New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-31
WORK FOR JEROME.
He Is Enemy of "Cadets and Pro-
tector of Helpless Girls.

.~rhe election Of Mr. Jerome means q great
deal for the protection OF tho unemployed
women of New-york" said Miss Frances Kellar
81 the woman's conference OF the Society for
Ethical Culture yesterday afternoon Miss KEEL
lar had been asked to address the conference
-, .orh. Protection OF the Unemployed Woman"
.r h.ve stopped in the midst Of campaigning
<.- Nr Jerome 70 come here to speak, said
sire 1.-The best immediate thing that you can
.,o for the protection OF the unemployed woman
IN New-York Is TO help In the election Of Mr..
Jerome Mr.. Jerome's ofice has been the lever
by which the committee for household re-
search has secured the enforcement of the new
lsw governing employment agencies ever since
& was passed"
Miss Kellar then went on to unfold a tale OF
many surprising and depressing details to her
audisnce-
The vtce problem IN New-York," said she.
~Ys not at the present day a moral problem.
II n an Industrial problem. It may subsequent
" become q moral problem. but 1t is not now.
Tia t,nemployed woman and the woman earning
a wage too small to live upon IN New-York are
sourht as matter Of business with all the
pertinac.ty industry and system put into any
commercial enterprise. Vice in New-York Is no
longer q hapnazard affair: 1t is an organized,
.v.,ernat,zed affair The masses Of the inmates
IF the disorderly houses have not been landed
-here bv the chance temptation Of some scamp
who happened to be attracted by them They
have been deliberately lured there as source
~ n,ost a valuable piece of property from
which money can be made.
PREY WHEN OUT OF WORK.
az. -.rl hunting lob on a weary summers
Adv, .o,no. sit down to rest In New-York park
,z,thout running the risk Of observation py
soma agent of a disorder1y house who We'll
Knows the signs by which TO distinguish an uii-
eunpIoyed girl. Especially if she cries VIII hei
,..rs quickly attract the agent. Certain agents
ar. detailed to patrol the parks. Certain Others
have their station at p N. at the doors OIL
a.nsrtrnent stores. where they know the gifis
Al not earn enough to live II is their ousi-
- .. he there every afternoon and get ac-
.,,+es with the youngest and most poorly
paid girls.
.S,thers are detailed to get positions as walters
An hotels and restaurants for the purpose OF get
ting acquainted with the girls and heroins aii
that they are able to influence into the oiSor-
DERBY house of which they are the agents. 1he
connection of certain classes OF employ
rnent agencies of the city with the supplying oi
.ba dfsorderIy houses from abroad mas peeli
told too often In the last two years, perhaps TO
REQUIRE repetition. The non-English speaking
ssrl ignorant of the language and the city, url-
.hIa IN even tell her story without an inter-
nreter. unable If she wants to make complaint,
"a fell even the street where she he's peen I'M
nrssoned is the great supply sources OF the ois-
orderly houses Of New-York- Last year IVV.oVo
unmarried women seeking employment passed
through Ellis Island. II one OF these girls says
IN. man who comes for her is her uncle ana
,s makes the same statement. the Immigrant
.,.bor,t,es cannot go back of this statement
without an entire change OF the system OF 40
hitting immigrants. visit to the ADDRESS
given by the man is necessary to prove the
truth or falsity of mis- statement That "onid
r.nuire the detention of the immigrant at Ellis
Island much longer than is now done .ano the
ASSUMPTION of a mass of work not now required
of the immigration department but the III
x,e.tssat,on OF Miss Free in Philadelphia, SHOWS
the need of such work. She took from the I'M
migration authorities at that point the names o.
700 Jewish girls admitted during the last three
wears and the addresses to which they hao oeen
released She visited these addresses ana 1ouno
that 2 large proportion of them did not exist
and never had existed
JEROMES OFFICE HELPS
''If we could keep an agent at Ellis Island TO
follow every such girl the instant she Is re-
leased and see what kind of place she is taken
TO- many Of them could be saved from the dis
orderly house. and at least given chance 10
choose whether they would live that kind OF LIE
or some other. Within week past took Two
girls to Mr. Jerone's Office to be freed from
slavery They had been earning money Tor men
on the street, some one had given them our caro-