Fourth Essay
"GIVE, GIVE!"
SOME REMARKS ON PROSTITUTION, AND AN INQUIRY AS TO THE BEST MEANS OF PREVENTING THE SPREAD OF VENEREAL DISEASES.
"The horse-leach hath two daughters, crying, Give, Give!"—Pro. xxx. 15.
I
Many observers point out an increase in loose conduct during the war. In that period there were established large camps of soldiers in lonely places, who were freed from the neighbor's eye: women also were withdrawn in large numbers from the influences of the home. The war lessened restraints and increased temptation.
I will refer to two out of many newspaper cuttings which dwell on the consequent evils:—
WOMEN, WAR, AND MORALS
Mr. Justice Darling's View
Mr. Justice Darling, in a case at the Old Bailey yesterday, said the harm the war had done to the morals of the people of this country was far beyond the material damage.