The Washington times., 1915-12-21
BAL T|M0RE SHAKEN
BY VICE REVELATION
Office Buildings and Hotels Told
OF As Places Where lmmor-
atty Flourishes.
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sexual perversion. rare few years ago.
II now commonly practiced by immoral
women both professional and amateur.
and by men and women outside the
ranks. 1t is also declared that Offices
in large office buildings are places Of
assignation; that walters porters. and
bellboys in hotels are procurers; that
many manicure girls. especially those in
barber shops and hotels. use that call
ing as a cover; that criminal operations
can be procured without trouble. II is
asserted that. when it is too late for
this. many physicians are ready and
willing to separate the baby from
its mother Immediately after its
birth. so that she will never see it again,
and that these babies are. to all intents
and purposes. murdered and. moreover.
that some clergymen will assist in such
separation for a price.
Houses Have Disappeared.
Since the commission undertook its
work, the '"red- light" districts have
been cleaned up by the police, and so
Q great part of the report deals with
conditions which no longer exist, or
have been very largely eliminated.
But, altnOuRh the notorious houses
have disappeared. there is no evi~
dence, according to the report, thar
immortality is not practiced as exten-
siyely as ever.
The report states that many fur
nished room houses closed their eyes
to violations of the moral laws n
their establishments. 1t was fourd
that 1876 places allow a woman to re-
ceive more than one man if she is
living in the house. The report goes
on to say:
Recently a number of ma dams
from the red-light district and some
assignation house keepers have opeu-
ed furnished room houses. In a few
, instances young girls were in charge
of the houses, and some of them arc
run by men"
Information concerning the furnish.
ed room houses was obtained by worr1-
en- Investigators, who went to those
In charge and pretended to be i'm
moral persons seeking places where
they could ply their trade quietly.
They found houses that Limit girls
for that express purpose.
Political Protection.
One woman said that she had po-
litical protection, and declared she did
not want to get out OF IS ward.
He is a friend OF minc and one worth
having she added, because he is no
piker.
Another landlady said:
Il am a good, Christ tan woman, but,
OF course. 1 have my living to make
If | wait until decent people come
along l would wait a long time. Fast
women always pay better than others
ou can have one man; he will send
your soul to he'll fast enough"
One woman said she had as a boarder
. preacher who escorted her to the
station house and testified in her behalf
when she was In trouble.
IT Is stated also in the report that
AayA ~aI off Nfal, L. Ix-...
ioonkeepers and the women who run
disorderly houses how to conduct their
business, and usually when one OF
these places is to be raided the pro-
prietors are tipped off" Some OF the
saloons Of Highlandtown are pictured
as dens of iniquity. 1t is declared that
most of them cater to immortality and
depend upon it largely ror their profits.
1T Is the custom in those places"
says the commission, for the walters.
hartenders. and proprietors to furnish
a girl to a man if he asks for one.
Many times the customer is openly
spoken to by these men and asked if
ne wants a girl
Low Wages and Vice.
I'm discussing its investigation OF
department stores the commission says:
we did not find evidence that the
girls begin immoral conduct on account
nf the low wage. but we have abundant
testimony TO the fact that after they
begin such course they keep it up in
order to earn money. We believe that
a higher wage would be advantageous
and conducive to the morality of the
Employees; but we hasten to say that
many OF them are intent on obtaining
much more money than they could legi-
iimately earn, and are immoral chiefly
TO get money for fine clothes and gen
eral luxury"
In the factories the commissions in
Lestigators did not find anything on
duced to immortality. but" continues
the report, I'VE did find that there are
many coarse, vulgar. and frequently i'm
moral women whose influence on the
Younger and more innocent girls is very
injurious. We believe that this is the
chief danger in the factory"
Taking up office buildings, the com
mission says:
An Investigation of several large Of
flee buildings has convinced us that i'm
morality exists in them to q surprising
extent. We have numerous examples
showing that young and i'nma ture girls
with repeated and persistent effort on
me part OF men to induce them to be-
come immoral"
Sacrifice of Children.
The commission believes that the oc-
cupation of waitress is one of peculiar
danger to young girls
portion OF the report which has ere
ated profound impression IS that deal
ing with the disposition Of illegitimate
children, to which n separate Volum. is
devoted The institutions. the names OF
the physicians willing to procure crimi-
nal operations, those who will undertake
separation Of newborn babes from thrir
mothers and the clergymen who stated
that they would assist at such prr-
romance are all on the records of the
commission. which states that it an