Imperial Valley press., 1913-09-18

sort of work, if she is unwilling, sht
is taken to the twenty-five and fifty
cent houses, frequented by Italians
Polacks, Hungarians and other for
eigners who cannot speak English Z
she fights they take that as part d
the game and beat her. The madame:
and cadets also beat her. Her clothe.
are taken away; she is kept locked i,
a room; sometimes she is strapped e
her bed, and it is only when she j:
$50 thoroughly cowed that she is will
ling to do anything, that she is taker
to the high-class houses, given fine
clothes and allowed little liberty
Of course, girls who go into the
houses willingly are well treated ape
get the choicest pickings."
Scarborough said that the girls
earnings are divided half to tho
madame and half to the cadet, who
then allows the girls whatever he
chooses. "And they are not very
LIBERAL" he said.
According to Scarborough, the in
f1uX Of Jewish girls into the business
of prostitution is causing the rabbis
great concern. "They have been un.
able to find any plausible cause for it, ;
said he. "The Jewish home is among
the most inviting and most carefully
guarded homes of any nationality
Nearly all of the girls who become
willing prostitutes are of Jewish des,
cent. The cadets are usually young
Jews and Italians on the Atlantic
coast, or West Indian mullatoes. Ir
the west they are Japanese.
Chicago, because of its geographi-
cal position, is the distributing center
for the white slave traffic of the
| United States" continued the author
'From that city the girls are shipped
by the dozens to the mining camps
of the west and the lumber camps
of Canada. In some of the latter
places they are kept in stockades.
"The greatest difficulty the govern
ment has to deal with is that of per
suading the girls to testify againsr
the men and women who have caused
their downfall. They seem to be fas
cinated by fear. l have seen parents
plead with girls to testify, but with
out avail. Part of this fear is due
to the brutality they have experienced
and part of it is due to the knowledg,
they possess of the terrible power ot
| the white slavers For these men ant
women, though they have no organ
zation, have means of communication
for mutual protection. They all he'll
one another"
When asked what, if anything, i:
being done to help the girls after they
are rescued, Scarborough replied tha-
/ several millionaires, whose names are
not made public, have put up funds
to start the poor creatures again il
decent life, backed by the govern.
ment.
"They are not preached at every
day, either" said he, land, although
they are purposely tested in every
conceivable way, not more than one
out of every 300 girls ever goes back
to her old life. There is no woman sc
virtuous as a reformed woman. Prac-
tically every one of these women cao
be counted upon to reform from three
to six others, and they do a wonder
full work of prevention among young
girls"
''Do you ever receive any letters
about the play?" he was asked.
Yes" was the reply, while it was
running in New York. received sew
eral hundred letters from cadets who
declared that my body would be found
fOtlng IN the North river some morn
ing. But I'm still on earth.
There have been lot of funny
things in connection with this pro
duction," concluded Scarborough, 'bLt
the funniest was the night of the
opening at Saratoga Springs, N. Y
That's where we tied it on the dog.
Saratoga is pretty sporty place, you
know, and that night there were
dozens of madames, cadets and pros
titutes in the audience. At the end
Of the second act eight women got up
and left their seats in the orchestra
Bill Pinkerton, the big detective, was
standing with me as they passed. and
recognized them. They couldn't stand
the truth"