The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1904-05-26
Pitfalls at St. Louis.

lie W. j. " I. Is putting IOTJn
a special work through the purity
department this year at the
Worlds Fair city. Only a small
number of Christian men and
women realize the tremendous
need Of this work in behalf of the
defenseless young women of our
cation.
A correspondent writes that sa-
loon keepers are banded together
and making a united effort to
bring 1900 to 5000 more girls to
the city this year. "Three hum
bred more saloons have recently
opened there. With no financial
limit they are calmly determined
to carry out their relentless pur-
pose. This vicious organization,
whose roots have pierced the ell
tire mold Of the famous city,
should arouse every Christian TO
make u ceaseless and earnest eff
fort to save as many girls as pos
siblu from their clutches.
Hundreds of girls are on their
way g. It. Louis in search of hon
est employment. Their human
enemies are aware Of this. and
have srnt out agents in every
large city to lurk about secret
places, to entrap the innocent, and
TO haunt street car transfers in
city suburbs. There are hun
dreds of shadowy places in our
large cities, where many a vic
TINS screams have been stilled by
the moral brIgands' hand as they
dragged her from safety. inno-
cence and purity, through no
fault of her own; while on either
side loomed saloons, behind whose
darkened windows men reeled and
blasphemed.
The Worlds Fair city is hollow
with pitfalls on every hand. The
great railroads do not warn their
passengers that danger turks there
in every highway and byway. The
newspapers do not cry out against
it, for reform is not popular.
, How will the great army of work
ing girls know that they ought
not to go to st. Louis unaccom-
panied by true and trusted at
tendant, unless good friends are
there to meet them? Any girl
had better starve than enter this
modern Sodom without friends.
Girls in search of honest EN-.
ployment who contemplate going
there, should be informed that
keepers Of infamous houses have q
capital Of 100000 to secure new
victims for their nefurious bust
ness. There are miles and miles
of evil dens that cover their dark
deeds with a sign, Restaurant,
or Girls wanted to work. Many
an innocent girl has entered these
apparently respectable places
only to be drugged and dragged to
u living death. A school teacher
was rescued recently, through the
efforts of an uncle, who found her
in enforced slavery. We are reli-
ably informed that Russian and
Japanese girls are being imported
by thousands.
MAY God move every Christian
heart to reach out helping hand
to these HELPLESS ones.
Zone was brought in from an
Italian Shareholder. Her body
was covered with black and blue
wounds from the whippings her
cruel master hau given her. Hell
curls were matted with vermin,
and as the White Ribbon sisters
wept over her, she exclaimed
piteously-'Don't cry over me,
but go back and save the other
girls there. He has four Others
who are in a worse condition than
L.
MRS. M. E. Otto of 2S18 Lucas
avenue, st. Louis, is superintend-
ent of the w. G. r. U. purity
work. The w. G. Z. L. have two
excellent slum and saloon work
ers and one station worker, but
what is this number compared
with the growing need? The
work is skilfully managed inside
the Rescue Home. A large num-
Der of tract distributors spend
two nights each week from 10 p.
m. to | a, m. in the slums.
Through this medium 1000 girls
have been rescued during the past
few years. Help given at this
time to such a work aids greatly
in the amount of good accom-
plished.
Made Young Again.