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