The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-08-01
DANGER IS LURKING
IN EXCURSIONS
WHITE sLAvERs" WORK uNRE.
MITTlNGLY AMONG PLEASURE
TRIP TRAVELLERS.

urnaiia Of lake boat excursions from
Chicago across the lake and to near
by ports and resorts. the harvest when
the boats carry the bulk of the yearly
100000 passengers reported by the
harbor commission has reached q
hectic climax this year shat has
aroused the Illinois Vigilance associa-
ton to complaint and denunciation.
The boats that depart with bands
playing, bunting whipping. spooners
snooning to the point of reproach and
joy quite nnconfined have been under
surveillance. These excursions have
been found to be the first aid To white
slavery not occasionally but frequently
the cntrannLng If giI:s in TIL. silly
season" and their ss..is into white slav-
cry III houses Of the ieyee
Never were these rromiscuous
steamer trips such scenes Of license as
now. nor the results following the un
chaperoned. overnight expeditions to
the Graetna Greens more prolific In
and hasty marriage -mock or real, The
sharp warning issued by Mrs. O.,heiia
Amigh. superintendent of the Illinois
state Home for Girls, against such ex-
cursion steamer outings has been more
than confirmed by Investigations of an
active committee on legislation against
the traffic In girls. Forrest crissey,
chairman Of the committee. states in
current issue of the Chicago maya
zine "Woman's World the conclusions
reached:
Thousands Of half baked romances
ending in Graatna Green marriages are
the inyariable harvest Of the silly sea
son. marriages which bring suffering.
bitter repentance and a tragic climax
In the divorce courts. IL they do not
come to a worse ending. Wherever
crowds OF young people mingle In the
pursuit of pleasure there are Matched
the romances which spell hearthreak
and unhappiness. The darker side to
this summer sillin"s~ liz that the run
away marriage is faverite trick Of
the white SLAYER IL. makes love II
the girl whose head Is turned with -,
notions about romantic couys "s
marriages: he takes her tw 'a''ps go
parson' or justice Of sska '''''
excursion resort t. me peace ~ ~.
is performed. ~ pc ana eefeli"hs
IL the bfp ci. hen comes the return
into 80 II and the sale of the girl
Danrbs aatery worse than death
=. tiers most need their strongest
~ srning and mast devoted care dur
lng the season of summer Stiffness. of
vacations, and of unconventional meet
ings with young men under the easy
familiarity of fun. froiic and good
time The summer season is the sea
son If special peril. He just little
bit more particular about forming ae-
auaintances then"
Thirty thousand girls win leave Chi
cago this year in 'the silly season"
unprotected and romance hungry.
These are the girls from shop. fac
tory and office mingling with men and
boys and with the fathers and mothers
who are absorbed in the herhias ot
their children. II is Intoxicating. the
hlare of the band, the saash OF The
blue water, the clear evening sky dot
ted with wheeling gnlls; 1t seems II
many girls like an Eden. Mai,s soon
learn that the serpent Is there IL make
the Eden complete. Watch them. one
sees the careful search that the pro-
eurers make for the pretticst victim,
the fresher, sweetsr, more innocent the
better. for tn him she is commodity
and her selling value depends on these
things. The Introduction Is innocentfy
dans-a courteous invitation to dance,
with apologies for the strangers pre-
sumption. Painfully polite are these
Young men. The girls they select re
eeiye the most ardent homage. Self
drinks follow the dances. and the
strulls upon the promenade decks
where nearly all the other girls are
walking with soulful boy escorts The
girl later goes To supper IN the long
dining room With her gentleman
friend instead of eating the cold lunch
That mother packed III home. or which
she has purchased at the little delica-
lessen store The other girls who have
haired off are there TOO. and III. sup
per table jest runs loud, though col
ar.a high nj times. which nobody
seems to mind. Afterwards. when the
mothers with the sleepy babies and tho
fretful children are lalling all over the
chairs and floor If the stntfs cabin
and the moon has come np. the young
folks grapitate To the upper decks
There They place steamer chairs In
uairs In dark corners, near the music
floating family up from below ana
answer the call as they hear II al
MItehery and romance" Hands seeh
hands uncnnsciously. h. ads sink sur
rertIfiously 10 shoulder. TIL" moor
and the music and the summer night
are taa much for young blood and sen'
timental hearts. Tired. drows%, from
the rush Of the water and the natior
If the boat. pair by pair they fal
asleep. in each others embraces. whtl'
poker chips click, all She gamhiins
games grow more frantic aud lteeh
tiousness wakes with the night.
vasaries OF Cold.
You can never be quite sure where .
cold is going to hit you. In the fl
and winter it may settle in the b W