The New York herald., 1870-02-07

WnhOut cuuCdtlOu StooS
The abandoned women born In this country are
much superior TO those OF foreign cliines. lndeed
many Of them are highly accomplished ana nave al
ing shows their relations to society az concerned In
the marriage tle-
Single. ...................... $3.50
hdTfleu Z,ooO
III usage by husbands. desertlons intemperance
absence OF husbands for prolonged time, IDhdelty
refusal to support wives, are all, In the order
named the several causes as assigned by married
women for their depravity. Some husbands living
with their wives deliberately prostitute them for
hire Justice makes US record that this is seldom
true or Americans.
Nearly one-half OF all prostitutes, SINGLE married
aud widowed, have had children and the rest have
not and the children all told In number equal TO
tne abandoned women. Considerably less than one
hall are legitimate. About two-thlrds OF the total
number live The largest number OF women have
been on tne town about one year, and from TINS point
the numbers diminish both for shorter and longer
period, but very small percentage surviving ten
years, and but an incredibly small number beyond
nve years. The resources of these women are gene
rally ascertained to be as folows:--
dependent solely upon prostitution. ........ S,490
Those who worked Tor existence 6afore adopting
vice as trade were servants I'm the largest num-
Derl Dressmakers, talioresses, seamstresses, NIL
liners ana saleswomen come next in order. In
worldly pursuits 1t appears the daughters OF farmers
prevail over any Others; next laborers. carpenters
MasoAs, merchants, blacksmiths and butchers
more than onelourtn have fathers living, and but
little greater number have mothers They drink
spirltuous liquors III tue following proportions:--
l.l
~ u~lnn Win inouefatlon. $50
DrnA lntemperately NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 3,770
lhtoXicaton Is 30 intimately allied with prosttu-
ZION tlat Dr. sanger savs:'Our decided impression
~ THAT not one per cent OF the prostitutes OF New
iork practice their callng without partaking Of m
loXlcatlng driuKs" As matter OF TACT this ls un-
doubtediy true. Many young men, with tastes
ior abandoned women. but none for drink, are thus
driven into excesses over WINE, whiskey and GIN,
until nnay they embrace every species OF crime and
sink as low In the social scale Us II IS possible for
Few OF the girls are followers Of the Church, but
about one nall are educated As Catholics aud the
other half as Protestants.
CAUSES OF THE SOCIAL EVIL.
SO long as there Is general prosperity, so long viii
prostGution decline. Financial prostration helps 1t;
indeed IL is the main pillar. In general 1t is true
that so long as vice Is III demand, Just In the same
measure VIII there be the supply.
Touching the nature Of ITS origin we have traced
TO the borders OF the prmeva garden. What keeps
1t alive today What are Its causes In New York
The comprehensive cause Ii the care OF children. II
includes all Others and is the root OF the evil Any
lndivluua case Will sufce to prove TINS, ana the
statement Ii boldly made that nine times out of ten
the parent IL responsible ior ruined daughter.
Letting moralizlng 20 and adhering to facts, what
can be noted now III this cityY Young girls are
taken 10 lewd exhibitions ut the theatres they are
ENCOURAGED IN ascivious styles OF aress; they are
supported III expensive habits; they are treated
TO doubtful literature, and thus womans
curiosity is fed until nothing viii saIlsfy
reliable physician says that more girls are seduced
because O their curiosity tan because OF their lust.
Desire is Doubtless prolific source; but anxiety for
1AShi0naUe dress, Tor gaudy clothes, for luxurious
lives Tor general ease, for drink for revenge are all
IN all powerful Incentives Facts disclose that dress
Is running the sex. Married women secretly aDan-
don virtue tlnsel attracuons young girls sur
render chastity to their Idol aud little Is II dreamed
how much outward ornaments are often the symbols
OF inward in1amy. Adopted chdren, u lady asserts,
who mas worked many years in relormatory lpsll-
tuI.on, form the large class Of common girls. This
IL something new 10 the question:, ana deserves
attention. Unpleasant lives, want OF ACKNOWLEDGE
affection for tnelr kind protectors ana genera
lngraltude are stated as cOmlDOn reasons
CLASSES OF WOMEN.
