The New York herald., 1870-02-07


and twentyseven These syrens, STATISTICS died with
the Project OF Police have shown, practise their call
| graves the causes OF the evil IN PARIS have been
| traced by an eminent medical authority to be the
IN nguIes M which ws nave taken the Liberty
present day.
Expulsion nom home or deseron by parents $500
| Desne to support old and infirm parents.... so
Desire TO support other relatives. 80
WIDOWS with families to support. ........... so
Girls from the country TO support themselves. 600
girls OF soldiers, clerks students &C. ....... 500
Abandoned servants seduced by masters 500
Concublnes abandoned by lovers. ........... 1850
Iotal. ....................10 10 $40
1t is provision of the police that there shall be
put one occupant 10 each room and that each room
shall be provided VITA soap, water anu all the uten
slls OF abluton; ana that mono OF the diseraceful
panel games shall be allowed, as are at present SO
nourshlng IN Tins city. All houses are under
complete control by the police, and no house WILL
be tolerated within the walls OF the city without an
authenticated license Every keeper Of q honse must
be female, as she must have been prostitute her
sell She must be sober and OF steady habits with suf.
1cient force OF character to command houseiui of
reckless aud ungovernable bawds. she must nave
enough money TO insure her against failure and
must own all the furniture OF her house. In pass
BOOK given Dy the police she must enter the names
OF all her 6oarders, and record all inspections ol ply
departures and everything criminal or Negligent
among the girls. Failure to carry out these man
datory prev provisions IS punished BY heavy PEN
atty. Unlike the system In New York the girls are
not allowed to receive the earnings OF their deoauch
cry, but only the board LODGING and clothes the lat
ter OF which are very expensive. PROSTITUTION Is thus
regularly licensed business in Paris, the same as
lqnOr selling Is III New York. and many brothel-
keepers have been known TO retire with handsome
fortunes selling their .good WHIP at y high figure
All the girls are visited weekly and unless they sub
ect themselves to medical examination are severely
punished Safeguards Of every nature protect
wisely and well.
THE BAD INFLUENCE OF THE pARIsIAN SYSTEM
In Paris, society is and has been for centuries rot
ten to the core The people 1--we out OF doors There
n,a no a ao1nes.c @ setment ana the frenchman Is IN
ing. Tne capital OF France II at this hour sought by
Americans who, not secure IN following easy and
resorts OF foreign CITY, This tendency ID not pecu
liar to our own cbuntry, but marked in Europeans
oi every nationality Let any one make superficial
inquiry into the accomplishments OF sn English
nODleman, prince or an archduke, and he
training according to the ethics Of his royal clan Is
among the organic llbertlnsm OF the Second Empire
Perhaps TINS OF all phases Of the social evl Is the
worst as an argument for the license system Napo-
eonlc codes have put such fine points to debauchery
and 60 so far IN their encouragement OF gilded
Fleurs, that vice is really made attractive. No one
Will forget either Of the two celebrated gardens
tnen, or a. tongue can a SPEAK Their almost rabed
encnantments. But who imaglnes that they could
exist and flourish If they did not have the full encour
agenent and even support OF the law Who luaglneS
tnat the social evil would draw thousands OF patrons
TO Paris were 1t not for All unusual degree Of finish,
and NJ the same tune Of abandon In the vice? The
Maoe for instance, IS probably never neglected by
the Partisan Slgnt-seer. IL Is magnet of Paris.
When enters 1t IS nlgntlall; and then Il police
regulation declares tnat every woman, lady or not,
III the streets OF The city can be insuIted with
pun,y. Toe first thing that meets the eve those
dark masses OF luXuriant foliage which are
everywhere In the great gardens OF the French
ropohs. Rows OF coored globes, highly llluml-
mated by intense gas jets, geam through The shrub
berry, aud fee OF i've francs passes the visitor into
night park of wondrous beauty. Cascades, enchanting
bowers, shaded arbors, thick clusters OF bushes
tic seats nicely contrved episodes have been placed
" the hand 0 The landscape gardener with wonder
ful genius. About the centre OF the garden IS
large open space, circular ring In the centre or
WHICH IS the music stand seats SKIRT 1t round about.
