A Few Hot Shots.
To the Editor— Dear Sir: Please
permit me the space in your valu­
able paper (or the following:
What is a “ fallen woman” ? A
fallen woman is a woman who has
been degraded by that mean, low,
contemptible wretch unworthily call­
ed mau.
What is a “ fallen man” ? A fallen
man is a disreputable, cowardly cur
who makes a business of ruining
virtuous girls who are cast upon the
world to care for themselves. And
yet this same man can enter society,
with his tine clothes and smooth
tongue, aud pass as a gentleman.
What about the girl? She cannot
step on the street, letaloue in society,
but the huger of shame is pointed
at her; she is shunned while he is
praised; she must sink into oblivion;
no one knows her, her former friends
forsake her, she is an ou trust and
must
seek other acquaintances
Consequently the end is— what? A
house of shame.
What about the mau?
With his
money and line clothing lie needs
no character— he is rapidly rising
in society. Well, at last he cousenls
to leave his fast life and become a
Cbristaio, and the church thinks it
has wou a great victory, no matter
how bad Ins past has beeu, no mat­
ter how many girls he has degraded,
he is welcomed with open arms.
What kind of a reception does the
girl leceive if sho seeks to enter the
church? She is eit ter rejected or
sent to the rescue home or slum
mission. At the home she is still
an outcast; she has no Christiuu
fellowship, no Christians come to
see her, she has very little Christian
eucouragemeut and is invited to vis­
it no Christian home. At the miss­
ion she meets a few Christians who
go ouce in a while to ease their con­
science. She hears singing by a
cracked voice accompanied I v a
wheezy old organ, and listens to a
few remarks by a listless, uninterest­
ing speaker. While the Christiaus
and her destroyer are attending
their fashionable church, eleguutly
furnished, listening to ati eloquent
speaker and the very best music,
she is barred. No wonder she be­
comes disgusted and prechance re­
turns to the old life as a refuge.
A h , bow mauv there are who
would abandon their downward
course if the church would only help
them! The church can raise money
for foreign missions and send missi­
onaries to foreign countries to save
the heathen. But it does not seem
to be able to mnke tbo slightest
effort to save the hundred of fulleu
American girls in our own cities
who would gladly lenve their life of
shame if the church would give them
the opportunity.
liemember, eveiy girl in this
country has loTed ones somewhere
who are just as animus for her well-
fare sr you are for your loved oues.
Be a man! Your dear old mother
loves you still. Think how it will
grieve her if she knew the life you
are leading. Do not disgrace her
name and yours by becoming the
coward of cowardly curs, a fallen
man.
E. C. F.
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