Sunday-Law Morality in Terre Haute
The principle that immoral practises are to be deemed immoral just because they are committed on Sunday, has been carried to an unusual extent in Terre Haute, Ind. It is said that the president of the board of public safety and the superintendent of police recently made an inspection of the “red-light district,” and were satisfied with the conditions, excepting that they thought there ought to be a better observance of Sunday. Therefore orders have been issued that keepers of houses of ill-repute in the levee district must not burn lights Sunday nights, and must keep their curtains down. This is a very pertinent illustration of Sunday-law morality. The logic of Sunday-law righteousness is that anything may be tolerated if only it be not done on Sunday.