Arizona republican., 1914-06-17
George J. Kneeland Points Out to Delegates of Gen eral Federation Result of Probe of COmmercialized Vice
MOST VICTIMS
 ARE INTELLIGENT
Many Come from Good Homes and Would Be Amenable to Kindly 1n- fluence and Teachings of Life's Mysteries
ASSOCIATED PRESS DrsPATcHl


 Of investigation of the American So- cial Hygiene Association, dld some plain talking to the delegates to the General Federation of Womens clubs. His remarks were based on the statls- ties gathered by his investigators. He found the prolific source of supply of commercialiZed vice from girls between the ages of fifteen and eighteen years. the dangerous age of the development of racial instinct and that startling minority of these come from homes other than those of poverty and isnor- ance.
 Kneeland said that dancing and i'm passioned love scenes on the stage in- tensified the sex appeal.
 Kneelands agents in last year have gathered complete histories of three hundred girls not yet professionally immoral but well started on the down ward path. Contrary to the general impression and reports of some inves- tigators that the majority of these girls are feeble minded or subnormal. kneeland said the majority of the girls are quite intelligent.
 Some of them," he asserted, come from such homes as yours: some live at home in dleness and ease" We nave letters from them showing mark ed intelligence and facility of eXpres- sion. You will agree with me they are typical American girls. daughters of respectable and prosperous parents.
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 ity are poor coarse and ignorant with q wide knowledge of evil and little conception of good.
 All through the reports of the agents the speaker found certain character istics among the girls. They were re- belliouS toward home and parents
 they are suspicious and scornful of boy friends whom they call "boobs."
 Desiring secrecy, they prefer to meet
 strangers and married men, They shrink from exposure and i while they present an innocent and de- l mure front to their friends, they show themselves in their true coIors to
 strangers, said the speaker. "Strang-
 CTS come and go, and married men are | like people living in glass houses, they say
 1 He gave the following suggestions | to club women to aid girls | 1.-"Find these girls in your own
 town. Then, having found them, you
 can attach yourselves to them with
 bands of love, and understanding. But
 you say. T don't know how to begin | don't know how to act toward them
 or what to say. The way to know 1 them Is to study your own heart. re-, | member the days of your own youth.
 The influences that protected you will
 in the end save them.
 2.-''You can give them healthy and sane instructions to the mystery of 1 life You can warn them of diseases
 and the crimes of abortion. KnoWl-
 edge must drive out ignorance. The
 evil must be supplanted by good 1 S.-"Each one of you can have a ments in your own community where i the sex appeal is eliminated. 4.-"You can use your influence to bring about better economic and in- 1 dustrial conditions so that fathers can be masters in their own homes; so | that young men can marry early in 1 life.
 5.-"Teach ignorant mothers and | fathers so that they will love and un- derstand their children more than they ! do.
 6.-"Teach boys and young men to honor womanhood. Make them real ize that young girls represent more 1 than half of all the future generations, | that upon them depend the health and power of the race; that to injure l girl is crime against unborn genera tions. Men must learn to sacrifice themselves. if need be for the good 1 of the race
 1 And last use your influence to restore to the home the simple yet powerful protection which grows out l of the belief in the religion of our fathers.
 The most complete solution of a
 mans or woman's sex problem lies in vital, personal relationship to the in- | finite and eternal God. This we must ! teach our sons and daughters" i Mrs. Percy V. Pennybacker. of Tex 1 as, was reelected and the entire tick ct of the nominating committee was elected without opposition. 1 Miss Margaret Woodrow Wilson, l daughter of the president, led the del
 egates in the singing of Edwin Mark hams song, Brotherhood" When Mrs
 Pennybacker introduced Miss Wilson,
 the throng of delegates arose and way