El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-03-12

terrain church. Of this sum, $4,000 in
subscriptions has already been raised
The securing of the funds was referred
to the finance committee, after Mrs W.
ii. BrOaddus reported Tor the committee
on deciding upon g location 1he com
mittee has several houses under consid-
Grafton. but Mrs. BrOaddus strongly ad-
vocated the ACCESSIBILITY Of purchasing
the property outright, instead OF rent
ing.
The meeting was he'd that the assO-
citation might become better informed
on the local conditions before undertak-
ing the money raising campaign Tor
funds to establish the rescue home.
Mrs W I. Crockett, permanent chair
man in charge of the work, presided at
the meeting. The minutes OF the last
meeting were read by Mrs K v Fink
for Mrs E F. Elliott, the secretary
Communications from Mrs n L. hill,
one of the employed workers OF the
WOman's Charity association, citing five
cases that had come under her personal
observation here IN Ell PasO, where a
rescue home was needed; from Mrs Kate
K Monte. of the musical club Of Las
Cruces. suggesting that the musical club
might undertake to furnish one of the
rooms of the house. and one from Judge
A. S. J. Eylar were read by Mrs H. NJ
Patterson. corresponding secretary.
Judge EylaT Urges Home.
Judge A S. j. EvlaT spoke strongly IN
favor Of the establishment of the home.
As Texas makes no provision Tor the
care Of its incorrigible girls" he said.
"there IS no place IN which we can COM
mit-them when they come before us 1t
really is a disgrace to the state that
there Is no state institution of the kind
to which these girls may be sent. 1t
does not help them any to be sent to the
lails- We can sentence them to jail on
vagrancy charge, but that does no good
to the girl, and she cannot be kept there
any length of time. The only institu-
ton open to her IS the penitentiary, but
in order to be sent there a theft of more
than $50 IS necessary OF some felony
must be committed. Not such a great
perhaps an average OF four year, but
many come to the knowledge of the Po-
hce which never reach the court.
"1he question Of lncOrriglble boys Is
easily handled an average of 20 a year
come before me, but they can be sent
to the state reformatory.'
Ross Tells Of Necessity for a Home.
J. E. Ross said: Whenever the red
light district IN other towns is cleaned
up and closed, there Is a great influx Of
these people INTO FL PasO. Our town has
nation wide reputation as an open
town, Everything IS wide open here and
It Is sad TO be a good town for that
kind Of work As long as the red light
district remains open there viii be
tremendous need for a rescue home. and
there IS no prospect of its being closed
n the near future. A large amount Of
TINS traffic comes outside of the enforce
ment OF the federal statutes. the United
States can only at present regulate inter-
state traffic. The investigations in these
cases afford good occasions to study
the conditions here. We have one great
dlfflculty IN dealing with these cases.
There are many traffickers that we
cannot convict without the testimony
OF their victims, and many girls viii not
give this testimony. The girls in these
houses Of EVIL are kept subordinated by
the idea that police officers are their
natural enemies, and that they. must
never under any circumstances tell them
anything.
IF these girls could be made to realize
that there Is door opened to them. that
they can be made again respectable mem
beTs OF society, no longer ostracized. that
they can be helped we would NOT have
such dliIlculty in getting testimony
against the traf1lckers." Mr. Ross gave
several instances OF eases at present in
El Paso that were under his observation
where the rescue home would meet the
need of the situation
Mr.. Ross IN closing said he hoped 70
see the home started in the near future
and on a firm basis.
Airs. J. A Potter spoke Of the connec-
tion of the travellers aid at the union
station with the rescue work.
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