ganization.

Already we hear they are likely to be known as the "Wrens." And so our
women are inside the organized forces of defence of our Country--the
last line of usefulness and service.

THE WAR AND MORALS

"Evils which have been allowed to flourish for centuries
cannot be destroyed in a day. If the nation really wishes to
be freed from the consequences of prostitution it must deal
with the sources of prostitution by a long series of social,
educational, and economic reforms. The ultimate remedy is the
acceptance of a single standard of morality for men and women,
and the recognition that man is meant to be the master and not
the slave of his body. There are thousands of men both in the
army and out of it who know this, and for whom the streets of
London have no dangers."

--Dr. HELEN WILSON.

CHAPTER XII

THE WAR AND MORALS

The unprecedented state of things produced by the war brought in its
train serious anxiety as to moral conditions, not only in regard to
the relation between the sexes but in other ways. The gathering of
every kind of man together in camps creates great problems. Young
boys, who had never been away from home before, who know very
little of the world or of temptations, were often flung in with very
undesirable companions. There were many risks and many hard tests
and the parents who see their young boys go to camp without preparing
them, or warning them, do their boys a great disservice and I have
known of sons who bore in their hearts a feeling of having been badly
treated by their parents, that would never die, for being sent without
a word of counsel into these things.

It is not only actions--corrupt thoughts are the most evil of all--and
to help to give our boys the greatest possession, moral courage,
founded on knowledge, is our finest gift.

There were temptations to think less cleanly, to hear things said
without protest and to say them later. There were drinking temptations
and one used to wonder with a sick heart, what mothers would feel if
they could see these young boys of theirs sometimes, so pathetically
young and so foolish. There was also in these great camps of men--let
us realize that quite clearly--great good for the boys and the
men--good that far outweighs the evil. All the good of discipline,
all they gained by their coming together for a great cause, all they