New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-08-15

request information as to her nationality she will fix tie pacs
Of her birth in Nova Zemba Tasmana-anythng 70 MI the
opportunity OF telling lie II her parents were Do'h nal
III rags you will be informed that they still ng IN duca
auenc If she read and write she viii tell you that sac
cant; II she cant. she will tel you that $40 can
ii Der hair is red she Will that its hatur'l coo.
is black aud anything which abe asserts mostly VIA We
down weak invention OF her evil "a
e She will also assert that she never drank any
the of Bourbon her eyes Wild nom the
ansos dreams inspired by ample and desperate use o.
ton 1t il aif type Of nineteen twentieths Of the class
they do steal thew cheat M they do not murder they
aithcss and they will always lie And while they do these
things they WILL at the time, present the strange
anomalies of having very frequently great noble hearts,
brimu Of generous sefsacrfcing impulses and instinct
with wild freedom and desperate disregard Of worldly con
sequences
In these strange beiugcreares Of circumstance victims
Of mans than equal culpaby or thus ordained to wo
out in humble and hdeOus way portion OF the neo'
prehensibe problem OF Gods Intentions on earth-may %
moro than IN other class the fearful fruits Oh
rooted from the soil where weedke has struck its ten
drills rapidly and deep 1t only necessary to SOW tue seeu
the consequent deprayy OF tho nature contaminated aT OUT
strips the growth OF the seed which conamnees inete
may be thousands OF moments OF sincere contron bnt Is
not the less certain that in ninety cases in hundred no
good to be derived from transPlantng pure NE seems
and unnatural to who has ccd in the whirlpool OF
courtezan disspationhe Wild bad heart even in us mo-
Of conTion the glare the glitter and tue nor
iOm which 1t erstwhe shrank dismGyed and the mad
fatal excitement tug and drag and clutch at the strings
Of that unweaned heart till hrobs once more In unison with
vice and the path which leads to despair and death is once
more and finally resumed.
knows from actual experience more utterly more
bitterly the truth of this assertion than the writer Of this ar
ce 10 effect perfect change FOR tue better the hearts Of
DO changed in their breasts and the weakness OF
womeD enarmored with steel Of abiding
and virtue earnest than those recommended by the H.
Quotations OF class meetings and Sunday schools. ~
Ia view OF tho fact that prostitution has been IN existence
almost long the peoped world Itself that nothing mas
ever been doae TO considerably mitigate the evil and that
nothing is likely soon to be done may be well to briefly con-
slider the present and the present extent OF the
and this shall here be done in such utterly charitable and
to their daughter reading what follows any more an they
born babies are cabbage esre that the candid
calculation ofcertan vital Information improper ana oD
scene Therefore the young woman who finds any
think disgusting improper in the following Is already I'M
THE CAUSES OF PROSTITUTION.
proportion the and growing magnitude OF this evil
the number that have been written upon are re-
markabe few French work written good while ago is
the most exhaustive which has given world but
much Of treatment Of local character which does not
yarsneed and somewhat muky statistics apy adapted
the reader elaborate but much less perfect work
mainly statistical has been written upon the evil as II exists
Sanger has given 10 this country History OF Prostitution
which though modelled largely from its Gallo predecessor IS
though 10 al Of these works theories for eecng perma
remedy almost altogether confined to vague sugge
The causes ,or prostitution may be generally numbered
follows: Poverty. III. Seduction. Ill Extrayagauce IN
1t Is impossible to agree with the superintendent OF The
Home in West Houont that the larger proportion OF the
fallen Ike their first missep through actual Inclination
The carefully and deliberately compiled statistics OF psosu
ton in London Sgo yaea as a @
braced analytic casfeaons of causes OF these we eeo
lec coEec was estimated that not one case OF
in hundred owing 10 real inclination on the part oil
Human nature ia the same in Great Britain America
there-and China or SIAM for that matter
the Inherent motives foF any great evil must DO materially the
same causeincludlng more than oneba oil
al the prostitution Of the worlds Poverty Illustrations
are and simple poor orphan girl with certain
sae II physical beauty Che doesn't need to have muc is
shirfq %
a hours required for the completion OF each piece she may
derive SOM consolation by hammng Hoods Song Of the
Shirt or perhaps tighten her abor by forgetting future CT
despair in past Of happness bat neither VIII tend 70
her hungry mouth with sufficient bread or ease the acang Of
her smsrting eyes goodnatured teWpte in the shape
most likely Of female friend viii whsP Fifty cents for
81 hours ogog TO the skin and bone Why come WIN me
minutes r. Beegars TO be sure; but who
could resist * whisper 1HSI as ss made
S t with illness ses her virtue 70 Tie skipper of the
salt junk the trusting and unsphiscated country lass who
or pimp ho leads her to Intelligence office" 10 the shape
Of Concert Saloon Sailors Dancehousei the poor ter
r who Ignorant of the new language comes to see
sister in Yorkve chaabs directed the nearest
Lager Beer Convenience in Church ST. aud the sunerng
T who sacrifices her honor for sick husband starving
little ones al home; all thesc Illustrations. and there
Thousands more which hest left to the Imagination OF the
reader already not aware OF them.
