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times, flung her a dollar or two, but mostly ft has crushed her, harrassed her, gave her a letJture Instead of a loaf of bread. This Is a cruelly un called tor misstatement. One ele ment or proof is the fact that in the month of November, 1916, the United Charities expended $36 for relief in , this case, while Mr. Oram in the same month of November earned $40 in A the employ of Clow & Co., making a v . total family income of $76. Is this "flinging her a dollar or two"? Is this "crushing -her, harassing her, giving a lecture instead of a loaf of Dreaa 7 Your article states further: "The Oram family has been a pet enemy of the United-Charities it seems." If this were true, would the Upited Charities have 8tood by this family during so many of its difficulties t through a period of eight years,? Is ', ' it reasonable to assume that the z v United Charities would "hand oit $36 in one month to a "pet enemy"? , The article says: "It (the United Charities) tried to drive John Oram out of the city. He was twicetin the - Bridewell at the instigation Of the" charities, her says," and, further, that the United Qharities opposed a brain operation on Mr. Oram. . The truth is simply that the United - Charities never "tried to drive Oram out of the city,' nor did it twice run him to the Bridewell, nor did ,lt ever oppose, a brain operation by Dr. Haiselden. Whose interests are promoted by misstatements aboutthe work of the United Charities? . Our workers have always looked upon the Oram family as a most un fortunate group, and they have con tended that more than mere money, x groceries or fuel was necessary. They have tried to do -the other ne- cessary things, without success. - Your article charges that they have , done nothing, when as a matter of sheer, plain truth, they have done much, and have tried to do more, but, owing to the failure to co-operate on Jie part pf the family, have jjpt sue- j ceedetf in all things. The great ques tion now remains, what shall be done for or with the Oram family?- Eugene T. Lies, Sup't United Charities. PROSTITUTION. What is the difference between a hold-up man and a lawyer who will take $20 from a prostitute for saying a few lies in her behalf or a saloonkeeper who takes 15 cents tor 2 cents' worth of poison andxwho for a dollar profit will let some man dull- some girl's brain with drink, so she will be easier prey for him. The man who does this is licensed and the' judge sitting in the morals court is not interested in.how much the girls brought before " him have , paid their lawyer, -for most of the judges were lawyers themselves. The' prostitute and the ,hold-up man are arrested and imprisoned, while the saloonkeeper and the law yer are respected men. Arid It is with a lawyer that a prostitute has a chance of being dischargea by the judge, even though guilty of violating those, man-made laws that are vio lated by almost every man at some timei Without drink there would- be less prostitution and much less real vice. Without prostitution there would be much more vice", and If the. so-called reformers would devote their time tb fighting, drink and disease and try to make the prostitutes realize the dan ger she sometimes is, they would ner- haps accomplish some real good. With all the laws against It, prosti tution still exists, as, it always will.. Segregation as heretofore -practiced is not a solution, nor is long impris onment or nanging. ' No girl made herself a prostitute, nor is she a prostitute by choice, and when you ask her to go to work and live on $8 or $10 a week, ask the judge, lawyers and saloonkeeper to do the same. Eradicate drink by prohibiting the manufacture of all intoxicants, erad-