BLACKWELL FAMILY
ELIZABETH BLACKWELL

Printed MatterPROSECUTION OF STREET NEWS-
VENDERS.

  At the Mansion House Justice Room yesterday
eleven street newspaper sellers were brought before
the Lord Mayor, M.P., by officers of the City police,
upon a charge of causing an obstruction in the City. --
The City Solicitor (Mr. Homewood Crawford) appeared
for the prosecution. -- Detective-sergeant Outram, of
the City Police, deposed that at a quarter to two o'clock
that afternoon he saw one of the defendants in Bartholomew-
lane selling copies of the Pall Mall Gazette
of that date.  He said "Pall Mall Gazette,"
and the defendant replied, "Yes, sir."   Witness
asked how much, and the defendant answered
threepence.  Witness paid him 3d. for a copy.  He
examined the paper and afterwards told the defendant
that he should take him into custody, and he would
have to go with him to the police station for causing an
obstruction and selling a copy of a paper containing indecent
literature.  The defendant said "All right,"
and witness took him to the station, where he was
charges.  The defendant was in the roadway near the
kerb, and there were several persons collected round
him causing an obstruction on the footway.
Witness produced seventeen copies of the
issue dated the 7th inst., and 33 copies of that
day's.  Replying to the City Solicitor, the witness said
he had not had sufficient time to look at any portion of
the contents of Tuesday's issue, but he had looked at
a portion of that day's -- The City Solicitor, addressing
the Lord Mayor, said -- In this case I have been sent for
to represent the police.  i have not had the opportunity 
of inspecting these papers carefully, but from a
very cursory glance at yesterday's issue it appears to
me that it contains obscene matter which would
render the defendants liable to be charged under Sub-
section 12 of Section 35 of the City Police Act for
selling an obscene publication.  Lord Campbell has
defined obscene publications as works of a nature calculated
to shock the common feelings of decency in
any well-regulated mind, and I venture to submit to
your lordship that there is matter in the Pall Mall
Gazette of such a nature as is calculated to shock the
common feelings of any well-regulated mind.  I forbear
from reading extracts to your lordship because I do not
think they are fit matter to be read in a public
court, but I will draw your attention to paragraphs
in yesterday's issue in which I notice
a form of doctor's certificate and a receipt both of which
are calculated,  I think, to shock the feelings of any
decent mind. -- The Lord Mayor: Well, Mr Crawford,
this of course is a very important matter.  The men
who have been brought here are but in a very minor
degree responsible parties.  The Pall Mall Gazette has
always been considered a highly respectable and well-
conducted journal, and the responsible person is
the editor of that journal.  These men are only agents
in a very minor capacity, and therefore one has
to look at what is the position of the gentleman who
is the real author of it.  That I feel to be a very serious
question, and one which has already -- I know from
what I heard myself and what every one will see in the
reports of the Parliamentary proceedings yesterday --
claimed the attention of the Secretary of State.  I
have no doubt from the answer of the Secretary of
State that he is consulting the law officers of the
Crown upon it.  Under these circumstances I think
that the best course I can take is to remand the
defendants for a week to see what course is
taken by the higher tribunal.  I am disposed to
think myself -- and I speak without any preference
for the Pall Mall Gazette, because it is not a paper I
take in regularly -- I am disposed to think, and in this
I am strengthened by the statement made on Saturday,
that the editor is influenced by high and honourable
views in the course he has taken.  Whether he has
taken a wise course is not for me to discuss.  I have no
doubt he feels very strongly about a very great evil,
and the whole question is one which deserves to be
considered by the higher tribunal.  I shall remand the
defendants  for a week, and I hope by that time some
light will be thrown by those responsible in a
higher degree in regard to this matter.  I shall
allow the defendants bail in their own recognisances
in [?] each. -- The City Solicitor: I would venture to
suggest that this should be accompanied by the condition
that the defendants should undertake not to
sell any more copies.  (The defendants assented to
this.)  I may say at once that for the men I have some
sympathy. because) they might not know what they
were selling, but at the same time I have a public duty
to perform, and in the interests of the City I have felt
it necessary to trouble your lordship. -- The case was
then adjourned for a wee, the defendants being admitted
to bail in their own recognisances in [?]. each,
and they agreed to leave the copies in the possession of
the policy.
  At the Clerkenwell Police-court yesterday

SOCIETY FOR PSYCHICAL RESEARCH.
A GENERAL MEETING of this Society will be held
on Friday, December 7th, 1894, in the Council Chamber,
Westminster Town Hall, Caxton Street, Victoria Street,
London, S.W. The chair will be taken at 8:30 P.M.
The Meeting is open to Members and Associates, who are
at liberty to invite friends. 
EDWARD T BENNETT,
Secretary.
19, Buckingham Street,
Adelphi, W.C.
The following Papers will be read:--
I. A Provisional Account of an Enquiry into Second-sight
in the Highlands.
By Miss X.
II. Experiments in apparent Clairvoyance.
By Miss N. Robertson.
NOTE.
Members and Associates will be admitted on writing
their names at the door.
Persons who do not belong to the Society will be admitted
on the production of an invitation-card, duly filled in with one
or more names, and signed by a Member or Associate.Letters of Emily's
from which contrasts are
madeTHE SAN FRANCISCAN
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TOPICAL TALKS
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BY THE PROFESSOR.
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   I was immensely touched by a pathetic little incident of which I was witness a few days since on Market street. Right opposite a large dry-goods store you may generally see stationed, in fair weather or foul, an old blind man, soliciting alms. Well, the blind man wanted to cross over to the other side of the street. A bright-looking boy was passing by.  He saw old gentleman tottering boy was passing by. He saw the old gentleman tottering across, and proffered the assistance of his arm. How carefully he led him across! how tenderly he guided his vacillating steps! It was a scene full of pathos and poetry, worthy for a painter to reproduce on canvas or a poet to chronicle in verse. The sweet lines of "Somebody's Mother" immediately suggested themselves to me, as the involuntary moisture came welling up into my eyelids. Arrived on the other side, the bright-looking boy held out
his hand. The blind man and his guide held a brief colloquy, the result of which was the former's putting his hand into his pocket, and after considerable fumbling pulling out a dime.
   "Guess he heard about the old lady in the East," suggested a friend to me, "who left eighty thousand dollars in her will to the good little boy who chartered her across the street and was laying for blind men on speculation."
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   Great is the Alta of the Democrats; and mighty its prophet, John P. Irish. Bright, sparkling, spicy, etc., though his editorials may be, Latin is not John P,'s forte. The democratic word-smasher informs us that "editor" in Latin means to eat, and thereanent cracks a somewhat musty and puerile joke. Unfortunately, John P., with all due deference to your classical attainments, "editor" means, in the tongue of the old Romans, either "an eater" or "let him be eaten." We fear your little quip will fall flat. The true interpretation refers either to the
actual condition of an editor—which, judging by our metropolitan specimens, is generally sleek and glossy—or faintly reechoes the voice of many of the public.
   "Ad leones!" was the cry of the Christian-hating Romans in the amphitheater. The modern public, however, is not so fastidious, and would e quite satisfied with a bear, or a tiger, or any savage, bloodthirsty animal, so long as the whole race of editors were bodily eaten up and consumed. It is only the small fry of journalism who have "to scratch around like blazes to get something to eat." You must look up your diction-

