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Show Girl Novelist Flays Her Own Sex For Moral Decay Sr V ,-. s , Mies Bdna Walker Malcoskay, If -year-eld navallst. and Meglttrste Charles A. Oaerwsaer. 4 HVW YORK. Beat. . Hsra's aatn-fort: aatn-fort: maybe the women -ara grolng to the dogs, bat ths men are getting better and better. At least that's what ona of ths leading lead-ing authorities on the subject says. Mne's Kdna Walker Malcwksy. It-yesr-old houthern aocleiy glH. whose book. "The Uebutante." haa mads society so-ciety a lit Us redder around the ests than usual. fcven If Kdna MalrOakey wss only 1. Juat eut of a convent, end Just newly Ereaented to aociely, she certslnly new what waa going on In the flapper flap-per debutahie'a mind and aha came right out and salH It. Ho we wrte to her to sak her what hope aha held out lor us and for our children and grandchildren. And this Is whst Miss Mulcoakey wrote tmrkr "Men are frightened snd worried at ths decay of morals snd In conae-quence conae-quence srs leading a beUr life them-eelves." them-eelves." MIN ITTKR. We took the letter to Maglstrsts Chsrles A. Onerweger, who has presided pre-sided over men s snd women's and children's courts and knows a lot about such things. is H truer" wa aald. "Are men getting belter?" And Judge Oberwager said: "It Is true. Immediately sfTer ths war thers wss notlceabls a great change In the social texture of men. It was due to ths general war ooitdltloiv the service on the battlefield, tha hatred engen- dered sgslnst men snd women of oth-sr oth-sr nsttons. ths sudden diasppearsnce i or every Indication that the Brotherhood Brother-hood of Man would et he supreme. And then thers cams the reaction. The lines were drawn tighter. The number num-ber of crimes wss leasened. Men were sgsln living natural Uvea. ANCIENT MITORV. And we showed him ths letter whers Kdna Malcoskay had written: "Women "Wo-men have, been offering and giving all that thev bad to give whtrh was very much mure then ths men desired. Men. havs begun to think and, thinking, hava become strngely embltteri-d that they hava permitted women to all but destroy ths finest sit beat Ideals In love, courtship and marriage." mar-riage." . And Judge Oberwsger ssld: 'Thst sounds Uk ths reading of an ansient hlaUiiy. Iurtng ths nays of Nero Rome went wild. Morals. decency were Inst sight of snd slavery cgused ths decav. 1 do not blame the women. wo-men. Why hold them re-punalbls for sit that ts bad and not give them credit for all that la good? American womanhood la the f I neat In the world and men ara leading better Uvea be- sause American womm exerclae a power and Influence for good over men." TFtUn LOVt rCNALTY. 'And wa a ho wed him tha letter where Kdna Mslcoskev had written: "ses love Is the death song of a decadent people. Free lovs Is the penalty pen-alty which a woman pays for her loss I of Idealism." I And Judgg Oberwsger ssld: 'Any-! 'Any-! thing that cause decay will cause I death. Kor the wages of sin ts deslh. I Hut Mies Malcoekey la so young snd the spirit of youth aneaks. rather thsn wisdom. Hhe describes conditions i she sees them, snd not ss they exist universally. American women era not1 fres loVs disciples. And A merles n j men ate not In sympathy with It.; Women will not do whst men condemn. con-demn. The moral fiber of our women! la too fine to allow suck aa ugly accuse ac-cuse ion." ALL. MEN RELIGIOUS. And we showed him ths letter where Edna Malcoskey had written: "If men thought prohibition would offer sny protection to ths genersllon to came they would msks svery sacrifice to see It enforced." And Judge Oberwsger said: 'The only sacnMcs thst prohibition requires la that of persons) liberty. But the lew must be enforced. There csn be no question about that. Why not issue is-sue sn appeal to both ssxes to enforce the law." And we showed him the letter where Kdna Malcoikey had written: "All men are Inherently religious. But sermons ser-mons havs failed them, srlencs hasi dismayed them, woman haa broken 1 faith wllh them. 8o they havs evolved a creed uf their own which msy brief- , y be eummed up In the Ooiden Kule snd hava turnsd for relief to bus!-, '".And Judge Oberwsger said: "I fear sn age wholly materialistic, such ss Indicated by thla young woman. An ags larking Idssls will asrve civilisation civilisa-tion but little, hence the eeber Judgment Judg-ment of men will not permit the destruction de-struction of all things that have mads this country glorious." |