Woman's enterprise., 1922-05-05
Travellers Aid Society
foowng Are the Special Cases by Travellers Aid
Association, From March 1st, 1921 to March lst, 1922

An English girl, enroute to Cali
1ornla, expected American money BY
telegram here; it failed to come, the
Agent accompanied her to the bank
where her English money was ex-
changed for American currency and
she proceeded on her way.
A young girl was protected from a
alddle aged man she met on the train;
ne was so determined that he tele-
phoned the President of the Travellers
Aid, asking to have the girl turned
over to him, to take to florist on
Gentilly Road, who offered her a place.
Upon investigation the florist was
found to be a respectable man, with
home and family, who had never
heard Of the man or the girl, it was
ruse to get her out on the Gentilly
Road.
A young girl arrived from the
coast, expecting a friend to meet her,
the Agent took her to the Y. W c.. A.
for the night, and wired the friend
who came over by the next train.
An inexperienced girl, on her way
to California to be married, met q
strange man on the train; he won her
confidence and wished to take charge
of her, she was, with difficulty dis
suaded from going with him.
Another girl Of Is, proved to have
been married a year, ran off with
another man and was here at a hotel
with three other men. She was turn
ed over to Miss Sullivan
A young girl IL years came in with
a man, we took her from him to the
Travellers Aid Home, in an hour she
showed signs Of being drugged, It
took twenty-four hours for her to
sleep it off, we sent for doctor who
cared for her and communicated with
her family. We found that she was
a runaway and returned her to her
mother. ',@~, .7Hsi
A quite young girl arrived here
with a man she claimed to be her
husband; as the case was suspicious,
the Agent made Investigations and
proved that the man was not her hus-
band and had paid her way here. He
disappeared and after much research
work into her stormy career, she was
returned to her sister who agreed to
receive her.
A blind girl was taken to the Home
for the Homeless, she was very un-
happy having nothing to occupy her
time. The Matron at the Home was
very kind to her and promised to use
every means possible to get her into
a Mississippi Institution where she
could learn something. Trusting to
this promise, she returned home with
her father.
Two very young girls, returning
from school were quite wild and were
anxious to run about at night, were
persuaded to come to the Home, and
next day the Agent put them on the
train bound for their home.
A young girl annoyed by man on
the train, and was quite nervous. The
Agent secured a sleeper for her and
put her in charge Of the conductor.
A girl Of fourteen, who had been
leading bad life and had gone astray
with several men, from ignorance and
bad training, rather than from evil
impulses, was rescued and put in the
House of ths Good Shepherd, where
she will get an education. She is
learning to work and gives much hope
for the future, and the poor child
seems very happy.
A young woman, who came to the
city with a married man, has been
separated from him and respect
able place to live and work has been
found for her.
Sent to their homes, some little