The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-10-04
FATHER HAnM|GAN
ON Travellers AID
Tells Tuesday Cub OF Splendid Work
Being Done BY
Society.
DEFEATS DESIGNING PERSONS
Beloved Priest Calls On Richmond to
support Work So Needed for Pro-
lection OF Innocence Against Ma
chtnafions

Father Charles Hannigan, rector of
st 1oseph's Mission. and president of
Van de Vyver College. and n vice.
president and director of the Trav-
Slers' Air Society. delivered strong
address to the Tuesday Club of the
Railroad Y NJ c. A. in which he
outlined the object OF the Travellers
Aid Society--the protection OF young
women from the Vaccinations of de-
signing men and women, and the Gre
alton OF a higher standard of mascu-
line morality.
Father Hannigan recited number
of happenings of recent date. some
of them occurring right here in Rich
mond. where the heIlish purposes of
men who have no love for. God
home, humanity or purity have been
defeated by the Travellers Aid.
Notwithstanding the white slave
traffic has assumed such alarming
proportions as to demand the inter-
vent.on OF the Federal law. Father
Hannigan declared his belief that the
men who have lost God by their own
| fault" and are taking revenge on So
ciety, are Just beginning to organize,
and il we'll behooves the lovers of hui
mainly and of womanly virtue, to
bestir themselves to defeat by noble
and weii-organized effort, the tgnobie,
but vigorously organized, campaign Of
the white slavers.
The speaker prefaced his pointed
address with a graceful recognition
OF the invitation to address the club.
and the remark that association Of
men of different creeds, and respect
ful attention 10 each others views
makes for better and broader hu-
man brotherhood.
A Richmond Incident.
| Just a short time ago Miss Reck,
the societys agent seeing a young
girl. who had alighted from an in
coming train, alone in the Byrd
Street Station, asked her IL she wish
ed direction.
| The girl replied that a young man
would meet her in a few minutes,
IND shortly a weli-groomed man of
about thirty-five appeared, and helped
the girl into a cab.
The agent. her suspicious aroused,
also entered the cab. Al Eighth and
Broad. the rascal. finding himself
trapped, opened the door and beat
It," and the girl broke down and told
the lady that the man was total
stranger whom she had met on the
the men had given her, which bore
the number Of room in an evil house
In this city.
The speaker stated that rural girls.
coming TO the city. in their innocence
and lack OF sophistication are too
often the victims of such human
tflends.
An incident was related wherein two
men took from. Virginia train q
young girl. piteously sobbing for pro-
tection--the men telling the con-
and that she Was an imbecile.
This girls family spent a fortune
trying to locate her. but she was never
found.
Richmond Getting Too Wise.
The speaker related a conversation
which he recently overheard on a
train pulling out from Petersburg. in
which a man was telling his friend
that he had arranged for Baltimore
girl to meet him for a Sunday boat
outing, as Richmond was getting too
wise to risk 1t there.
Many other striking Incidents. IL
Illustrating the tricks OF evil men. and
| the need Of such work as the Trav-
elers' Aid Is doing. were related.
Other features of the society's work
are to furnish aid to the aged. infirm
and sick.
4, A blind boy, going alone from
Stanton to Emporia. was provided
with lunch in Richmond, put on
the proper train. and his family wired
| to meet him.
The parents Of little eleven-year-
! old Mary Bradshaw were distracted
when the train leaving Staunton at
A. NJ. arrived with Marys class
| n uha nj wit
Investigation by the Travellers Aid
soon located her IN the care OF the
society in Petersburg. where she had
gone by mistake.
The nine-year-old daughter Of a
Richmond business man was safely
looked after during her journey alone
to Denver--letters being written to
Traveler1 Aid agents at different
points. who looked out for her.
The instances cited were culled
from many such. all showing the
great public service OF the Travellers
Aid, not only in protecting innocent
girlhood. but also In adding to the
comfort and safety of the general
public.
During tho month Of juno alone.
were helped in various ways and 296
women and 81 men were also given
aid.
| Father Hannisan closed his ad-
dress with = strong appeal for
masculine purity. and for the preser-
walton OF the sanctity of womanhood.
and commended the Travellers Aid to
the consideration and support of all
Secretary Thomas announced that
DR.. Robert Bryan will address the
club next Tuesday on his recent ex-