New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-19
Few Girls Relapse.

organizations in this city, are helping to
care for her"
Few Girls Relapse.
Don't these girls sometimes return to
the wrong life. or. at any rate. aren't
| they a bad influence for acquaintances
/ who never have mad such experiences?
| the visitor skeptcally venturcd.
I've never had but one fail to do
| right" the narrator declared. Il find
work for the older ones. Every Sunday
write 10 them. Some are forewomen In
| factories. milliners. workers OF dlnerent
| kinds. They don't want TO talk OF their
past misfortune to others. They want
to forget IT, They want to be like others
who are respected. The letters get from
them and all the things l care much for
are kept by my friends. i don't want
| them left here in case am killed. DON'T
know when ! 80 out that III ever get
back"
Probably few know. as does this worker
in the slums, tho methods used by these
girls owners. Few have either her dar-
ing or intensity Of purpose.
The brutality Of some owners Is
awful" said she. 81 knew one girl who
was dying from a wasting disease. she
was ordered to earn money for her mas
ter five hours before her death.
The girls die off rapidly. one woman.
who keeps a dive, claims she can show
burial receipts for 1870 white girls.
81 get disguised at the way the clergy
men and other we'll meaning people.
ignorant Of facts. interfere and try to
help some Of these Infamous taffickers
i'm girls II is no use 10 go In and give
nice little talk on loving God. That does
no good Young girls on the streets need
protection. but these good people aren
10 be seen after midnight. Sometimes
think a lot OF social workers are more In
terestad in a good salary and good home
for themselves than anything else. lhey
work on the surface of things.
why. ! once had a scamp up In court
" hen a clergyman interceded for him.
saving the man was trying 10 do right
That clergyman didn't know that the fell
low had an Italian wife In Chinatown and
a little girl on the Bowery. He had been
fooled By the glib talk Of man shrewder
than himself.
"ouce. lust when 7 was getting girl
away from her woman keeper. a number
Of social workers gave the lady birth
day party-I doubt that such missionary
work does much good. Why don't they
turn their attention 10 the girls them
selves? II il prevention that should be
worked for. Instead OF giving nice talks
TO the oldtlmers, why not see that moving
picture places are safe for children1 Why
not protect girls at Coney Island and Fort
George and other amusement places?'
Beaten by Cadet
Few OF the most ardent social workers
would care n face such attacks as this
woman has borne. About a year and
half ago. when rescuing four children.
she was attacked by a cadet and beaten
"T guess he meant TO blind me- che ex-
plained Ever since then Two had TO
wear glasses"
In dark hallway, which she had en-
tered I'm seeking a new victim OF the
denlzens. there was a sudden lunge at
her head, and seven OF her teeth were
knocked out.
II was pretty sick after that the
confessed. you see they kicked me and
pounded ma hard. Some folks said l
ought 10 have better police protection
Did you see the letter Mayor Gaynor
wrote to them
The interviewer hsd seen H. II IL now
In the possession OF Mrs. James Lees
Laidlaw, one OF Roses staunchest sup
porters-and. by the way, the members
OF the Women's Suffrage League are
friends Of hers.
Mayor Gaynor had dismissed the case
lightly. saying that II Rose couldn't get
along In Chinatown without getting into
trouble she'd better keep out Of China
town
Some say for me to carry a gun" she
went on. II could do mora with tho
ballot than with bullets! No. the i'm
moral women say they don't care for tho
ballot themselves. but II other women
had It they think perhaps they might
be helped
What DO you think Of the idea of
Segregation" she was interrupted.
Is Against Segregation.
IL see no reason why one part OF any
town should be given up to tho lust OF
mem" was the prompt answer L be-
lieve vice can he eliminated by pre-
vention. wish Mr.. whitman could be
Mayor. Mr. Moss Police Commissioner
and Mr. De Ford District Attorney. Then
we might hope for better conditions
IF I can't depend upon the police.
DO have encourag ng friends. For three
years the Missionary Study Circle. OF the
Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church,
In Brooklyn, has sent me clothes Now
they give me 81 70 a week to pay TOT
my room and laundry. Some people In
Great Neck. Long Island. have offered
to give me $40 month. as kind or
salary. but refused. I am not working
for money. An unknown man In Mont
clair sent 500 So has Mrs. Frances
Hodgson Burnett. / don't want money
for myself. Mr. Laidlaw is Keeping II
to go toward 500 that I hope Will some
day be accumulated to help the girls.
little ready money IL such help.
Just then the doorbell buZZed. That
must he that old man after clothes TOT
his daughters four children" the hostess
exclaimed. intuitvely. over In one cor
ner of the immaculate room was big
bundle. II have them all ready said
the Rose of the Chinatown Desert. Inc