Evening journal., 1889-01-31
comic opera papers. But why does Mr.
Howells omit DR.. Oliver Wendell
Holmes2 New York Herald
wlscoNsIN's PlNeRY HORRORS.
A Woman Tells the story of the Slavery
of Young Girls.

A Woman Tells the story of the Slavery
of Young Girls.
The story Of the slavery Of young girls
/ in the pines of Northern Wisconsin was
told to thousand men and women in
Association Han last evening. The
| speaker was Dr. Kate G. Bushnell, who
mas seen the horrible condition of the
girls in the land of the white slaves. and
/ who, under the auspices of the Women's
Christian Temperance Union, came to tell
the people of Philadelphia of the depra-
dation OF women in Wisconsins northern
pineries.
There were many we'll known men and
women in the audience and a score Of
prominent ministers were sprinkled
through the gathering. Just after s
o'clock Mrs. Forrest of the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union, presented
Judge James Gay Gordon as the presiding
officer Of the meeting, and he was given
a hearty greeting as he stepped to the
front of the stage
The story of the slavery of young
girls in Wisconsins northern pineries.
said Judge Gordon, will be told to Won
tonight from the lips of a woman. That
such an audience has gathered here Is as
honorable to yourself as it IS intended an
honor to DR.. Bushnell ="
Rev. DR.. Wells then made an eloquent
prayer, after which Judge Gordon, with
graceful remarks, introduced DR. Bush
nell. She is a tall woman with bright
face. Brown hair mingled with gray
rolls back from her forehead, and her
brown eyes are shaded by long brown
lashes. DR.. Bushnell wore black silk
gown, with pretty red rose tucked in
the bosom of her dress. She spoke IN a
quiet, earnest manner, and seemed to
speak right out from her heart. "Some
days ago in the West my attention was
called to an item in a PHILADELPHIA
newspaper, began DR.. Bushnell
which told of a judge who gave
a man twenty nine years for crimes
committed against women. / feel hon
ored that this meeting tonight is pre-.
sided over by that Judge. This was
saluted by generous applause and Dr.
bushnells address was frequently broken
by the applause of her hearers. Dr. |
Bushnell was among the pineries from |
May to October and travelled from town |
to town. She found the degradation in |
some sections of Northern Wisconsin SO
outrageous that it could not be told in
print nor spoken to an audience. The
eonnivanee of public officials with the
lniquity Of the dens IN the pines DR..
Bushnell says, is startling Even high
police officials took part in the barter Of
young women TO be forced and held to a
life of shame
Most Of the inmates Of the dives are
abandoned women. but DR. Bushnell
found scores of girls Of even tender years
living lives ofunwilling degradation with
no hope OF escape, She recited many in.
cidents where girls were carried away to
the northern pines by procurers. Two
girls, each about II years old, were ar
rested IN Green Bay on a charge of street
walking stranger paid their fine and
the chief of police, DR.. Bushnell saws.
forced the girls to leave the town with
the man. He was taking them To den
IN the pines, when two ladies on the train
tried TO rescue them, but the man boldly
said he had, bought the girls for sos
apiece from the chief of police and meant
70 hold them. He was a procurer and
was taking them to a notorious women's
len away back in the pineres.
The speaker graphically described .
typical den, with its bar room and dance
nall and its stockades built high mn
lround the wooden building to prevent
ny OF the girls from escaping. When
ne had told how a young woman fled
rom one of the dens with 4 ball and
hahn dangling at her feet and was run
own by two ruttians and carried back TO
N IMPRISONMENT and further punishment in
ne den, DR.. Bushnell made an eloquent
ppeal for redemption Of degraded
gOmen.
The life Of degraded woman Is the
re OF slave, she said. I'VE excuse
he sin IN the man we would not excuse
the woman. The sin is stamped upon
er lace and she is driven to degradation
nd death, but the man can 90 into
lciely 50 long as he has a brOadcloth suit
cover his rotten heart | have heard I
lothers say that II their son or daughter 4
lust GO astray they prefer that it be the /,
ln II my son or daughter must 90
stray would rather that my daughter
victim than my son
ietim maker Which Is the
,orst criminal in the dual crime2 The
III gone astray or the man who has
smpted herg Is she the worst sinner be. :
anse her sin has found her out and She 9
inks rapidly down into degradation =
hile society welcomes him and the hand :
I justice does not modest himg II Is l
uch principle that puts premium |
pom the crime Of mar. Society gives =
ositicn Of advantage to a man who Is
uilty before God, while it degrades the
roman
The only principle is plain. We need
realize that the breaking Of the
eventh commandment IN any form needs 1
be extermiuated not regulated f" 5
pr Bushnell was loudly applauded as (
ne took her seat and Judge Gordon arose a
would like to ask the fathers
rothers and sons here tonight said (
ne judge, if the appeal made bv tbis i
aauy Is not right and womanly oneg /
w uoes not ask more for one than the I
thef. sne asks that the sin Of both be i
tea.eo alike Where is gallantry in this
lfill1atlon that men do not accord to
women the protection they do 10 their
lWh sex The only true Christian pal (
antry Is that which regards the mother I
l.sughter and sister as the equal Of man,
MS woman asks that the person. honor !
M security OF woman be equally impor !
ant as that Of man
Resolutions were adopted DECLARING
hat the condition Of affairs in Nortbar99
Wisconsin is reproach to the Christian
hurch and the decent. self respect Of tbe
ommon country and blot on the fair
anne Of Wisconsin. Philadelphia Times
Weather.
Delaware and Maryland, y. m
Warmer, partly cloudy weather fresh
nd brisk southerly winds.
New York Herald forecasts. -Tbe
northwestern depression now cenfr.T Yeo,.