The Pleasantville press., 1912-11-13

III 1leaSdHtVllle anu JOuTu6yeu 10
Chicago, where | was joined by my
husband and where we remained sew
eral days taking in the sights Of Chi
cago. Chicago is wonderful and one
can get some idea of its size by not
ing that it takes the train forty min
utes to go the twenty-eight miles of
solidly built up streets before one gets
into the Union Station. We visited
Lincoln and Jackson Parks, the Art
Museums, ETC., the Hull House, which
is located on Halstead street, the lon
gest street in the world-seventy-
five miles long. Hull House is Won
derful, and Jane Adams has done
wonders for the foreign speaking peo
pie of the City of Chicago. After
Hull House we felt that we must Wis
it Chicago's Red Light district, so
Sunday evening at $50 we found our
selves knocking at the door of the
Midnight Mission. We were pleas
antly greeted by its founder, DR..
Bell, and invited in. We spent plea
SAINT half hour with DR.. Bell, DR..
Zimmerman, and the half dozen other
workers connected with the Mission.
AS 10 o'clock rolled around we were
invited to accompany this magnifi-
cent band of workers out on the
streets to hold service, beginning at
10 o'clock and lasting until IL, mid
night, and even later. We marched
two by two, DIR. Bell carrying the holy
white flag with the Red Cross at the
head of the procession and some one
of our party carried the Stars and
Stripes. "A noble band this. We
marched up Armour avenue about
two blocks and halted in front of the
lowest den of vice in Chicago's Red
Light district. The little organ was
unfolded, camp chairs placed in the
street near the sidewalk and hymn
books were distributed. DR.. Bell
mounted the platform Ga large soap
box) and in the most impassioned Ian
guage | have ever listened to i'm
plored his hearers to desist from their
nefarious business and go back to the
homes from which they, had come,
better and wiser men. There were
between one and two hundred men
many Of them under 16 years OF age.
Not woman among this motley
crowd. Nearly every nationality un-
der the sun was represented. All
through the service dance halls were
in full swing. Drinking and debauch-
cry. There was one house called
"Black Mag's" where colored girls are
kept and no one but white men were
admitted. There was another place
where none but Japanese girls were
kept, and still another where all the
girls were college graduates and not
word spoken outside of the French
language. Hundreds of houses of i'll
fame surround the eight blocks OF
this district. Five thousand girls a
year. it takes to supply the demands
of this section alone. Twelve girls
died on this street in one week and
are buried in the Potters Field.
will not go on with the horrors Of
that night. | hope to lecture on this
subject and tell of the sights saw.
We returned to our hotel that Sunday
night and felt that Chicago had well
earned the name of the third wicked
est city in the world. Alexandria,
Egypt, has first place, and San Fran
cisco second | tell you this so that
YOU will not think Atlantic City oc-
cupies either of these places.
On Monday, September End, at
1890 P. NJ, we left the Windy City
on a special train with Commander
in-Chief Harvey Trimble and his Of
officers of theWoman's Relief Corps,
of which had the honor Of being one.
We had $50 people on this special.
fetal family, and also the National
There were two dining cars, an obser-
vation car and every other kind OF car
to make. us comfortable for our long
trip across the continent. All along
the route from Chicago to Denver we
were met by bands of music, and old
soldiers presented flowers to their
commander-in-ch and his wife and
others on the train. At $50 O'Clock
Tuesday afternoon we entered Denver,
where we were met by a guard OF hon
or, placed in special" cars and con-
veyed TO Browns Palace Hotel, where
we were served with light refresh
ments. We again boarded our spe-
cial and for almost two hours we
took in the beauties of lovely Denver.
Pixies Peak, forty miles away, is
plainly visible. We returned to the
hotel at 6 P.N NJ, where dinner was
served, and after speech making, a.
reception was rendered US by the q.
A. r. and w. R. c. of Denver.
At midnight we boarded our train,
which, on account Of the high grades,
was divided into two sections from
this point, each section having three
engines. We continued on the first
section with the National officers. At
o'clock the next morning we were up
and out on an observation car going
through the Royal Gorge. No pen OF
mine can describe the gorgeous seen
cry that greeted US on every side.
Oh, the beauties and the wonders of
the gorgeous Rockies. see the
Mount Of the Holy Cross, covered with
snow: Harvard and Yale looms up be-
fore us with all the other mountains.
We travelled all day and all night, up
and down and through the mountains.
Tunnels on the right of us and all
around u.s. Early in the morning we
were at Tennessee Park, over two
miles above sea- level. The altitude
was very trying here to number Of
cur people. Some noses and ears
bled, others were faint. / just felt
as though had taken little cold
and my ears were singing bit. Now