| Show lye iye LIFE IFE JH tir philadelphia philadelphia pa july loth loth 1883 editor deseret dewrel laews newt baxley axley JB when speaking of the morality of lima his work what I 1 saw in south and north america bays says it is rarely that one walks in any part parl of the city cit during the day or nig night aty without being shocked by sights of indecency immorality and immodesty i disgraceful to the arrogant civilization of the na tion what hs he has said of lima is to a great extent true of this city that many upright andvik and vir men and women exist in this city I 1 do no not deny but I 1 do say that thit they ape are in tho tha inin minority brity and aud unable to check the iner criminal Ms and immoral ss clau that a few thousand hoh hot and upright S deop ah used ui as a covering the wickedness which exists hel bel lr a beyond belief to tear teat teara thin magik muk of respect abUit 1 t J pobo pose to view the mond mono i letter yin nbc g b a ne neath ath Is t he objects torn horn everything having a degrade and brutalize tte the S tl race here flourishes flou floo 4 extent so great that it h ism isa iilo tilt to calve power of the average mind blind t this city la Is full of homec tut longin mills and garn and nearly every one of 0 tle tiffi 4 Is known to the officers ol ct a 1 ik laws for the 1 ol 01 efti efta allty exist upon the blahn but the efforts to check the q evils are only spasmodic M succeeding effort is predecessor in fact passing into a state of na bia bib from which it can Z obi roused by the most dire ekl etl I 1 and visitation of the wrath I 1 almighty A few days bit ago i man remarked glat slat at one ci t american nation boas boss boaster tatt tait superior morality that tia passed and it will vill eie lonh lona ii most corrupt nation of the we cannot check it our iurlano ano enforced soon hoon as aa the shades of bh closed about the city chaa tib the at begins courtesans Courte sans ra N cureses gamblers ramblers gamb lers iera 3 fi V toas fairies and cap cappers pers isol vilo vile dene dens and bromena pr omena t in search bearc h of victims the t ta gambling hells bells concert ha blk beer gardens are lighted up op ti id night made hideous by the a 8 of revelry hauling issuing from fabia thea resorts re sonne forte at street corners are crot young men who pass part ot of time in insulting ladies I 1 young men are not from the i A classes of society alone but u them are to be found manyet higher social strata after bi ing in this pastime Q 1 for tor or at ai they parate separate ee and singly am hsi palus pairs promenade the streets ant adt to entice ladies and young glib I 1 concert halasi hall hali beer garden gardena i v houses devoted to Immor doaa 1 in concert halls will willbe be found I 1 men and women young giri ein boys boss coall all ali drinking beer beeland be erand and i ribald language lan ian gase many of til and women are married mantled ami aal left let t their husbands bus buh ut ot vr fa at home and bare doaa dunn it thase these low resorts for the younger bemben dit dil aw ley gathering vie sith with wita qa t i blk bih ones in the use of profane or obscene gestures in passing along the almli will wui see sea some old grey accost a a young girl and by hitti manners and oily olly tongue indall to accompany him to a neit leighte saloon J and once under the lof loi of liquor her ruin Is a easily shed the gambling houses aa quentel by all classes wealthy gambling away their ur pius plus I 1 fathers the support of their fad clerks their hard bard earned yai mai only a few of the many caw cam cadt are made public fa 6 victims have recourse reco neco urse uree to thel the d tion list divorced men and ya va are plenty grabs graba widows numen of men and women living togi as man and wife but who ilmi liml or er been married thero theno are hunk huni of men who are married and gadi sadi I 1 families but who keep one or women in prostitution hundri married women who have illif W lations with other than thell theil bands there are hundreds f y might safely say thousands incest abounds to a far erdi Is supposed many of the town owe their doff those who by nature ishii ab their protectors the crimel crimes fantl fanti clde elde and have hageal AO alarming proportions proportion ri and w VA men of the hathaway stamp 0 still at large men married marri bip 0 single not only keep purposes of prostitution but re res red rem rew d to worse things that afy more vile and filthy desire of churches we have hired priests and arid prea pres hers to liver ilver hair hain splitting sermons on cau caw trinal points of their MA cre crt more than a of 01 who make a trade of roo rom legions I 1 have not told yoga half the corruption in the city aty why this tirade against the W IA ter day saints tobice tw own awn short comings A aee AW 66 ago igo my w to w jbf reported arted statements statement 3 of geo irvin irvcng 1 of 7 idaho and I 1 was asked it if I 1 I thought though tsuch were the habits of the cormons mormons Mor mons I 1 could not help heip smil ingald there told my interrogator the bauke of their reported interviews and falsehoods about the peo pia pla of utah instead of these enemies persecuting us na they had better lay the axe to the root of evils evil which exist in their own midst J E H |
