The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-23
RESCUE WORK IN CAIRO
How Young Girls Were Saved by
Good Woman and the Police
Greater Activity Urged.

| God has for woman to do. But Sh
| is SO modest and retiring about i
and does not crave public applaus
or praise, here only aim being to as
sist some one in distress. am in |
position to know of part of thi
grand work-all of 1t will never b,
| known until that last day wher
each is rewarded for the good hi
| has done his fellow man. But | fee
that others should know and appre'
eiate such q woman and her work
Many is the time she has opened
her doors and allowed them to eat al
/ her table--the distressed and
friendless. 1t Is to her the chief
Of police appeals for help for girls
who need a helping hand better
than that of police officers-a kind
woman's sympathy and counsel and
this they have always found in this
good woman. will refer to two re-
cent cases of the many she has help
ed. Two girls alighted from train
and policeman seeing them sus-
picioned they had run away. They
were not bad or vicious girls and
they went to very respectable
boarding place and paid for a
nights lodging and supper. After
supper they went to picture show.
The same policeman seeing them de-
cided to watch them. Some young
men moved over into the seats be-
hind the girls and began converse
ton with them. They all left and
went to an ice cream parlor. After
leaving there they stood on the
corner trying to persuade the girls
to go to the park with them. This
they refused to do and all started
for the boarding place, the police
man following When the young
men noticed this they left the girls
They had worked in cigar factory
and SO started out next morning to
hunt work. They did not succeed
and this same policeman seeing
them walking aimlessly around and
fearing harm might come to them
TOOK them to police headquarters
whore they were detained all day. |
am told they said they had done
nothing and they did not see why
they should be kept there to be star
ed at by all those men.
Right here | would like to discuss
the subject of the necessity of suit
able place where young women
could be placed in cases of this kind
but will leave this for another
time and proceed with my story.
The chief of police sent for this
lady and she was there a half a day
trying TO get the true story from
these girls and finally succeeded in
doing so. She gave them their sup
per and went down to see them that
night and the money was finally
raised to send them home. The cid
est was a girl of seventeen. the
youngest fourteen years of age. The
jealousy of a husband and unkind-
ness of a father, caused these foolish
young girls to run away but their
letter shows that the kindness and
counsel of a good woman saved
them.
Can any of the women of Cairo
forget the pitiful case so recently
before us--that is now awaiting adj
justments The young innocent
girl taken from her home and
brought here by one of those vile
ffends. This woman should have
been behind the bars with life sem
tence long ago--for she it is that
caused the ruin to so many youne
boys--the story Of which Is too vile
to be in ones mind. And the moth
er of one of the boys was brave
enough to face the jury and the men
to try and bring this wretch to jus
tice, Does it not make the blood
boil in every woman's veins to think
that after all this terrible state of
affairs this woman is allowed to re-
turn here and open her den of vice,
ready to ensnare and ruin all she
can get her polluting hands on! o.
you men of the law! You city off
cials with daughters or sons, can
you allow this?
The Purity League has tried 10
make the conditions better here
why have they failed? Because ii
has not ilad the aid OF the authori-
ties.
/ will close with an appeal to the
mayor, the chief of police, the
states attorney.
Gentlemen:-Lay aside all per.
sonal feeling, forget your po-
litical or official aspirations you are
afraid of losing because you do
your duty. Show to us that there is
nobility and grandeur of soul and
kindness o heart that God has put
into every man although sin and
pride may have covered it over
Honor your mother, wife and daugh-