Show LADIES SOLD AT AUCTION on more than une one occasion tho the NEWS has baa felt constrained to speak in terms of gentle criticism concerning the various methods resorted to at A church fairs sociably socia bles etc for ral a I 1 funds in some of our own wards ana and settlements the fashion of the sectarian and fashionable world has bas been fol owed in some instances even surpassed in the ingenuity with which guests and visitors have been coaxed and inveigled and persecuted until almost their lost last cent has been drawn from them we have opposed and still oppose such proceedings proceeding tk and while this reference to the sub subject j act te is not called forth by any lm immediato grievance that hs h s come to our knowledge in this community the papers of the east are aa lu stance that is so flagrant that it can not but be useful as a possible text future use at home it ai appears pears that in a paper representing a methodist methodia center the he following announcement announce meat was published publish eo the epworth league of the methodist episcopal church will hold an auction social at union hall tuesday january 17 forty beautiful ladle ladies 4 will be sold at auction and the gentlemen gentleman who bids the highest will escort each on one of them to partake of a sumptuous repast which will be prepared for the slon sion one of the most enjoyable timis of the season is anticipated can an any respectable lecta ble person roon view le bueb ucb a arc proceeding d is as this it with th favor aso far as we have read the scheme liaa abas been condemned without a single exception As one sharp critic puts it the auction of forty beautiful ladies or er one to Is obnoxious to good taste hurt gal fal to modesty demeaning to woman abood disparaging to methodism and belittling to the epworth league so bo gay eay we aali all and so will wil I 1 say every mod est gt woman every honorable methodist every worthy member of the epworth |