The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-11-02
Conditions Far From Ideal.

Conditions Far From Ideal.
II could not understand this lax con-
dition and / asked Ben Lindsey, who
is outspokon in his theoretical belief
In woman suffrage. He admitted that
conditions in Colorado were far from
what they ought to be, and admitted
that the women OF the state we're as
much bound by political expedience as
the men.
I'm 20 states where only men vote
laws have been passed limiting the
hours that a woman may be employ
ed" says Barry. I'm not one OF the
states where women vote Gre there
any laws restricting the labor for wo
men employees.
The chief of police OF Denver told
me that Juvenile crime was alarming
ly on the increase in that city. Judge
Lindsey says that this is due to the
increased pressure OF economic condi-
lions. The conclusion of my investi-
cation of the laws for children was
that Instead of being better protected
or even as well protected in the states
wnere women vote, they were actually
less protected.
MRS. Gait, International president
of suffrage societies, told me that
when women voted it would certainly
eliminate the social evil Mrs. Kate
Waller Barrett, national president OF
the Florence Crittenden home for
hayward girls. says:
"In all the 7S Florence Crittenden
homes in the United States / never
saw such collection of young. inno-
cent girls of the better class as there
are in the Denver home. There are
SO girls there, most of them still in
their teens, Such cases are alarm
ingly on the increase. Denver and
Salt Lake City are among the few
remaining large cities In this country
where vice is segregated. In one OF
the principal streets Of Denver women
exhibit themselves in the doors and
windows; while two blocks away Is q
schoolhouse, and children daily pass
through this district on their way to
school.
Nor have the women stamped out
polygamy, on the statement or the most
prominent Salt Lake City paper, the
Salt Lake Tribune, which on Aug. 1
published q list OF $50 men who mad
contracted plural marriages recently.
AS for drinking among women. l was
told and saw for myself, that rev
cities In the country, not New YORK
or Chicago or San Francisco. are any
worse in this respect than the capital
OF Colorado. Even some OF the drug
stores I'm Denver according to good
authority serve whisky and brandy to
unescorted girls"
Divorce Evil Not MitIgated.
Barry finds that woman suffrage has
not miigated the divorce evil.
THE newspapers of Denver con
stantly carry advertisements OF 'di-
vorce attorneys and one OF the FRI
day afternoon diversions Is to go to
the county court and observe the d.
vorce mill Ordinarily the average
time required to grind out a divorce
Is four minutes and half"
AS for women purifying politics,
says Barry:
Il was in Denver at the time OF
the last election, and had. therefore,
a frst.hand opportunity 10 study the
question OF woman's honesty In poll
tics. saw scores of women accept
money for the election held in Dem
yer on May II. 1910. An incalculable
amount of money was spent on that
day. In my own very restricted
sphere saw about $1,000 paid out
TO women In Ave, ten and twenty-dol-
lar lots.
THAT same day l sat in the office
of the campaign manager of the vets
and saw a stream OF political women
pass In and out. Each woman TOOK
with her $40 bill and instructions
how TO work i'm her precinct.
"A pretty. very smartly gowneo
woman went from the vets TO the
'drys.' for, as she said, The vets
gave me $3.50 two days ago, and
was for them all right, but this morn
ing I found they had given my sister
$40 and now am for the "drys.