El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-17
EW YORK. jan. 17.-Police
lation Of the social evil is a fail.

~ lation of the social evil is a fail
= ure in European cities. and tends
to increase rather than reduce the evil
This is the feature of the report OF
Abraham FleXner, commissioned by the
bureau of social hygiene. Of which John
D. Rockefeller is chairman,
Stringent regulation, on the other
hand, has practically stamped out the
sOcalIed white slave traffic in young
girls and segregation, he finds. is non
existent anywhere in England or the
continent
Mr.. FIexner spent more than year
in the preparation Of his report in add
ton to the II months consumed IN
gathering material 1t is published IN
der the auspices Of the bureau of social
hygiene in the hope that ultimately
some effectual means will be found TO
combat the evil in the United States
Sex Education a Myth,
sex education says DR.. FleXner' IS
the subject of as much controversy N
Europe as in this country. Despite, the
prevalent notion to the contrary ne
writes, the subject Of sex educaIlon IS
as yet very largely in the realm OF Ihe-
ory or controversy. AS 10 TINS point z
strange mlsconceptiOn obtains. IL Eng
land, one hears that great Drorgess mas
been made In this field in Germany IA
Germany one is referred win eQudA
DositiVeness to Scandinavia; IN Scahu--
naVia to Finland. whittier. however,
did not pursue the WilI-O' -the-WlsD. Inc
facts are these: No recognition IS CIV
en- TO sex instruction in English scnoolS
at all. The headmasters ana mousse
masters IN some of the great pubic
schoOIs-nOtably EtOn-endeaYor' now
ever, TO gain the confidence OF the boys
individually. In Prussia Whlch IS rep
resentatiVe of the states OIL the GERMAN
empire. sex instruction OF any KIM -
very rarely given at the populal
schools.
I'm Denmark and Norway, nothlns
either of a general or compulsory
character exists; Sweden practically re-
peats Prussia, Offering no instruction IN
popular schools, an optional lecture ~
last year students in the hlshef SCI
ondary schools particularly those LC1
girls, in the discretion OF the neao-
master or head-miStress- Systematic OF
general instruction has developed a.
vet nowhere in Europe
White Slave Traffic Reduced.
Explaining the decline in the syste-
matte traffic in young girls. the writer
details successive steps IN legislation
due 10 popular agitation IN late years
and asserts that the enrrapplnE ana IN
muring OF a girl may be classed as the
exception. like mysterious MURDER u
sIJnder existing conditions" he says.
There is absolutely no reason TO LnlnK
that such cases occur frequently
though there are those VINO Wou1d De
quick to take advantag OF any re1dAA-
ton OF vigilance on the part OF gov
ernmentS. the police, and the private
organizations constantly on the alert
In the cases to which. from time TO
time attention has been sensatlonaIy
called. the women involved are neither
innocent nor deceived. On the otner
hand, there is evidence to suggest Lhslt
European cities and ports are uulllzeu
for purposes Of transit to South Amer4-
can ports, where the trade still IIour-
isles A trafficker may entlce Slr4
from Poland and Galicia on the prom
Use of marriage or work; indeed, every
lrpolice officer in Europe has list OF
men thus engaged. The countries from
which women are procured are believed
to be mainly Hungary, Gaucla, Polapd
and Rumania; the countries to when
they are carried. Brazil, Argentina
South Africa and the LeVant
1t was found that there exists an eX-
tensive trade in fallen women to meet
the demand of underworld resorts, and
back of all the Grass commercialism OF
the cadet and the disOrderly house
keeper. promoters of an industry de
lfRe- -o1v c1-ItiV~-~d by third parties
for their own profit"
.-~-- moral
While public opinion is slowly chang
ing for the better, Mr.. FleXner believes,
he still finds that there is no social in
hibitiOn as regards immortality in man
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