dealt his festive tormentor a blow which staggered and sent him reeling against an adjoining restaurant.
   "Wha' for you hit me?  I good man.  You wantee fight?" whined the dazed Caucasian, as he recovered himself.
   "Yes, I wantee fight," was the Celestial's response to the challenge; and with a gesture worthy of "Macbeth" and the ghost of Hamlet's father boiled down into one, he plunged into St. Louis alley and beckoned the white man to follow. The latter, however, concluded that discretion was the better part of valor.
   "'Nother time, John, 'nother time," he hiccoughed out as he slunk away.
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   A short time since we heard a lachrymose appeal coming from a prisoner in the tanks. Calvin I. Pratt, through his attorney, plaintively appealed to a Superior Court judge for permission to be allowed some exercise and a breath of fresh air instead of being immured the long day in a little, noisome, narrow den. Now we have many crying evils in our midst, many things which should be abolished or remedied; but worst of all, perhaps the greatest disgrace and blot upon our city, is the city prison. The first analogy that strikes a stranger on visiting the underground lock-up for prisoners awaiting their trial is its strong resemblance to a collection of wild-beast cages. The wretched prisoners pacing restlessly up and down
behind the bars increase the similarity. And, then, to watch the way in which their food is thrown to them. A lump of greasy fat meat, often tainted from age, in a tin can; a few potatoes, and some stale bread; coffee so vile that the sight and smell is almost sufficient to produce nausea. Such is the meal doled out to those who, remember, have as yet been convicted of no crime, and are therefore regarded by the law as innocent. And, then, the loathsome tanks in which they confine those charged with graver offenses! the air, so stifling and close as almost to produce apoplexy; insufficient ventilation; blankets honey-combed with vermin! What a condition of things in a century and country which considers itself civilized! Why should prisoners as yet unconvicted be tortured by petty humiliations, and deprived of privileges necessary for the preservation of health?
   I am not in favor of mawkish sympathy for the law's offenders; but why treat those who have not yet been proved offenders worse than those who have, worse than brutes, who have societies for their protection? Here is your opportunity, philanthropist whose charity is emblazoned on many a subscription list. Found a society for the prevention of cruelty to prisoners and bettering  their condition, and you will do more practical good than if you founded a dozen hospitals and churches.
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   And talking about a society for the prevention of cruelty to prisoners, could not this be combined with a society for the aid of convicts and discharged prisoners? We believe there is such a one in our midst, though we hear little about its workings and less about its methods. Now in England they have many aid societies of this kind; one, the Royal Society in Aid of Discharged Prisoners, No. 39 Charing Cross, London, will serve as a good example of the workings of others similar. About six weeks before a convict is to be discharged he is asked if he wishes to book for one of the aid societies. Let us suppose he decides for the Royal Society. He is notified in due time that they will receive him. He gratuities are paid over to the society, and he can either have his clothes from the prison or the society. The prisoner is taken from the prison in a cab, and on arriving at the chambers of the society shown into a room, where a substantial breakfast is set before him, consisting of a large plate of ham, and white bread—which seems to fill the men with ecstacy after the 'sawdust' bread they have been used to,—and unlimited coffee. They are called singly into the secretary's room, where they are interviewed by a gentleman of the committee as to their plans and the best way in which the society can help them. They are next taken by a clerk to some upper rooms, well stocked with clothing of all kinds. Those who get their things on leaving the prison are supplied with a suit of clothes, also one cotton shirt, one flannel shirt, with flannel drawers, one pair of socks, and a neck-tie. The suit is only lent; but the other things, the one who received them keeps. The following is the bill for an outfit such as has been mentioned: Tweed suit, 17s. 6d.; two colored Oxford shirts, 4s.; two pairs of stockings, 1s. 8d.; black silk neck-tie, 1s. 3d.; braces, 1s.; serviceable hat, 2s. 9d.; boots, 7s.—total, 1l. 15s. 2d.
   As this man's outfit came to two shillings less than the sum allowed, he took, beside, two pairs of socks and a muffler.
   After being clothed, the man is again taken to the secretary. If he wants employment, he is supplied with a note to certain employers, and sufficient money for his wants till he calls again. But if he is going down the country, he is told what time to be at the station. An agent meets him there, and gives him his railway ticket and a sovereign.
   Now why not adopt similar methods for the redemption of convicts in our state? Why not have agencies established outside the San Quentin and Folsom prisons ready to receive liberated convicts on the instant of their discharge, and so enable these unfortunates to return to the path of honesty and integrity and regain their lost positions? This has been found practicable in England; why should it not be effectual here?THE SAN FRANCISCAN.
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support the common-sense proposition that the city has the right to raise the license. The Board was looking for votes, and, in plain language, was afraid to offend its masters. The reasons that support a high-license policy received no consideration whatever. The Board listened in silence to the arguments of outside advocates, and, without discussion, voted as its masters would have voted, solidly against the measure.
   If the Board had held the matter over for one day till it could have read L. M.'s communication in the Argonaut, that it might realize how weak are the arguments against high license, it might have been induced to consider the matter. L. M. is evidently a prohibitionist with free-liquor tendencies. His arguments are briefly as follows: High license id "confirmation"—whence we are at liberty to draw the conclusion that there should be no license whatever. High license will make the saloons wealthier—"the saloon has the attractions of two—if the lights are brighter, the sin more attractive, correspondingly there will be more flies and moths surrounding them. "High license will oppress the poor." "High
license will debauch the public conscience." High license will "mortgage the city to the devil."
   This is a dreadful picture of affairs. L. M. might at least have spared us the last threat. We are sorry not to be able to answer the arguments of the only writer who has come forward to assault the high-license movement, but there is nothing to answer. If it is going to oppress the poor man to make it a little more difficult for him to get drunk, we can only say that we are in favor of a little more oppression. As for the public conscience and the devil's mortgage, we fail to see how matters could be made worse by raising the license or made any better by taking it off. The experience of Iowa and Kansas and Maine shows that there is no such thing as prohibition possible in the large cities. The number of saloons, the quantity of liquor sold, and the amount of drunkenness show a decided increase under a prohibitory law. The expenses of government in such cities is correspondingly increased, and the whole expense is borne by the law-abiding citizens. If the public conscience is any the less "debauched" by such a state of things, it is not of much value as a test of right and wrong.
   The true object of a high-license policy is to put the expense of maintaining orderly government just where it belongs—on the very class that makes it necessary. The disorderly classes are usually made up of men that get drunk, and being drunk get into trouble. The easiest way of collecting a tax from this class is to place it upon the liquor-seller, who will collect it from his patrons. The question has nothing to do with the morality or the immorality of the liquor traffic. It is merely a practical way of regulating an evil. The high-license men are working in a good cause, and are sure to win in the end. We trust they may not be cast down by a temporary defeat. 
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THE WHITE CROSS.
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   The exposures made by the Pall Mall Gazette, if they have done no other good, have served to awaken the British public to a sense of the corruption existing in its midst, and to arouse good men and women from the lethargy into which they seem to have fallen. A movement is on foot in the British isles which promises to be almost national in its character, and which aims to establish a modern knighthood, gallant and pure as the Round Table Knights. The young men who enlist under the bannner of the new cause pledge themselves to respect the purity of girlhood and womanhood; to hold themselves free from all debasing habits which would unfit them for the society of pure, high-minded woman; to aim at the noblest and truest manner of life; and to oppose their influence to the prevailing curse of immorality which is undermining the domestic happiness of English homes and degrading English manhood. it is to the credit of Great Britian that the new movement is meeting with wise recognition and most hearty indorsement. The Weekly Mail says:
   "Miss Ellice Hopkins made a tremendous impression by her first lecture in the City Hall of Glasgow. The lecture, strange as it may seem from a lady, was for men only; and though beyond a doubt many of the crowd that assembled came to criticise, and perhaps even to sneer, there is every reason to think that they went home to pray. From the first Miss Hopkins captivated her audience; and as she proceeded with her statement and her pleading, the quiet dignity of her speech, the intensity of her earnestness, the heat of her indignation, and the irresistibleness of her appeals, fired them to enthusiasm, and again and again they cheered her to the echo. 'Her father,' she said, 'was blessed with every good thing that wealth and position could give,' but this great national sin had so depressed him that she had 'promised to give up home comforts and every consideration of womanhood, and go forth through the length and breadth of the land' on this mission. She said that 'Mr. Moody, when in England, told an audience of five thousand people that it was impurity even more than intemperance that was eating out the heart of England, and that of this she herself was more and more convinced every day she lived,' and she told the young men they were to blame for it. She horrified her audience by saying that on the streets of London there were no less than eighty thousand fallen women and children—'a supply created by the demand,' she said, bitterly. There were 'two rocks in a man's life,' she said, upon which he must either find refuge or be shattered, 'God and woman; for the man who had lost his faith in woman had lost the power of having faith in God.' 'You have got,' she cried, 'to form a public opinion on the side of right and true manliness. Here you have been at fault, otherwise our hands would not be full, as they are all over England, of poor ruined girls—not corrupt girls, but girls who have been betrayed by the man they love. I pledge you in the name of Christ to cut a fellow who can behave to a woman like that; I pledge you in Christ's name, as you are men and not sneaks, to kick him out of your cricket clubs; I pledge you to bring such a robust public opinion to bear upon him that both in England and Scotland that very common scoundrel may feel that he had better make himself scarce.' 'Be such a man to a weak woman as Jesus Christ was, and you shall find that you can elevate her to any pedestal that you may desire.'
   The "White Cross" movement is likely to have a following in San Francisco. Fathers and mothers of high character and pure morals hesitate to introduce their young sons and daughters to the corruption of general society in our city. They complain, and with reason, that no young person can mingle with the fashionable set which is known as "our best society" and escape contamination. On the other hand, they maintain that there are a sufficient number of young persons in our city, well bred and of pure morals, to create and sustain a society of their own.
   There is no question but that San Francisco society is in a bad way. The courts are in a wrangle over the estate of one millionaire, to whose worldly goods two pseudo widows and the offspring of another lay claim. The nauseating details of the private career of a man high in financial and political circles are still fresh in the mind; and during the last two weeks the third one of our wealthiest and most prominent millionaires has ascended the witness stand, in a southern court, and uttered boasts which would call the blush of shame to the cheek of a courtesan. When our courts are polluted by such scenes, and the only response from the public consists of sympathetic laughter or extenuating smiles, it is time for society to protect itself.[*1880's 
30 April*]

THE STATE OF THE STRAND AND THE HAYMARKET.

    A conference of men and women, representing the refuges, vigilance associations, 
and other agencies, was held yesterday in St. Martin's Vestry Hall,
under the presidency of the Rev. Mr. Kempe, rector of St. James's, to consider
the state of the Strand and the Haymarket at night. The meeting was summoned 
by the Rev. J. F. Kitto and the Rev. Harry Jones, and was influentially 
attended. The Rev. Harry Jones, who took a leading part in the
proceedings, advocated the opening of a night refuge in the immediate neighbourhood, 
to which any girl who might wish to escape from her evil life might
go at any time of the day or night. He specially mentioned Miss Steer's
Bridge of Hope, in Ratcliff-highway, as an illustration of the kind of thing
which was wanted. The discussion which followed was long and animated, the
meeting lasting nearly two hours. A curious account was given of the terrorism
under which the shopkeepers of Regent-street are said to be groaning. If they
move hand or foot against the fallen sisterhood, their business is obstructed,
their windows smashed, and they are, in fact, placed under a bullies'
boycott, which would seem to be much more severe than anything
that prevails in Ireland. The suggestion of the Rev. Harry Jones was
generally approved, but the meeting was very divided as to the
propriety of increasing the powers of the police. It was stated that in the
last month about 100 foreign women and 200 English-speaking women have
been run in and tried at Marlborough-street police-court--that is to say, about
ten women per night. Only two men have been proceeded against for
similar offences. Mr. Thomas, the Rev. Webb Peploe, the Chairman, and Mr.
Mitchell were strongly in favour of sweeping the streets, while Mr. Christian,
of the Midnight Mission, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Coote, Miss Tournier, Mr. Knight,
and Mr. Stead strongly deprecated any plan of operations based on more
harrying of the women by constables. Ultimately it was decided that the
secretary of the National Vigilance Association and of the Central Vigilance
Association take steps to form a local Vigilance Committee for the Strand and
the Haymarket.Clapham - Rev. J. Guiness Rogers, 11 and 7.
Craven Chapel, Foubert's place, Regent street -
Rev. Authur Hall, 11 and 7.
Dalston, Middleton road - Rev. W. Justin Evans,
11 and 6.30.
Falcon square, Aldersgate street - Rev. A. Storrow,
11 and 6.30.
Fetter lane Chapel - Rev. J. Morgan, 11 and 6.30.
Finsbury Chapel, Finsbury circus - Rev. T. Kench,
11 and 6.30.
Finsbury Park Chapel, Seven Sisters road - Rev.
T. Eynon Davies, 11 and6.30.
Fulham Chapel (late Ashburnham), Dawes road,
Walham Green - Rev. G. Colborne, 11; Rev. Dr.
J. Gwynne Jones, 6.30.
 
Bedford Chapel, Bloomsbury - Rev. Stopford A.
Brooke,11 and 7.
Christ Church, Westminster road - Rev. Newman
Hall, 11 and 6.30 ;  Rev. T.Monod, 3.
Edinburgh Castle, Limehouse, E. - Dr. Barnarde,
11 and 7 ; Rev. H. Bright, 3.
Great Assembly Hall, Mile-end road - Mr. W. R.
Lane, 11 and 6.30.
Exeter Hall, Strand - 3.30 (men only) ; 7 (public),
Rev. G. Gregson.
St. James's Hall, Regent street - Mr. S. Golding,
3.30 ; Captain Lowe, 7.
The Theistic Church, Swallow street, Piccadilly - 
Rev. C. Voysey, 11 and 7.
New Christian Church, Argyle square, King's
cross - Rev. John Presland, 11 and 7.

