El Paso herald., December 17, 1913, Sport and Classified Section, Page 13, Image 13

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'i JrCtSiltOet Olivette Describes Two Recent Paris Styles !
( Articles by this noted Trrlter are regular fealnm cf The EI Paso Herald.)
IK this costume on the left Paris pays reminiscent tribute
to its "enaEtieler." The hat of draped taffeta, caught
high on the left side, suggests a comb and the flaring
tunic cames out the chanticler line.
The bodice is a kimono blouse of black taffeta 'with a
long fitted sleeve. It opens over a vest of -white silk under
fine Valenciennes laee and is inkhed by a shawl collar of
black Telvet. The euff and the -wide banding on the tunic are
oi black ribbon velvet. The skirt is also of black Telvet and
is cut plain oh 'rounding bnes -with its slight fulness caught
ra at the height of the knees.
"With the completing touch of a black velvet coat, the
smart woman will find this a most useful and attractive
afternoon costume for the winter.
This pleasing afternoon frock on the right for a young
girl is made of -white silk -with flowers of old pink. The
bodice is a crossed kimono, trimmed -with a fichu of old lace.
The sleeve, of elbow length, is ended with a flounce of
plain tulle. The belt is a simple ribbon in the light pink
shade, -with crysanthemum of the same color giving a stun
ning finishing touch. The skirt, which is gatherefl at the
waist line, is crossed in front. OLIVETTE.
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ON
White Slaver Twenty-five Years Ago English Girls Could Be Ab
ducted at Thirteen Without Fear of Punishment Late V. T.
Snead, Titantic Victim Brought About Much Needed Reform
By ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
TWENTY-FIVB years ago any girl
of 13 eoald be trapped and led
into vile houses, and there was
no law to protect her.
The law of England, as It stood at
that time, recognized that a girl one
day over IS years of age was legally
a woman, and -was fully competent to
consent to her own undoing. The law
as it then stood put a positive premium
upon the corruption of very young
children by refusing to let them give
evidence against men unless they could
satisfv the judge and Jury that they
-understood the nature ot an oath.
As soon as the child was over 13
years of age she conld be inveigled into
held to have consented to everything
else, although she might at that time
be, and probably was, absolutely igno
rant of what vice meanj.
The law today protects girls to the
age of 16, it has raised the age of
consent from 13 to 16, admits the evi
dence of children, even If they are not
able to satisfy the judge and jury that
they understand the nature of an oath,
and It has increased the pains and pen
alties Inflicted upon all those who at
tack irls, whether by abducting them
abroad or attacking them at home.
This change in the laws came about
through one man, TV. T. Stead, who
died on the Titanic.
The white slave traffic is a world
wide trade in young girls for immoral
purposes, out of which enormous prof
its are made. They are captured by
an illegal house without any possible false advertisements offering: emDlov-
hope of redress, because if she had 1 ment as governesses, secretaries, corn
consented to go into the house she was panlons, servants, eta, and by making
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Only Fire Girls In Every 100 Knovr
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It is estimated that only five girls In
every 100 know what they are doing,
the remaining 95 are girls who never
heard of such things, girls just tfke
your own daughters, who, but for the
white slave traffic, might have become
happy wives and mothers. If they
wanted to be bad there would be no
necessity for this trapping system.
Twenty-five years ago it was re
garded as improper, unclean and highly
indecorous to speak about the white
slave trade in polite circles. Today,
kings and queens, princes and prin-
': cesses attend conferences for the dis
cussion of this question.
A commissioner of the house of lords
has reported upon the question and
strongly recommended that an act of
parliament should be passed to cope
with the two cancers that were eat
ing into the body politic Mr. Glad
stone's ministry sir William Harcourt
being then home secretary recognized
the urgency of the demand, and intro
duced a bill giving effect to the recom
mendations of the committee, but there
was no motive power behind it.
It was strongly opposed by a small
group of men who seemed almost to
have a personal interest in preventing
the strengthening of the law against
the corruption of weak and Innocent
girls. Neither political party saw any
means of making capital out of it, and
the result was that session after ses
sion the bill -was introduced in due
course and then included in the mas
sacre of the innocents at the end of
'the session.
Then the plot was laid to bring such
disgrace on the laws of England that
a change would be forced by public
censure. So Mr. Stead was induced
to act the part of a procurer, and a
weak and wicked mother sold her
'daughter aged 13 to him, for three
pounds ?15 believing that her daugh
ter was to go into an infamous house.
The daughter was indeed taken to a
house and witnesses and trained nurses
and physicians were on hand to rescue
her and attest to her leaving the
house as chaste as she entered it, but
the story was published in full In the
Pall Mall Gazette, In an article by Mr.
ORA BOrRLASD and Isaac Sour
land, little daughter and son of
Mr. and Mr. Bonrland, of 3115
Dnraino street, this city. These are
tx tno ot the children who hove been
chosen to appear in The Temple of
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in San Francisco, in 1015. Photos by
Feldmnn.
Thr Zelger Is not? prepared to serve
private dmne parties after the show In
their private dining roo-na or Main
dining room. Advertisemenr
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means that if you drop one
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Stead called "The Maiden Tribute of
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Stend Told of Hi Conviction in Case.
W T. Stead says of this incident:
"After a long trial, for which the arch
bishop of Canterbury, cardinal Man
ning and bishop Temple, John Morley,
Mr Balfour,, lord iLoreburn (then sir
Robert Reid) Mr. Labouchere, Mrs.
ler, and many others were subpenaed
for the defence, I was convicted, to
gether with my colleague, Mr. Mussa
bini. Mr. Bramwell Bdoth and madamo
Combe were acquitted. Madame Mou
rez was sent for six months to prison,
where she died.
"The trial, which was reported in all
the leading papers of the world,
brought out all the facts of the case,
so that every statement which I now
make can be verified by reference to
the files in the British museum. The
moment I was convicted there was a
great agitation set on foot. The gov
ernment was besieged with petitions
and protests. Telegrams rained in
upon the home office, the prime min
ister and the queen, and after I had
been three days in Colbath prison lord
Salisbury, on his own motion, without
waiting for the consent of the judge
who had sentenced me, ordered me to
be transferred at once to Hollo way as
a firstclass misdemeanant. The remain
der of my sentence two months and
four days I served out at Holloway,
where I edited the Pall Mall Gazette
from November, 1885, to January,
1S8G."
Millicent Garrett Fawcett has Issued
an appeal to all friends of Mr. Stead
and to all friends of clean womanhood
to use their influence to help pass the
criminal law amendment bill now pro
posed. It is well known that this bill deals
with the white slave trade and pro
vides additional moral protection for
the young. A deputation about the
bill waited on the home secretary a
few weeks ago he expressed approval
of the measure, but held out no hope
that the government would take it up.
Question of Urgent Importance.
She closes her appeal with these
words: "It is a question of urgent
national importance. The bill, if
passed, would protect and skelter the
weak against moral injury, quite as
truly as the lifeboats sheltered them.
on April 15, against physical injury. If
our countrymen oan and do rise to
heroism in the face of physical danger,
surely they can rise to a trifling Sac
rifice of parliamentary time. It would
be the finest of all memorials to Mr.
Stead and the other men who have
sacrificed themselves in the Titanic, If
parliament passed this' hill to save
children and young women from worse
than death.
"I respectfully and earnestly appeal
to men in the constituencies to lose no
time in writing to their members, to
urge them to Induce the government
to take up tha bill and pass it during
this session." Copyright, 191 by Star
company.
(Article by this noted -writer are reg
nlar feature of The El Paso Herald.)
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