The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-04-14

same in its iawicss vice, and much
moro destructive and far-reachng The facts
or" more horrible than they were thought TO he.
even by those who had been studying the situa-
Non for some years.
l. Segregated Distr4ct-Therc were thirty
nine houses and 1919 women in this segregated
district Think of what that alone means,
Thirtv-nne houses IN the city, which
openly acknowledged by tho officers of the raw,
TO be open night and day, the only for
whose existence was that in them men and
women could violate the law of decncy and of
1irtue and Of the State of Virginia. And in
hcsc houses there to- women who were
SHOWN and permitted by The officers OF tn law
10 minister TO lust and covetousness by living
lAe life of brute beasts"
The clain advanced that vice and disease are
Segregated. confined" In this district is
shown TO be utterly haseless. These houses and
these women became tho center OF contamina-
atom of physical rottenness and social leprosy
for the entire city. ana not for Richmond only,
b1t for every section of the state. These houses
advertised the fact that Richmond repudiated
The law pf the Commonwealth. and that what
could not he done, what would rot be tolerated,
tu villages ana towns. could be done without
Duke, TO say nothing ct punishment, under the
,cy shadow of the capitol Of Virginia within
stones throw of the Governors mansion.
. Outside IIomse~-But the houses outside
lha segregated district we're found to be far
more numerous than those inside the district,
The Investigation disclosed that there are / 81
houres outside IF the segregated district whrcn
ave used for the practice of vice, that is 10 say,
,heEe were three times as many houses outsrdc
&c the segregated district there inside of
iu The claim that q '1cGazed" district will
restrict the evil is thoroughly disproved TO
lcgaiixC practice in one Section of IL city l. tu
encourage ii in every section And that is GER
tainiN true II Richmond. Thirty~ninc houses
openly protected l2l houses running under
cover; 1872 women openly recognized. practically
registered by the police and about 500 ether
women in the city who operate in
l4 fsyv tHgI and
500 women engaged in the sale of virtue in the
city OF Richmond, the fair capital of Virginia
the State which boasta Of the strength Of her
mankind aud of the virtue of her womanhood.
2 Extreme Indcccncie>~-Not only was Rich
moud found To be honty-cofnbtd with evil
houses, scattered in every part OF the city. but
the yi}est orgies and most indecent eXhibIttons
were common in tines" houses.
Ia all of them 1qu,& - sold in large quaint
ties. not over the bar bat furnished to visitors,
who If Grcct charge made. yet paid
heavily all the same for whit they consumed,
Pictures Were displayed either on the walls.
1r passed around or sold. prints snapshots,
so vile as To leave upon the wallis OF memory
indecent Impressions, which can never be en-
urely effaced and thus The minda of young men
visiting such places for the first time, are per-
manently contaminated. Dances were given by
the women in scanty clothing. which frequently
euded tn throwing aside all clothing and along
with the clothing all semblance Of human
deconcy. Their conduct is best described by St
Gcmorrah and the cities about them in like
manner, giving themselves over TO f0rmlcation
and going after strange flesh are set forth for
an example, suffering The vengeance OF eternal
fires.
'LiScWise there filthy dreamers dehle the resn,
despse dominion and speak evil Of dgniteS
But these speak evil of things which theJ
know not but what they know naturally as
hrut" beasts in those things they corrupt them
selves"
I. Contamination WideSprcad-The invesuga-
ltlou showed that the women in the segregated
ldlstrIct did not coufinc their operations to the
district but answer telephone calls and mes
.,,,e cen, Inv telegram, nesseu.yers boys and
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| - ~, -: Idea n,ae n,o,nar N,,ed
> ~" - 80 -. -, 49,
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segregated dlslFlSt AZ tlSh'' h7 ''N Vl1'''i'1
as 20 tn" use 81 ahtoHtpollea IN IN" trdHc WEI :
Appalling The extent TO which houss ana
thoteis, which are rated respectable, were
used for eHH purposes was very surprising
Indeed fh. striking feature of tho situation
a., ttiaafpon a. The holiness with which soc -
I - ,arrtos ~, thetr a,anaa,ous perform
E -, f,o,,s ,,.rt IA, bayond
e "'N' N ~. NJ ,,.,.a. ,o sro
I inc minus u ~" ~ - ~
, quented by the young men ana p"}s rom ~
Ia. and fry