Omaha daily bee., 1919-03-31
Suggests a Horse Whipping.

SuSStStS a l1ClSC " whipping.
Humboldt, Ia, March 28-To the
Editor of The Bee: l have read
with horn Or OF the abuse of those
poor unfortunate girls at the Geneva
Home for girls. Someone suggested
some time ago bringing the kaiser
to America and charge SO cents
look at him to pay the war dept.
Seems to me we have man here
that could be used for the same pur-
pose. God help those poor girls.
There is nothing there to make them
better. Paul MtAuley and his friends
that participate in the girl hunt and
afterwards witnessed the brutal beat
ing of the girls should be stood up
on corner and publicly horse whip
ped. | hope something will be done
to better the condition of those poor
girls. MRS. C. f. r.
WOman's Opinion of McAuley.
Cedar Creek. Neb., March 24.-To
the Editor of The Bee: May we
farm women inGorse the changes at
Geneva Girls school as asked by
Omaha club women. We take ex-
ception to the statement that Nc
AuIey did as good as any man in his
position. McAuley never thought of
whipping a girl in public as indie
cent, never thought Of it harming
them physically and to think of its
moral effects we know is far beyond
him. He never thought that COM
polling children to work at hard
physical labor On bread and water
suffering childhood of what did he
think?
Look over his record. In an in
stitution kept up by the people for
the supposed tetterment of our I'M
fortunate girls this man beat strip
ped, helpless girls before his invited
guests. That these girls tried to leave
the institution showed they still had
self-respect: no girl could ever have
the same after such treatment No
doubt many of these will land in
the asylum or penitentiary, further
charge for the state. After the
brutal hun methods used here it is a
wonder if there is left any power to
think. We know they could think of
nothing good.
The very code Of honor which he
tried to break showed more prin-
ciple in these children than in him
self. The right kind of people with
children under their control will
never force such confessions or ap-
prove of the tale-hearer. 1t is de-
grading. A properly-fed child is
much easier to manage. You can
expect nothing either physically or
mentally from an undernourished
one. McAuley should be put at those
tubs for 10 days on bread and water.
Being fully grown he would not re-
quire as much as the growing child.
He should also be whipped naked in
public, allowing each of these same
girls to take a turn, then hire good,
strong man with a sense of justice
to apply the lash until he begged for
mercy. A being with an intellect so
warped docs not need the kaiser to
put diabolical deeds into his head.
He will condescend to have the pun
ishment robe washed Will he?
He seems to think the matter rests
with him.
The manner Of handling these i'm
mature beings would ruin any young
thing. 1t is never used by men with
brains, in the care of any kind of ami
mails. Their for the sake of helpless
children put him where he can do no
further harm.
These children arc maynard.
Whose fault is it? What did you,
the state, the people do to better their
fathers, their mothers? You may
have fed them enough to keep life
in them and put them in some insti-
tuition such as this and subjected
them to similar treatment, then con-
sidered your Christian duty done.
1t is your duty, you who vote, to
know how your affairs are run and
by what kind Of people.
MRS. PHILIP TRITSCH.