Seduction the great cause. Our divorce Courts and
other have made this understood 10 all capable OF com
heart here and hearessness there it the oh old story
which IS always old but never stale But the rhumoniiy
woman 10 her own sex largely concerned in the aggrayaon
OF infamy arising from this cause aud seldom sufficiently
considered 1t probably mainly owing to their education
hui IA neyerhes true that women invariably less gen
erou to women than Dress and bearing
comparatively little thought OF by tho latter But who has not
like with which a Of the slightest conspcuousness Of
attire bearing eyed 10y those OF her as she enters
The cabin OF boat for instaucei They seldom
or never admire others virtues, and always
lessly pursue their faults. When woman trips and
falls she IL ruthessly trampd and trodden into the mire
eXirl Tho
recall the woman Of the Bible Who by Chrss heping
hand and through the earnness OF her reformation became
a, last of Gods radiant angels No matter how
fearful low ogonzng lhe upurned eanee Tor ply II meets
nothing Oathng horror ana the skirt u optehce
earefly folded back lest it brush co0tauination though
the nsogt may IN reality, be as guilty as the Mag
daen she scorns II sad know that only record
these wrongs which require, perhaps ages OF
NE SUPERINTENDENT Of the Home who appears to have
studied the subject with considerable thinks extrava
Ia dress has great deal to do IN causing tho fall OF
women The democratic spirit which exists hugely among
all cs this corniry also enters into the circles Of fashion
and the vain poor gIs silly eoyetousnes aud emulation OF
her rieh heghVOrs elegance nave 'i: eacas
the taking Of that first false step which when mercenary
taken Is almost never retrieved.
tho result Of actual dseasycry seldom constitutes
tho motive OF the errng womans entrance into vice IL Is
somewhat difficult to determine whether this fact is redeem
argues well for the natural instincts Of the heart again
h6 the fact that ~ the principal or meroenary canse those
The GRADES OF ISFAMY
Ia tho nfmy Of prostaton as in every other career OF
quit there's regular stairway descending from the hrs and
highest grade the last and lowest In classifying these
properly might perhaps with some Justice people the trst
grade with those who through the world respected and
admired but with hearts baosy ewd as those in the very
low scales but tho clearly defined radeons OF pros
tuition be stated az six IN number.
| Kept Women; Keepers OF Assignaton. &C.
H. Select" comparatively unknown. houses mostly To-
Gated among Inc fashionable uptown quarters:
Ill General Brohes among which may be INCLUDED the
Pretty WniterGrl system of the Concert Saloons.
" Lager Bier Harcms, Cigar shop Bagnios and Dance
Houses
V. Strcet.Walkers.
VI The Hospiial-the Tomb.
This classification win explain itself without much assist
ance should be remarked that of those women who
are included In the first class their introduction into
guilt by fooishy answering the matrimonial adver
Journals II also woihy remark that the seekers for
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