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REMEDIES 229
should they be found in the country again,
then let the sentence be doubled. They are
not here for our country's good, nor for the
good of any one, so why should we endanger
the girls of the nation ?
Every theatrical agent and concert agent
should be registered by the County Council,
and should be held responsible for the engagements
which he obtains for women.
more than
Many of these men are nothing
agents for the procurers and for immoral
houses abroad. It should be required by law
of an agent that he keep a list of all engagements
procured by him for women, and that
he must have the addresses, a photograph,
and full particulars of those taking them,
their home addresses, their parents' signatures,
and the addresses where they are to be sent.
Eurther than this, it must be made compulsory
for him to notify to the police when
he is sending a party of English girls out of
this country, or even when he is sending one
English girl out of this country. The girl
need not necessarily be interfered with ; she
need know nothing about the matter at all.
But if the police know where she is going and
the people with whom she is going to stay,
and they are in communication with the
police of the foreign country, it can instantly
be seen how very careful the agents will be
about sending girls to bad cafes and dancing
saloons and houses of ill-fame abroad. The
people of this country should demand that,
whether they like it or not, the theatrical