Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1903-08-16

Verita bic third degree, and if they
pass this moral wicket. where Mrs
Stuckln stands ION line" they enter
| the country.
You are married? You are single?
Have you children? Where is their
| father? To whom do you go? To
friends? Are they not relations? Where
do they live? You don't know; just
step here a moment"
And Mrs. Stucklin ushered young
Scandinavian girl into the pen Just tax
hind the moral wicker, there to await
special inquiry, but only at the hands
of woman. Never is a woman ques-
| toned on Ellis island by man if there
is the least doubt of her morality.
How have ! stood this for eighteen
years. smiled Mrs. Stucklin. Now,
some people might call it sister love-
but 1 do believe it is merely a feeling
of interest in our fellow creatures.
These women are ali strange. poor, I'M
attractive. Some of them suffer great
| deal. This arouses ones compassion
| not love-"
In the last year 29s643 women have
| passed this wicket. You see, on all
could not be bestowed sister love- but
humanity and the milk of human kind
ness must play a great part in this
NOIh suit Ollt De TeSpOHSlDl0
for these womens moral characters be-
fore they pass this house and enter on
new life into a city of which they
know nothing. If this examination
were not made there would be a deal
more corruption in the United States
than the outside world has any idea, of.
Some one must ascertain their moral
poise.''
| This moral wicket is a small gate
| separating a pen of wire from the rest
of the house. At its head stands a small
desk. At this desk Mrs. Stucklin makes
registrations of cases that must be de-
| tanned. 1t is here that she may De
found any hour in the day, quiet, gen.
tie. impressive, and looking with eyes
that demand the truth into those of the
women under examination.
Every woman explained Mrs.
Stucklin, who has a child must give
satisfactory account of its father. The
father must be with the family. must
be here to meet them, must have sent
for them or there must be some tang
ible means OF our knowing his where
abouts in foreign country. Many wo-
men are detained here until the p1ter.
familias may be looked up.
See that little woman?'' Mrs Stuck
lin pointed to one coming down the
long line, a little girl dragging al her
skirts. well, that woman's husband
| is with her, or l am mistaken. See
haw she looks back in the line of men.
| Well she is keeping her eyes on him,
and see, pointing to a man, that is
| her husband. See how he watches her
| anxiously. AS a general rule 1 can al
ways tell when the father of the family
is present.
But there are cases when some man
| has been supplIeu to pass the woman
| into the country. He plays the role of
husband. but is usually detected, how
ever, either by his overanXiety to an
| swer questions or his evasion of the
| inspectors.
| There are many cases of runaway
women. more than might be expected.
| The women seem to tire of their lives
in foreign parts and come here alone
to seek their fortunes. We can always
locate a runaway the moment she has
| landed. She has an air of uncertainty
about her She is going to friends some
! place, but she doesn't know just where.
! This woman is always sent back
| There was a case of a. runaway wo-
man the other day that came under our
| SUPERVISION. and q greater preVarica-
tor l never met. This woman was mar
ried, had two pretty children-they were
seven and nine years old-and she had
taught mem the art of classifying on
| her way over here. This family was
met by her father and mother, who
| had been notified of their coming. Be
| fore the parents arrived, however, the
woman was questioned. She said with
a sad expression that the father of the
ch4--ren and her husband was dead.
The children were questioned separate
| ~ and they upheld their mothers state
ment. When the old man and woman
arrived the old man exhibited a letter
from his son-in-law of recent date, and
still in the face of all this the woman
declared the husband had died. They
were, of course, held for inspection, and
it developed that they had run away
from Italy and that the husband and
father was searching high and low for
them. Next steamer after the receipt
of the news they were returned.
"Gayety?" smiled the inspector, "why
gayety is almost out of the question
| here. This is a place of indescritable
sadness Here you see more misery
than can be imagined. The other day
a woman just landed, detained on ac-
count of the illness of her child, lost
the baby and her great grief and agony
were piteous to behold. Every one in
the detention room, tried to comfort
her. Nothing could be done to check
her grief, and it seemed as though she
would mourn herself to death. That
woman entered tho city in all her sad
ness with great necessity to find en-
ployment and just enough money to
save her becoming a public charge.
There are cases of young women
who have come back to me after they
have been passed into the city and
have had good positions. They seem
always to remember US matrons. Per-
maps that is because we are the first
women they see when they come into
this new world. Perhaps it is because
many times we give them such friend |
~ counsel as may come within our
scope, and word of advice often falls |
on fertile mind and does much good, |
l find.
Every woman who is about to be- |
come al mother is stopped. If this wo- |
man can put US in communication with |