The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1914-11-28

70 take Another name, anu pIo-
hibiied under penalty from tell
ing her true name 20 anyone.
Her eyes were ruined by being
compelled TO rise at 4 80 a. m. and
working from before daylight
until after dark. She. and other
inmates were severely punished
for the most trifling ofenses
against the severe regulations
On one occasion she was punished
severely for taking more than
one bath in a week.
The Cincinnati Enquirer, OF
April %, contained a special dis
patch from Newcastle, Ind, tell
ing Of three girls, Daisy White,
of Atlanta, Ga. Lucille Thomas, Of
Chattanooga, Tenn; and Sadie
Jones, of Knoxville, Tenn; who
had been arrested in Newcastle
as fugitives from that same II. o.
@. S. in Cincinnati. The girls
were released by the mayor Of
Newcastle after telling him that
they had been compelled TO per-
form hard work, subsist on i'm.
pure food, and suffer severely for
the least infraction of the slavers
rules.
One of the girls said that she
had been on a diet of bread and
water for three weeks. Another
said she had been handcuffed
and had been compelled to re.
main with her hands locked be.
hind her back all night. They
escaped by removing bars from q
window, after which they walked
to Newcastle, travelling through
the woods in the day time and
staying at farmhouses at night.
II the II. o. G.. S. is such q
haven of rest, why would these
girls make such an effort TO gel
awayf The truth of their story
is established by their strenuous
efforts 10 escape. When so many
tell practically the same story we
are compelled TO believe some OF
it despite the assertions of their
exploiters.
A Newark, n. j., paper, the
Evening News, told in May Of thi'
year how Mary Polizzano, anoth
er eighteen-ye -year-old girl was de
tanned in the Newark II. o. G.. S
for two years without legal pro
cess and against her will until re
leased through a writ of habeai
corpus obtained by her intended
husband.
The girl was an orphan, anC
was left there by an uncle wht
was no doubt desirous Of losin;
her, and had it not been tha
young Failla had more than al
ordinary interest in the younl
woman she might be there ye
washing dirty duds for the glOr!
of His Holiness, the Italian papa
The New York World, o
March %, this year, tells hov
Henrietta Healy sustained inter
nal injuries in an attempt to es
cape from the II. o. G. S. in tha
city the night before. HenriettI
was seventeen years Of age, an,
had been placed In the institution
two months before by her moth
er. She risked her life to ge
away from this happy religion
home, fracturing her hip in fallinI
from a drain pipe as well as sus
tanning other injuries from whicl
she will probably never recover
Early in August the. Seattl
1 (Wssh.) Daily Sun told hoy
Anna Margaret Smith, the six
teen-year-old daughter of Wn
G. c. Smith of that city, haC
taken a two-ounce bottle Of car
bolic acid, preferring death t
removal TO the So-called House o
the Good Shepherd.
i This girl evidently had an ide
j Of what was in store for her i
that blissful retreat, and pre-
ferred death to the enjoyment o
what was awaiting her. If thes
places are all they are recon
mended to be, why are the in
mates so desirous of escaping
and why should this girl take be
own life to avoid the great bene
fits she was about TO receivei,
The Tacoma CWash.) Tribune
of Sept. 8, contains a press dis
patch from Olympia, Wash, tel
ing that the supreme court hal
granted a writ of habeas corpu
directed against the mother 81
} perior of a Catholic school a
Everett, commanding her to ar
ear and show by what author
.ty she retained the custody Q
Thelma Ellswick Of Olympia.
The writ was granted ON appI
cation of the girls father VIII
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