The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-11-26
SARGE PLUNKETT.
TO WARN THE UNWARY and IMPRESS
THE EVIL TREND OF THE TIMES.
Who Can Write the Truth"-Truth is Strang-
er Than Fiction and knowledge of the
Times is the Essence of Wisdom.
For The Constitution.

For The Constitution.
don't have any secrets-not many-so
j will truthfully give my experience of last
week
Newspaper men receive many strange let
tiers. 1t is well, l suppose, that the most
of these letters are dismissed at once and
forever, but sometimes Brown and l re-
ceive u letter with such suggestions of
good or give such opportunity to impress
the evil trend of the times that we use their
substance. We give correspondence here
and the experience that led from it. in the
hope of doing good. Now the letter:
Atlanta, Ga, 1S9i.-Mr. Plunkett.-In APP
probation of some kindly words you have
let fall for us in the past elect you an
honorary member of our society-called the
allen Women Society In doing this we
might do you q harm were it to become
public, but be sure that you can depend up
on secrecy, and, also, believe us, yours
truly, LORENA VICTORIA,
Secretary
"P. Sind enclosed bylaws OF our or
der. which will give you clear insight
into our aims. l.. V, Sec"
This was strange letter. and | first
thought of burning it, but did not, and, at
last was led to read the bylaws. AS the
bylaws are too lengthy to print. | will give
the purport i'm briefer way
In the afternoon | standing on the
corner of Alabama and Broad streets when
smiling member of the society herself. Hear
it:
MIR. Plunkett-Read this and follow me.
l will linger in sight till you make up your
mind. LORENA, Sec"
To say that this maiden startled me is
putting it mild. But there stood the wo-
man, and she was restless under my delay.
Through curiosity or satan or something
else, ! followed her. 1t did not take us
long to arrive at a building where / was
Informed that this society had apartments
fitted up for their use, and where L would
be perfectly secure and private. L set to
work at once to find out all that / could
of this society, and for this purpose / NOV
ed my char close up to Lorena Victoria
and asked:
Tell me why this?'
For mutual benefits to fallen women
she answered briefly.
After some little talk | suggested to the
woman that her society could be nothing
but Odious in popular circles.
"Ah!' said she, with Il sheer, that is
just it. We are odius. We are under Il
cloud-a terrible terrible cioud-aad there
are many who take advantage OF us be-
cause 1t IS 50. To kick Il poor fallen wo-
man is TO receive the plaudiCs of the world.
hypocrltes. hypocriteS!' she Kissed through
clInChed teeth.
/ little scared as she closed her
speech and considerably hacked, Tor she
used her words and carried herself IN such
the occasion. 1 was silent, and waited for
her to break it.
Now, AIR. Plunkett," she sad, after a
moment, with a return of her good humor,
Il viii let you into some secrets.
L was still silent and really felt that L
wanted none of her secrets, but she at once
began 10 open little packages out on the
table and 4 looked on. Many little notes
and some letters We're brought out. Then
some trinkets-such as rlnSe. bracelets,
pins, buttons, were exhibited. could not
see what connection these trnkets mad with
the society ill she explained:
Each one of these trinkets has a value
to our society, for the reason that it is
circumstantial evidence that their owners
have visited our resorts. These uinketS
all tagged, you see, with name of
owner upon the tag ana registered in our
journal"
',leu would not dare to charge men and
WOaIt FOR there were women = SfonS them
of such cloth as being guilty Of such
I'VE do not wish to-" she said Nowly,
with sinister smile, but there is nothing
like being prepared-prepare for war =.
times of peace is our motto from now on"
1 shuddercd at the thought of such an
exposition as she seemed 10 threaten. She
seemed To read my thoughts and became
more che rful, as she said:
las old as you are you don't entirely
know the world as yet As wicked as my
class of females are reckoned, there IS a
more dangerous class to society. The
world knows us. We sail under our true
colors and the good can avoid contact
with US. But
Here the wicked woman ran her finger
along a column of names in her ledger and
asked me to look. bat l refused to look
and rhal ever refuse to attach any credit
to the stories l heard at the headquarters
OF tuts, tue Strangest OF ali the societies,
but there is no harm to state in general
way that these women claim to have many
men and women spotted who are sailing
high in good circles. These, they claim.
shielded by a cloak of responsibility, are
tntetip~ the innocent, and that 1t IS or
such that the world should be alarmed the
most just at this particular time.
Was SIad to return 10 tie fresh air of
the street and to Brown who waited tor
me outside. Nothing would 90 Brown but
that we must learn more of this loathsOme
locality. To be ignorant of such places is
surely bliss. but yet, | think, that could all
such places of slum and infamy be pic
Iu.,i 90 the world just as they are, IL
would cause all youthful souls to shun
them as hell itself is Stunned. In such To-
calities one sees human nature at its worst
Infamy in all its abandon and poverty in
all its distress is found there. Childhood
as cunning as the serpent, and old age
as hopeless satan exc out miserable
existence there. The story that some of
the older ones tell of their lives, of their
fall and Of their hopes for the future is
strange and pathetic, and to look upon the