The Irish standard., 1893-04-29
A TIMELY NOTE OF WARMING
Valuable Hints For Those Who Conten
plate Visiting the Worlds Fair.

Valuable Hints For Those Who Contem-
plate Visiting the Worlds Fair. =
The following address hes been issued
by the Protective Association for Women
and children in Chicago: We, the men,
bers of the societies Of Chicago inter
ested in the welfare of wsmen, who are
in a position to know the dangers here
threatening young, inexperienced, or
thoughtless girls. give this warning to
mothers and guardians of such young
persons who may visit Chicago during
the Worlds Fair. Care should be taken
leet the young visitor be exposed to evil
influences. The worst as we'll as the
best of man and woman kind will be in
Chicago during the next six months.
Unfortunately it is true that the worst
often are more active than the best. The
moralist walks the street quietly and
passively; the procnrer, the fast man,
and the intriguing woman are aggres.
sive. Like Satan, they are continually
''going about seeking whom they may
devour." There is no doubt that thous-
ands Of girls are led astray yearly in Chi
cago. We are making an effort to pre-:
vent so far as possible an appalling in
crease in the number, and urge upon
parents the following suggestions:
l. II possible accompany your daugh-
ters on their visit to the Worlds Fair,
but under no consideration permit them
to leave home without the escort and
supervision Of trustworthy person of
mature age and experience.
2. f.you have no relatives or friends
with whom you can stay while in the
city. or if you are. unable to put up at a
first class hotel, be careful in your se]ec-
ton of boarding house. Beware of the
''nice quiet resort for ladies" recon-
mended by some dashing stranger. IF
You are without acquaintance in Chi
cago, address 1.-THE Women and Chill
dren's Protective Agency, Room 1928,
Opera House Building, Chicago, ILL.,
who will refer you to some person who
has decent rooms to rent. If you should
arrive in the city after business hours
alone and friendless it would DO wise to
ask information from the janitress in the
ladies' waiting-room at any depot and to
remain under her protection during the
remaining hours of the night.
8. Make no hasty acquaintance on
the cars. A friendly acquaintance may
be bad woman who has taken train
out of the city an hour before to reach
the incoming trains and gather in few
inexperienced girls. Girls should &C.
cept no invitations from strangers to
visit theatres or concerts, and should
beware OF late suppers in so-called res
taurants, which really are wine-rooms in
which young girls are excited by music
and intoxicants to their ultimate ruin.
4. The newspapers will be full of adj
vertisements of slight work and good
wages for young girls" Agents are 60
ing through the country districts with
the same suggestions. Accept no offer
until after thorough Investigation Of the
nature of the work and of the character
of the persons advertising.
We send this note of warning because
OF rumors continually coming to our ears
founded on authority we cannot disre-
gard that thousands of young girls are
wanted during the Fair period, and that
public schools, lying-in-hospitals, en-
ployment agencies, workshops, boarding
houses, the ranks of domestic service,
and even seminaries are canvassed for
new recruits to take the places of the in
valids, the suicides, the diseased, the dy-
ing and the dead.
R1GHr Rev. Ignatius Horstmann, ID,