The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-10-04
FAMILY IS T2|CKED
into TRAP
HOW THEATRICAL LIFE is STEP
PING STONE OF WHITE
SLAVERY" is TOLD.

.y given. but given, is ueScTibsH With
striking directness, by Clifford q. Roe
in the woman's World for October,
from knowledge gained at first hand
through Investigations made by Mr..
Roe. during his service as assistant
states attorney in Chicago. and as
member of the Woman's World COM
inittee on legislation against the
traffic His story is Of the auction
GERS of souls.
THE trader" says Mr.. Roe, often
has the impudence and nerve to in
terview the parents of the girl ana
obtain their consent, knowing that he
il hiding behind some fictitious name,
with little possibility of ever being
This was true in the
case Of n certain cadet who brought a
little girl from Duluth. MINI. The
girl was Il years old. The parents
gave their consent. thinking that
through the girls life upon the stage
their position in life would lie raised,
and they sent the little girl on to
Chicago with this man. bidding her
aGod-speed.' The testimony in this
case showed that under compulsion
she wrote several letters to her par
ents, telling of her initial stage sue
cess. while the truth was that this
man was procurer and collecting
toll upon the Ioathsnme earnings of
this girl, who was compelled by him
to lead n disreputable life. He was
convicted under the law for bringing
a girl into the state under the age
of Is for immoral purposes and was
sentenced to three years, and the girl
was returned to the home of her par
ents.
Cases have been brought to light
and facts uncovered, where even dis
reputable theatrical agents themselves
have loaned their services to the
white slave system. Two young girls
were working i'm one of the larger
department stores of Chicago. One
day n woman was at the counter
where one of these girls was selling
goods. The woman complimented the
beauty of the girl. at once appealing
to her vanity. and asked her how she
would like to go upon the stage. The
girl. who was Evelyn k, was
over-joyed at the very thought. for
only few nights before she had been
talking with her chum, Ida P,
about becoming an actress The
woman gave Evelyn a card with the
address of a certain theatrical agent
on it and instructed the girl to call
there at certain time. This she did,
accompanied by her friend. Ida. Ar
rangements We're made and tickets
procured, and the girls were soon on
their way to Springfield. ILL.,, headed
for disreputable resort, as the evil
dence in the case afterward showed.
Had ii not been for thu inter,
ference of n good Scotch lady, into
whose house these girls had gone for
lodging before making themselves
known to their new employers. they
would have been east into life far
different from that which they had
anticipated. The Scotch lady, learn
ing their destination and knowing the
reputation of the resort to which
these girls had been sent. warned them
of the danger they We're in, and aided
in sending them back To Chicago.
While the ease against this the
atrical agent was pending. these girls,
who We're waiting to testify, We're
taken out of the city and secreted in
Milwaukee. Wis. where after several
weeks hunt they were finally found
and brought back tn Chicago. and
afterwards testified i'm the court to
the foregoing facts.
The first case under the amend
ment to the pandering act in Illinois,
wis severely fought in the court by
two of the men. one of the procurers
i 1A - 4 l.
a confession, telling how the dealer in
human souls. had hired Jacob J. and
himself To 60 about on the streets and
catch girls To be turned over to inn
moral resorts. The testimony i'm the
ease in which they We're found guilty
will shaw how successful they We're.
Two 1s-year-ald girls, one picked M
by Il filtration In one Of chicago's
large summer amusement parks. Were
sold into captivity This is one oi
the most appalling eases that has yc,
come to our notice. These girls Were
procured upon promise Of marriage
and trip tn New York. all of which
WAS fine and grand tn them.
TRUE it Is that some girls 60 will.
ingly To the block tn he auctioned in.
+ NJ ii hAAANbA' AAl't hAfN w 4iIlu
later their terrible mistake. The sys-
tenn of making had girls worse IL
just as vicious as making good girls
bad and all this is white slavery
THE most worked method OF sacur.
ing the confidence by appealing to tn,
ambition OF the girl is by the stag,
or theatrical route. 1t is because ST
many girls are stage struck nova
days that this method has beer
/ worked most successfully. Perhaps o
all the cases that have been tries
! i'm nearly the last three years in Chi
cagn. the girls who have been pro
cured by Inducements To go upon til,
stage outnumbe- all others. TIL,
slave trader represents himself as tn,
agent of some theatrical manager, ol
perhaps as the manager himself. Go
ing to II factory town. Asr example. h,
makes ii his business to meet som.
cir, who is working there Who he haj
learned Is stage struck TAAfter III,
! formalities Of an intrndt ictipn, Viii Tel
he secures in one way and another. n
leads up tn the subject by telling tina
he is a theatrical man and is lookin:
! for new recruits.
! The girl is at once interested. Sh
Is naturally ambitious. She wants I.
better her condition I'm life. Sh