what you yon hear preach preached cl from Mormon oI oi-ni oi on pulpits 1 In other other churches an occasional lap 1 on the time knuckles by h- telling u us how bad had wo YO arc are is looked ed upon as ns a good thing and wo we try to improve and l correct the wrOngS wron 1 L came out ont hero here sonic some time ago t o with the time idea that I might do the tho Mormons some good I J cont continue nue to think that I r may many help That Thiat is the rea reason oll I talk 3 as as' I T do rIu and amid preach as itS I T tIc do and I menu ma lust just exactly what r I talk a about out and I believe c just iut exact ex cx- act ly what I preach |