Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1920-11-04

It was one of those pleasant, warm
Sunday afternoons of which we have
lad so many this fall. The bench in
the Boston Public Garden looked an
attractive place in which to read the
little booklet Was She From Your
Home TOWN." prepared by DR.. Foster
/ 6, Kellogg, chief of the medical staff
Of the Florence Crittenton League Of
Compassion whose Boston Office Is in
fremont Temple and written to bring
sharply to the attention of friends Of
that work the great need of home
aud hospital in the suburbs of Boston
10 which might be sent for treatment
girls brought to the attention of the
work through the patrol women in the
employ of this Society and directed by
the United States Interdepartmenta
Social Hygiene Board.
Anna was country school teacher
from a goo family and very intell'-
gent. AS she became pregnant she
was found to be injected with yenereal
disease, she was referred to good
maternity home and rejected on ac-
count of the disease. She was no
moIe responsible TOR the disease than
for her pregnancy The Home would
have been willing to look after ner
on account of the pregnancy but be-
caJje of tie disease she was told thai
she must so TO Stale Institution.
Tn sounde: TO her SO much like 60
ing to Jail that she took some COIfo-
siva tablets,-a died il the hospital
With gasp OF horror that society
Is still leaving unSOlVed the greal
problem OF the unmarried mother "a
ficted with venereai disease, a prob
lem which, according to the Depart.
ment of Medical Social Work at the
Boz City Hospital, Offers a rich
felu for experimental Work on the
pa. of private CuarlCles" and adds
that of the girls they have treated in
year lat least three quarters weru
woltny OF constructive enort i'll their
bel.Al the present Writer loONea up
trC lne Gc.OLn. Anna sd! en-.
t. H. aAo,uer Anna ,>nu me 5!u r.ua
hau uuuoGOtedly lea her a,ous sn.
pr-lIuae lrtA, stt,Ls on O-n.a
u.a.vA~I.y De.u-s IT, N-y. 'l4at
Wa Soil ,.I.y .-a Ir-t,y, stlA 'a-
XIII sd e.. r4o Odd aslly g.. II.
COED JvD 90! a.y vAa Oh h&il q u.as4
din -luAt lines Vi industry. Bal l.y
g.. ~, Nc s.ue. vic Was uAdDuDj2u
inIu -uv4LG Aer epI!, even III tue
way SIZE Juould spend this pleasant
Sunday afternoon, had the face Of d
degenerate.
44e sl..s iO.taICd together Oh the
ber.n lor some l., 2, then, stguaIICd
% some s&u.gs, who were sJaHdtns
at the exit oI the Garden near the coz
mel Vi Charles Street. A few minutes
later they joined the sailors and,
han .Ag On tAe men ) arms stroIed U1,
two ny two, toward the Soldiers Mon
uin,E- on the Common.
IN come form Or other" the BOOKLET
coE-..4ou TINS .ng is going On
am Us all the time. \. NJ we
give muse sums TO Otner countries,
NyuiIo LIS lied Cross and Y. Nj. G. A..
collect millions Tor many good causes
while Our noises, Lats and q, are
generously Cn1Oaed Tor care and com
tort, and have perfectly equippC4
hospitals, amDulance5 and GOOD doc
tors, very little Is done for girls like
Anna, II kitten is up tree and
can get down, or pigeon with a
broken wing hangs to u city window
ledge, the ire department. rescues it
amid the cheers &C the populace. Ii
q do is run over by an automobile
he Is rushed to a perfectly equipped
hospital and operated on with every
care Tor his life and comfort. All these
things may be worthy enough, but
how much more, by comparison, we
should do for that unfortunate human
being, frequently as ignorant and usu-
ally at least as innocent as the run
over dog, who needs such care as the
proposed Home could give her.
IF your pet dog dies nd you wish
him to die comfortably, that's the end
OF the matter, though it make" hole
In . our heart. But If your son consorts
Mltn prostitute who has venereal