Morals, too, were different. Most people did not use profanity openly like many in today's world do. Persons then were a lot more respectful and considerate of their fellowman's rights than they are today. Most men, for instance, tended not to curse in front of women and children and were careful not to engage in questionable activity in their own neighborhood. Women, too, were expected to be ladylike, which meant not cursing or smoking, which was then considered to be daring for a woman, and there was some who did have the audacity to smoke as well as curse in public, which could cost them a fine or a night in jail or both. Women also were not to be seen on the street at night alone without a male escort, otherwise it might have been assumed that she was a "Lady of the Evening", or what was a polite term for a prostitute.