SUNDAY LECTURES.
Positivist Society, Newton Hall, Fetter lane,
E.C. - Mr. Vernon Lushington, on "The Lord's
Prayer,"  8.  61, Fonthill road, Finsbury Park,
N. - Dr. Kaines on "Old Roman Life," 7.
South place Institute, Fiasbury - Mr. F. Sydney
Morris on "The Riddle of the Sphinx," 11.15.
Progressive Association, The Hall, 81, Pentonville
road - "Studies from Tennyson," 7.
Socialist League, Kelmscott House, Upper Mall,
Hammersmith - Mr. Walter Crane, on "The
Architecture of Art," 8.  Royal County House,
West Croydon Station yard - Mr. Paul Campbell,
on "The Claims of Justice," 7.30.
St. Andrew's Hall, Cambridge road, Bethnal green,
E. - Mr. G. C. Lang, on "Charles Kingsley and
Commonplace Christianity," 4:15.
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS AND THE "ECHO." 
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   ON Saturday, the 25th of March, 1893, the Cartmen connected with the distribution department of the Echo held their Annual Dinner Meeting at the "Sovereign" Hotel, St. Martin's Lane, with Mr. HOWARD EVANS in the Chair, when they presented Mr. WM. KENNEDY, the publisher of the paper, with a Handsome Writing Desk as a testimonial of 
their esteem. Various toasts were proposed and replied to. In response to "Prosperity to the Echo," Mr. PASSMORE EDWARDS being present said that from his first connection with the paper he desired to make it independent and unswayed by party or sectarian prejudice. He desired to prove that an evening London Halfpenny Newspaper might be honest, national and cosmopolitan, and at the same time commercially successful. From the moment he took the Echo in hand, he resolved, if possible, to make it succeed on high lines, and he believed he had done so. He had certainly made it commercially successful, and, what was more, he had not pocketed a penny, but devoted the most of his time to it for twenty years, and the whole of the profits he derived from it, and much of the profits of other papers, including the Weekly Times and Echo, The Building News, and The English Mechanic, in providing drinking fountains, public libraries, hospitals, convalescent homes, technical institutions, and village reading and recreation rooms. This was a new, and believed a unique fact in the history of journalism. In the Echo he was realising a long-cherished dream. The dream consisted of producing a paper devoted to the public good, a paper that should treat men, institutions and public questions in the light of general interests, and to morally invest its profits for the benefit of mankind. The Echo belonged to no party in particular, but aimed at regulating all parties for the good of all. Society was many-sided, and must be met and nurtured by many-sided activities. The wants of mankind were always pressing, and fortunate is he, whether he be rich or poor, Jew or Christian, Englishman or Chinaman, who could dispel ignorance, diminish suffering, and increase the sum total of human good. He would illustrate his meaning with an anecdote. Some forty years ago a little, bright, blue-eyed girl in Liverpool, like many a Saturday Hospital Collector in London, asked him to buy a brick, and he was told, in answer to a question, that they were about to build a Temperance Hall in Liverpool, and it was estimated that each brick in the building would cost a penny. He bought six bricks, and was to that extent a shareholder or proprietor of a Liverpool Temperance Hall. He never made a more profitable investment; as it was with that building, so it was with buyers or readers of the Echo. Whoever did so co-operated with him to put bricks into institutions provided to diffuse knowledge, to assuage sorrow, and to brighten human hearts and homes.
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N. B.—For Institutions referred to, see list on other side

INSTITUTIONS 
AND 
THE "ECHO."

ON Saturday, the 25th of March, 
1893, the Cartmen connected with 
the distribution department of the Echo 
held their Annual Dinner Meeting at the 
"Sovereign" Hotel, St. Martin;s Lane, 
with Mr. HOWARD EVANS in the Chair, 
when they presented Mr. WM. KENNEDY, 
the publisher of the paper, with a Handsome 
Writing Desk as a testimonial of 
their esteem. Various toasts were proposed 
and replied to. In response to   
"Prosperity to the Echo," Mr. PASSMORE
EDWARDS being present said that from 
his first connection with the paper he 
desired to make it independent and unswayed 
by party or sectarian prejudice. 
He desired to prove that an evening  
London Halfpenny Newspaper might 
be honest, national and cosmopolitan, 
and at the same time commercially 
successful. From the moment he took 
the Echo in hand, he resolved, if 
possible, to make it succeed on high 
lines, and he believed he had done 
so. He had certainly made it commercially 
successful. From the moment he took 
the Echo in hand, he resolved, if 
possible, to make it succeed on high 
lines, and he believed he had done 
so. He had certainly made it commercially 
successful, and, what was more, 
he had not pocketed a penny, but devoted 
the most of his time to it for 
twenty years, and the whole of the 
profits he derived from it, and much of 
the profits of other papers, including 
the Weekly Times and Echo, The Building 
News, and The English Mechanic, in 
providing drinking fountains. public 
libraries, hospitals, convalescent homes, 
technical institutions, and village reading 
and recreation rooms. This was a 
new, and he believed a unique fact in 
the history of journalism. In the Echo 
he was realising a long-cherished dream. 
The dream consisted of producing a 
paper devoted to the public good, a 
paper that should treat men, institutions 
and public questions in the light of 
general interests, and to morally invest 
its profits for the benefit of mankind. 
The Echo belonged to no party in particular, 
but aimed at regulating all parties 
for the good of all. Society was many-
sided, and must be met and nurtured 
by man-sided activities. The wants 
of mankind were always pressing, and 
fortunate is he, whether he be rich or 
poor, Jew or Christian, Englishman or 
Chinaman, who could dispel ignorance, 
diminish suffering, and increase the sum 
total of human good. He would illustrate 
his meaning with an anecdote.   
Some forty years ago a little, bright, 
blue-eyed girl in Liverpool, like many 
a Saturday Hospital Collector in 
London, asked him to buy a brick, and 
he was told, in answer to a question, 
that they were about to build a Temperance 
Hall in Liverpool, and it was 
estimated that each brick in the building 
would cost a penny. He bought 
six bricks, and was to that extent a 
shareholder or proprietor of a Liverpool 
Temperance Hall. He never made a 
more profitable investment; as it was 
with that building, so it was with 
buyers or readers of the Echo. Whoever 
did so co-operated with him to
put bricks into institutions provided to 
diffuse knowledge, to assuage sorrow, 
and to brighten human hearts and homes. 

N.B.-For Institutions referred to, see list 
on other side.      
 
PASSMORE EDWARDS' 
INSTITUTIONS 
IN 
Cornwall & London. 

THE following is a List of the Institutional 
Buildings erected, in course 
of erection, or about to be immediately 
erected by Mr. PASSMORE 
EDWARDS in Cornwall, his native 
county : -

Literary Institute, Blackwater 
Convalescent Home for the Royal Cornwall 
Infirmary 
Mechanics' and Miners' Institute, St. Agnes 
School and Meeting House, St. Day 
Hospital, Falmouth 
Technical Institution, Chacewater 
Free Library, Camborne 
Free Library, Redruth
Free Library, Falmouth 
Free Library, Truro
Free Library, St. Ives 
Art Gallery, Newlyn, Penzance 
Free Library, Bodmin 
Cottage Hospital, Liskeard 
Free Library, Liskeard
Technical Institution, Helston 
Public Reading Room and Library, Mithian 
County Technical Institute and Art Gallery, 
Truro 
Free Library and Institute, Launceston 

THE following is a List of the Institutional 
Buildings erected, in course 
of erection, or about to be 
erected by Mr. PASSWORD EDWARDS 
in London and Metropolitan 
Districts :-
  
Public Library, Whitechapel 
Public Library, Shoreditch 
Cottage Hospital, Wood Green 
Cottage Hospital, Willesden 
Convalescent Home for Charing Cross Hospital, 
Limpsfield, Surrey 
Caxton Convalescent Home, Limpsfield, 
Surrey 
New Wing to Hospital, West Ham 
Convalescent Home for Workmen's Club and    
Institute Union, Pegwell Bay, Ramsgate 
Home for Little Boys, Swanley 
Cottage Hospital, Tilbury 
Colony for Epileptics, Buckinghamshire
Home for Epileptic Men 
Home for Epileptic Women 
Home for Epileptic Boys 
Home for Epileptic Girls 
Public Library, Shepherd's Bush
Art Gallery and Technical Institute, 
Camberwell 
Educational Hall, connected with Art Gallery 
Public Library, Ninhead 
Public Library, East Dulwich 
Public Library, Hoxton 
Public Library, Edmonton 
Public Library, Tottenham 
Convalescent Home for the Metropolitan 
Hospital, Kent 
Convalescent Home for Friendly Societies 
University Hall Settlement, Tavistock Place, 
Bloomsbury
Convalescent Home for the Blind 
Public Library, St. George's, Southwark 
Drinking Fountains at Victoria Park, Stabridge 
Common, Hackney, and Broadway, 
Hammersmith 

And an offer to build three Public 
Libraries in Islington, if the Ratepayers  
will adopt the Public Libraries Act. 
 
[See other side. 

W. B WHITTINGHAM & Co., Ltd., Printers, 43, 44 & 45, 
Charterhouse Square, London, E.C.SDAY, MARCH 9, 1886 

THE WHITE CROSS LEAGUE 
———
And its Work for the Purity of Women. 
———
How the Morals of Young London Girls Are Vitiated Habitually. 
———
Joseph Cook's Lecture on Some of the Social Hell-gates. 
———————

   The subject of Rev. Joseph Cook's prelude in Tremont Temple yesterday noon was announced as "Low Morals in High Places." Mr. Cook said: In July last there occurred in London, in the revelations published by the Pall Mall Gazette, an explosion under one of the chief hell gates of the world. But the channel of civilization is yet blocked, and perhaps may be for ages to come, by the obstructions which ages have endeavored in vain to remove. Nevertheless the rock is fractured and the time is ripe for more tunnelling and dynamite. The chief mischief is in the satanic element of civilization which subsists upon the rock of law and custom. What has been effected by the agitation connected with the revelations made concerning the vice of London? In the first place a distinguished committee has indorsed the chief charges as substantially true. What does this committee say? It published an opinion in which individuals and classes were skipped, but the general charges were pronounced to be substantially true.
   "We are satisfied," they said "that, taken as a whole, the statements of the Gazette on this question are substantially true."
   Now, what are those statements? Certain classes of journals on both sides of the Atlantic have refused to publish this manifesto of the Mansion House committee, and then when they have done so they have been usually very careful not to connect with it the charges which the manifesto justified. I have before me the original language of the Pall Mall Gazette, and I may say that the committee, whose names I have just given, affirmed the substantial truth of the statement that the unnamable crimes which spring from nameless vice flourish on every side in London unnoticed and unchecked; that crimes of the most ruthless and abominable description is constantly and systematically practiced in London without let or hindrance; that it is a fact that there is in full operation in London a system of which the ruin of young women physically uncorrupt is one of the ordinary incidents; that these young women are mostly of tender age—they should be called children—and that the outrages are constantly perpetrated with almost absolute impunity, the arrangements are made for the buying and selling of victims with incredible facility. Girls are simply snared, trapped, drugged, and the result is that London in certain quarters is a minotaur swallowing of human flesh.
   So much for the justification of the charges.

What Has Been Effected?

