The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-12
HELP EARNESTLY
ASKED FOR WOMEN
MANY UNFORTUNATEs HERE WHO
MUST BE CARED FOR AND
SENT HOME.
AN APPEAL FOR HELP
NEWSPAPERS OF CITY or REV. J.
Il. MAsTIN WILL ACCEPT FUNDS
TO RE USED by THE
COMMISSION.
AN APPEAL FOR HELP

\ challenge is being flung to the
needed to aid unfortunate women to
reach their homes and those who
have insisted that immoral houses be
closed are called upon to help the
immoral women who have inhabited
item to go home and lead moral
lives. if they wish. The money must
come from those who can give the
widows mite or from those of the
same spirit who can give more.
Transportation has been provided TO
their homes for fourteen of these wo-
men. The~e are six more who chai-
lenge the city of Richmond, or her
peopln, to provide them with that
which will help them along the path
of virtue or to harden their hearts to
this appeal. These six cases have
been investigated in every possible
manner to ascertain il the informa-
ton received Is correct. No women
il sent to her supposed home or to
her friends until all the obtainable
facts in the case have been obtained.
1t rests with the people of Richmond
what these women are to be or are
not to be.
Many Need Help.
But this is not all that a few have
done. Many have been clothed and
many have been provided with shoes,
clothing and the necessities OF life.
Many have been enabled to keep body
and seul together without sale of body
and soul. and many have been helped
financially In various ways,
But there are many others who have
not been helped and many others who
must be helped. II the new order in
Richmond is TO be worth while. Mem
hers of the commission whose report
brought about the closing of the seq
regated district ask that the people
OF Richmond make that order worth
" lille. They ask that all Join to help
financially no less than morally
A member of the commission last
night asked that the newspapers of
Richmond call upon those who SYM
pathize with these women at this time
and OF those who may be interested
on other accounts. to help Them now
1t is particularly asked that these wo-
men be helped to reach pew homes.
One woman, who wishes 10 go back
home and start life anew, lives in
Texas. She had not the means TO
reach that promised land and she must
stay In Richmond In only one way
can she stay in Richmond unless she
Is aided by the good people who have
hurled anathema at her and her mode
of life. The vice commission asks
that she be given a chance. II asks
that those who can help do so to re-
turn her to her home.
There is another woman from
Maine who wishes to go back to the
old home. She can go and she may
repudiate ali her present life If she
does. She may not be straight" IL
sent back to Maine. but she declares
that she will. Is there any asks the
f,f, Sxst. H.. Il %
These women will be put aboard
the cars today if the money be forth
coming, For these women and for
others several hundred dollars are
needed. Those who wish to help, said
member of the commission last
night can send contributions to The
Richmond Virginiar or to DIR. J. r
Mastin, at the State Library build
ing
No Meeting Called
Last evening at late hour Presi-
dent Ashton Sfarke. OF the Vice Com
mission, received the communication
from the Mayor inviting or requesting
the commission to make the inyesti-
CATION asked for Wednesday night hv
Police Commissioner Douglas Gordon.
Mr.. Starke stated that no meeting
need been called and declined to COM
NIT himself as to what course would
be pursued
1t is generally believed in well in
formed circles that the commission
will declare that such a duty is beyond
its province and decline to make such
an inquiry. putting such duty upon
the Council, where It is placed by law.
In Need OF Funds.
The vice commission has expended
a thousand dollars more in it's In
vestigation than the city has provided
and this sum, too. should be promptly
raised, either by the city or it's people,
as the commission should not he left