The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-04-10
f|ENDS IACARAATE ARE
ENTRAPP|AG INNOCENCE
Travelcrs' Aid Society Issues Warm
ing Against Activities Of the
|. Devils Own.
PREVENTIVE WORK AT EXPO.
San Francisco and West Coast, No
Place For Youn~ Women Seeking
Empioyment-White Slave Trafiic
In Operation.

There be some misguided people
who have preached perdition out Of
the scriptures, and have failed to pro-
vide a suitable substitute as an eter-
nal abiding place for class of in
dividuals against whose activities the
Travellers Aid Society finds 1t nee
essary to repeat a solemn warning.
The following Is furnished The
virginian for publication that the
innocent may not be entrapped:
"A note of warning should be
| sounded to those who are going to
the San Francisco Exposition with q
view of obtaining employment to de-
fray their expenses There are dog
ems of applications for one position.
1t is impossible for the Travellers
Aid Society 20 take care of them.
and railroads are furnishing scores
of tickets to aid the girls In return
ing to their homes.
The Western States, particularly
California. are organizing by coun-
ties for Travellers Aid work. There
is distressing need for 1t In the
southern part, where agents of vice
bring scores OF girls up through the
port OF New Orleans to be delivered
to the men who carry on the white
slave traffic. easily escaping across
the border into Mexico to escape
prosecution.
"A typical case reported by the
Travellers Aid Society Is that OF a
young married woman travelling alone
to the exposition, who became &C.
Quainted on the Pullman with a lady
of refinement and culture, who show
ed her many courtesles and invited
her TO stop off at one of the stations
as her guest. All trace of her was
lost at that point and her husband
appealed to the Travellers Aid for
help In locating her. They. at once.
pat detectives at work. who found
her In house of iii-fame from which
she was taken n mental and physical
wreck. 1t was found that the brake
man on the train assisted the woman
in persuading her to leave the train.
Employees Held Responsible.
THE Travellers Aid Society took
the matter up with the Pullman Com
pany in Chicago. who promised the
cooperation OF all train officials, L.
suing orders that all conductors be
every woman and girl travelling alone,
none should be allowed to leave the
train without a thorough investiga-
ton of why they were leaving.
In this case the brakeman was
Immediately discharged and It was
made Impossible for him TO secure
a position on roads operating in the
West.
Coast Asks For Aid.
Recognizing the necessity for or
ganixation. In order 10 carry on the
work efficiently and to meet the de-
mand for increased profession, SO
that what happened at at. Louis may
not be duplicated at the Panama Ex-
position. the people who stand for
moral protection on the Western
coast requested the New York society
TO send DR.. Grin c, Baker, general
secretary. to assume responsibility
for the work.
Under his direction the society Is
definitely organized and systema tic.
preventive work is being Aggressive
iy carried on, the Travellers Ala So
ciety already being quoted as the
moral standard of the ground
One Of the problems that the So
ciety is facing liz that Of the iitney
bus. operating freely everywhere.
These gather their quota Of tray
elers. and then removing the paste
board sign. under which they solicit
patronage. they carry them TO any
part OF the city.
Many cases are reported where
young girls are carried miles out
along the beach and delivered to
houses OF .ll-fame for which the ocean
front is notorious
Numerous outrages and even muir
ders have been committed in these
vehicles.
Public Dance Hall EVIL.
Another evil is the public dance
hail. Any one paying s25 can Sc
cure a one night license. under
which they can carry on any kind
OF entertainment and cannot be
prosecuted the next day, These
places too. have been thoroughly in
vestisated, and as the whole coun-
try seems dancing mad the Travel
ers' Aid Society nnds itself for tho
first time In it's existence directing
young people to the dance halls. 1t
Is needless to say that OF the two
evils they choose the lesser
Another dificulty arises from the
fact that In practically all restau-
rants and lunch rooms wine Is served.
under the influence of which girls and
women are rendered less able to cope
with those who seek their moral
degradation.
.'The exposition ground, outside OF
the Joy Zone one of the features
Of which Is the famous 40 Camp IL