   Immense meetings in all the chief cities of the British islands have supported the demand for improved laws. I have no time to deal with this in detail. They began in the provinces. It was the fashion of the London journals to ignore the whole matter, but at last an immense Hyde Park meeting put itself so prominent before the public that the stateliest metropolitan journals were obliged to notice it.
   Again the "age of consent," a legal phrase which I hope you all understand, has been raised by British law from 13 years to 16. Until a girl is of age she cannot manage property. The claim of this platform is that we should put person and property on the same legal level. If you do not know whether that ought to be done, God pity you. I am not going further than the reformers of England and this country are going, but I must ask you to notice that in England, although a girl could not be married without her guardians consent at 18, although she could not dispose of one single farthing of property until 18, the law concerning the government of the person was such that at 13 consent could be given, which would estop the penalties for seduction, which Horace Greeley used to think ought to be punished by death.
   The White Cross Leagues have been organized in great numbers on both sides of the Atlantic. What are the White Cross leagues? They are organizations which have a pledge binding the members in this language.
   I, A. B., promise by the help of God to treat all women with respect, and endeavor to protect them from wrong and degradation; to endeavor to put down all indecent language and coarse jest; to maintain the law of purity as equally binding upon men and women (applause); to endeavor to spread these principles among my companions, and to try to help my younger brothers; and lastly, to use every possible means to fulfill the commandment, 'Keep thyself pure.'
   Who is the father of these leagues? The bishop of Durham, chiefly, assisted by Alice Hopkins, and another to whom Julia Ward Howe has lately written a poem.

One Woman's Doings.

   It is certain that the heart of womanhood has been aroused in England, and is expressing itself in these White Cross leagues, and has there the most emphatic support of men like Bishop Lightfoot. This is the meaning of the White Cross movement. Public opinion has said that there is one law for the man and another for the woman. The sin which is condoned in the man is visited with harsh penalty for the woman. You are pledged together to denounce this wrong. You will endeavor to restore the Christian ideal which makes no difference between the sexes. (Applause.)
   What is the condition of American law on this topic? What is the legal age of consent in the United States? Let me call the roll of our commonwealths, and let them appear here in blushing ranks. The age in Delaware is 7 years. (Hisses.) The age is 10 years in the following States: Alabama, Colorado, Connecticut, Dakota, Florida, Kansas, Maine, Massachusetts, Maryland, Minnesota, Montana, New York, New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Wisconsin.
   I ask, first of all, that the protection ofAre Vitiated Habitually. 

Joseph Cook's Lecture on Some of 
the Social Hell-gates. 

The subject of Rev. Joseph Cook's prelude 
in Tremont Temple yesterday noon was announced 
as "Low Morals in High Places."
Mr. Cook said : In July last there occurred 
in London, in the revelations published by 
the Pall Mall Gazette, an explosion under
one of the chief hell gates of the world. But 
the channel of civilization is yet blocked, 
and perhaps may be for ages to come, by 
the obstructions which ages have endeavored 
in vain to remove. Nevertheless 
the rock is fractured and the time is ripe 
for more tunnelling and dynamite. 
The chief mischief is in the satanic element 
of civilization which subsists upon the rock 
of law and custom. What has been effected 
by the agitation connected with the revelations 
made concerning the vice of London?
In the first place a distinguished committee 
has indorsed the chief charges as 
substantially true. What does this committee 
say? It published an opinion in 
which individuals and classes were skipped, 
but the general charges were pronounced 
to be substantially true. 

"We are satisfied," they said "that, taken 
as a whole, the statements of the Gazette   
on this question are substantially true." 

Now, what were those statements? Certain 
classes of journals on both sides of the 
Atlantic have refused to publish this manifesto 
of the Mansion House committee, and 
then when they have done so they have been 
usually very careful not to connect with it 
the charges which the manifesto justified. 
I have before me here the original language 
of the Pall Mall Gazette, and I may say that 
the committee, whose names I have just 
given, affirmed the substantial truth of 
the statement that the unnamable 
crimes which spring from nameless vice 
flourish on every side in London unnoticed 
and unchecked; that crimes of the most 
ruthless and abominable description is constantly 
and systematically practiced in 
London without let or hindrance; that it is 
a fact that there is in full operation  
in London a system of which 
the ruin of young women physically uncorrupt 
is one of the ordinary incidents; that 
these young women are mostly of tender 
age - they should be called children - and 
that the outrages are constantly perpetrated 
with almost absolute impunity, and arrangements 
are made for the buying and selling 
of victims with incredible facility. Girls 
are simply snared, trapped, drugged, and 
the result is that London in certain quarters 
is a minotaur swallowing of human flesh. 

So much for the justification of the 
charges. 

What Has Been Effected? 

Immense meetings in all the chief cities 
of the British islands have supported the 
demand for improved laws. I have no time 
to deal with this in detail. They began in 
the provinces. It was the fashion of the 
London journals to ignore the whole 
matter, but at last an immense Hyde Park 
meeting put itself so prominent before the 
public that the stateliest metropolitan 
journals were obliged to notice it. 

Again the "age of consent," a legal phrase 
which I hope you all understand, has been 
raised by British law from 13 years to 16.
Until a girl is of age she cannot manage 
property. The claim of this 
platform is that we should put person and 
property on the same legal level. If you 
do not know whether that ought to be done, 
God Pity you. I am not going further than 
the reformers of England, although a girl 
could not be married without her guardians
consent at 18, although she could not  dispose 
of one single farthing of property until 
18, the law concerning the government of the 
person was such that at 13 consent could be 
given, which would estop the penalties for 
seduction, which Horace Greely used to 
think ought to be punished by death. 
The White Cross Leagues have been organized 
in great numbers on both sides of 
the Atlantic. What are the White Cross 
leagues? They are organizations which 
have a pledge binding the members in this
language. 
I, A.B., promise by the help of God to treat 
all women with respect, and endeavor to protect 
them from wrong and degradation; to endeavor 
to put down all indecent language and coarse J st; 
to maintain the law of purity as equally 
binding upon men and women (applause ) ; to endeavor 
to spread these principles among my companions, 
and to try to help my younger brothers; 
and lastly , to use every possible means to fulfil
the commandment, ' keep thyself pure'. 
Who is the father of these leagues? The
bishop of Durham, chiefly, assisted by Alice
Hopkins, and another to whom Julia Ward
Howe has lately written a poem. 

One Woman's Doings. 

Is it certain that the heart of womanhood
has been aroused in England, and is expressing 
itself in these White Cross leagues, 
and has there the most emphatic support of 
men like Bishop Lightfoot. This is 
the meaning of the White Cross 
movement. Public opinion has said 
that there if one law for the man and another 
for the woman. The sin which is 
condoned in the man is visited with harsh
penalty for the woman. You are pledged 
together to denounce this wrong. You will 
endeavor to restore the Christian ideal 
which makes no difference between the 
sexes. (Applause ). 
What is the condition of American law on 
this topic? What is the legal age of consent 
in the United States?  Let me call the 
roll of our commonwealths, and let them
appear here in blushing ranks. The age in 
Delaware is 7 years ( Hisses. ) The 
age is 10 years in the following States: 
Alabama, Colorado, Connecticut, Dakota, 
Florida, Kansas, Maine, Massachusetts, 
Maryland, Minnesota, Mon
tana, New York, New Jersey, 
North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South
Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Wisconsin. 
I ask, first of all, that the protection of 
person be put on a level with that of property. 
(Applause.) The laws on this topic of 
the legal age of consent are great exceptions
to all other laws touching minors. You don't 
allow a penny of property to be controlled 
by a girl under 18 without the consent of her 
guardian and the marriage be legal, but in 
all these States there is such a condition 
of the law as to say to the per
son that our civilization is yet that 
of the dark ages. ( Applause.) 
"There is a man here who hisses," said 
Mr. Cook. " Let him go home and tell his 
countrymen that we want nothing in 
American of the contagions diseases act
(great applause), and that we mean to 
join hands with the friends of genuine reform 
in putting the laws concerning person 
and property on the same level. (Great applause.) 
I ask for such reforms in 
religious and scientific instruction as 
shall favor the White Cross leagues. 
I ask for early marriages, for inexpensive
homes in early married years, for equal
social penalties for men and women. (Applause). 
I ask, lastly, for the execution of 
all the law that is now on the statute 
book. whether it affects men or women, 
and  I ask finally that the gilded saloon and 
brothel, the liquor traffic on the one hand 
and social evil on the other, be attached 
jointly as the two sides of the chief hell 
gate of our time. ( Applause.)
Mr. Cook next took up the theme of religion 
in colleges to determine whether the 
most satisfactory was that of President 
Eliot or President McCosh. Mr.Cook
agreed that there was no state church
in America, but said that we did
have a state religion, not, perhaps, 
of the established, but certainly of the settled 
kind. He said he objected to President 
Eliot's position because he did not 
make a successful classification, semi-sectarian 
and thoroughly sectarian. 
It was not unsectarian, but non-religious, 
and Harvard led the way. The natural
course would be first agnosticism and lastly 
irreligion.and perhaps may be for ages to come, by
the obstructions which ages have endeavored
in vain to remove. Nevertheless
the rock is fractured and the tune is ripe
for more tunnelling and dynamite.
The chief mischief is in the satanic element
of civilization which subsists upon the rock
of law and custom. What has been effected
by the agitation connected with the revelations
made concerning the vice of London?
In the first place a distinguished committee
has indorsed the chief charges as
substantially true. What does this committee
say? It published an opinion in
which individuals and classes were skipped,
but the general charges were pronounced
to be substantially true.

"We are satisfied," they said "that, taken
as a whole, the statements of the Gazette
on this question are substantially true."

Now, what were those statements? Certain
classes of journals on both sides of the
Atlantic have refused to publish this manifesto
of the Mansion House committee, and 
en when they have done so they have been
usually very careful not to connect with it
the charges which the manifesto justified.
I have before me here the original language
of the Pall Mall Gazette, and I may say that
the committee, whose names I have just
given, affirmed the substantial truth of
the statement that the unnameable
crimes which spring from nameless vice
flourish on every side in London unnoticed
and unchecked; that crimes of the most
ruthless and abominable description is constantly
and systematically practiced in
London without let or hindrance; that it is
a fact that there is in full operation
in London a system of which
the ruin of young women physically uncorrupt
is one of the ordinary incidents; that
these young women are mostly of tender
age - they should be called children - and
that the outrages are constantly perpetrated
with almost absolute impunity, and arrangements
are made for the buying and selling
of victims with incredible facility. Girls
are simply snared, trapped, drugged, and
the result is that London in certain quarters
is a minotaur swallowing of human flesh.

So much for the justification of the
charges.

What Has Been Effected?

Immense meetings in all the chief cities
of the British islands have supported the
demand for improved laws. I have no time
to deal with this in detail. They began in
the provinces. It was the fashion of the
London journals to ignore the whole
matter, but at last an immense Hyde Park
meeting put itself so prominent before the
public that the stateliest metropolitan
journals were obliged to notice it.

Again the "age of consent," a legal phase
which I hope you all understand, has been
raised by British law from 13 years to 16.
Until a girl is of age she cannot manage
property. The claim of this
platform is that we should put person and
property on the same legal level. If you
do not know whether that ought to be done.
God pity you. I am not going further than
the reformers of England and this
country are going, but I must ask you
to notice that in England, although a girl
could not be married without her guardians
consent at 18, although she could not dispose
of one single farthing of property until
18, the law concerning the government of the
person was such that at 13 consent could be
given, which would estop the penalties for
seduction, which Horace Greeley used to
think ought to be punished by death.

