New-York tribune., 1908-02-02
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,p. that these offenders are

abstain from offending; that these oieiiue'S NV
positively irresponsible 80
The more frequently q woman charged Win
immortality is arrested the more convincing De-
~ mos the theory that there is sc-rntlhc rea-
son for her offences: that whatever may nave
been the cause &C her first offence a moufe
stronger than mere fascination for the hIe'
stronger than her desire for reformation sofr'e-
thing bevond her control. leads her to continue II
To ask such why she does not give up
the life is like asking maniac why he does not
recover his senses. The average immoral woman
will say: ! detest this life: i wish could ieave
II but / cannot With IL come the attendant
vices-the of cocaine morphine, alcohoi ano
whatever the outcome Of her arrest may be-hne
bond or imprisonment-even after repeated SEN
tences of six months, with few hours OF inter-
vening liberty she returns as persistently 10 the
street as an insane person to his purpose or SUI
eide. They are incapable of self-control or re1or-
nation through methods at present employed IL
this fact is due to abnormal physical conditions
the victim should receive medical treatment Ii
it is due to environment she should be placed
under different influences; If TO weakness OF char
acter or mentality she should be safeguarded
and as a protection to herself and to society she
should be placed under restraint while acquiring
higher standard Of living.
PRESENT METHODS FRUITLESS.
II is because the association has come to the con-
clusjon all the methods of treating TINS
class are useless that all the money spent in their
arrest conviction and maintenance IN prison is
waste 10 the taxpayers that 1t is ag1tatlns Tor the
state farm. For sixty-two years the association
has been trying help such women. in prison ana
after their discharge. Not till 1t studied the ef-
fects of outdoor farm work upon them under Miss
Welch did 1t discover something which really made
a difference. which really worked an improvement
in conduct and character That the basis OF this
Improvement is physical seems certain Such
women are nervous wrecks They have lost the
power of self-control, the power to change.
The part played by health in this class may be
indicated by DR. Daniels reports for the last year
for the Isaac T. Hopper Home. OF sixty-ono
women who came to the home for the first time
during 1867 only fourteen were healthy. Seventeen
suffering from acute alcoholism tventy-three
thirteen from minor complaints OF the 1874 women
who had been in the home before only fourteen
had been drinking less than previously All the
had been drinking much or more than when
first known. Three former inmates of the home
developed incurab bic insanity during the year.
The medical treatment OF alcoholism by the city
is unsatisfactory. said DR.. Daniel. The con-
dition generally considered a disease.
woman in the street unconscious from alcohol is
taken to the alcoholic ward at Bellevue, where
treatment is given unless special symptoms arise.
When able walk she is discha rged- If arrested
In the she receives a varying sentence which
may be six months She is taken the island and
nanifests itself