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24 THE WHITE SLAVE MARKET<br />

these matters from rather a sentimental and<br />

hyper-religious point of view. The girl<br />

found herself in a hopeless condition. The<br />

man left her 20 and went to Germany:<br />

as far as he was concerned, if that girl had<br />

not chanced upon powerful friends she also<br />

would have heen obliged to go on the streets,<br />

as her people to this day will have nothing to<br />

do with her. They have repudiated her and<br />

have forbidden her to use their name. The<br />

man has not married her, and I can hardly<br />

see how he could, considering he was not<br />

independent; but money has been provided<br />

for her and her child to supplement her scanty<br />

earnings. She is not a skilled worker, but<br />

she is now in training and likes her work, and<br />

will, we hope, do extremely well. These are<br />

two cases out of scores. There are many<br />

more : the majority of them are far more<br />

unhappy than these. These are the good<br />

specimens. Alas, for the bad cases ! They<br />

can be counted by hundreds in their awful<br />

ugliness.<br />

The reason this fearful trade exists and<br />

flourishes in the midst and under the very<br />

noses of good, proper-living people is, primarily,<br />

because of the existence of the despicable<br />

creatures known as " pimps " and ((<br />

bludgers."<br />

Thousands of men known as "bludgers"<br />

live upon the tainted nate<br />

earnings of unfortu-<br />

women; and there are hundreds aye,<br />

thousands of procuresses who make large<br />

sums by decoying girls to sin. The law deals<br />

very lightly with these three classes of in-

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