The White Cross Leagues have been organized
in great numbers on both sides of
the Atlantic. What are the White Cross
leagues? They are organizations which
have a pledge binding the members in this
language.

I, A, B., promise by the help of God to treat
all women with respect, and endeavor to protect
them from wrong and degradation; to endeavor
to put down all indecent language and course [???];
to maintain the law of purity as equally
binding upon men and women (applause); to endeavor
to spread these principles among my companions,
and to try to help my younger brothers;
and lastly, to use every possible means to fulfil
the commandment, 'Keep thyself pure.'

Who is the father of these leagues? The
bishop of Durham, chiefly, assisted by Alice
Hopkins, and another to whom Julia Ward
Howe has lately written a poem.

One Woman's Doings.

It is certain that the heart of womanhood
has been aroused in England, and is expressing
itself in these White Cross leagues,
and has there the most emphatic support of
men like Bishop Lightfoot. This is
the meaning of the White Cross
movement. Public opinion has said
that there is one law for the man and another
for the woman. The sin which is
condoned in the man is visited with harsh
penalty for the woman. You are pledged
together to denounce this wrong. You will
endeavor to restore the Christian ideal
which makes no difference between the
sexes. (Applause).

What is the condition of American law on
this topic? What is the legal age of consent
in the United States? Let me call the
roll of our commonwealths, and let them
appear here in blushing ranks. The age in
Delaware is 7 years. (Hisses.) The
age is 10 years in the following States:
Alabama, Colorado, Connecticut, Dakota,
Florida, Kansas, Maine, Massachusetts,
Maryland, Minnesota, Montana,
New York, New Jersey,
North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South
Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Wisconsin.

I ask, first of all, that the protection of
person he put on a level with that of property.
(Applause.) The laws on this topic of
the legal age of consent are great exceptions
to all other laws touching minors. You don't
allow a penny of property to be controlled
by a girl under 18. A man cannot marry a
girl under 18 without the consent of her
guardian and the marriage be legal, but in
all these States there is such a condition
of the law as to say to the person
that our civilization is yet that
of the dark ages. (Applause.)

"There is a man here who hisses," said
Mr. Cook. "Let him go home and tell his
countrymen that we want nothing in
America of the contagious diseases act
(great applause), and that we mean to
join hands with the friends of genuine reform
in putting the laws concerning person
and property on the same level. (Great applause.)
I ask for such reforms in
religious and scientific instruction as
shall favor the White Cross leagues.
I ask for early marriages, for inexpensive
homes in early married years, for equal
social penalties for men and women. (Applause.)
I ask, lastly, for the execution of
all the law that is now on the statute
book, whether it affects men or women,
and I ask finally that the gilded saloon and
brothel, the liquor traffic on the one hand
and the social evil on the other, be attached
jointly as the two sides of the chief hell
gate of our time. (Applause.)

Mr. Cook next took up the theme of religion
in colleges to determine whether the
most satisfactory was that of President
Eliot or President McCosh. Mr. Cook
agreed that there was no state church
in America, but said that we did
have a state religion, not, perhaps,
of the established, but certainly of the settled
kind. He said he objected to President
Eliot's position because he did not
make a successful classification of colleges,
including them into unsectarian, semisectarian
and thoroughly sectarian. 
It was not unsectarian, but non-religious,
and Harvard led the way. The natural
course would be first agnosticism and lastly
irreligion.DAILY GLOBE—TUESDAY
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ensuing year; President, George R. Rogers; secretary, Benjamin F. Field, Jr.; directors, F. H. Bradlee, George S. Cushing, Thomas K. Cummins, Thomas M. Devens, Benjamin F. Field, George R. Minot, Richard C. Nichols, George R. Rogers, Gorham Rogers William G. Weld, I. G. Whitney.
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COURT CALENDAR.
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Supreme Court for the Commonwealth—Full Bench.

Court comes in at 9:30. Cases in order for Tuesday:
1317—Same vs. same.
1343—Shattuck vs. Rand.
1345—Haley vs. Case et al.
1404—Sherburn vs. Shepard.
1408—Yarrington vs. Robinson et al.
1417—Rich et al. vs. Crandall.
1325—Sanchfield vs. city of Newton.
1416—Faulkner et al vs. Crandall.
1423—Davis vs. England.
1424—England vs. Dearborn.
1429—Kellogg vs. Thompson.
1431—Bates et al. vs. Youngerman et al.
1437—Brooks vs. Bigelow.
1438—Dudley vs. Briggs.
1439—Nash vs. Lathrop.
1445—Abbott, assignee, vs. Shepard et al.
Highest number in order, 1445.
1317 on trial.

Supreme Court—Homes, J.

Equity list. Court comes in at 9,15. Cases in order for Tuesday:
Keith vs. Keith.
Gallagher vs. Clancy.
Gardiner vs. Lynn Institution for Savings.
Commonwealth vs. Lancaster Savings Bank.
Stevens vs. Stevens.
Howe vs. Hale.
Greenwood vs. Baldwin.
White vs. city of Boston.
Abrams vs. Baxter.
Lewis vs. Lewis.
Sutton vs. Lowry.
Walker vs. Walker.
Barry vs. city of Boston.
Hale vs. Hale.

Superior Civil Court—First Session—Blodgett, J. 

Court comes in at 9:30. Cases in order for Tuesday: 
2512—Davis vs. Blaser. 
2884—Jones vs. Goodwillie 
2898—Davenport vs. Luse. 
2906—Boston T.F. Co. vs. Bliss 
2918—Clapp vs. Gale 
2936—Stetson vs. Dickinson. 
1540—Delory vs. Canny. 
2424—Johnson vs. Tuckwell. 
2950—Albertstaum vs. Reagan. 
2982—Murphy vs. Sheekltor. 
2026—Cox vs. Boston & Bingham Steamboat Co. 
2602—Lane vs. Bassett. 
2984—Jackson vs. Boston R.B. &R.Co.
2986—Roach vs. Barton. 
3006—Ballou vs. Hildreth. 
2806—White vs. Faxon. 
1854—Marshall vs. Crane. 
Highest number in order, 3006.
2332 ou trial. 

SECOND SESSION—THOMPSON, J. 

Court comes in at 9:30. Cases in order for Tuesday: 
1935—Abbott vs. Monitor Oil Stove Company. 
2163—Lapointe vs. Middlesex railroad. 
2165—Creevin vs. White. 
2179—Townsend National Bank vs. Folsom. 
2222—Hamilton vs. Old Colony Railroad. .
2237—Stalling vs. Bradshaw.
2826—Lamoreaux vs. Old Colony railroad.
2127—Fowler vs. Brown.
2257—Sproul vs. Folsom.
2265—Crowley vs. Crowley.
2289—Morrill vs. Page.
2293—Gilloway vs. Johnson.
2299—Weil vs. Lowhard.
2311—Prior vs. Elliot. 
861—Jordan vs. McKinney.
1866—Same vs. same.
2031—Wood vs. Bailey.
1853—Wheelock vs. Wolffsohn.
1369—Kelly vs. Niles.
1679—Davis vs. Allen.
1879—Birmingham vs. Eastern railroad.
Highest number in order, 2311.
1935 on trial. 

THIRD SESSION.

   No cases will be tried in the third session at present. Due notice will be given when trial of cases will be resumed.

FOURTH SESSION—BACON, J.

Court comes in at 9.30. Cases in order for Tuesday:
3225—Osgood vs. Metropolitan R. R.
3791—Mann vs. Williams.
3285—Whitmore vs. Clarke.
3742—Murray vs. Nelson Lum. Co.
3743—Same vs. same.
3450—Eaton vs. Boston & Lowell R. R. 
3427—Tewksbury vs. town of Winthrop.
3728—Davenport vs. Hagan.
3423—Simpson vs. Briggs.
3499—Ernst vs. Claflin.
3303—Watson vs. Hawlins.
3500—Ebbs vs. Boston & Providence railroad.
3602—Greubank vs. Raddin.
3735—Richards vs. Hayward.
3312—Driscoll vs. Baldwin.
3445—Moore vs. Speigel.
3449—Harvey vs. Boston & Lowell railroad.
3669—Baird vs. McDonald.
3670—King vs. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company.
3402—Fischel vs. Jackson.
3628—Holmes vs. Holmes.
3718—Coggan vs. Hurley.
3456—Cirriack vs. Merchants' Wollen Co.
3648—Coombs vs. Kent.
3650—Hatch vs. same.
3226—Beisbarth vs. Boston.
3687—Barkley vs. Phoenix Ins. Co.
3242—Carter vs. Duggan.
3734—Lang vs. Burns.
3686—Henry vs. Boston.
3572—Richmond vs. Worcester Electric Light Company.
3255—McDermott vs. Hanscom.
Highest number in order, 3791.
3525 on trial.

Superior Court, Criminal Session—Staples, J.

   Court comes in at 9.30.

Municipal Court.

   Forsaith, J., first session; Hardy, J., second session. Court comes in at 9.30. Cases in order for Tuesday:
5212—Welsh vs. Rennie.
97—Gailison vs. Kimball and tr.
232—Reinstein vs. Hartnett.
365—Morse vs. Cassier.
373—Cardinal vs. Samuels et al.
481—Spofford vs. Sullivan.
535—Kidder vs. Enwright.
537—Donnelly vs. Potter et al.
591—Bean vs. Byron.
605—McGinty vs. McNeil et al.
640—Lancio vs. Haynes.
642—Crible vs. Tuacotte.
668—Dougald vs. Welsh.
689—Adderly vs. N. Y. & N. E. R. R. Company.
695—Potter vs. Towne.
716—Linehan vs. Jones et al.
720—Curry vs. Towie.
722—Tobey vs. Reagan and trustee.
724—Wonson et al. vs. Howes.
733—Studley et al. vs. Wilson et al.
742—Sinnock et al. vs. Cutting.
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Superior Civil Court.

   FIRST SESSION, JUDGE BLODGETT.—Augustus C. Richmond vs. Samuel S. Vinal et al, is an action of tort for the conversion of two hoisting blocks and a long fall, the property of the plaintiff. Defence, a general denial. Verdict for plaintiff for $46.58. G W. Norris for plaintiff; C. W. Bartlett for defendant.
   Augusta A. Badger vs. Edward Whitney, executor, is an action to recover $3000 for services alleged to have been rendered defendant's tutor, Henry Whitney of Cambridge, from 1878 to 1883. The defence alleges that the deceased bequeathed the plaintiff $500 and certain furniture as compensation for her services. Verdict for defendant. S. J. Thomas for plaintiff; Elias Merwin for defendant.
   Caroline R. Dawes vs. Alexander Blaser, an action to recover damages for personal injuries sustained on November 25, 1884. The plaintiff alleges that the defendant, a [?]1439-Nash v. Lathrop. 
1445-Abbott assignee, vs. Shepard et al.
Highest number in order, 1445
1317 on trial. 

