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how it could be abolished by knowledge and education and by opposing local conditions. She concluded by pointing out with; convincing power what was the realinward meaning of the brothel | system in its degradation, ex- ploitation, and slavery of woman- hood.

At the close of the meeting the following resolution was put, and carried unanimously; “That this meeting. believing that the existence of brothels always involves the degradation and exploitation of women, calls upon the Government to abolish ́all known brothels within the area: of its administation."

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A PURITY CAMPAIGN.

SOME SINGAPORE MEETINGS.

than 54 societies and she could claim to represent the views of the Royal Commission. When they formed that Commission they did her the honour to elect her one of their

W&S

speakers.

that it

THE EX-KAISER.

BECOMING GRADUALLY

DESERTED.

remark. it is said. was made be

at

His

London, January 27.-William Commenting upon the evil Hobenzollern, the former German

said speaker Justice for women. That is the

Emperor, has grown very surly coly natural that the and rarely speaks a word to his the plea which Mrs. Dixon is placing before the public of Singa- women's movement had risen in men servants and guards, accord- Justing to the Mail's correspondent at pore in

with the antagonisin against it. connection

exactly as men drove out slavery Amerongen. His latest recorded Purity Campaign.

For over two years the Singa-some years ago, they as wornen.

a few days ago, when pore Social Service Committee has were absolutely determined that

that his "time been regularly meeting and dis- the evil should cease and it should said cussing local conditions in the 50 the same way as slavery, the Amerongen was nearly up,

wife, on the other hand, maintains hope of doing something to im- other evil had gone. prove the conditions of life in with the trade and she would ask an interest in the welfare of the Mrs, Dixon then went on to deal a cheerful disposition and shows Singapore, and stimulating a them to keep in their minds the people living near higher tone of public opinion in re- gard to social questions. The Re-motto or axiom familiar to all of where she is living.

them necessity knows no law." | The correspondent says port of the Royal Commission on If the demand were to cease so

The former Emperor is being Veneral Diseases and the wide would the suppise and the trade gradually deserted by every one, spread movement throughout the world to remedy the evil natural-would cease to-morrow. As to the he receives practically no visitors. ly attracted the attention of the supply one of the chief causes she and his formerly voluminous

the castle

Committee and they have be attributed it was 10 neglected correspondence has become very

carefully studying the question homes, secondly to poverty and small." in the light of the experience of and thirdly seduction and deser- tion, a common cause in every other places and of the circum-t-

She knew ances of the town. They decid-country in the world.

the reason for the trade flourish. ed to inaugurate a Purity Campaign" and invited Ming out here. Women were sold Dixon, a skilled lecturer on soci-like cattle.

It was absolutely

al questions to come down from true. Woman were much weaker India to help in the Campaign.

At 9 p.m. on March 11 a crowd- ed meeting was held for men, at which the Rev. Mr. Cross presidad. the subject being "The Scourge, the idea to bring home to the iner of Singapore the grave national and world-danger of reneral dis eases and to bring Singapore into line, if possible with the rest of

the world.

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women.

ANOTHER MEETIÑO,

of

A WINTER AILMENT. »

THE TIME WHEN RHEUMATISM

BETURNS.

their system. Damp or cold days excite the old trouble and make existence miserable.

There are almost as many ways of treating rheumatism as there are doctors. Most of these treat- ments are directed only at the symptoms, and are reckoned good enough if they relieve the pain and stiffness for a time, but they fail to get at the cause of the trouble, and so the rheumatism! returns after exposure to damp oz cold..

and more helpless than men and that was the reason the supply was so successful in the East. She knew hundreds

This is the season when stiff- of these She had visited 1ness in the joints, and sharp brothels and she had never me: twinges of pain in the muscles of one single Woman who was the arms, legs or back, give warn- happy. be but the

She might pretend to ing to many people that rheom. atism has not been dispelled from was not happy. Must they really put up with that evil? Was it a necessary evil or was it also perhaps a superstition. The Chairman said that he hadThey should make all brotheis been asked to take the chair on illegal. If the strangers living that occasion. They were met un-here did not like the idea let them der the auspices of the Singapore leave the place if they could not Social Service Committee that conform to the standard of had done work for two or three righteous living in Singapore. years at least trying to gather The meeting closed with a vote information and to devise a policy of thanks to the chair. whereby united they might, as a community, elevate their city life, and for the higher expression of A well-attended meeting their citizenship. He might say representative women of Singas that the purpose of that campaign pore was held at the Victoria was in the first place one of Theatre at 10,30 am on March protest. The reports of all com-

11. The chair was taken by Mrs petent authorities were agreed in J. M. Sime, who made a few the desire to draw their attention introductory remarks, and then to the great danger that lurked called on Dr. G. B. Serle to speak The most direct treatment for in what they call the Scourge, on the medical aspect of the rheumatism is Dr. Williams' pink and it had two definite as- Social Evil. Mrs Sime then pills, because they enrich the pects: it was physical and called upon Mrs Dixon, who is blood, making it pure and red. moral As to venereal disease an expert in these matters, and By this method the system is there was a far greater dangerrepresents the views of many strengthened, the poisons are dis- | attacking them and that was societies in England, to addresspelled, and the patient is for less venereal thoughts, which went the meeting.

likely to suffer from further Mrs. Dixon took for her subject attacks. deep down into a nation's life. It had been circulated that theirs the Double Moral Standard," For men and women alike. Dr. was a limited-appeal. They were defining it "as "the idea that Williams' pink pills for pale conscious of that limitation, but women must, while men cannot people are a valuable tonic and they must make a beginning be expected to control their phy-health builder. They are sold by somewhere and that campaign |sical impulses." Having shewn dealers everywhere, also was only the beginning. Surely the resultant evils and con- bottle for $1.50, six for $8, by the it was for the English speaking vineed the audience of the Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., 96 people to begin at their own doors iniquity of the double moral Szechuen Road, Shanghai. The He hoped one of the results would standard, she proceeded to suy price includes postage. be to rouse other sections of the

great community in which they

lived to combat the evil common

to all and it was their duty to

fight it...

Mr. Makepeace,

who was accorded a very hearty reception, said that it was his duty to lay before the meeting that night some very unpleasant facts, and by laying those facts, he hoped to impress on their minds that the scourge was one of the great- est evils that existed. It was true not for this city alone, not for London alone, but for the whole world. He then proceeded to give figures, and statistics at some length to show the enormous prevalence of different venereal diseases, and the sickness and the untold suffering which they entailed on the population in general and the urgent necessity for reducing the evil so caused by appropriate, action.

Mrs. Dixon, who was very cordially received, said that she came before them to put the sub- ject from rather a different point of view than that from which they generally heard. She came to put before them the subject from a woman's point of view. She could claim to have the support of many officials of the women's suffrage societies and other societies at home." She could claim, to -represent the opinion of no less

This is because rheumatism is usually associated with the blood, } and it cannot be corrected until the blood is built up and able to throw off the poisons of the disease.

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