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Show Wo am long way yet frnn any fyn-ernl fyn-ernl ilderionition on the purl of women, Y lull I here hna Urn iiiHii-ietit l.ieriiig of the aliimliiril to givo na (mime. Una thia WoHlQIl's 'M1'n y awnken Hie iliimln t'm . miim-ii lui-a of men? Many I man haa JltiriUtirCl lieeii ennl of inleineriiure hy mvin; hia fww(ill ? """ ,,r,"ig;lit hnine in a alnte of int.ixieatinn. The i-iialom of ilrinking ran riot in the a.iulln rn alntea until the il-'iniiuiiiig rlnaa r ida hustid HA.rti. aB"ku ' "," fr,"lln,i"" ,f, ",ful "T,;,: iim hi Ihn inferior rme Unit mrrotimleil JJU2; them, nml na n n-aiilt they nre now struggling strug-gling to exterminate il, not ami hramh. The men in other purtH nf the rotinlry have liaikeil on uuniuietl while Hie etgniette hahit turn worked ita ilevnatnl ion iikui I lit; hnva from the time tlu y were mil of the rnnlle. l'lidietiirla d they luive m-cn Huir fellow-tueti fellow-tueti go to ih t nu t inn hy Ihe hiin.lr.iN nf thotisamla; linn iwalloweil up in the tiiiunli'iuin. " of nrpluin iiayltitua, reforituitoriea, nliuahoiiaea, priaona, poli.e mnl i riiiiinul eoiiila; tnilliomi evpeti.leil for ihuriliea; the at recta niu.le un-afe for i-itieiia; iriim-a of en-ry ilemription atnnlilv in-ereu.ing in-ereu.ing ; nil llie-e the ilin-d reault of one chum1 inlcmeraiiiv. The en-eroiii en-eroiii hnieiit nf thia evil upon the women of the Inner ihinoa luu given no inmern to the men of higher Mriilu, nlthniigh it hna in. -ant more poverty, pover-ty, iltacusc, wreti h.ilm-ha nml crime, gn aler ih terioration of i hil-ln-n, lieiiv-icr lieiiv-icr tiixca to uni t llicae comlil loiia, it general Inwering in the runnl of ull Hint ahouhl he Hi - pride nf it city. Now thai audi men inn ace Ihe heginning of laxity in the rigid code Hint lu In retiifore gini rmd the wnmnn of their own nodal world, will lliey he iirouaid to realie the ailuntion na it exiata throughout tho i"om-inunilv? i"om-inunilv? It ia u, i aolulioii to pa-a nil or.linanee that women ahull not atnoke lit puhlu- cr Unit they ahall not enter aaloona. A n'inftly tnuat ' be foil ml Hint will mult fur il.i ..r than thia. (iirl- are jn-t na likelv I to inherit xii in us t.-n.l. in ie frnin fatlit rx ua me hnva, hut hith. rtn nn in-tlexihle in-tlexihle pnhlu aititiment haa held these in duik in w.iitun, wlnlo it lull put no 1 1 in i I .- nn men. With the inmplite rhaiige which haa taken plan- in the entire po-aition po-aition of uoiueii, removing the old time re-trunu.i m nil ,ln,, tho i;mation ia not very far olT whi ther thia public M iiinn, nl w tn. lin-ly relnxid ua to women or whether it ahull li.mine m,.ie -ir t in regard re-gard to men. In cither iliac tliia iueatimi will be larg. lv il. I, rinincd bv women thclnaclvca. The vnat IhhI - of women between Hie extreme of .i.i,t,, bctwivn the very highest in the aociiil mile, who do lint cure, nod the v,n loweat, who do not know, are na yet nlnuM wholly iintou.li.il l.v the r, r, lienaible 1 in 1 1 it rt - tin- smoking, drinking nml gambling - lhat have ga,n,, a foothold foot-hold milling these ether two classes. The vast body of in, n ln,, ,.n then) two e.xtretnea up' aimcivly desimtia that women should remain luinffected by these ih tiinrali.ing habits. There in but one way and thnt is l.y eliminating elimi-nating the hiibita themselvii from the whole social l,ilv aa fir as poa-aihle. poa-aihle. Thia cannot be done through the inllitem e .,f i ,, , li .r. 'u-a tho woinen'a a.K-ictiea or the heller clement iimong men tin m-U, s imh-sa nil of these lite aupportnl by vigornu h-gislalion mid n fnric vvlr li , .n n;u-p.-l the exeinlmn nf the laws nfter they are made Ai r ;h,, -. men of the country, na a whole, stun, I ready to sup . , .,. ,. if given the political power which is nn imperative iiteesitv. U'lu-ilier they always will constitute this great moral element the future al mo can tell, but the chances of their doing an would be vastly increased if they were permitted now, while there ia no uncertainty, to help lav the foundation founda-tion fur a higher standard uf public and private morality. iiUJABMllinawaaaaaBnBa'VBaaaaBtaaNBjari |