The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-06


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Z addition TO ordinary living expenses
they must earn enough to pay their
INES This ia almost Ia. universal
p practice IN Virginia, and It has been
( proved tina, such practice does not
: reform. hut that on the contrary II
hardeus the woman We believe that
some So n 10 the following should he
provided I"r offenders OF both sexes:
-" The huing system is useless. II
rs simply "a license system and should
not DC tolerated, only these methods
of dealing with offenders should be
ptillzed--probattou. the reforma tory.
the farm colony and custodiai institu
ton Probation is for limited num-
Der of the Younger girls who are phys
tcallN. mentally and morally dt to go
out into society without commitment
20 an Institution. Reformatories are
FOR those for whom there is little
chance for reform. And tho custodial
Institution is for those dellnducnts who
are mentally deficient
Awful Evils Are Pointed out.
VI W. md that in addition to the
street walkers who dwell outside of the
+ district many inmates OF the district
40 outside. solicit men and take them
20 so-calloG boarding houses in the city.
as we'll as 20 the district. for immoral
purposes We have found that there
! is place in this city used so CON
startly hy prostitutes for designation
purposes that il has come to be known
as Hotel MAYO" though 1t is not in
fact hotel. hut Il private house, and
Is is fssr outside Of the limits OF the
so-ca'i"d segregated district.
- We learn through the police
some few of the confectionery and fruit
and soda stores run principally by for
eiguerS are used ~ meeting places be
tween men and girls our Investigators
actually found this TO he the case in
at least two instances where meetings
were arranged by the proprietors be-
tween innocent Young girls and lech-
erous men.
.I3. We learn through conference
with members Of colored committee
that there are houses In what was
known as Jackson Ward run by coll
ered people which are patronized by
the whites; that there is great deal
of immortality among the young coIored
people, street walking. etc However.
the Impression among the police Ia
That. the general moral tone among the
colored people haE improved while
among certain OF the white population
the general moral tone has grown
worse.
fimPs should Re Ordered Out.
y. i'Hf COMMISSION has also given
I some ATTENTION ana study to the ques-
ton OF the source Of supply for these
houses and why II Is that In so many
cases young girls and boys go wrong.
In some Instances young men and girls
are led into trouble through the in
fuence of certain type of man known
+ as a pimp' He is the Su-called lover
/ OF the Keeper or inmate Of one of these
houses and Is supported BY her It is
/ TO their interest to make the patron
age as large az possible. Two or three
such pimps with their women who
f, nave been hanlsh"d from other cities
( ply their trade here. Another con-
! trihuting cause is what is known as
the charity grit These are girls who
do not work out. as rule. but live at
home They scrape up acquaintance
! with nlen OF whom they know little or
! nothing and make eueapements FIR
! -, 49, $50 '"e'' nome surround
1 bo1,.at,,,,5 ,tr,,.I.. ''P''"S"n' rom
c,,ttdrn,, ' ,, me care OF smaller
aif,oro,,-o 81, an" tne IN
500 l{fo, .r, -. 70" ~
! time A,o,,, 49,, s"ou
r,tnher az - - ''e'uei aptt
wealfmfusei or das,t,'.,,,,a. - IN aeo
form a tar.,a 10 .,,t', az
its way into nrostt+r,in mus
I I'm me ti,ra ant,,'l
the tack az fu,ds ,,,tth a'n iof
tinue our work az II sbo,,'d y, ~ In IN
along mis- 1tna n'a oe "o',e
10 secure a~S.nuch ana,t4a ."0n aplf
desired IN ofsSr ~, ,h a@s" as we
ms to how "a, lou, and ts'a,'e, sue sue.
wages enter into tho ouostio,,. 49,, 80
what We hav. heon o,Ia ~ = o''l
believe thar il has doo,aa, - y"
on the subject your co,,r,,en, De", l"s
a., have something furtber - "a
I this question AT a 1atcr dat. 1po"
nectiou with this s,,biart =, -,
we are Of the oninion tbot ~ '1ppty
of these 'piuns' sboul1 ta f',.'' ''i''es
the police and they he ,nado - ,oa..'
the city at once. thar ali th -
parks be better lighted ana na1ta,,
j that the use and WAITING ~ w. -, 40 ,
centers in the public school h,,i1,tjrI1
at night be encouraped
,,,,
- W., '"""Fe 70 Hetorm.
report that thr.,,,n,, "s "iso 10
! hi. body a, ney..r 'tet Oh
the x.oman ,,,n., 'i niaue 10
ncr,,aIi,ed ,tn,, ~, III com
any one ar nm, ,,,r,tu'. 10 ,, 'nat II
Ia reform, ,nT 49,. -, W. ''ieh oesife
In thai desirr ,hn ,.,,,,o.., ", nu ~,
given ami no., III, '"'s VIII oc