Show F EDITORIAL SUMMARY 1 1 1 under the head bead of ita A fearful shor show ing a writer in the new york Ke volu tion the womans comans Wo mans mana rights Bg hta organ edited edite d by mrs elizabeth ellzabeth cady stanton I 1 and 11 barken barker arker arken pillsbury Pill abury has recently agven statistics in relation to the social evil as it exists in the city of new york theses statistics are quite busi busl ness like in character showing the number timber of unfortunates engaged in the business of prostitution the causes that induce them to taketo take to their thelt present mode of life the aggregate cost of libidinous pleasures and the results moral and ana physical of this widespread wide spread abomination th the writer says the results of his or or ait herl henl inquiries inq u irles and observations lead to the t he conviction that in new york there are about women who publicly or privately prostitute themselves for hire of this number bember are tife tiye the flie inmates inmates of brothels 2500 are fhe the 0 of houses of assignation 1500 are kept mistresses distresses mi stresses and married and single women fomen who grant favors to male friends or acquaintances not altogether for mercenary considerations of the causes which have led to this mode dof life the following is the classification fi destitution 2625 idleness lofa 1545 1546 1 love of liquor IlI lii treatment of parents and relatives bad company the estimated average weekly earnings of I 1 each of these thede women are ten dollars and the total investment of property rea real I 1 and personal to facilitate this infamous business is set down wn at A very plausible calculation also made to show that af the million of people nev nen Is supposed to contain 7 are continually infected with an abo abominable abominate disease through this infer prostitution and debauchery if one half haf odthe of the above be bp true it is 19 indeed a fearful showing d for one city eity it and that one of of the lead leao leading ing cities Christendom of if it were confined to that city alone and its exis existence tenee tence tolerated it would ber bel enough to damn the nation but every other r large city of the union and of the civilized world will reveal perhaps as large a proportion of the same evil aa as the city of new york york fork 1 here is a picture fo for r tho the contemplation of athe the refigio remigious us teachers teach ei eik eis s of 0 f the th e people the soul of e every ery one a amongst them who is really earnest in his desire to reform and purify his fello fellows s and to prepare them for a life lire to come must be belled filled with unspeakable g grief rief at the tho contemplation n of such a picture ten thousand females daily prostituting themA themselves elves for the lustful gratification of probably twice that nu number m bir of maleff males maies and this carried on from years y ears end to year s end ena among thie tic ric one city who 4 professedly at lit I 1 itt belleve in the commands of him who has placed a special interdict against the commiss lorr loir of j the writer in tho be devolution says that ignorance is the great cause of this immorality and he 01 borshe ol or aishe she endeavors to substantiate his or her mr hypothesis by showing the very small percentage of this class wha who can read ar wate this however can not be urged with much force for even in the higher and well educated ranks of society the most shameless licentiousness is by no means uncommon as is the records of the divorce and criminal courts of the land abundantly show the fact is that immorality and licentiousness are among the characteristics of modern civilized society ill til in iii our own country the rapid increase of wealth and the spread of luxurious an and extravagant habits babits inevitably evit ably intensify such tendencies among the people the people of 0 f utah are ara ara everywhere decried as corrupt and wicked ve e utterly deny deby the imputation we are ready enough to admit that we are no better than we ought to be and not near so good as we might be and as we expects expect to be aej and W we o appreciate the 0 1 efforts occasionally made by ayour our christian friends for our conversion and regeneration we are aret quite satisfied that although some would willingly inaugurate I 1 ln e a crusade having baying in view our ex extermination they nevertheless express a devoue wish for au gur pur spiritual salvation but while appreciating all this we really feel hah hat their soul saving efforts mig might lit nind find f a f far ar more arc promising bising field than utah territory even in the city of lew New newyork tork york one of their own papers L declares to all the world that in that city alone nione prostitutes flourish and to do so it is evident that scores of nou bou thousands sands must be in the constant COM commission mission of one of the vilest iest lest of crimes c sr i now I 1 in ll 11 the who letof utah territory we ye fearlessly venture the assertion that if not 1 ot one house of ill fame can ean eln ein be found unless it been be en re in I 1 n tue the alie interest of our transient tian sien slen t civilization chili za t i 0 n 1 I and a nd we have not nob ort the most remote idea that one of that thab that class clas ban be found besides resides this not a prostitute walks the streets of any of our citie cities 1 s or can be found in the ranks of our people buch such buch being the case and we are at the defiance of the world to refute our statement we would modestly suggest to our friends who are so much concerned on our account to connine confine co their exertions fields of labor where their services are caare feiore loudly called for if our advice is taken and acted upon in that spirit of kindness in which it is offered we should really feel great rea t pleasure in lending lending them a helping hand in the ause cause of reform and would woul d our best to induct our ouk erring brethren of the christian world into the paths of virtue and holiness knowing as we most certainly do that the ways of wisdom are ways of pleasantness and that all her paths are peace the boston transcript pt observes A correspondent suggests the endowment 0 an institution to teach the art of hl oise housekeeping keeping many persons will say it is too late as housekeeping belongs to the lost arts |