Wherever woman comes from and under what
ever circumstances she has fixed position as n
prostitute generally determined by her personal
beauty. Her refinement and accomplishments have
much to do with her status, and these OF course
naturally place her IN the higher walks. Foreign
women rarely occupy houses of the best class, but
those where riot aud debauchery have the most un-
limited sway and the greatest obscenity. we DIVIDE
them into three casses:-
ti-Women who practice vice secretly to CRAFTY lust
obtain money.
Third-Women OF the dance houses saloons
Of the first class nothlng be said. No law
or another, and they can only be left to their own
consclences. The second class are the products OF
every misfortune winch hos been referred TO above
Whether from the country, from abroad or Native to
New orB, this class Of women forms the bulk, the
great mass OF pubic bawds who are almost hope
lessly gone.
the average prostitute is the girl OF nineteen.
She Is far III person. not beautiful uses paints and
cosmetics, and resorts to all the cOnvenences en-
she Is low IN her language and vulgar IN her ad
dress. She drinks retlres at two In the morning III
q state OF intOxicaton and has v0raclOus appefke
She has at some time Of her career beea afflicted
with disease; she goes to the hospltal her health
1alis she can no longer sustain her
OF reeknR corruption, and she has either TO
reform or become public pauDer. She settles IN
the vest dens OF the city. No longer with any SELF
respect she enters the dance house Of Water street.
dlssipates Into tine Potters Fied ana Is cofDed in
the city cemetery. Her career lasts but i've years,
and then death; but five years OF immorality--nve
mOrse-hve years ol loathsome suferng-nye years
wrapped III the shroud oil an infamous death, turn
ing 70 ashes without solitary mourner
The third class takes the dying embers Of the sec
ond, and heating them IN the furnaces OF Water
and Cherry streets, fuses depravly with depravity.
CLASSES OF MEN.
The men who patronlze houses OF . doubtful cha
racter and give to the social EVIL the Ouy support
that it has may be divided into three classes: :
ETst-The avowcd hbertlnes who consist OF gamblers
sports and men Of exquisite ease They dress Well wear
Second-Tne vas number of young men clerks country
the Indulgence as proessed necessary recreation They
fh,2u~Ths married men This body is very large. and
from thousand insxpcaoe reasons contribute even m
debtae their wives offspring by nsdous dis
fourth class might also be named az those who
prey the earnings OF the associate with them
lovers and III the station houses court rooms nnd state pr
sons As bsckless and criminals
The localities where the social evil exists are con-
stanty varying Each Isl OF May 1nds the grada-
tion. Now tue vilest pens are In the vermin or
Water and Cherry streets and about Baxter street,
where dance houses abound, Greek boarding houses
flourish ana the sailors carry on their low carnival
among gins and whlskeys. Almost decom-
posed masses OF animated flesh degrade even
the foul atmosphere OF the Fourth ward. 1t
would be indecent to describe the average appear
ance OF one OF these women. Greene street has
WITHIN year descended 10 the level OF Water street.
This Inoroughfare ~ q stagnant sewer Of the vest
degradation. Murder Is an ordinary concOmitant OF
u midnight debauch, and panel houses are open 10
the patronage Of credulous countrymen. BY twelve
O'Clock the 0utrages commence and the work OF the
police grows warm. Merger street Is next IN de.
gree but business has driven away most oil the
worst rendezvous
Here It would be pertinent to inquire why Trinity
church, great pillar Of morality, should rent,
directly or indirectly, its property for houses OF
prostitution and derive revenues from the lowest
species OF personal sin.
CROSBY street, Houston street, Wooster street,
Amty street and Bleecker street improve little upon
the character OF the other localities named. They
are ali dangerous and flied with females worn out
by long services. Clinton place ana Eighth street
arc both perhaps, better than the above locaiitles
III point OF safety from disease. Thompson
and Sullivan streets are known to all quarters or
the worst description. Thirteenth street Is still an
Impr0vement--we speak only as men OF the worldn