Caes stretch away on the sloping mound, and
head patches OF the starlit sky are visible through
the leafy roof Amid TINS beauty Is the Widest
dancing III Paris. here the common women are con-
gregaled. Ihe cancon nourishes, the narmonIes
noat away on the evening air ana thousands OF
Partisan heels are higher than thousands oil Parisian
heads few POUNDS brings the rich Englishman to
terminate the orgies Hence probably the most
frequent and exhaustless source OF mpurity IN the
world. Sucn IS the Paris system. IL needs COM
ment. Americans go there, who visit the scene as
well as others. Young ladies return 20 this country
tainted. Lust has received the support OF 1ss most
powerful ally and the current once determined
pursues It's natural now. Here resides cause and
eject for the social scientist.
London Is also bad city-worse probably,
than New York The strand at midnight lis
paced by abandoned women, who enact their
revolving scenes by the implied sanction OF. the
police. At the Aihambra, the MaDlle OF Paris
IL reproduced. Other cities Of Europe are equally
ceniious. but none Is so foul as Hamburg. wncn,
above the rest spreads and increases the poison OF
prostitution In Vienna, Berlin, Leipsc, Madrid,
Sc Petersburg, Liverpool End particularly in seaport
familiar with to be surpassed. The outpouring
OF emigration from these cities tue contact OF Ameri
can travellers and the influence which one locality
must have on another however remote, ali have
their effect upon the condition OF the evil this city.
TO BE OR NOT TO DE.
From the facts presented 1t viii DO observed that
the prostitution here recognized and guarded by
law assumes many forms deleterious TO the well
being OF society," Whole peoples become libertnes;
virtue Is the exception and not the rule. Unnied
reveIrtes succeed lax morality; domestic peace
overtnrown and the marriage the Is merely civil
contract. This Is bad, very bad; but Is 1t worse
than 10 have 5000 women who carry on business
which must exist az long as men and women are
what they pursue their degrading calling dis
semnating the seeds OF ineradicable disease among
the best blood Of the UnIonY Is it worse than to
see tie vitality OF the people becoming diluted year
oy year. ana IN each succeeding generation, sowing
constitutional complaints that make offspring un-
desirable accusations to society glarlng evidences
OF parental weaknesses? ls IL well TO sacrifice the
health Of posterlty-of millions OF the unborn to
make an innocent sufferer decreplt and intrm,
while he yet should be healthy and vigorous2 1hat
Is Tue whole question. To state 1t is TO answer IL.
Whatever may be the condition Of prostitution
In otyer paris OF the world in physical ana
sanitary vlew it IS worse III New York than IN any
quarter of the globe. Two out OF i've 1t rs declared
suffer from incurabe diseases These they commu-
nicate TO persons whO HI turn spread them broad.
cast Till 1t s now believed tnat no one is safe TO
the blood be is to marry. as to the dangers IN
store for a long line OF possible posterity.
In this city the vice must be boldly encountered.
10 understand IL one mas 10 perform tne unpleasant
duty OF making facts OF iacts Yet after all there
are few statistics that can be considered reliable.
Ths IS to be deplored. No puolic institution has
ever succeeded III ascertainng anything IKE
accurate figures, and those we give rest greatly
on speculation, and the experience Of men VINO
have devoted lives To the investigation OF the SUD-
lect. Tney are believed 10 be FAIR and not pre-
sen,ed for the purpose OF sensation, nor in the
terest Of false purity. 1he sources OF informa-
| ton are personal observation, statistics OF
| the Boards OF Police ana Health, and the
| comprehensive examinations OF w. w. Sanger. NJ.
| ID. But, unlike any OF these authorities, place
number OF oil females who indulge their appetiies
promscnously for lust money OF 10 900. Sanitary
inspectors VINO see more OF domestic life tnan any
other persons In the city, pronounce that there
| at least $4,000 women VINO make designations with
men toward whom they bear carnal affection They
assert that the east side Of the town. the lower
wards OF the city, the condition Of prevailing morals
is frightfuL Degradation Ia almost universal.
Among the upper classes, OF course, there are no
tangible evidences Of ln1deity; where there edu
cation and refinement there are WIS at work, ana
c0ncealment n almost absolutely certain. The
occasional escapades thar have occurred In social
life, such as the Richardson case have had q good