The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-14
ORGANIZED VICE
 REGARDED SMALL
PROF. BAILEY OF YALE SAYS HIGHER PAY FOR WORKING GIRLS WILL LESSEN IM-
 MORALITY.
WAGES FAITHFULLY LOW"
Tells Society of Social Hygiene That
 Main Hope of Future Lies in Education.

Hartford, Nov. 1.-The first annual meeting of the Connecticut Society of | Social Hygiene was held here last night and listened to an address by 1 the president, Dr. Phineas H. Ingalls,,
 and the reports of the secretary and treasurer and of five committees. Prof. William B. Bailey, of Yale Uni-
 versity, chairman of the social evil
 committee, said in his report that ac- cording to the constitution of the society, the principal duty of the ] committee seemed to be the gather ing of statistics relating to the social evil.
 CITY COURT RECORDS The city court records of fifteen cit ies of the State and of the Superior court were gone over. There were during the calendar year 1910," he the State prison for offences con- nected with the social evil. Of these Al were males and two females. Twen- ty-four. were born in this country and 19 were of foreign birth. Of the for eign born 13 came from Italy and six from other European countries The number of persons convicted before the Superior courts of the State in 1910 of offences connected with the social evil was TOT. Of these 89 were males and IS females. Of the 107 persons convicted 49 were born in the United States, 49 were foreign born while the nativity of nine was unknown. Of the foreign born 21 were born in Italy. In fact, Italy furnished nearly twice as many criminals convicted before these courts during 1910 as all the other foreign countries. Among those convicted before the Superior courts the males outnumhered the females courts the females outnumbered the males.
 CONVICTIONS ABOUT 800
 There were convicted of offences connected with the. social evil before the city courts of fifteen cities in the State during the calendar year 1910, sol persons, of whom 205 were males and 296 females. These cities con- tain about 60 per cent. of the popu- lation of the State. There were prob ably about 250 convictions in the rest
 minimum estimate of the total convic- tions in the entire State may have been nearly 800.
 t"Of the 5O1 cases concerning which statistics were collected, POS of the persons convicted were of native Dlfln, lf0 or IoTeIsH putN, WHHC Ilc nativity of 148 was unknown. Of | those of foreign birth, "A. or almost exactly 50 per cent.,- were born in Italy. Of those convicted in the city courts 10 were under 15 years O. age; 47 between 15 and 19; 105 between 20 and 24; s4 between 25 and g; 112 between 30 and 39; 46 between 40 and 49: 23, 50 or over. and "A ages un-
 known.
 of the males convicted in the city courts in 1910 about 35 per cent had been convicted before the same court previous to that year and for over 3s per cent. of the females this was at least the second time they had been found guilty before the same court
 LITTLE ORGANIZED VICE sTf the opinion of we'll known citi-
 zens and social workers in the differ ent cities in this State is to be accept
 ed there is, very little organized vice
 in the State, and conditions are much
 more hopeful than in some large cit
 ies in this country.
 "Any means" Professor Bailey said,
 which can be devised to reduce the
 drinking of intoxicants in this State
 will serve the ends of this society.
 We should further the efforts. of those who are striving to obtain larger play
 grounds in our cities or better prov1s- ion for proper amusement among the young. 1t IS a shame mat wherever
 we turn for recreation in this State we find that the means of enjoyment have been, to such a large extent, commercia1ized.
 Employers of labor should endeav-
 or to pay a rate of wages sufficient to support a working girl without
 making it necessary for her to increase her income by immoral practices. The
 wages paid to young girls in some lines of work in this State are pitt fully low and while they may suffice for one who lives at home, are too small for the girl who is entirely de- pendent upon her own resources. Suit able provision for. vocational training in this State would assist the girl who must earn her own living.
 MAIN HOPE IS EDUCATION
 "Valuable as are these preventative
 measures the main hope for the fu- ture lies in education. The youth or both sexes must be taught the sanct1- ty of the human body. The necessity for personal purity should be brought
 home to male and female alike.
 .."The mistakes of the one sex are no more to be excused or condoned than those of the other. Education may be
 the slowest, but it is the most sue cessful method of dealing with special
 abuses"