Norwich bulletin., 1913-03-21
Do Something
 For the Fallen
PLEAS MADE BY WOMEN OF THE
 UNDERWORLD.
LETTERS FROM MANY
Received by New Works Special Leeis-
 iative committee-Want to Cooper ate In Solving the Social Problem.

Albany, N Y, March 20-A cry from
 the outcasts of the underworld, plead ins: fo1 an opportunity tc cooperate Tn
 the efforts being made to sClve the s.o- c:;tl evil question, is voiced in letters t. the special legislative committee ap- pczIfed to draft remedial poll ce legis- lat1on for New York city. Thesa let ters will be given serious ccnsfoera ton These women declare that as the social evil has been theme for so- ciety's consideration and federation for centuries, the time has come when New York should at least handle the subject practically and sensibly, and
 mot make any attempt to drive up- fortunate women from homes that give annoyance to no one, to the streets and to the gutters and to help swell the army of street walkers who have no regard for their own physical condition, nor the health of the people in whose midst they c1rcu- late.'
 Self Sacrifices for Dependents.
 One woman wrote:
 T am representing thousands upon thousands of unfortunate girls that are without homes; some are work ing for starvation wages; some are selling their souls to keep off starva- tion and cold. These women are much like other women, where all grades are to be found in their ranks, some good, some bad and others very bad. My experience is that the outcast wo- men of society have a code of morals and are honest in the majority. The better half would be surprised to know of the self-sacrifices that many of these women make for those that are de- almost every girl has one or more de- pendent upon her for support
 All Ranks Among the Fallen.
 T have had girls in my house who have had royal blood in their veins. Many of them were the descendants of the best families of Europe and America some were the daughters of well known clergymen of Chicago, Philadelphia, New York and Boston. The army of the fallen is recruited from all ranks of society, including the daughters of the elect
 "If you wish to get rid of graft in the police department for all time to come,' wrote another woman, remove tfIe police department froras ali temp tation Take the social evil out of the police departm entirely-that is the only and surest way-and I am posi- tive that in a, few months all grafters in the department will have resigned or turned honest.
 Would Prosecute White Slavers.
 If we were protected by the city, and driven and haunted from pillar to post, we would be of great help to the city by protectinug the young women from the procurer, and convict cess of fnforming~this (social welfare) committee. Should a cadet bring aa girl to our houses to be sold into pros titution or to collect her earnings, we will pledge ourselves to help pros ecute and convict any white shaver that comes before us, because the girl he holds in slavery will not appear against him. It is only through us and in cooperation with us that you will accomplish this.
 To Overcome Soliciting.
 Should a young girl come to us with the intention of leading that life our observation tells us she is a nov ice-we could again communicate with this committee and thus save her from going any further by taking care of her and persuading her and giving her B little purse which we have done so many times and send her home to her parents without publicity, and before It is too late. Another evil you will get rid of. and which is one of our most disgraceful sights, is the dread ful number of young girls soliciting 0n the streets, some of them only four teen and fifteen years of age"
 Can Make White Slave Laws Effective.
 What have your white slave laws lone toward the arrest and convic- ion of men living off the earnings of
  other. Do you make more than one 1r two arrests followed by convictions OCT year of these Vermin? No, and you never will without the help of the heads of disorder1y houses. Your laws begin and end with the words and f convicted. We 'are the ones who ,an convict and not you. We know he men who beat the girls and take every penny from them nightly when hey leave the resorts, not you. We Ire the ones to help conviction of this 7ernin. We are not afraid to give testimony toward this end. Not afraid o protect and hide the poor victim lntil her master receives his sentence md afterwards protect and help her o accumulate a little bank account hat may be the means of sending her nome reformed and welcomed by her parents.
 Do Something for the Outcasts.
 '1s there not someone in this great 1 ity morally strong and brave enough 0 stand up and say Something must | ,e done for the outcasts? To call a l meeting of citizens? Is our cry for | lelp to be passed by unheard? Your | learts and homes yes and pocketbooks ] re thrown open always to the cry | or help for sufferers from floods and | or other disasters. But what of us :? | Ire we to be rai1roaded to station | louses on perjured aff1davits, hound d and abused with no voice to even | peak for us? Help, oh help us, citi- i ems of New York"
 Deacon" White Died PenniIess.
 New York. March 2o-Stephen Van Julien White, known as Deacon" White, who won and lost set eral for ures in stock market speculation, died | ennfless, ..Deaoon'' Whites most not A r,1F ira fhe 1rir