The evening world., 1912-11-11
WHITE SLAVERY
WILL END WHEN
woman IS FREE
Reginald Wright KaufTman's
Attitude Toward the
Social Question.
FREE EVEN m WEDLOCK
Equal Suffrage viii Be a
Long Step in the Evo-
hutton of Woman.


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This 10 the summary a Reginald
Wright KaufYman's attitude toward the
most hotiy discussed social question OF
She present Day. Mr.. Kaufman II the
Slctlonal mvcigrsker OF me Oldest pro-
Ssssion In the wos1d." and his hrst
books, THE HOUSE Of Bondage" and
The Sentence Of Stiencs." set forth
his chosen topic IN no uncsrtain terms
In fact. some Of us found their crude
brutality. their plethora Of short and
ugly words. unJustfhah1c In the absenoe
Of coherent constructive suggestion.
But for these critics Mr. Kaufman 10
Drsparins IN answer In the form Of an.
ether novel. 70 be called Judith Kent:
Free Woman" He has been working on
It In England. but has returned to re-
fresh his New York impressions. ~ 1t
y in this city that his young heroine
dnds her freedom" And Just this
liberty IL Mr.. Kauffman's ultimate pre-
ecription for ending the commerciallxa-
ton Of vice.
NO OINTMENT, GUT JUST
OUsiNess.
IAN Of Ne opposed to this evil have
taken one tremendous step In the last
decade" he told me. I'VE have found
that Il 10 not based on sentiment but
en- business. II n no emotional. posticai.
yAust-Marguerite proposition. but =
cold. shrswd. deliberately planned com
Osrciai enterprise. II Always has been
just that. For four thousand years men
have been trading IN women and other
MEN have been poweriess to stop the
trade. I don't say no effort has been
made. but simply that the result OF all
enort is q thoroushly hopeless muddle."
And do you agree with the sufYra-
gists. that when women are allowed q
share In the government they will
straighten out the nuddiey' I asked
Mr. Kaufman.
Il feel that they can accomplish more
than men have accomplished" he ad-
United. They couldn't we'll do less
OF course there In no question but that
woman suffrage IL coming. and coming
soon. Even Its opponents have 10 adj
mit that. And ! consider II an exceed
tngiy valuable step In the evolution Of
woman. But l don't believe that the
ballot alone. no matter by whom It Ia
handled. can do away with this infa-
nous traffic which we are discussing.
he a.. nj, a
with economics. and political freedom
seems nearer for women than economic
freedom. Yet the latter Is every whit
as important as the former. Women
ought not merely to receive a living
wage; they ought TO be given all the
fruits Of their labor. SO ought men, OF
course. and. II they were so paid. an
other aspect Of the white slave arrange
ment would be disposed OF. For youns
men would be In a position to marry.
instead Of being forced to wait TIL mid
die life before publicly and permanent.
y associating thmselves with any
woman"
How about the double standard Of
morality7" I asked. do you think 4
will ever really be set asideT
come" 2r. xsu3man asserted, earn.
sstiy. "Ths only uncertain thing 10
whether IL Will be . single moral
standard or . single immoral stand
ard, according TO the usual connota-
tion OF those adJscttvss. Woman
may say TO man, u shall allow my.
self exactly ~ much license ana IN
Restraint - You permit In yourself!
Or she may say, 7 shall require Of
you all the ssif-control ana oouti-
nenoe which you demand Of me-
FRANKLY, don't know which way
win work out.
''The theme Is receiving much con
Sideration just now in Europe. Sc!en
fists in Paris are asserting that mar
riage need not necessarily mean monop
oily, In fact. that there In nothing In tn
nature OF the institution which impne
this for man or woman. However, III
moral side OF the question doesn't u
terest me. leave that for others"
Looking at Mr.. Kaufman. WASH
surprised-I don't mean this for an a.
verse criticism. But To be feryently IL
terested in moral aspects one must /
fervenily emotional; in short, one mu,
have the Celtic rather than the Tel
tonic temperament. That the latter
AIR Kauffman's his fiaxen fairness
well as his philosophic outlook amp
proves. Personally. think the que
tion he deals with needs phlosoph
rather than emotional treatment
Leaving for a moment the future
white slavery" he continued. "the
comes the question of what to do wi
the system In the present ] admit tn
We seem to be stranded on . parade
The practice OF segregation and medic
inspection combined IL the one usual
in vogue throughout European citls
Yet besides the very obvious objscti,
that this II legalizing immortality, al
therefore giving II a stronger hold thu
ever, many scien lists do not consid
that any real protection against di
ease Is afforded.
RED LIGHT DISTRICT CAN oNL
De 6cATTEREo.
ION the other hand. where an attsm