New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-01
ReneeOed Efforts 10
SAGE Young Women
from Their
Clutches

WA. is being done. what more can be
- toward lessening the power and de-
.,,xj7g the opportunities OF the so-cslled
"a bite slavers" 10 procure their prey in
- york? This is a question keenly dis
sod at The present moment in all those
--sr-iza lions whose activities are devoted
tho study and solution of municipal and
.--iaI problems
7-.. recent murder Of innocent young
5 hlred when seeking for honest en-
,,,.1ert into the clutches OF a ncentious
seems likely 10 rouse into activity r
,l;c sentiment which will demand a
later degree OF protection for working
.-le and which. il is hoped, may eventu-
-, hiring forth some constructive pro-
[-sr7,7e OF effort looking toward the i'm
,,,erDent OF certain social conditions
mich now fatefulIy operate to assist vile
,ren who make a living by driving young
uo-,eu into lives OF immortality.
The more recent action Of District At
,or,7cy whitman in causing the arrest of
..,.oral alleged procJ,rers viii heighten in
-ss- in this question when all the details
,-,e ont Some Of these details-the in
,55snt- Tor instance. of a GirI SO little and
- childish that she wept when they took
~ from one house to another because she
80 20 leave her Teddy bear behind
str even 1.ttA. eAOH4A N@AAASA@ IA Ill
,.-,osrhe-e Of The Criminal Courts.
The International treaty ratified by The
,rI-A6 states in 1908 has already sounded
90. death kl7eI of the importer of i1rosti-
,-ss into this country from foreign lands
,ra he intelligent and sympathetic study
-. ,s11er zonlen who have been brought
tafo-e rhe courts in New York City has
res,,1re6 IN Jha establishment az Waverly
House which il is believed. Wiz help many
,-,nE women TO nee from their masters
r,-l INTO lives Of respectability- Careful
.tg-v and investigation have resulted in 2
r-ar1icsTv unanimous feeling that the only
,.,le solution Of the problem must be in
y.-e -entive rather than in curative meas
rs and that the procurer's task must
:. made 50 difficult and dangerous that
Jew viii dare TO undertake it
Al present the slaver'S best bait is fine
,lorhes- The very large majority Of girls
Who 20 wrong" most social workers de
r.-e. CO 50 because they desire gaudy
,.!-nent q personal luxuries which they
.re unable 70 buy from their earnings or
uhich their parents are unable TO buy for
them. Respite from hard work is also
hardly less attractive. Girls working in
I-oorly paid occupations. nine and ten hours
. Gay, with no chance ahead for higher
yenethenirs out in front Of them, wherein
they are clipping threads day after day.
sewing inIerrninable seams or pasting the
ssrae kind OF strips on the same kind of
toyes, must not be too harshly judged
:. hon they give ear TO men and women
= no whisper seductively of the ease of a
IFe OF idleness which they may enter upon
Those who thus whisper OF ease and idle
ness lie in wait for the unwary girl in
many places, but chiefly in those which |
tHe frequeuts IL her hours OF recreation |
end amusement. 1t is then that the girl /
has time 10 listen TO the voice % the
tenpte-. whose attack is made IN that
r ost insidious guise, the guise OF friendli- |
fass This is why the dance halls and |
other cheap amusement resorts furnish |
such q large number OF girls who go on /
no downward path. This is why crowded |
81 cJIrsior boats In summer are not infre- |
cusntly haunted by cadets and other !