Show KILLED kiihl ED the st louis city council has killed the social evil bill recently presented therein by a close vote of 12 Y yeas aas to 11 nays A majority 13 of the whole was necessary to pass the bill mr francis read the following from a louisville paper as expressing his views StLouis has bas been wT wrestling estling with the social evil for several years she tried the regulation system find it failed to arrest the progress of or prostitution tit ution naso week another 1 effort was made by the tho introduction into the city council of an n ordinance to suppress dp press prostitution within the city of st louis the ordinance provides for heavy fines flues to be imposed ased en on keepers of houses house of ill fame assign assignation atlon houses and upon the ordinary perambulating perambulation courte A peculiar feature of f the ordinance di nalice narice is that it is as severe the cut customers omers of the houses of prostitution tit ution as the women A fine of not less than nor more than is 18 imposed on any ny male malo person who shall inhabit eat or sleep i in I 1 n auy any house of pros prostitution titu tion 1 etc the ordinance is a strong one but there are few people who brieve believe belleve that such regulations will be bb en forced st louis louls h has jumped ped from the almost absolu absolute tom freedom of this vice to the most stringent means borits nor for its suppression it will be found that the police force will not interfere with the visits of men to these disreputable resorts and the imposition of fines flues upon the women will bo be ah an affair of only periodical occurrence legislation of this kind has invariably failed to produce any good resul results ti and it is very evident thattie that thal the remedy lies far back of any municipal enactments if there was no food for the rapacious monster lust or 1 if f the supply summered suffered diminution t the 0 nef nefarious arious business of prostitution youlif not flunt flaunt itself so triumphantly before the public case gaie gaze the remedy borwhat for what is termed the social evil i is s ihei therefore prore that which moral thoughtful people endorse nowadays it is li to fence off the destroyer from the household and from al all ali I 1 the early associations of ot the loy boy eoy or girl this is a remedial agent in the hands of every parent in in the land mothers rs whatever their condition in life can guard guird their daughters from the men who would ou ld defnie defile them there are certain quiet avenues to thia the devil can are certain men with whom young women should not associate attentions are flattery but the attentions which lead to the ruin ot 0 tile household can be spurned asi aside ede lae and the devil cheated of his prey the bag are filled wilh with girls who in earlier life came and went froni front heme home as they pleased the victory over the social chelal evil will come when the tradition traditional aj security of the ang aug anglo angio 0 saxon home with its multiform safeguards safe saoe guards is established reestablished re throughout the land |