[420] See, for example, Lyman Abbott in the Outlook for Feb. 19, 1910.

[421] American Magazine, July, 1909.

[422] History of European Morals, vol. ii, pp. 379 and following.  New York, D. Appleton & Co., 1869.

[423] Note, for example, that in Maryland a man can get a divorce if his wife has had sexual intercourse before marriage; but a wife cannot get a divorce from her husband if he has been guilty of the same thing.  In Texas, adultery on the part of the wife entitles the husband to a divorce; but the wife can obtain divorce from her husband only if he has abandoned her and lived in adultery with another woman.

[424] On Jan. 12, 1910, a bill was introduced in the House of Representatives to check the “White Slave Traffic” by providing a penalty of ten years’ imprisonment and a fine of five thousand dollars for any one who engages in it.

[425] In some it is even lower; ten in Georgia and Mississippi for example.

[426] In Collier’s Weekly, Feb. 5, 1910.

[427] Note what the officers of the Chicago Juvenile Protective Association, many of whom are women, accomplished in 1909-1910.  These women are fighting the agencies which make for juvenile crime mostly and each officer has a specified “beat” to patrol.  Last year their work amounted to the following: 

Complaints of selling liquors to minors investigated 295
Complaints of selling tobacco to minors investigated 52
Complaints of selling obscene postcards investigated 49
Complaints of poolrooms investigated 203
Complaints of dance halls investigated 92
Five and ten cent theatres visited 1,013
Penny arcades visited 67
Saloons visited 735
Relief visits 174
Cases referred to relief organisations 374
Legal aid cases referred 105
Referred to Visiting Nurses’ Association 7
Housing cases referred 51
Applications for work referred 264
Placed in hospitals 103
Sent to dispensaries 192
Children placed in homes 240
Slot machines removed 223
Work found for men 57
Work found for women 81
Work found for boys 84
Work found for girls 90
Visits to ice-cream parlors 356
Visits to candy stores 805