Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-08-27
"They Called Her the Woman Who
Did Not Care"
OHtcdsts Caught in The DrdOnet Make an Interesting
Study; Detention Home Is Prorided.

ROmbcr and severe interior NJ the
| detention room
sixteen ~ tho out,1His. un over
flow from the city hplL had chosen
/ the SELLS closest tO tho barred dn"i
|of tho "bul pen Thry w"r"
/ lounging on cots iu their coils ana
on muttrcEHcH uu tho cement floor
They alternately laughed and l"t"h
land grumhlrd about tho uuiwg"ou'
/ treatment that bad boon accorded
/ them
Three uf thcm according t' th"
/ rcrlttls OF their experience h1d
/ been fult,hrd up Iu inc middle or
/ the night ana thrown ln JAN W"rrl}
/ hrrauFo they had been trying tn
make re- living running ruoWiuE
/ huua, They we're ul innocent ut
The charges preferred against ih'W
Except one woman. H tugr ana 80.
/ |IuutuouH looking creature, who nr.
I |kuowlrdrrd her profession. but Huid
/ that 10 was either that staryc "r Dor"
10 servant and shr didn't purpose 10
do either or tho latter
Couldn't Hc Done.
When accused of tempting the
men tho gray walls ~ tho buIl pen
TtHNUUNfU WIN ItNhNI'i.
Tempt the mon uf TulH1. ihr
Ivulupluuua brunette declared. Say.
take 10 from mo. they don need any
invitation why { came up here.
thllkng IA be- good and walked
down town and mo- Jess than twenty
men uccostcd mo. using ne old gag.
Haven't met you before. Mrs
Jones'. or Mrs Bruwn Ur whatever
name they happen 60 think ot
That's what YOU get for being
sort of good looking the nicrlocu-
tor suggested
Al this wiry brunette on a pallet
shrleked with laughter Good looks
has got nothing 20 do with r. shr
stid Then she continued with nor
story. which WAS 20 the effect that
she worked seven hours day In d
laundry and would start on her way
home. 80 tired that she wnHn. Z think
Ing ~ making Acpuhintanc"s Before
she had one far ON her way she was
stopped by men. ThiH would attract
tho police. and the next day she
would be- "hawled out by the people
where she worked for making "a
scene
sweet chance We viii have get
ting work when We get out Of here,
one OF the women said, even N We
are proved pure and sanitary
They Liked the TERM
The terms pure and sanitary
seemed TO be a favorlte one with tho
women who mad good many Jokes
concerning the physical eNnmina-
tions which they had undergone.
Two OF tho women were soon 20 be
mothers. they believed They had
husbands they said. who worked
every day. At this nearly all began
| 10 claim husbands one woman win
mop OF yellow hair said she was n
working girl when asked her occu.
patton she said. "a clerk
This occasioned another burst o'
| mnrriment, IN which she ioiucd
! They were all SO eager 20 laugh tina
| they reminded one OF "A lot ol
naughty children. one or two were
] almost beauties. fact OF which theN
| seemed to be wholly conscious. An
| other. a mere slip ~ a girl. the mos
laxative of the bunch, waa eager e
provc her innocence. She waited Ia
/ blcs In restaurant. and accidentally
got In "a ruoming house Of bad char
/ acter because she was stranger
and know nothing Of tho place.
And here she was deprived o
| carnlng her wages. which she shared
| with her three small children In an
| other city.
! A suIlen, sad.eyed creature, minu
her waist. stood or at ono side, no
taking much part In the conver
aatlnn She had two wondcrtu
/ hralds nf hair that reached ncarl,
to hep knes.
one l. Very Sick.
She had come up here, the womei
| said to meet hor husband and ha'
been taken out of her bed by tn
policc. Then she had suffered will
, asthma 80 bad that she could hardl
. 1.-Two ever since her confinement II
jau. and couldn't get medical at
tention.
None VI the women had on an
clothes to spcaR of because the
said they'd get them spoiled In tn
old dirty jail
There's one thing gir,s.' the in
uulsltor suggested chocrfullN. 'yo
don't have 20 work here
This good natured shot misse
mark. II seemed that none " thct
minded work They'd much rattle
work than be shut up In such
place.
nut who'd hire as after being /
this miAup' when We Eet ont q
rherr. we will have, no money, whu
will we do
~ was a hard guess
Toward the front came xii
who attracted attention because q
! tho innocence Of her face som,
thing the reporter said made IN
| women think that the girl wa
cnased with thcm. or one accor
they hastcncd TO recuf' the mi'
taken impression
"Oh, she's TN hero ON nuOthe
charge. she's not iu here IKE as.
They were eager Go corrsvt the mis-
take. which the reporter was sur
must have hrcn noticed boy the ~
cordiug angel tn heaven. watchin
TIM sorid scene hopeful for som
such surprise.
The rirl Oarcd mp Indignantly
II. am decent" she said She ha
como 90 her disgrace Through lylnl
But neither she nor the Nomc
seemed 90 think that hing wac u
bad as prostitution Aud yet it
practically a certainty that each q
the outcBsts was started ON "a
downward path hy trusting a lia'
And not a woman liar either.
There arr about one hundre
women. including tho lt iu the ccun
Ity Al who VIII be informed In IN
I ...-t 80. g.. d.. ...ta I1t.H.J today Ia