The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-12-31
1T Is MORE AND MORE DIFFICULT FOR THE
GIRL WORKER TO STAY YlRTUOUS"
rrccfr A ina
rAg WOMAN OF THE STREETS.
Thousands and Thousands. Cypress.
ed by Industrial and Social condl.
tiens. Yield 10 the Lure Of Vice
and TIA AttFactiveneas

In every land. ia every ellme.
where men are depraved and WON.
ca weak. are found thr Daughters
u ililth,
The treatment accorded the dc.
eiaAae woman - pAradoxical- With
one hand We push her farther down
into the black abyss Of crime. With
the other w~ veil our bushes o.
righteous Indignation that such evil
should exist.
Economic conditions IN America
make Il more and more difficult
Tor the unskiilrd rirl woFkef 10 ~.
main virursua. and yet we east out
into thu underworld the Eirl who
faiia.
She cannot associate With the
wives and daughters Of the men
whn reap fortunes frum her undrt.
paid lahor-ahc u not ftt Hut the
mRn who offers that Eifi $3.50 .
week as a living wage. explaining
she u not expected 10 I've an IT,
that man IL honoFed and respected
by society.
Down IN the depths % New
/ Works lover Fast Side. that aev.
ensh circle Of an inferno SURPRISING
Tianis'a vision of he'll. ! found liam.
nah Weiss
She IL Russian fewsnxs Just ~.
gid like any other girl. ioying
pleasure AID pretty clothes aud the
aoclety ~ her fellows
Hannah Weiss works In a dlrty.
little. ~ smelling Houston 81 sweat
shop from a ~ tili p. m. for
Z 80 a week.
she makes bnttonholea IN rnats
and vests. zoo hulfonholes a day.
There are 30 girls Ia the shop
where Hannah Weiss works. and
some Of them make a. high as $40
week on piece work Theae are
nos nothing but machines. with
lack ulster eyes and yellos. parch.
m~nt.like skins The oFdinars wirf
has only been making buttonholes a
couple 81 years. aud gets from
I 81 80 a week 10 s.
How DO you suppose these girls
liver Well. you viii find Hannah
Weiss home on the top floor Of a
Delaney ~ h,nement In room
about a. biz aS : cell In bankers
roW" In the Ohio penltentiarr she
lives with five other human beings
Could that girl invite her friends
into that home. with such surround
inE4f Certainly not so. ns a con.
sequence 81 her youth and sex. she
spends her evenings IN q dance hall
or out ON the street
The lowest price At which a glrl
can obtain board and lodging Ia alb
solnieiy respectable surroundings Ia
I $3.50. and that Is At the Young
WomanH Christian Association.
which can only take a limited mum.
her. Suppose the girl pays ali her
salary Tor board AMI shelter. where
ia the money coming from for
IclOthsa, car fare. lunches. doctors
bills and the hundred actual necea.
sities OF lifeg
Visit the Haynarkct dance hall.
sit through a session OF the night
court. 20 TO Cairo" or look into
the dance halls and "sitiinE rooms"
along the Bowery and you viii find
the answer.
Vice u repulslve thing isn't IT,
In theory. | mean. Actually Il pre-.
SCENTS fashionable aud altogether
I pleasant appearance, At least la
New York city.
out ~ 20 women Of the street
hailed Into court / could not find one
half so wretchcd and seaervinR of
pity o. my little friend. Hannah
Weiss, Of the Houston st. sweat
shop.
These we're fashionably dressed
women. Their eyes were bright.
their hair soft and SILKY and dainti.
tly dressed All nonchalantly paid
fines Of 81 and SO. Then the
obliging Judge turned them back on
1 Che streets.
Judges. lawyers. settlement work
ers will tell you nine tentha of New
Yorks street walkers are daughters
Hof immigrants.