Supreme Court-Holmes, J. 
Equity list. Court comes in at 9.15. Cases in order for Tuesday: 
Keith vs. Keithe
Gallagher vs. Claney
Gardiner vs. Lynn Institution for Savings.
Commonwealth vs. Lancaster Savings Bank.
Stevens vs. Stevens.
Howe vs. Hale.
Greenwood vs. Hale.
Greenwood vs. Baldwin.
White vs. city of Boston.
Abrams vs. Baxter.
Lewis vs. Lewis.
Sutton vs. Lowry.
Walker vs. Walker.
Barry vs. city of Boston.
Hale vs. Hale.

Superior Civil Court-First Session-
Blodgett, J. 
Court comes in at 9.30. Cases in order for Tuesday:
2512-Davis vs. Blaser
2884-Jones vs. Goodwillie.
2898-Davenport vs. Luce.
2906-Boston T. F. Co. vs. Bliss.
2918-Clapp vs. Gale.
2936-Russell vs. Boston & Lowell R. R. Co.
2366-Stetson vs. Dickinson.
1540-Delory vs. Canny.
2424-Johnson vs. Tuckwell.
2950-Albertsasm vs. Keagan.
2982-Murphy vs. Sheekletoe.
2026-Cox vs. Boston & Hingham Steamboat Co.
2602-Lane vs. Bassett.
2984-Jackson vs. Boston R. B. & R. Co.
2986-Roach vs. Barton.
3006Ballou vs. Hildreth.
2806-White vs. Faxon.
1854-Marshall vs. Crane.
Highest number in order, 3006. 
2332 ou trial. 

SECOND SESSION-THOMPSON, J. 
Court comes in at 9.30. Cases in order for Tuesday: 
1935-Abbott vs. Monitor Oil Stove Company.
2163-Lapointe vs. Middlesex railroad.
2165-Creevin vs. White.
2170-Townsend National Bank vs. Folsom.
2222-Hamilton vs. Old Colony railroad.
2237-Stalling vs. Bradshaw.
2826-Lamoreaux vs. Old Colony railroad.
2127-Folwer vs. Brown
2257-Sproul vs. Folsom.
2265-Crowley vs. Crowley.
2289-Morrill vs. Page
2293-Gilloway vs. Johnson
2299-Weil vs. Lowhard.
2311-Prior vs. Elliot.
861-Jordan vs. McKinney.
1866-Same vs. same. 
2031-Wood vs. Bailey.
1853-Wheelcok vs. Wolffsohn.
1369-Kelly vs. Niles.
1679-Davis vs. Allen.
1879-Birmingham vs. Eastern railroad.
Highest number in order, 2311.
1935 on trial.

THIRD SESSION
No cases will be tried in the third session at present. Due notice will be given when trial of cases will be resumed.

FOURTH SESSION-BACON, J.
Court comes in at 9.30. Cases in order for Tuesday:
2335-Osgood vs. Metropolitan R.R.
3791-Mann vs. Williams.
3285-Whitmore vs. Clarke.
3742-Murray vs. Nelson Lum. Co.
3743-Same vs. same.
3450-Eaton vs. Boston & Lowell R. R.
3427-Tewksbury vs. town of Winthrop.
3728-Davenport vs. Hagan
3423-Simpson vs. Briggs.
3499-Ernst vs. Claflin.
3303-Watson vs. Hawlins.
3500-Ebbs vs. Boston & Providence railroad.
3602-Greubank vs. Raddin.
3735-Richards vs. Hayward.
3312-Driscoll vs. Baldwin.
3445-Moore vs. Speigel.
3449-Harvey vs. Boston & Lowell railroad.
3669-Baird vs. McDonald.
3670-King vs. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
3402-Fishel vs. Jackson.
3628-Holmes vs. Holmes.
3718-Coggan vs. Hurley.
3456-Cirriack vs. Merchants' Woollen Co.
3648-Coombs vs. Kent.
3650-Hatch vs. same.
3226-Beisbarth vs. Boston.
3687-Barkely vs. Phoenix Ins. Co.
3242-Carter vs. Duggan.
3734-Lang vs. Burns.
3686-Henry vs. Boston.
3572-Richmond vs. Worcester Electric Light Company.
3255-McDermott vs. Hanscom.
Highest number in order, 3791.
3425 on trial.

Superior Court, Criminal Session-Staples, J. 
Court comes in at 9.30.
Municipal Court.
Forsaith J., first session; Hardy. J., second session. Court comes in at 9.30. Cases in order for Tuesday:
5212-Welsh vs. Rennie.
97-Gallison vs. Kimball and tr.
232-Reinstein vs. Hartnett.
365-Morse vs. Cassier.
373-Cardinal vs. Samuels et al.
481-Spotford vs. Sullivan.
535-Kidder vs. Enwright.
537-Donnelly vs. Potter et al.
591-Beau vs. Byron.
605-McGinty vs. McNell et al.
640-Lancio vs. Haynes.
642-Crisbie vs. Tuacotte.
668-Dougald vs. Wetsh.
689-Adderly vs. N.Y. & N.E.R.R. Company.
695-Potter vs. Towne.
716-Lineham vs. Jones et al.
720-Curry vs. Towie
722-Tobey vs. Reagan and trustte.
724-Wouson et al. vs. Howes.
733-Studley et all. vs. Witson et al.
742-Sinnock et al. vs. Cutting.

Superior Civil Court.
First Session, Judge Blodgett.-
Augustus C. Richmond vs. Samuel S. Vinal et al, is an action of tort for the conversion of two hoisting blocks and a long fall, the property of the plaintiff. Defence, a general denial.  Verdict for plaintiff for $46.58. G. W. Norris for plaintif: C.W. Bartlett for defendant. 
Augusta A. Badger vs. Edward Whitney, executor, is an action to recover $3000 for services alleged to have been rendered defendant's tutor, Henry Whitney of Cambridge, from 1878 to 1883. The defence alleges that the deceased bequeathed the plaintiff $500 and certain furniture as compensation for her services. Verdict for defendant. S. J. Thomas for plaintiff; Elias Merwin for defendant. 
Caroline R. Dawes vs. Alexander Blaser, an action to recover damages for personal injuries sustained on November 25, 1884. The plaintiff alleges that the defendant, a baker at No. 2021 Washington street, Boston, allowed water to run over the sidewalk in front of his shop, where it froze, and in consequence of the condition of the sidewalk the plaintiff slipped and fell, sustaining serious injuries. The defence is a general denial. On trial. Nathaniel Ladd for plaintiff, Augustus Russ for defendant. 
SECOND SESSION, JUDGE THOMPSON.-George C. Abbott, assignee, vs. the Monitor Oil Stove Company, an action to recover $5000 alleged to have been paid defendants as a preference, and in violation of the insolvency law, by Joseph L. Greenleaf, an insolvement debtor. The [?] is a general denial. On trial. M. F. Dickinson for plaintiff; E.O. Cooke and Joseph Bennett for defendants. 
FOURTH SESSION, JUDGE BACON.-The case of Annie L. Osgood vs. the Metropolitan Horse Railroad Company, an action to recover $30,000 for personal injuries, was resumed, and is unfinished. M. R. Thomas and R.D. Smith for plaintiff; E.O. Shepard and Gaston & Whitney for defendant.

Superior Criminal Court.
Judge Pitman imposed the following sentences yesterday: Charles Robinson, breaking and entering, two years in the State Reformatory, Charles Murphy, same offence, eighteen months House of Correction;  Jennie Fleming, assault and battery, two years same institution, Michael Doran, assault on his wife, three years in the same institu-To the President and Members of the "Bond 
of Union among Workers for the Common 
Good." 

LADIES, 
     I wish to address you about a body of persons of whom 
you have heard much of late, those who use the Promenade 
of the Empire and Alhambra as places of recreation. Men and 
women whom I trust and love, go there frequently. I have 
heard them say that, after a day of hard work, to sit in a theatre,
in any places they can afford to occupy, is a fatigue; an evening
in the Promenade is a refreshment and delight. If I myself do 
not often go there, that is for lack of strength and not of 
inclination. 
     Of course enjoyment of the Promenade does not give us a 
right to keep it open if it is proved to be, on the whole, an injury
to the public. But the ladies who wished it closed have led
those who do not know the place, to suppose that no one could 
prefer the Promenade to a fixed seat except for some immoral 
reason. The fact that persons whom I love have been, so far, 
wronged, gives me a primâ facie right to be listened to by such a 
society as the Bond of Union.
All places to which the public have access are used by some
men for the purpose of meeting women, and by some women for the
purpose of meeting men. And Music Hall Promenades are also
used for a purpose which I will now explain. I shall, in part of
what I am going to say, speak only of myself individually; because,
though a large number of persons agree essentially in what I am 
about to say, I can say it more freely, if, as to details, I commit no
one but myself. 2

Mrs. Ormiston Chant and I are working for a common end - the 
purification of the sexual relations. We differ as to the best way
to promote that end. The ultimate ideal for us both, I suppose, 
would be :- One man to one woman, for life; absence of excesses; 
and purity in the relation itself. One notion of the way to 
realise this ideal is to enjoin abstinence until people have entered 
into a life-long bond; and then let purity grow up as best it may. 
My notion is: Whatever else we do or fail to do, to purify the
relation itself, first. The purity of the sexual relation depends on 
whether it is a mere physical stimulation, or whether it is the   
normal outcome of some kind of intellectual or spiritual union.  

In the latter condition, passion is really satisfied, and therefore 
tends gradually to rise and desensualise itself; whereas indulgence 
under any other conditions, as it fails to satisfy the whole nature, 
sets up an abnormal physical craving, and leads to excesses. 
For this reason I wish that every union, even the temporary ones 
if they do exist, should be arranged under such conditions that the 
couple shall be provided with something outside themselves in 
which they can be interested in common; for couples who cannot 
care for religion, science or high art, I would provide places full
of such things as they can care for :- (simple music, colour and  
fun), consecrated by the presence of cultured and virtuous persons. 
I regret that men should bargain for women; but if they are to do 
so, I would infinitely rather that the bargain were made in the 
Empire Promenade than in a brothel or a street. 

The right understanding of this point depends on a complicated 
variety of psychological considerations which I cannot enter on 
now, and everyone has a right to an opinion as to the best way of 
rescuing the fallen. But my contention is this: Neither I, nor, so 
far as I know, any friend of mine has ever tried to wean from Mrs. 
Chant's influence any person to whom she was trying to do good; 
whereas she (unless the Press reports of her evidence were much 
falsified) openly avowed that she would drag her "poor fallen 
sisters" into degradation, cold, wet, mud, and starvation, rather

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than that they should be subjected to the influences which I, after 
the most careful study I could give to the subject, judge to be the 
best possible first step upwards for them. Her reason for this she 
has frankly stated :- When her poor fallen sisters are wet, cold, 
hungry, and deprived of the conditions with which I wish to 
surround them. they are more likely to be amenable to her influence 
(rather than such as mine). About which one can only say that 
Torquemada consigned his poor fallen brothers to the flames, rather 
than run the risk of their being under the influence of Protestant 
teachers. 

