The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-26
SAYING FIRST OFFENDERS
MISS MINEFS WORK FOR WOMEN
o. FHE UNDERWORLD.

4 ColIegs Graduate Whs Found FIeF We
catISn NmsnG the Unfortunate N ths
NlEht Court -WoFkcsi FIRST a. PrOba-
tIOn Omeer -TAs Home Shs started.
One Of the most unusual OOoupatiOns
followed In New York by u refined. col
/ lege bred woman 10 that Of Miss Aaude
Z. Miner Of les West Tenth strest. She
/ Il known a. the friend Of the women Of
the underworld. Only a young woman
herself. her associations with the under
world have made her one Of the most
AmiliAr figures with the night court,
where the police rospect her and where
the Magistrates will always listen 70 any
suggestion ahs has 70 make in the dis-
position Of the women brought before
them.
Miss Nicer has just turned %, YET
whenever a knotty problem presents
itself 10 a Magistrate In sks matter Of
an erring girl il IL Miss Miner who h
sent for. The women themselves look
up to her. Hundreds Of frst offenders
have been turre1 back into the right
road by her and are now working In 70
spectacle places for a living.
What IL Miss Miner like. you may ask
Tall ard graceful she slips into your
preseroe quietly. soft voicei and with
a sweet. sympathetic smile When you
notice the dark hair plsntifully tinGed
with gray il only enhances the youth.
ful face. hut il tells the story that many
Of the tTagsiies she has sncountered
have aroused her deep sympathy.
First Of all. said Miss Miner 10 the
reporter. 4 Want all these girls 20 know
where 20 lind me. No matter who they
are. u they want to do right want them
20 know that I have q welcome for them
waverly House was started two years
ago. but some Of the girls may think Il
Is ike many Of the other places where
much red tape IL exercised. and they
stay away. No matter what time Of night
they come here there II a night bell In
my vestIbuls az their call.
MY girls are Of course mostly new or
arst offenders between the ages Il 10
and q. Our work Is ~ manifold with
these ages that when We find that an older
woman is hOpelessly list we must give
her up and turn back to the girls. where
there s still a chance All winter long
I have visited the night courts until
am very tired and shall he glad 70 90
With some Of my girls 10 their new sum-
mer home. Hillcrest. n. j.
NV story and how I started IL % this
unusual field IL this: gradIa ed IN
1910 and received nv degree Of II. A.;
but Il seemed that all along my college
course I was training Tor this work
i knew that there IL no city on earth
where the hayward girl has more scope
Tor temptation. where they a. a whole
are more sinned against and where 20
little Is done 10 REDEEM them. First
Offenders in a court were generally turned
ont again into the very place they came
from. the street.
1T all ct me n thinking The con-
ditions in this city Of these gaudily dressed
Rirls walking the streets 90 night filed me
with such horror that ! decided 20 60
among them and So Il there was not q
way 20 stop them IN the beginning.
Some unusual method had 20 b. ~
sorted 20. had 10 live among them and
and out the oauas soon after my graduA-
ton District Attorney Charles 3. Whit
nan. Who was then q Magistrate. APP
pointed me probation ofioer This