The Chariton Leader, Chariton, Iowa Thursday, March 1, 1906 Here is another example wherein the necessity of parental surveillance of daughters is shown -- and for that matter "Where is my wandering boy tonight?" Parents can not be too careful in this respect, and withal sometimes accidents happen in the best regulated families -- but without that care the hazards are increased. We print this, not as a morsel of sensation, but that the facts may be known, as the flying rumors are varying. The names are suppressed as not necessary to the moral as well as a consideration for the feelings of those who are deep in humility. On last Tuesday a young girl of 17, of previous excellent reputed character attended her classes in the Chariton public school. To all appearances she was as the virgin of purity. On the following morning she became a mother. Her innocence consisted only in the sense of her shame. While the family were at breakfast she went into a closet and alone there suffered the curse of motherhood. When found she was in an exhausted state, almost insensible on a low bed in an adjoining room. She at first denied her guilt but later the evidence was found where she had made an attempt to conceal. It survived two days only, which perhaps is well, for it will not now be a reproach to its mother's youthful indiscretion, but be it said to her credit there was no attempt at violence to blot out the creature of her shame. This is a sad case but forget it. Remember only that youth needs to be protected from each other and that virtue once lost cannot be reclaimed at will. To Be Continued . . ."Justice to the Sexes." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copied by Nancee September 28, 2004 *I'll withhold my comments...