The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-10-17
CHICAGO NEWS LETTER

i CHICAGO NEWS LETTER
Chicago. Oct. 16.-An unkind statis-
! tician has almost eclipsed Chicago ny
! comparing its 2.2500eo population with
/ the total population of the world,
| 1.452 00G, 900. In this comparison even
/ the 1910 census population of the
1 United states. s0.o0o0o0 or more. be-
| comes almost insignificant. although
| its population increase during the sec
| ond half of the last century was 2ss
| per cent, and for the first half of that
century 24o per cent. a more marvel
Gus record than any other country
can show from immigration. The
items of the world population. which
diminished Chicago to a mere fly
speck on battered tin globe included
the following:
Chinese empire ............. 4s3,ooo,ooo
British empire ................. 4lh,ooooo"
Russian empire ................ la2ooo"oo
! United States unciuding
Philippine islands and Porto
Rico 3d. 600, 900
France 30, 0ao. 900
/ German empire ........... u, 600. 900
Janan $4,000, 900
Austria Hungary ..:.......... 43.ooe,o"o
Netherlands - 43 600 600
! ottoman en,pire " 81, 600 900
t,at,- ..., 81. 600 900
The curious fact about these figures
is that the population of western Eu-
rope has not diminished. notwith-
standing the enormous immigration to
North and South America, Australia
and South Africa from European
countries. Never since historians be-
gan to keep tab on population mas
there been such an increase as during
the last half of the nineteenth century
and the beginning OF this one.
II believe now that Chicago is on
the right road toward overcoming its
vice district" was the comment oil
! Charles \. Crittenton of New YORK.
founder of the Crittenton mission
with branches in rs cities. regarding
the vigorous fight taken up by Chicago
business men against the white slave
traffic as the most fragrant OF evils
i of the red light district. Conditions
i'm Chicago are the worst in the United
/ states" he added. and l have seen
the Frisco wharves, tho Pensacola
dives and the fostering vice of every
large city. but Chicago / find the most
depraved of ALL" The enforcement OF
the new Illinois statutes aimed spe-
officially Mt the bartering of girls for
vice. Tow is assured by active interest
taken by commercial bodies ana
powerful organizations of many ma
tionaiities and creeds, as the result OF
efforts made by the committee CHOSEN
by the Woman's World Magazine
which took practical steps toward the
! suppression of recruiting for vice us
, tricts and cities throughout the United
, states The Illinois statutes. taken as
a model by the Minnesota legislature
last spring and by the legislatures OF
other states. promises to be brought
=. into beneficial use in Massachusetts.
( Tennessee. Alabama and several other
states when their legislatures convene
II has been found that the existing
- statutes of most states are but filmss
protection to the operation of procur-
D ers. for the traffic goes on at an as
$ tsuishing rate with the result of ruin
4 ID not less than $1,000 girls each year.
and the consequent heart break OF par
: ents whose daughters innoeense. van
itv of heedIessness have made them,
= under present conditions easy prey.
: The dax of the great American
drama and tframatist lies just beyond
the present day infatuation of the pub
l lie here and in England for sparkling
theatrical froth. according to the
English actor, John +. Dodson. now
starring In Chicago. His study OF the
trend of things theatrical In England
!. insured the prediction that. when the
business mace begins to slacken in the
Y United States true drama will again
have consideration and development.
= From the time of Babylon down III
has been the history of every nation
. that art, including dramatic art. has
not reached its zenith until deeadence
of commercial supremacy and absorb
ton I'm business has begun. People In
The United States live so fast that
mere entertainment wins the pubite,
but certain il il that this country VIII
produce great drama and great dram
atists. She Is 50 young. 50 fuil OF ire
mendous xigor. so commanding IN the
| field of invention and industry that
!. attention has not yet turned TO the
drama as il has been known 10 other
: nations when they had reached that
point of opulence and ease when art
:. gained aseendeney in the public mind.
7 In England the present fad for the
light and sparkling entertainment be
y gan five years before IN did in the
United states, and probably its end is
J. that much nearer at hand" Mr.. bod
son talks OF the future of the drama
with hisrrionie earnestness. his fea-
: turSs his hands and his attitude re
Winding one of the character roles he
has played for sensational runs in
!, New York Of The House Next Door"