New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-22
FUND TO FIGHT VICE.
Helen Gould GiUeS $1,000 Torard
wv. &. 4. st. Louis Crusade.

Miss Helen Miller Could believes so heartily in
the work that the Exposition Travellers Aid Com
fnittee hopes accomplish IN St Louis this sum
rner. IN protecting ana befriendng girls and young
women who 20 there IN search OF work or sight
seeing that she has given s., 90 toward the $500
which the committee hopes 10 raise for the summer
campaign. The committee. which IS representa-
tive OF a number OF important women's organiza-
1lons held a mass meeting yesterday at the Young
women's Christian Association
Among the speakers was Mrs J. H Ser'1s VINO
4as been doing travellers aid work in Rochester
.o- the last twenty-five years. and who was intro
euced by Mss Grace H Dodge. the chairman. as
ths woman who had worn the same bonnet TOT
quarter OF century.
Country girls are not easily deceived as dell
aelv reared girls for they have been told 80 often
shev must not trust city people. they come 10
believe Il. and afraid OF everybody SAID MIS-
Seryss After describing in vivid terms the dangers
which Turk in trains and stations, md the inno-
renee Of well educated. tenderly brought up s''ls'
Ehe told the following story;
While the educational convention was meeung
e. Boston last summer two young women VINO
were on their way 70 II decided that taey "ouiu
etop over in Rochester and see the CITY ueh
ss them IN the station they had in their hands an
address which had been given them by stranger
On the train. They were going there 10 pass lhe
srght Il was the address q one OF the West
houses IN Rochester-and those women were schoOi
ssaohs-s with knowledge enough in their heads 10
teachers besides, and yet they were taken n ~ INK
sasy device.
why, was fairly worn out when arrived
Monday in New-Tork from trying to prevent a
richly dressed who sat IN the same car from
rapturfng her victim" she went On In Rochester
women in the deepest mourning VIII aocost young
sirls who are alone. lure them 20 their rooms ana
rel them for SO apiece a woman wearing the cap
ef a Quakeress ana speaking IN soft thees and
thous viii befriend some young Eirl who arrives az
frHn my
rne VIII take thee 70 thy friends house. viii be
her oser. and the girl grateful and pleased 70 be
extricated from her embarrassing position and sus
recting nothing, goes with her. The Danger Whlch
soung women run into in going 10 a strange city
70 look for work Is only one Of the ways IN which
shinEs happen There are accidents which may
aappon TO any woman going on q long journey that
cant be provided for in advance. For instances.
aice. sweet girl buys a through ticket from New
York "a san Francisco. II she reaches Rochester
after a certain hour At nigh she cannot get
Through that night, but must wait ti the next cay
Mott likely she KNOWS nothing ABOUT lAe fSoclesIst
hotels. and possibly she has not the surplus GaSh
even II she does know The aid that am aoleSto
give such person IN suc pOsll-oL - aI1llOt e
Valuable as thai which I DO for the girl who fails
tbst SIC can't 60 On. ana ask her whether She
prefers TO so 10 a hotel or the Young women 3
take e b or go Ia the trolley car. believe that
The Travellers AID should help people to do what
they want 20 90. not try 10 force them into doing
something else. I 90 with her, see that she gets
decent room and IS registered right II she chooses
p hotel and the next morning she proceeds on her
tourney without having experienced q ripple q
annoyance over her mishaD.
There Is the greatest need OF protection for young
women and girls n big city ] could tel you
stories that would sa6den your hearts"
Miss Esther GundersOn. who Tor fifteen years
girls at piers and railroad stations. gave
= her experience that II the girls were warned
CT the other side 10 cCnhde in strangers or go
with them on their arrival here, they were seldom
Imposed on.
7 wish you could see the work as I DO the
piers" she said, among girls who come from 1T
lie villages on the other side. with knowledge
@ our language or money. I dad the gov
eminent sees ~ have ship matrons. The Gus
toms officers also very kind
Miss n. L Lsvignette. who did travellers, aid
work among women who visited the Chicago
Worlds Fair, related how from May TO october
she was on duty every day, often from O'Clock
f. the morning till midnight 1T was a hot sum
me-, but Oh, the glory Of the work." she exclaimed
enthusiastically. I not only rescued many poor
Innocent things from harm. but helped ladies 20
ind their friends, to get food. and fed babies.
lent money. helped about tickets and baggage.
Goo has given little gift OF languages" she
added rno6estly. so that ] able 20 help not
only French Germans. Italians ard Sp2aiards but
EnEish-Epeaking women well
About 500 has been contributed outside OF Miss
S5ouG's gift toward the proposed fund. Letters
were read from those in charge Of this kind Of
work az the Centennial Pan-American and Chicago
eXpositions that left doubt as 70 the need OF q
n s.. Louis this summer.