Mrs. Chant has got her way for the present, and we must 
bide our time. In the meanwhile, what are to be the relations 
between the two parties? We, as I said, have hitherto never tried  
to seduce proselytes from the various so-called Purity Leagues; 
we have simply ignored those leagues. This we can do
no longer; they have invaded the territory which they 
long neglected, and on which others had spent time, money, 
and love; and have ruthlessly ploughed up our garden, without 
showing us the courtesy of even asking us whether we had taken 
all reasonable care to minimize the growth of weeds. And for 
the future there must be between us either true charity, or war. 

"If thy brother repent, forgive him, even unto seventy-times 
seven," but not till he shows signs of repentance. The crime of 
Mrs. Chant and her allies is not the closing of a particular place; 
but that, in riotous wanton ignorance, they try to trample out 
a certain conception of purity which they have not taken the 
trouble to understand. Their repentance must take the form of a 
serious attempt to understand it in future. If they will do so, we 
on our side, will be willing to meet them half way, to help them 
where we can, and, where we differ from them, to believe in the  
sincerity of their motives, and to do as little harm as possible to 
their work. I, in my own person, wish to express sincere 
regret for many harsh things which I have said of them. But if 
they will not accept this active and organic peace, then, believe    
  
  
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me, ladies, the attitude on our side will henceforth be one, not of 
vague tolerance, but of open war; honest war, I hope, which does 
not reckon random misstatements among its weapons; dignified 
war, for I hope we shall not waste our resources on ostentatious 
triumphing about petty successes; but war, stern, relentless, 
and caseless. 

And, for myself, speaking not as a representative of "the 
women of England," but simply as a well-wisher of the Empire 
Promenade, I ask such of you ladies of the Bond of Union as are 
also attached to any form of Purity Crusade, kindly to let me 
know at your earliest convenience whether it is your pleasure to     
have me henceforth as an opponent or an ally. 

MARY BOOLE. 

ASSOCIATION 
FOR THE
Improvement of Public Morals.  
ITS WORK AND OBJECTS 

THE earnest co-operation of all interested in the 
advancement of Purity of Morals is invited. 

There was probably never a period when determined 
endeavors for raising the standard of public morals 
have been felt to be so desirable as at the present. 
There is also an earnest call for unity of action; the 
interest is widespread; the laudable example of past 
workers proves the incentive for others to follow, and 
the desire for improvement is now fast ripening into 
encouraging effort. 

The Association seeks to arouse thinking men and 
women to the urgent necessity for establishing the 
principles of Christian rectitude in place of the prevailing 
artificial and immoral state of society, which 
creates and fosters so much social degradation and
sin. These conditions cannot but be lamentable 
when viewed in connection with the numerous means 
hitherto and still employed for promoting civilization 
and mental improvement generally. 
   

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The young and innocent are constantly exposed to 
great perils in the present state of society. The task 
of warning them in a judicious way, and at the same 
time to lead them into purer paths of safety, is a most 
delicate and difficult one. Yet it is an imperative duty 
which the members humbly seek to perform. Knowing 
the wide and arduous nature of the work, they are 
mindful of the promises of God in His word, and rely 
upon this for help and guidance in removing and 
avoiding evil. 

An equal standard of morals is insisted upon as 
incumbent upon both sexes. 

The exercise of watchful care will be extended to 
the issue of questionable literature, and to places of 
public amusement in order to encourage high moral 
tone and deprecate degrading amusements. 

The circulation of literature calculated to elevate 
public morals will be promoted, and  

By means of Public Meetings, formation of local 
auxiliaries, - London and Provincial - the evils which 
now pervade society will be made known and discussed 
and means suggested for their removal. 

The Association will endeavor to assist such as have 
fallen, with the view to restoration to honourable life. 

The following are among the other special objects 
of this Association.

1. - "The watching of applications for beer and 
spirit licenses, with the view to prevent the increase of 
such licenses in districts already largely provided for.

2. - "The closing of Public-houses on Sundays. 

3. - "The suppression in all cases of the sale of intoxicating 
liquors at places of public amusement.   

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4. - "The suppression of 'Soliciation,' either by 
men or women, and of the congregating of immoral 
characters in the public streets."

5. - "The suppression of indecency in dress at 
public entertainments, especially in the representation 
of male parts by females. 

6. - "Removal of all military restrictions upon the 
marriage of Soldiers."

MEMBERSHIP. 
All persons subscribing one shilling and upwards 
per annum, will be enrolled members of the Association;  
and a subscription of five shillings annually 
will entitle the contributor to a free copy of each of 
the publications of the Association, including  

"THE SENTINEL," 
the organ of the Association, published monthly by
Messrs. Dyer Brothers, 1, Amen Corner, Paternoster 
Row, London.  

Pecuniary contributions towards carrying on the 
work of the Association will be thankfully received by 
either of the Honorary Secretaries.  Association
For The
Improvement of Public Morals.
Offices: [16, Southampton St., Strand, W.C.] 10 [?]
Committee.
Armatage, Mr. G., 65, Hayter Road, Brixton, S.W.
Astley, A. F., Esq., Eton and Harrow Club, S.W.
Backhouse, Mrs. Edward, Ashburne House, Sunderland.
Bewicke, Miss A. E. N., 25, Hereford Square, S.W.
Bradley, J. W., Esq., 31, Hammersmith Road, S.W.
Bradley, Mrs., 31, Hammersmith Road, S.W.
Brookes, Mrs., 25, Trinity Square, Brixton, S.W.
Browne, Walter R., Esq., 38, Belgrave Road, S.W.
Butler, Rev. George, M.A., 348, Park Road, Liverpool.
Butler, Mrs. Josephine E., 348, Park Road, Liverpool.
Collingwood, Rev. C. S., M.A., Southwick Rectory, Sunderland.
Dyer, Mr. Alfred S., 1, Amen Corner, E.C.
Ford, Stephen, Esq., C.E., New Athenaeum, Pall Mall, S.W.
Ford, Mrs., Millstream House, Bermondsey, S.E.
Gillett, George, Esq., 72, Lombard Street, E.C.
Horsley, Rev. J. W., Chaplain, House of Correction Clerkenwell, 
E.C.
Hughes, Rev. H. P., B.A., 11, Clarendon Villas, Peckham
Rye, S.E.
Menzies, John, Esq., Southwark Park Road, S.E.
O'Neill, Rev. A. A., 55, Trinity Square, S.E.
Palmer, Sir Charles J., Bart., Dorney Court, Windsor.
Roberts, Rev. J. H., 85, Strand, W.C.
Stuart, Professor James, M.A., Trinity College, Cambridge.
Swanwick, Miss Anna, 23, Cumberland Terrace, Regent's Park.
Tod, Miss Isabella, Belfast. 
The Most Hon. The Marquis Townshend, Raynham Hall,
Norfolk.
Wheeler, Frederic, Esq., Borstal Road, Rochester.
Wilberforce, The Rev. Canon, The Deanery, Southampton.
Wilson, Rev. Prebendary, Barnsbury Park, N.
Treasurer.
The Marquis Townshend.
Hon. Secretaries, 
Mr. Geo. Armatage, 65, Hayter Rd., Brixton, S.W.
Miss A. E. N. Bewicke, [25, Hereford Square S.W.] 15 [?] Hill Rd. W
Quotations from Eminent Medical Authorities. 

     "Amongst the passions of the future man, which at 
this period (i.e., early manhood) should be strictly restrained, 
is that of physical love; for none wars so completely against 
the principles which have been already laid down as the 
most conducive to long life; no excess so thoroughly lessens
the sum of the vital powers; none so much weakens and 
softens the organs of life; none is more active in hastening
vital consumption; and none so totally prohibits restoration."
-"Hufelands Art of Prolonging Life," translated by 
ERASMUS WILSON, M.D.

     "Many of your patients will ask you about sexual 
intercourse, and expect you to proscribe fornication. I 
would just as soon prescribe theft and lying or anything 
else that God has forbidden. Chastity does no harm to mind 
or body; its discipline is excellent; marriage can be safely 
waited for; and amongst the many nervous and hypocondriacal
patients who have talked to me about fornication, 
I have never heard one say that he was better or happier 
for it.-"Clinical Lectures and Essays," by SIR JAMES 
PAGET, F.R.S.

     "Continence is quite possible and quite compatible 
with health, although, in obedience to a universal law of 
nature, continence becomes very difficult when the body has
become accustomed to incontinence, but even then I believe 
it is neither impossible nor injurious to health.-GEORGE 
COWELL, F.R.C.S.Blackwell Medical Society
of
Rochester, N.Y.
Programme
Modern Methods of Diagnosis
Part 1
1906
Tuberculosis 1906-1907.Regular Meetings 
Second Thursday evening in each month, 
at eight o'clock. 

                JANUARY ELEVENTH
Election of Officers. 
President's Address, 
                     EVELINE P. BALLINTINE, M. D
               Hostess - M. LOUISE HURRELL, M. D.,
                                123 Third St.  

              JANUARY TWENTY-SIXTH 
Special Meeting. 
Gossip about Doctors,               WILLIAM S. ELY, M. D. 
   Lantern Slides.                              By Invitation. 
                                                  EAST HIGH SCHOOL. 

                 FEBRUARY EIGHTH
Diagnostic Value of Examination of Stomach Contents,
                                                   F. HURLBURT WHITE, M.D.
Technique of Gastric Analysis,
                                                   M. MAY ALLEN, M.D.
                                                   LILLIAN ROACH,MD.
Discussion.                               Hostess - M. May Allen, M.D.
                                                       297 Alexander St.

                 FEBRUARY TWENTIETH
Special Meeting.
The Teeth in Relation to Aesthetic Facial Contour,
  Lantern Slides.
          Dr. Herbert A. Pullen, D.D.M.
          Buffalo, N.Y. By invitation.
            East High School

            MARCH EIGHTH
Theory and Method of the Use of Serums in Diagnosis and Disease, 
           Cornelia White Thomas,M.D.

Technique of Sputum Examination,
          M. Louise Hurrell, M.D.

Discussion
         Hostess-Sarah Pierson, M.D.
         Genesee Valley Club.

             APRIL TWELFTH
Pathology of Blood,
                 Louise Westlake, M.D.
Technique of Examination of Blood
                 Sarah Pierson, M.D.
Discussion. 
                Hostess - E.A. Cady Harris, M.D.
                      400 Lake Ave.

           MAY TENTH
Examination of Kidneys, Ureters and Bladder
                Kathleen Buck, M.D.
Technique of New Methods of Urinalysis,
                Charlotte McArthur, M.D.
Discussion.
                Hostess-Ida M. Porter, M.D.
                347 Monroe Ave.

