New-York tribune., 1908-01-18
GIRLS AT NIGHT COURT
Shelter To BE Opened for Them by
Miss MifE<eT and Others.

xzyt,t -rorts 1-o, do .f YOU were probation Of
ncer al the uiSht court and found yourself at )
O'Clock with one or Two OF tf-ree sUUhs
xrs,rnsl released prisoner on your hancs- Nhere
wo,ld YOU take them? How would you shelter
them while their cases were beng lhFeSusateo
and .oa and others were .ecltilnE Wraat steps ~
take keep them from falling int" the flt agaII
That is the problem which has CONFRONTED MISS
N.s,dc L Miner every night OF the four ana one
half months during which she has neen prooa-
ton officer OF the night court mat IS why she
has set out establish home near ths nshI
court where girls released Eander her care can
re kent ,lutfI she can send them TO their own
horrles-if they have hoInes-or until she can h''u
eraDloyInent them
rms project is not merely in the air We have
rented Two floors which contain eight large rooms
a, : to,sa - 1s5 West 10th stI,et-'' Miss Miner
sssd 10 a Tribune reporter. "A years rent mas
been guaranteed by "A friend 'Actner iieiIu HH'
given Us coal and wood some ol'e else mas eoh
trshuted six beds. and q church sorsty has prom
,sess 10 give US some help Some of the Smlth
.-aFlese girls have sent $40 to pe alliieo u
The work But need furniture, d1hins Eooni
furniture especially, dishes, beodiils anu ii'e".
TOO Contributions OF SO or nore-o1 iSSS -.
ne very welcome Clothes also are neene0' III
e-ct J,ar6sx. ANYTHING will come a1l1ss
-'Sucs, a home is needed sometimes for sI1s =
discharged from the day courts Dill II ID i'~'1
much more for the night court
1T isn't All easy thing Miss Miner coh'huee
ITO get an institution take girl in at eceh
~ che morning Most of the institutions are crowd
al ANYHOW Few have an one UP To receive
-i-l AT that hour. In the zen weeks I've peeh {.
the night court more than two hunoreo sIriS VI
from sixteen to nineteen or twenty years OF age
have been released IN my charge, ana Ne sp1io
-s,b a girl from one institution to another, wfien
court closed at s, only TO find that coulo arooSS
no one or that there was no room cInen n-iNe
taken a girl TO my own apartment III was etIAef
that or the girl out on the street. oI te' No
return 70 her miserable, eonfortess furnshea rooii
More than once q magistrate has said 10 me-
IF you had a place TO take this girl wonld give
her into your charge at once; but had no place.
END the girl would be sent back to the celis among
the older criminals
Many OF these girls come from the country
and we find they be sent back TO their homes
only they must be sheltered Somewhere while We
communicate with their people. One girl Of nine
teen I've just sent 10 her home IN ST LOUIS She
came here thinking she could get work, couioh l
get it. and thought there nothing for her 10 DO
nut 20 on the street. for she was starving An
cther-a sweet facsd young girl, too-Uas deserted
rv the man who kIred her from her home IN q
country town and brought her 10 New York 1
-eut TO several institutions with her when she
released by the magistrate at IN the morning,
and finally had to take her TO my home. NO one
would take her n. Another girl I'm interested IN
Is a. negro gTl Of sixteen wears. Sne was brousht
fuoIn the West Indies by woman who proceeded
80 make slave OF her, kept her most Tniserably
and finally qus-Telled with her and brought her
into cor.t Is inoorrigible-'
Then there's another side of the work. Mss
Miner continued "a very ugly side but If It exists
We must grappfe with II. Thece the girls sent
out on the street TO make money for the cadets
II Is necessary detain q girl arrested for this
until the man be found. That is another rea-
son why We want = home for prcbationers.
One such girl arrested reeently and placed il
rry charge two months age living honest
life, working regularly She was fured from her
place by a man. and-the rest followed. She tells
she Bantz TO give VI her wretched life VIII 90
10 any hons R,ay take her to-6ut the difficulty
find one
In little while Miss Miner viii so TO the new
home No. is West 10Th street, TO remain til 1t
in working order. Her own address is No. LIS
West rth street, where contributions Of money
may be sent letters regarding gifts OF furniture
may feel inclined 70 make.