| Show SOCIAL PURITY in former years the social pl il had no existence in this city the rigor maintenance of strict morality afi tast was required af of all members af the s mormon cormon church to which nearly all of alv the early settlers belonged proved an C effective remedy for this as wull well ab S most other forms of vice under such auch 4 7 conditions of social purity and inno deace parents did not deem deam it feces i mary to exercise special strictness or in regard to the assof as socia la t t beas of their children and young peo y pie ile mingled together almost without T irea raining supervision i A similar condition of society exists am the present time in many of the towns of the state wace in t smaller ants are all or nearly all mem itera of the mormon church great and the utmost freedom of fc 0 clation among the young and old and there is a notable absence verell ir evail or suspicion and the safeguards would ref result gult from it on the part of de ut parents but such a desirable dolvil agatus cannot be maintained y a mixed population such as is found in this city and is pread S bhore or less rapidly all oer the ta slathe A change in the policy of par ft asto IL and nd others who are charged with ai vare of the yo youngie youn angis gis therefore feces ff ury city within a few years the thial evil has ma made de marked beal headway dwaY Rrell ewed attention is being attracted tt J lust just now by efforts that are bk being ing curtail its growth and rescue its victims it Is s generally that the ranks of fallen receive very few recruits from fa families milles but the assertion hat ha n 1 made recently by persons in a T I 1 en I 1 0 1 1 to express an inte intelligent the subject that such cas cases es upon P lately as ahey pot been as rare ajtai lv were and as it is vitally de that they should be and deplorable truth is that 1 leaven of wickedness is spreading reading ap shaa 40 ova the ci circles r cles within which it used 1 to confined and is affecting famille member of whom is genei ally ewery watfy red to be above suspicion ah son insinuates its ita slimy amsa a into households from which it otga appear to have been effectually eded but human nature is much flu ded ve same everywhere and at best to is c and yielding when the pressure i it la is strong unless it has been fortuned fortl ned by a moral and religious awning ng imparted during youth modem social customs and conditt conditions ons inevitably tend in the direction of social and special effort must be pw forth to counteract the results that atte w likely to flow from them must be erected to hedge in the young and unwary they must be ed from f m mingling with asso who are likely to lead them into att god nd they must be thoroughly in and warned probably the very imet safeguard that innocence can have ta is knowledge of the conse of wickedness and of the and amid pre pretenses cretens tens under which it t victims but coupled with inn and rd warning on these lines OUR usI veness in social matters be maintained that will prevent 7 V betit from coming in contact Ary vy except their own kind 4 V 1 the freedom from restraint which used to characterize the association of young people in this city and that still prevails more or less in many towns in the state should be replaced by more rig rigid ld conditions young men should not be admitted into households where there are young ladles indies unless their reputation is good and well known and inquiry into their habits and associates is always proper on the part of the heads of such households balls and social gatherings of all kinds should be made strictly select in all cases and the reading matter placed within reach of young people should be chosen with great care the priceless value of chasity and the irreparable nature of the loss a young person sustains who yields to temptation should hould be solemnly impressed upon thes the mind of every young person the individual who has sinned should be labored with and won back whenever possible but prevention Is infinitely better than cure |