            JUNE FOURTEENTH
ANNUAL MEETING (in accordance with revised Constitution.)
Election of Officers,
President's Address
              Marion Craig Potter, M.D.

               PICNIC

        
Officers
Honorary President,
SARAH R. ADAMSON DOLLEY, M.D.
President,
MARION CRAIG POTTER, M.D.
Vice-President,
EVELYN BALDWIN, M.D.
Secretary,
E. A. CADY HARRIS, M.D.
Treasurer,
HELEN DEWITT JUSTIN, M.D.
Councilors,
SARAH R. ADAMSON DOLLEY, M.D.
EVELINE P. BALLINTINE, M.D.
M. LOUISE HURRELL, M.D.

Special Committees
Obstetrics,  . . HARRIET M. TURNER, M.D.
Surgery, . . CORNELIA WHITE THOMAS, M.D.
New Remedies, SARAH R. ADAMSON DOLLEY, M.D.
Nervous Disorders, EVELINE P. BALLINTINE, M.D.
Skin Disorders, . LETTIE H. WOODRUFF, M.D.
Gynecology, FRANCES HURLBURT WHITE, M.D.

LECTURES TO ADULTS
ON
CHRISTIAN MORALITY.
ADMISSION FREE.
TO MEN ONLY.
Rev. HENRY VARLEY
Will Lecture,
ON MONDAY EVENING, March 19th, 1883.
Music Hall, Hastings.
Rev. C. J. C. NEW will take the Chair at
Eight p.m.Oxford Purity League. 

March, 1883. 

SIR, 

The Committee, considering the vital nature of the present crisis in 
the struggle against vice, are of the opinion that the League will best attain the 
objects for which it was founded by working both individually and collectively 
for the following results : - 

1. The raising of the age of protection for Young Girls from 13 to 18. 
2. The total and immediate repeal of the State Regulation of Vice, contained 
in the Contagious Diseases Acts. 

The Committee are of the opinion that there is need for immediate action 
in these matters, and they earnestly beg all members of the League to assist by 
their prayers and by their personal efforts to maintain the laws of God against 
the attempts now being made to abrogate them. 

The next General Meeting will be held on Tuesday, April 24th, and the 
Committee hope to be able to lay before the League proposals for Addresses 
and Devotional Meetings in connection both with Personal Purity and Social 
Evil. 

We have the honour to be, 
Yours very faithfully, 
GILBERT WHITE.          JOHN STONA. 
HENRY SPENCER.        J. HOLFORD-SCOTT. 
F. SCOTT WEBSTER.    HUGH PRICE HUGHES. Gilbert White Esq.
Leusdon Vicarage
Ashburton
S. Dwon.

ANCHORITES, WELL, KENDAL,
November 27th, 1890.

Mr. Booth's Scheme and the Dome Colonization Society.
  At the last Meeting of the Committee of the Home Colonization
Society, held in the Essex Hall, London, it was agreed that we should
express our congratulations to Mr. William Booth, on the publication of
his Book, "Darkest England--and the Way Out."
  Mr. Booth's scheme, as a whole, is intricate and comprehensive, and
our Society can take no step to develop his proposed "City Colony" or
his "Colony over Seas"; nevertheless we are so completely in harmony
with his English "Farm Colony," that we now propose to our Subscribers
that all gifts and promises made to the Home Colonization Society shall
be given to Mr. Booth to be used exclusively for the establishment of his
English "Farm Colony."
  If there are any Subscribers who disapprove,-- I have to ask that they
shall at once write to me to say that their gifts shall be returned: or if
any believe that it is wiser to continue to propaganda on our own account,
I shall be glad to lay such views before our Committee at an early date.
  I may further state that I have had several interviews with Mr. Booth
during the past eighteen months, and I have the fullest confidence that he
recognizes the truth of every principle which our Society has advocated
during the past five years, and that he is sincerely anxious to give them a
practical trial in his "Farm Colony."
    In a letter which I have just received Mr. Booth says:--
"You may say that if your people make the transfer of funds, that I will bind myself to
"spend them on the lines of Farming as laid down in your book,-- "Poverty and the State."
  I need hardly say that Mr. Booth is a man of great organizing
capacity--that he has a large staff of earnest men and women devoted to the
welfare of the poor, -- and that he is eager to help, within the Home Colony,
men of all religious sects or of no professed religion.  These things mark him,
in my judgment, as probably the best man in England to carry forward to
actual realisation the work for which we have laboured together.
  If all the friends of the Home Colonization Society agree to help Mr.
Booth, we shall be the means of increasing his fund to the extent of four or
five thousand pounds, but the best part of our help is that which we cannot
withhold even if we would, -- which lies in the fact that our Society for
five years has carried on a persistent propaganda in nearly every large town
in England and in every important Newspaper, and this has prepared the way
for the great effort upon which Mr. Booth is now engaged.
  An early reply will oblige.
Yours very truly,
HERBERT V. MILLS,
Hon. Secretary.

IN THE EVENT OF ANY LEGISLATION BEING PROPOSED BY THE GOVERNMENT, 
CONSEQUENT UPON THE DIVISION ON MR. STANSFELD'S MOTION,
DISAPPROVING OF THE COMPULSORY EXAMINATION OF WOMEN, THE
FOLLOWING POINTS (IN ADDITION TO THAT DETERMINED BY THE HOUSE
OF COMMONS) ARE CONSIDERED INDISPENSABLE BY THE CITY OF
LONDON COMMITTEE. THEY ARE SUBMITTED TO OTHER ORGANISATIONS
FOR CONSIDERATION AS A BASIS OF CONCERTED ACTION.

(1).     It is indispensable that there be no covenant made by the State with vice, 
                or the vicious, by any form of license or regulation of prostitution.

Note. Until the C. D. Acts were passed, prostitution was unrecognised by law, 
                unless giving rise to over acts of public indecency or disorder. The
                C. D. Acts, for the first time in the history of English law, recognise 
                prostitution as a regular calling, afforded it licence, and regulated its
                practice. If legislation be resorted to, it should be in the direction of 
                repression, not of regulation.

(2).    That in the event of adequate hospital accommodation and treatment for the
                diseases contemplated by the Acts being provided, it is indispensable 
                 that such accommodation and treatment should be available not only 
                to profligate women, to which class such benefits are now limited, but 
                also to men, virtuous women (artizan's and labourers' wives, to wit) and
                innocent children.

Note.  It is not here that the State is bound to make any special hospital provision 
                for diseases contracted by immoral acts. If so, to be consistent, the State
                ought to provide specially for delirium tremens, ruined gamblers, Etc. But
                 it is contended that if the State makes special provision for the  
                stamping out, or minimising of venereal diseases, it is absurd, as well as
                hypocritical, to pretend that this can be accomplished while only one 
                sex, and one class of that sex, are provided for. No such class legislation 
                would be tolerated, or dreamed of, in relation to Small Pox, or the 
                Contagious Diseases of Animals; hypocrisy or fatuity alone could vindicate
                 the continuance of such laws in reference to the suppression of
                venereal diseases.
                    It is also flagrantly unjust and unrighteous to make beneficial 
                provision for the profligate, which is denied to the innocent and the
                virtuous. It is in evidence that 30 per cent. of patients in Free Lock- 
                Hospitals are poor but innocent victims, yet no provision has been made
                for such by the State, nor for children inheriting disease.

(3)    It is indispensable that there be on compulsory detention of women in 
                hospital2 

which is not equally applied to men. 

NOTE. The equity and reasonableness of this principle must be obvious to the most unreflecting. Men
scatter disease equally with women, Soldiers and sailors have carried these diseases all the world over; and more men than women die of these diseases, according to the Registrar-General's 
returns. Yet men have been excluded from the operation of these inequitable and useless Acts. 
It is not contended here that there should be compulsory detention, and indeed, it is believed that 
voluntary free hospitals will be more successful than those in which compulsion is resorted to; 
but if compulsory detention is deemed necessary, it must be for both sexes. 

(4). It is indispensable that the Centralized Spy Police, independent of the Local 
Authorities and Magistrates, be disbanded, and that the Local Police continue 
to be entrusted with the repression of public disorder and indecency, 
and the suppression of brothels, as they have shown themselves capable of  
doing under the ordinary law when properly administered and supported by 
their superiors, in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Devonport, and other cities and 
towns, both in the subjected and unsubjected districts. 

NOTE. Should additional powers be needed, they would not be objected to if they did not contravene the 
principles laid down as above, and provided the police be subject to local and magisterial 
supervision. 

By order of the City of London Committee for the Repeal of the  
(so-called) Contagious Diseases Acts. 

BENJAMIN SCOTT, } Honorary 
JAMES B. PORTER, } Secretaries.

16, Basinghall Street, London, E.C.B. Scott Esq.

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Social Purity Alliance. 

The co-operation of all classes in the work of the 
Social Purity Alliance is urgently solicited. 

It has been founded for the purpose of giving to 
its members an incentive to exert a purifying influence 
on society, and thus assist in raising our moral tone. 

The consciousness of union in a common work;
the evidence of wide-spread interest in the subject; 
and the example of others, afford this incentive. 

The Alliance seeks to arouse a more open and 
universal condemnation of sexual vice, on the ground 
that it is deeply degrading, and productive of misery, 
destitution, suicide, and many other evils, as well 
as being a breach of Christian law. Adopting the 
principle that those who make the trade profitable 
are not less guilty and degraded than the women 
whom they subject to scorn and odium, the Alliance
calls upon men first to give up an indulgence which 
brings ruin on some women, and assists in keeping 
others in a state of degradation.Membership in this body is invaluable to those 
whose good resolves need strengthening, and to those 
who, though pure in their own conduct, have not the 
courage or the tact to use their influence with others. 
Especially important is it for young men on entering 
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teachers, and ministers are urgently entreated to help 
in the work, and warn those who may come under 
their influence of the dangers besetting the path of 
youth. 

Consciousness of past impurity need not deter 
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he has sincerely repented, and is desirous to atone  
practically, as far as possible, for any wrong that he 
may have done.   

Every additional adhesion is an encouragement; 
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is entirely voluntary. All are invited to aid the 
Alliance by regular subscriptions, however small. 

R. A. BULLEN, Secretary. 

DUPPA'S HILL,CROYDON. 

MEMBERSHIP.-All persons who concur in the said objects are invited 
to inscribe themselves as members of the Alliance. This may be done by 
signing the admission paper with name and address, to which may be added  
business or profession, if any. The form, when signed, should be forwarded 
to REV. R. A. BULLEN. B. A., Secretary, Duppa's Hill, Croydon, from whom
similar forms may be obtained. 

Contributions to defray the working expenses of the Alliance will be 
received by WILLIAM SHAEN, Esq. (Hon. Treasurer), 8, Bedford Row, London, 
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SOCIAL PURITY ALLIANCE. 

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To promote the practical recognition of the principle that the Law of Purity 
is of universal obligation on all men and women alike, and thereby to 
counteract the causes of prostitution. 

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